Special Jack B. Yeats talk this weekend with Dermot Healy and Sean Sweeny
Our programme of exciting talks for The Ruby Blue Social Club educational programme for over 55s and friends, continues this month with a feast of Yeats’ events. To celebrate Bealtaine; the month that celebrates creativity in older people, this Saturday 07 May at 1pm, writer Dermot Healy and artist Seán
IT Sligo Theatre Design students exhibit in The Model
Students from IT Sligo’s BA (Hons) in Performing Arts, specialising in Theatre Design, have collaborated with The Model Education team and the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company to create a unique multimedia performance event based on a short extract from Marina Carr’s play Woman and Scarecrow. This one-off event, in The
Venice Biennale
I just finished the Venice Biennale today after a few days of extensive walking, queuing, standing in dark mini-cinemas, and maneouvering through tight Venetian corridors or onto packed vaparettos in search of palazzos filled with art projects. The German pavilion picked up the grand prize with the late Christoph Schlingensief’s
May Day Delights at The Model
There’s so much to do at The Model on our anniversary this May Day for families and culture vultures we recommend getting a good night’s sleep the night before to stay the distance (that or indulging in a lot of coffee from our lovely new cafe, Slice @ the Model!).
The Sligo New Music Festival Director, Ian Wilson on why the festival is so unique
The “Sligo New Music Festival”:http://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”:http://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