The Model, Sligo.

Blog to Blog

In late September we invited some online bloggers to speak with Paul Butler and Mark Garry of the Reverse Pedagogy residency. Simon Fleming, Canadian Visual artist and occasional art writer based in Galway, wrote this short piece about his conversation with Butler. If you would like to get involved writing

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Model Blog at the NGI Symposium

Our ex-Development Manager (now Music and Events Manager) Aoife Flynn was invited to present a case study at the recent National Gallery of Ireland Symposium on Audience Development. The case study was around the Model Blog, how we came to set it up, whether it’s been a success and some

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Updates from the Trades Club Revival

Artist Seamus Nolan has been keeping everyone up to date on the developments at The Trades Club Revival. We’ll be uploading his updates here every week. The Trades Club operated from 1893 to 2007, and has since fell into disrepair. A major refurbishment plan is underway, a new stairs, electrical

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Reverse Pedagogy Schools Programme underway at the Model Satellite

From mid-October to mid November, The Model will be working with local primary and secondary schools from Sligo alongside our current exhibition Reverse Pedagogy. Below we hear from two people involved in the project so far, Artist Andy Parsons and teacher Anne-Marie Watters. Artist Andy Parsons; ‘The Reverse Pedagogy Schools

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Am I singing you the right blues? Oh Yes You’re Mr Ritter

Over the bank holiday weekend The Modelprogrammed a very special New Spaces for Music gig for the Sligo Live festival. On Sunday October 25th, over three hundred people poured into Calry Church on The Mall for an evening with Josh Ritter and the Love Canon String Band. Our Marketing Assistant

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Research underway at The Model

Formal presentation of The James A. Healy Art Collection by Mr. Cormac H. O’Malley. L-R Alderman John Fallon, Chairman, Sligo County Council; Mr P.J. Doyle, Deputy County Manager Mr Oliver Dowling, Exhibitions Officer, The Arts Council; Mrs. Moira Kennedy O’Malley, New York; Miss Nora Niland, Librarian and Curator; Mr Cormac

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