Well, we have our first event under our belt at The Model and it was something of a baptism of fire, not least of all due to the Volcano in Iceland that erupted on Wednesday night and threatened to halt the festival all together. The event was The Sligo New

It is with great regret that we announce that composer Gavin Bryars is unable to come to The Sligo New Music Festival this weekend as planned. Unfortunately the drift of volcanic ash from Iceland has caused the closure of UK airspace for the past two days, and looks set to

Three artist groups will work with the Sligo public in the lead up to The Model’s re-opening exhibition; Dorm. “The artists’ projects range from the humorous to the political, and will involve people of all backgrounds to participate”, announced The Model Director Seamus Kealy. French artist Thierry Geoffroy will be

Lara Byrne, Assistant Curator at The Model, recently brought a tour of forty people around the Jack B. Yeats’ exhibition ‘ Jack B. Yeats and the west of Ireland’ currently on show in the Ballina Arts Centre in County Mayo. Below she blogs about her first experience on tour since

Would you like to be involved in something new this year? Do you like entertainment, arts and culture? Do you have an hour or two to spare in your week? If so The Model may have the perfect opportunity for you. The Model will reopen later this spring in the

Thanks to the good folks over at Media Express, today marks ‘Good News Friday’ so we’ve decided to share with our readers some of our good news to kickstart your weekend. The sole purpose of Good News Friday is to harness the power of positive thinking to counteract the current