Cranmore Youth City Print and Zine Project
Earlier this month twenty children aged between 7-11 years of age, together with their parents and local community representatives celebrated the launch of a very special Zine, designed and produced by the children themselves, as part of a collaboration between The Model and artists from PULLED, a collaborative screen print
Sligo Children’s Book Festival
Three of Sligo’s leading cultural organisations have come together once more to host the Sligo Children’s Book Festival, celebrating family literacy and creativity of parents and young children. The Model, Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership and the Hawk’s Well Theatre have created a month long action-packed festival featuring storytelling, theatre, film,
The Tain – Performance, exhibition and workshop
The Model is delighted to bring three interpretations; in three artforms; of the early Irish classic, An Táin, together in one space, for a public performance and exhibition on 28 April 2018. Lorcán MacMathúna, who has been described as one of the most progressive talents in contemporary folk music, will
Fun for children and families at The Model this Spring
We are thrilled to release details of our Spring education programme at The Model. The Sligo Children’s Book Festival will take place throughout the month of March. Highlights at The Model include Monkeyshine Theatre’s The Magic Bookshop, an original Zine exhibition of the Cranmore Youth City, and pop-up secret screenings
Punc 1×1 at Scoil Mhuire gan Smal
This month, Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, in Ballymote, South Sligo responded to the Punc 1×1 artworks on loan to their school from the Niland Collection. They produced their own artistic interpretations of the Niland Collection paintings through a series of interactive workshops as part of the Punc artist in schools
New Season of Film at The Model Cinema
We are delighted to announce a new Spring season of film at The Model Cinema in partnership with Sligo Film Society. Sligo Film Society returns to The Model for the second edition of it’s 2017/2018 film programme, with a new season of 14 titles which commences this Thursday 11 January.