Artist Breakfast Club; looking forward and back
We are very excited about the return of the Artist Breakfast Club this Autumn. This is an ongoing free resource at The Model for artists to share knowledge and connect through their practice. Due to COVID 19 restrictions and the challenges that have come with it, the Artist Breakfast Club
The Model’s Inside Out online digital programme for kids has lit a fire of creativity in many of our young budding artists.
Freya Whitney in Leitrim tells us what she has got up to during lockdown.Her story and artwork reveal the hidden landscape and magic that can be found in the hills and woods of Lovely Leitrim. ‘I was happy to make this artwork of “the view from my window” it was
Sligo Global Kitchen a meaningful project says IT Sligo student Elvis
El Lyon, involved since the start, spoke to Rebecca Kennedy about how food is central to this special initiative at The Model. (This article first appeared in the Sligo Weekender). Photo Brian Farrell. Sligo Global Kitchen (SGK) is an art and food project funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland,
A short interview with filmmaker Vivianne Dick who curated The Model’s screening of ‘Delirious Rhythm, 1936-2017: Films selected by Vivienne Dick’
‘It’s a really nice programme,’ said Dick, on her curated selection of short experimental films. ‘It first screened in 2017 at the IFI as part of a programme organised by AEMI (Artist Experimental Moving Image) and IMMA as I had a survey of my work showing at the museum. The
Artist Margaret Walker completes residency at The Model
Margaret Walker is an artist based in the KCAT Studio in Callan, Co. Kilkenny (http://kcat.ie/studio/margaret-walker/). Margaret visited the Model recently as part of her ongoing collaboration with Model studio artist Anna Spearman. Margaret and Anna met in 2016 at an Open Day in KCAT as part of the Engagement project, a project
Interview with Yobst Greaves
Curator and collector Jobst Graeve discusses some of the works in his remarkable collection in this short video.