The Model presents RMS Titanic

IX “Coagulate with cold and dark the sea Sucks down Titanic as the hiss of steam Dies over empty distance. The boats gaze On what was home, eleven storys high, Commotion crowding on its decks, its lights Tilting above them as the band plays on.” (excerpt taken from Anthony Cronin’s

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Touch The Sky performance group are now on tour.

Touch The Sky perform ‘Waking Dreams’ – May 23rd, Ballina Arts Centre Following Touch the Sky’s documentary film Crossing The Line, Touch The Sky bring to you Waking Dreams – a modern play inspired by the work of George Bernard Shaw, Martin McDonagh, Joseph O’Connor and Brian Friel. A quirky

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Clea van der Grijn ‘ambivalence’

Exhibiting in Dublin 23 May- 22 June The Reception will take place on the 23th of May, 6-8pm in the Cross Gallery on Francis Street Dublin 8 and the exhibition itself will be opened by our very own Deputy Director Emer Mc Garry. Dublin friends of The Model we highly

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Free screenings from the IFI Irish Film Archive

During the month of May, there will be a series of free lunch-time screenings from the archival Collection of the Irish Film Institute and this is to celebrate Ireland’s Presidency of the EU (until June 2013). The IFI Archive presents a collection of short films exploring impressions of Ireland and

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Deputy Mayor of Sligo welcomes Estonian and Hungarian Artists to Sligo

Deputy Mayor Matt Lyons met with a unique group of Estonian, Hungarian and Irish artists last Thursday 4th April at the Model, Sligo as part of a special pilot initiative led by Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership, Sligo Arts Service and the Model. This exciting project sees the three Irish partners

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‘Grow Happy’-Screening for Bealtaine

‘Grow Happy,’ couldn’t say it better myself. This is the theme for this year’s Bealtaine. The artist, John Butler Yeats, wrote that, ‘Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing or that, but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.’ Bealtaine is a reminder to us that,

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