My Pick – Annie West
The thing I like best about the broadsides is the layout of the sheet. They are all the same layout and typeface so it’s lovely and clean. Yeats uses less rather than more. The illustrations are so simple but really annoyingly beautiful. He just gets it; it’s hard to explain.
Soundtrack to an Exhibition – A Special Playlist to Elizabeth Price
The Elizabeth Price exhibition draws to a close very soon, on the 28th of August, no less. For your listening pleasure, Edel Doherty (primarily) and Rebecca Kennedy (a little) have composed a playlist to accompany the exhibition. In a fitting homage to Price’s artistic process, the selected tracks have been
My Pick – Imelda Ryan Jones
The painting that I have chosen for the My Pick series is Leaving the Far Point by Jack B. Yeats. I love that Jack depicted himself, his wife Cotty and his favorite uncle walking on a Sligo beach in the image. Jack presented the painting to his wife two months
Interview with Elizabeth Price
Friday, the 24th of June was a glorious, sunny day. Not that any of The Model staff noticed. We were too busy to be concerned with temperamental Irish weather. Turner Prize-winning artist Elizabeth Price was opening her first solo show in Ireland in The Model, the following day and the
Elizabeth Price: A Short Note
Elizabeth Price has had quite an eclectic career. During her student days, the Yorkshire born artist fronted the indie band “Tululah gosh.” The band, which achieved notoriety in the U.K. and U.S., disbanded in 1988, two years after Price left. Their sound was a hybrid of post-punk meets sweetheart vocals
Summer Programme
The Model Sligo launches a glorious Summer Programme for adults, teenagers and children. The Model recently launched a fantastic summer programme which includes teenage drop-in summer sessions, summer camps for 4 to 12 year olds, monthly family days and a 2 day Moku Hanga print-making workshop for adults. Are your