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Family
The Model is an exciting family-friendly arts centre with dedicated education spaces, a cinema, theatre space, cafe and bookshop. We host regular workshops, childrens cinema and a unique programme for young children and parents.
A wooden playhouse for children has recently been installed in The Models foyer. Designed by Gordon Ryan of Applied Sense, it is a unique space for children to play, read and enter into the world of imagination.
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Bealtaine
17 Apr. - 12 Jun. 2014 / A national cultural festival celebrating creativity as we age The Model’s festival this year is truly intergenerational.
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Bealtaine: A Tale to Tell
17 Apr. - 12 Jun. 2014 / An opportunity for Grandparents and Grandchildren (9 – 14 years) to work together to write and illustrate an adventurous story and bind this tale into their very own hand-made book. A true family heirloom!
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Art and Coffee Mornings
11 Feb. - 29 Apr. 2014 / Every Tues, 11am.
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Gallery Tours: Every Saturday
20 Feb. - 31 Aug. 2014 / Gallery tours of exhibitions to take place every Saturday at 3pm. One tour each month is offered in the Irish language.
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Kaleidoscopes and Hyperbolas
19 Apr. 2014 / Make your own kaleidoscope,learn about hyperbolic paraboloids and work together to make a giant multicoloured installation.
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Fields of Colours
22 - 23 Apr. 2014 / Combining art and science, this workshop will explore the world of colour through scientific methods such as chromatography and transpiration and why colour is important for plants survival.
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Children's Cinema: Toy Story
27 Apr. 2014 / A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy’s room.
