That special time of year is upon us once again. Culture Night, a staple event of every culture vultures’ calendar takes place this evening, on Fri. 21 of September. To help you sort your schedule for what is sure to be a fantastic night of dazzling cultural displays, we have complied a list of what The Model has on offer. So grab your pens and gets circling because we have an exciting selection of events you won’t want to miss!
Eamon O’Kane; A History of Play | 10 am – 10 pm
A History of Play in a colourful three-dimensional installation where children are invited to explore shape, colour and constructive design through imaginative and creative play. Inspired by the work of the innovative kindergarten pioneer, Fredrich Frobel, this fantastic exhibition was designed to help kid’s build and create while having an excellent time.
Imagination Playground | 3pm – 6pm
Come and build with the Imagination Playground, our collaboration event with the Hawkswell Theatre. This breakthrough playspace concept was designed to encourage child-directed free play. These blue foam blocks of various shapes – squares, channel chutes, balls, and connectors – enable children and their adults to have hours of fun as they imagine, invent, build and play. This is a fully facilitated event. Suitable for children 7 – 10 years old.
Open Studios | 5pm – 10pm
The studio artists of The Model will be opening their doors to the public. The artists in attendance will be on hand to greet the public and talk them through their creative process. Featuring esteemed Model Studio artists like Ruth le Gear, Andy Parsons, Sean Larkin, Pulled, Keira O’Toole, Michael Wann and Steve Wickham. This is a great event for any art enthusiast or student eager to see what being a working artist really means.
Sligo Global Kitchen | 5pm – 6.30pm
Why take just take part in Culture Night when you eat it too? SGK is back with a selection of delicious canapés from around the world that will be sure to get your mouth-watering. As always, Sligo Global Kitchen welcomes all so bring your family, friends and neighbours and break some bread with members of SGK.
Film Screening – The Breadwinner | 6pm – 7.45pm
The Model proudly presents an exclusive screening of Cartoon Saloon’s latest film The Breadwinner in The Model Cinema.
The Breadwinner tells the story of 11-year-old Parvana who gives up her identity to provide for her family and try to save her father’s life. The Breadwinner is a celebration of children – for children, whatever their age, wherever they live. The film was directed by Nora Twomey with a screenplay by Anita Doron and Deborah Ellis.
Jennifer Walshe; Aisteach | 10 am -10 pm
This ambitious multi-faceted exhibition combining visual art, literature, film, performance and music, will see renowned composer and artist Jennifer Walshe working both as artist and curator of Aisteach; the Avant-Garde Archive of Ireland.
Tour our acclaimed Aisteach exhibition with Jennifer Walshe | 6 pm
The Niland Gallery | 10 am – 10 pm
Yeats: Portrait of a Family. This exhibition gifts the viewer with an intimate look at the Yeats Family through the portraits of John Butler Yeats and a selection of other artists. The show features a body of work newly added to The Niland Collection.
A selection of Jack B. Yeats work from The Niland collection is also on display.
Jack Fennell | 7 pm
Join writer Jack Fennell as he presents a gallery talk on his adventures in the annals of Irish science fiction writing to reveal strange and wonderful tales of time-travel, alien visitations and terrifying monsters. Fennell, who is the editor of A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction, considers in this talk both how our ancestors imagined the future world, while also hypothesising what a Martian might perhaps make of a hurling match or the banking inquiry.
Project for the reclamation of the Irish Body; Curated by Jennifer Walshe | 8pm -10 pm
The galleries that host Jennifer Walshe’s exhibition will be filled with music and movement. Dancers will offer free, short group classes in a wide variety of dances and physical practices, all aimed at absolute beginners.
Click here to visit the Project for the reclamation of the Irish Body event
Free Admission to all events