The Model, Sligo.

Impossibly brilliant

We’re very excited at the prospect of having Julie Feeney at The Model next weekend. I’ve been wanting to work with Julie ever since she won the Choice Music prize for her debut album 13 songs in 2005. The timing was never quite right though, especially once we closed for

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The Model, Sligo.

Bealtaine events at The Model during May

Bealtaine is the national arts festival celebrating creativity in older age. Join over 55,000 people all over the country, taking part in events involving music, art, dance, cinema, writing, theatre, heritage and more. Bealtaine is your chance to try something new, to share your talents or to come back to

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The Model, Sligo.

Getting to The Model

We’re now less than 24 hours away from reopening the doors of the brand new Model. We’ve put together a few notes on the best way to get you here, via our new entrance on Connaughton Road. The simplest way to access The Model is through the Connaughton Rd car-parks

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The Model, Sligo.

Research Project for Community Development in Sligo

WochenKlausur, a group of artists from Austria, will be in Sligo from April 28th(yesterday) until May 6th to focus on a community development project. These artists were invited by The Model for its May re-opening to produce a Sligo-specific project. As a result, WochenKlausur chose to identify and help remedy

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The first Critical Run kicks off events The Model

We’re not open quite yet, but the first events as part of Dorm kicked off this afternoon with a Critical Run with Danish Artist Thierry Geoffroy. This run was for local artists and we had a great turn out, especially from the fine art department, lecturers included, from IT Sligo.

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Blog a bed this weekend at Dorm

We are delighted to announce a very exciting competition for bloggers. As you may know, this weekend The Model reopens its doors following a two year redevelopment which has seen the centre increase in size by a third. The new Model is now home to a separate restaurant and coffee

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