This weekend is a busy one on The Mall here in Sligo. First off we kickstart the day with our second Dorm Symposium from 2pm, then ease on into the night with the wonderful RSAG. In between these events, we recommend you make a trip to the Art Mart studios

We have another two great artist interviews by Young Model. Before the opening of DORM young model got a chance to interview the artist collective BGL whilst they were installing their work at the Model. Jasmin Bilodeau, Sébastien Giguère (absent from interview) and Nicolas Laverdière are based in Quebec City,

We’ve had a beautiful little film made of the opening of Dorm on Sat 1st May that we want to share with you. It was filmed by Myles and Stephen of Arbutus Yarns and they’ve managed to capture the spirit of the evening perfectly. If you were there on May

Lightbox Animation Festival kicked off today at The Model. The rolling Darklight and Synth Eastwood programme are running in the Cinema Northwest Cinemobile, which is parked up right outside the centre, as well as on The Model’s new digital screen. This afternoon, despite the lovely sunshine, we had a great

This weekend The Model hosts Lightbox Animation Festival, currently Ireland’s only dedicated animation fest. We’ve a pretty stellar line-up of animation films on the bill to suit all ages and all interests from myths and legends, to music and love stories. On Saturday(tomorrow), we’ll be launching Lightbox at 3.15pm in

We are very excited to share the news that Canadian artist Stan Douglas is visiting The Model and Sligo this week, upon invitation by our Director Seamus Kealy. Douglas, based in Vancouver, Canada, has long been interested in the work of Samuel Beckett. In 1988 he curated Samuel Beckett: Teleplays,