Several thousand individuals from Dublin and beyond have been given access to the world of art through a range of programmes at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). They've all been encouraged to wrap their arms around every aspect of contemporary visual culture.

The Points of Entry exhibition at IMMA is being run to celebrate and follow the learning curve of their work.

Photographic, video and written documentation of their work and the projects they took part in are now on view in four rooms in the east ground-floor galleries.

One project group explored violence against women. Another project deals with the idea of memory and transition from one millennium to the next. "The museum's philosophy is based on the belief that people are capable of engaging with the most challenging aspects of contemporary visual culture and of creating meaning as a result of this engagement that has resonance in their own lives," says Helen O'Donoghue, head of IMMA's education and community department.

Older people from St Michael's Parish art group feature, as do contributions from the Family Resource Centre, St Michael's Estate, Inchicore. Work by the children of St Thomas's Junior School in Tallaght also features.

The exhibition continues until Sunday, September 9th.