A Call Out To Children, Families & all of Sligo’s Communities

In an exciting new initiative, The Model has commissioned two of Ireland’s most distinguished artists to paint the portraits of 10 young Sligo citizens. The finished paintings will become part of Sligo’s municipal Niland Collection, where they will represent these children and their communities into the future.

Our vision is that these portraits will reflect the breadth and diversity of all of Sligo’s communities in 2023. We want to include and represent children from all kinds of backgrounds and abilities. We now invite Sligo people to nominate a child sitter to represent their community by having their portrait painted for our shared municipal art collection.

Two of Ireland’s most accomplished portrait painters, Mick O’Dea and Geraldine O’Neill, have been commission to create the portraits in consultation with the children, their families and The Model’s Director, Emer McGarry.

To express your interest please email education@themodel.ie

The Sunset Belongs To You is kindly supported by The Community Foundation for Ireland and the Arts Council.

 

 

 

Gallery selected to join Heritage Council of Ireland Museum Standards Programme

The Model is delighted to announce its selection to join the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI). This prestigious programme was established by The Heritage Council to benchmark and promote professional standards in the care of collections within the Irish museum sector.  Selection under the MSPI is seen as a major accolade in the sector.

The programme is the gold standard for Irish museums and a huge commitment on behalf of the participants. Successful applicants must meet 37 standards before they can be awarded full accreditation. This can take anywhere between three and five years to complete. Factors taken into account include how museums care for their collections and visitors, as well as governance and management standards, and their education and exhibition programmes..

Speaking about the announcement, Director of The Model, Emer McGarry said “when Nora Niland established the collection in 1959, her vision was to found a world standard art collection for County Sligo anchored by the works of Jack Butler Yeats. Working with the Heritage Council, we will bring all our activities in line with international museum standards to create a suitable home for this unique and wonderful body of work.”

The Niland Collection, which belongs to the people of Sligo, is one of the most notable regional art collections in Ireland. It features one of the largest public holdings of work by Jack Butler Yeats in existence.  It a strong focus on the works of 20^th century Irish artists. The collection includes a broad range of both traditional and contemporary works by artists including Norah McGuinness, Dorothy Cross, Alice Maher, Clodagh Emoe, Eamon O’Kane, Sean McSweeney, Estella Solomons, Paul Henry and Sean Keating amongst many others.  The collection can be enjoyed as part of The Model’s exhibition programme and through recently published 2^nd edition Niland Collection hard back book.

Visitor numbers have been on an upward trend and The Model looks forward to announcing an exciting programme for Spring/Summer 2022.

Harmony, Lilly, Érin agus Abi - "Is bealach iontach é scéal a insint."  - “It’s a great way to tell a story.”

Tommy - "My favourite bit was writing the script."

Cian -  "I loved painting it green."

Labhra -  "Bhí an spraoi is mó leis na carachtéirí agus na cúlraí." - “We had the most fun with the characters and background.”

Sadhbh Ní C  agus Emily - "Bhí na ceardlanna ó Branar ar fheabhas." - “The workshops from Branar were excellent.”

Sadhbh Nic G -  "Thaitin na carachtéirí go mór liomsa go háirithe Theodore." - “I really liked the characters, especially Theodore.”

Tadhg -  "Is breá liom ag obair le cairtchláir." - “I love working with cardboard.”

Conall -  "I really enjoyed painting, it was great fun."

Adam -  "It was a fun process building the theatre".

Ruarí - "D'fhoghlaim mé conas obair le chéile." - “I learned how to work together.”

Dillon -  "It was very cool to make the characters and the story".

James - "Thaitin sé linn ag obair le Branar agus The Model Theatre Sligo." - “We loved working with Branar and The Model, Sligo.”

Oisín -  "It was very creative."

Alan -  "We had lots of fun making the toy theatres".

Kate -  "It helped us a lot with our craftsman skills, putting together the 3D ships and all the backdrops."

Amy agus Éilis -  "Bhí sé an-spraoiúil ag foghlaim faoi Jack B Yeats." - “It was a lot of fun learning about Jack B Yeats.”

Kate agus Morlin -   "Is breá linn ag obair lena chéile ar na hamharclanna beaga." - “We loved working together on the small theatres.”

Poppy, Neil, Callum, Ethan, Donnacha, Saoirse - "Is breá linn go raibh gach theatre chomh difiriúil.” - “We love that every theatre was so different.”

Arthur – “Bhí an chúlra an chuid is fearr liom." - “The background was my favourite.”

Students at Gaelscoil Chluainín, Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim. 

 

Go raibh mile maith agat Gaelscoil Chluainín.

Thank you to the teachers and all the students at Gaelscoil Chluanín, we love your feedback.

From all at The Model