The Model, Sligo.

Name Change at The Model

The Model on The Mall has always been a flagship building for Sligo, from its first creation in the 1850’s by architect James H. Owen to its award winning renovation in 1999 by McCullough Mulvin. In many ways, No.22, The Mall, has reflected the changing nature of Sligo itself, from

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The Model, Sligo.

Niland Collection Exhibition for the 2009 Yeats Festival Season

We’re delighted to announce details of an upcoming exhibition of a selection of Jack B. Yeats’ work, taken from The Niland Collection, mounted as part of the2009 Yeats Festival Season. The Exhibition, entitled Jack B. Yeats: The Sligo Paintings will open on Friday 24th July at 4pm in Sligo Art

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The Model, Sligo.

Yeats Festival Season launches

Tommie Gorman (RTE Northern Editor) launched the 2009 Yeats Festival Season to an invited audience, including the winners of the primary school art competition, at The Glasshouse Hotel on Friday last, 12th June- the eve of W.B. Yeats birthday. Representatives of all of the organisations taking part in the Season

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The Model, Sligo.

Reverse Pedagogy Project at the Venice Biennale

Model Curator/Director Seamus Kealy is currently at the 53rd Venice Biennale where he participated in the second stage of the Reverse Pedagogy Project – see their blog here and see if you can spot Seamus in the bottom picture – 3rd from right. The Third Phase of Reverse Pedagogy comes

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The Model, Sligo.

‘Sligo was my school, and the sky above it ‘

The first Yeats Festival Season will be launched by Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor for RTE, on June 12th at the Glasshouse Hotel, overlooking the Garavogue River in Sligo town. The festival is supported by Filte Ireland and will take place from July 24th to August 15th 2009. The festival is

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The Model, Sligo.

Ermer Mayock on RTE’s Arts Show

Musician Emer Mayock and Aoife Flynn (from The Model) were on last nights Arts Show on RTE Radio 1 talking about the New Spaces programme and Emer’s reasons for choosing a handball alley. Emer also played one of her own compositions in the handball alley for the piece. Click below

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