Geraldine O’Neill, Children's Portrait Project

The Sunset Belongs To You – A Major Children’s Portrait Project

A Call Out To Children, Families & All Of Sligo’s Communities In an exciting new initiative, The Model has commissioned two of Ireland’s most distinguished artists to paint the portraits of 10 young Sligo citizens, aged between 8 - 13 years. The finished paintings will become part of Sligo’s municipal

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Flying Carpet

The Flying Carpet

Back by popular demand! The Flying Carpet is an interactive exhibition and gallery experience for children. The perfect place for families to have fun and get hands-on by creating their very own artworks. Children can also share their creations on our interactive walls in the space. The Flying Carpet reflects

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Workshop with Ciara Phillips

Workshop with Ciara Phillips The Model is delighted to welcome Ciara Phillips as Artist-in-Residence throughout the month of April. During this time she will present Workshop, an artwork which is an integral part of her solo show at The Model. Workshop was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2014, and will evolve between

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The Model Presents Century

Century

The Model is delighted to present Century, one of the largest exhibitions of work from The Niland Collection to take place to date. Century features more than 100 artworks in a ‘salon’ style installation, and explores over 100 years’ of Irish social and political life as reflected in artistic practice

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Ciara Phillips; Love and odd posters

Ciara Phillips; Love and odd posters

Ciara Phillips; Love and odd posters Ciara Phillips presents her first large-scale solo exhibition in Ireland at The Model. Bringing together her individual work in print, with her ongoing collaborative artwork, Workshop, the exhibition Love and odd posters creates space for the private, exploratory, and non-verbal aspects of art making to

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Self Portrait by John B. Yeats (1839-1922)

John Butler Yeats

Fri. 4 Feb. – Sat. 12 Mar. John B. Yeats (JBY) died on 3 February 1922 while living at his studio and apartment in New York City. In honour of his life and anniversary, The Model is pleased to present an exhibition of the artist’s pencil sketches and oil paintings.

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