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

We’re delighted to announce details of the Sligo New Music Festival 2010, which returns to The Model from 16th — 18th April with the early, ground-breaking music of Gavin Bryars, including his classic works The Sinking of the Titanic and Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet, After the Requiem and

Last week young model were invited to a feedback and showcase day on Saturday where all recipients of the Young Ensemble Award Scheme 2009 in the country attended. Below, Young model curator Linda Hayden, and the young model team discuss the trip to Dublin and their experience at Exchange. Watch

In late November 2009, Touch the Sky performance group invited the Northern Irish arts and disability group Stravaganza to a collage party in late November, hosted at the Reverse Pedagogy exhibition, The Model Satellite. Touch The Sky is a unique collaboration between The Model and RehabCare Sligo, and are currently