Guest Blog: Mark Garry

We invited Mark Garry to write a blog post to mark his performance at The Front Room, a new music series at The Model. Mark wrote the following text on how he integrate's music and sound in his practice. Music like most people in the world has played a formative

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Mabel Chah to Launch EP in The Model

Singer/songwriter Mabel Chah will launch her debut EP at The Model on Friday 30th August at 8pm. The Cameroonian singer, who released her single ‘Zero to Hero,’ in early June, has been cultivating quite a buzz. After a knock-out performance at this year’s Parkfest, Chah has established herself as a

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A new Sligo Supper Club launched by Sligo Global Kitchen members and The Model goes down a treat!

Photograph: Brian Farrell Back row:  Arle Bell Gallardo, Bouchta Kharchach, Catherine Kabiyona Front row: Shorai Mpande, Brid Torrades, Rosemary Chilufiya, Kathleen Mangwany Sligo Global Kitchen (SGK) is an art and food project funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland, in partnership with The Model. Sligo Global Kitchen welcomes everyone in

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A short interview with filmmaker Vivianne Dick who curated The Model’s screening of ‘Delirious Rhythm, 1936-2017: Films selected by Vivienne Dick’

‘It’s a really nice programme,’ said Dick, on her curated selection of short experimental films. ‘It first screened in 2017 at the IFI as part of a programme organised by AEMI (Artist Experimental Moving Image) and IMMA as I had a survey of my work showing at the museum. The

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Cian Ó Cíobháin

Cian Ó Cíobháin DJ Set for Underground Bliss

Cian Ó Cíobháin DJ, music journalist and broadcaster with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is set to DJ at The Model Sligo on Friday 26th April to mark the opening of a new solo exhibition by unique visual artist, musician and composer Richard Bolhuis. Richard Bolhuis is creating original pieces for

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Assistant Curator delivers a talk on Evie Hone

Recently at The Model our Assistant Curator Heike Thiele gave a fascinating talk on Irish artist Evie Hone for one of Sligo’s local schools. The school were interested in Evie Hone as they had come across her stained glass windows in their religion class. The children were given a chance

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