The Sligo New Music Festival Director, Ian Wilson on why the festival is so unique
The “Sligo New Music Festival”:https://themodel.ie/music/sligo-new-music-festival (SNMF) exists to present the best in contemporary chamber music, particularly that which is new to Ireland; over the years we have introduced composers who have strong reputations elsewhere but whose music is not well-known here (Sciarrino, Rebecca Saunders, Toovey, Cattaneo) and have brought top-quality
The Sligo New Music Festival Director, Ian Wilson on why the festival is so unique
The “Sligo New Music Festival”:https://themodel.ie/music/sligo-new-music-festival (SNMF) exists to present the best in contemporary chamber music, particularly that which is new to Ireland; over the years we have introduced composers who have strong reputations elsewhere but whose music is not well-known here (Sciarrino, Rebecca Saunders, Toovey, Cattaneo) and have brought top-quality
Source photographic Magazine: Portfolio day at The Model
The second Source Photographic Magazine Portfolio Day takes place in The Model this Saturday. As part of the Magazine’s ongoing commitment to finding new work for publication, the magazine are meeting with photographers and artists working with photography whose work was selected during the open submission call. Please go to
Meet our volunteers: Celine
For a number of years Celine was flying high working in the airline industry. Having both travelled and worked aplenty, she decided it was time for a career break to explore other things that are important to her – including art. *Why did you choose to volunteer at The Model:*
Lots going on at The Model this week
This will be a most dynamic week at The Model. On Wednesday, we are re-opening The Model Café with its new operator, Gary Stafford, from “Lyons’ Café”:http://www.garystafford.com/. This operation will be serving coffee, snacks, lunches, drinks and provide sustenance not only to the punters coming out to Model exhibitions, but
Our exciting series of talks for The Ruby Blue Social Club
Our programme of exciting talks for “The Ruby Blue Social Club”:https://themodel.ie/education/the-ruby-blue-social-club;,our educational programme for over 55s and friends, continues this month with a feast of Yeats events. For the festival of Bealtaine in May, the month that celebrates creativity in older people, we have a talk from Stella Mews on