Fanned Apart; Female Portraits From The Niland Collection
This special exhibition curated on the occasion of the centenary of the 1916 Rising allows a glimpse into women’s lives in the twentieth century. The fifteen selected oil paintings by artists such as Estella Solomon, Barbara Warren, George Russell and Jack B. Yeats portray women in Ireland from different perspectives
A seasonal singalong screening for families at The Model Cinema
Special Family Day with Secret Sing-along Screening Wed 28 December •Printmaking workshop, post-holiday celebrations and story-telling from 11.30a.m. •Free secret sing-along film screening for families at 1p.m. The Model are holding a top-secret movie screening and some post-holiday celebrations for all the family on Wednesday December 28th. The event is
Sligo Global Kitchen with Pulled
Pulled Screen Print in association with Sligo Global Kitchen are holding their second ‘Cult of the Night’ print party this Friday, December 9th at their studios at the Model, Sligo. Attendees will be treated to a special food menu with culinary delights from across the world presented by the expert
My Pick – Irene Geelan
It’s funny, I’ve been to most of The Model’s previous exhibitions but I had never seen ‘Mountain Window’ by Jack B. Yeats. I had seen it in a lovely, little catalogue that the Niland produced and I really loved it. I used to come in, this was going on for
The Waterford Healing Arts Trust comes to The Model
Mary Grehan and Claire Meaney, Arts Directors of one of Ireland’s leading Arts and Health programme, the Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT), are coming to Sligo for a three-day residency at The Model from 25th – 27th October. Established in 1993 and based at University Hospital Waterford, WHAT supports the
My Pick – Barbara Breitenfellner
What really struck me about ‘Johnny Patterson singing Bridget Donoghue’ is that it is so far removed from the aesthetic of the rest of the exhibition, Painted Universe. The other paintings seem pretty conventional in comparison and when I saw this I was really thrilled. The desperate violence of the