The Model, Sligo.

Sligo’s National Day of Action for National Campaign for the Arts

We were delighted with a great turn-out by arts workers and supporters in Sligo and Leitrim today for our National Day of Action at The Model for this year’s National Campaign for the Arts. We invited local elected representatives to attend and we are very grateful to Dr Jimmy Devins,

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The Model, Sligo.

Drop in to the Trades Club this weekend

The Trades Club Revival Project kicked off on Friday 10 September at No 2 Castle Street. The opening marked an exciting community-based project which has seen the local community working with one of Ireland’s most promising young artists Seamus Nolan to get the old Trades Club up and running once

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The Model, Sligo.

Culture Night Sligo at The Model

The Model is delighted to be participating in the second Culture Night Sligo . The newly reopened Model will open its doors on the night with a wonderful line up of exhibitions, music, film screenings and open studios. You can see watercolours by Ireland’s most famous painter, Jack B. Yeats,

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The Model, Sligo.

Yeatsian Legacy Explored at The Model Symposium

A number of internationally acclaimed artists, academics and journalists were at The Model to participate in a symposium exploring the cultural legacy of the Yeats brothers and the impact their lives and work had on cultural identity in Ireland. The symposium entitled ‘The Outsider: Sectarianism and Identity in Ireland Today’

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The Model, Sligo.

Andy Parsons Project at the Wolfe Tone Pharmacy

The Andy Parsons Project Opens Thursday the 9th of December, 6-8pm at Wolfe Tone Pharmacy, Wolfe Tone Street, Sligo. The exhibition will be open the public on the 11- 12th Dec, from 12 to 5pm, and by appointment after that. The Andy Parsons project is a collection of portraits of

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The Model, Sligo.

Join us for a National Day of Action next Friday

Do you work in the arts in Sligo or North Leitrim? Please join us here next Friday at 3pm for the National Campaign for the Arts. National Day of Action. We have invited local representatives to meet us here and discuss the fundamental importance of the arts to Ireland’s economic

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