The Model, Sligo.

From dusk till dawn; the origins of Culture night

The exciting launch of Culture Night took place yesterday in the grounds of the National Museum of Decorative Arts and History in Collins Barracks, Dublin. For the first time Culture Night has spread to Sligo and this year, with the help of the Sligo Arts Office cultural organisations in town

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The Model, Sligo.

Sligo Local Artists Movement

SLAM looking for local artists SLAM will be holding a meeting on Wednesday 19th of August at the NorthSide Resource Centre at 7pm, to talk about Culture Night and any ideas you would like to put forward for the event. The group are looking to work with local artists or those

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The Model, Sligo.

Jason’s Second Diary entry from the Interview

Another entry from Jason in the Young Model team who are currently interviewing some of the living artists in the Niland Collection ‘Hi again I can’t believe its my only second day of doing this Diary entry. It’s so inspiring and good to me because I can tell people over

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The Model, Sligo.

New Spaces for Music and Sligo Live present Josh Ritter

Watch Video The Model in association with Sligo Live 2009 is delighted to announce a very special New Spaces for Music gig with Josh Ritter and the Love Cannon String Band in the intimate setting of Calry Church on Sunday October 25th. As part of a series of intimate shows

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Yasmin’s YM Diary

Our third diary entry from the Young Model Interview project. Below, Yasmin discusses how they got on interviewing Niland Collection artist Barrie Cook. “I’m part of a group of young people who are interviewing some of Ireland’s most famous artists who have paintings in the Niland Collection. The footage we

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Andy Parson Interview

Wolf On Arm Andy Parsons has been working with the Young Model team over the past few years on a number of projects. Recently, Andy was interviewed by Sligo based website Practice.ie about his work at Wolf on Arm. Practice.ie is the website of the first professional network in Ireland, for

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