Join us for NCFA ‘Meet and Greet’ with policy makers and politicians
Do you work in the arts in Sligo or North Leitrim? Please join us on Monday 16 May at 2.30pm for a Meet and Greet with invited policy makers and politicians in the Northwest, to discuss the impact and penetration of the arts. Meet and Greet at The Model
IT Sligo Theatre Design students exhibit in The Model
Students from IT Sligo’s BA (Hons) in Performing Arts, specialising in Theatre Design, have collaborated with The Model Education team and the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company to create a unique multimedia performance event based on a short extract from Marina Carr’s play Woman and Scarecrow. This one-off event, in The
Venice Biennale
I just finished the Venice Biennale today after a few days of extensive walking, queuing, standing in dark mini-cinemas, and maneouvering through tight Venetian corridors or onto packed vaparettos in search of palazzos filled with art projects. The German pavilion picked up the grand prize with the late Christoph Schlingensief’s
Lightbox Animation Festival Events This Weekend at The Model
Cinema Northwest once again brings the very best in international animation to Sligo with a fantastic programme of films, workshops and exhibitions kicking off at 6.30pm Friday 06 May with Frameworks, a retrospective of award-winning Irish animation at the Cinemobile which will be parked up in Quay Street car park
May Day Delights at The Model
There’s so much to do at The Model on our anniversary this May Day for families and culture vultures we recommend getting a good night’s sleep the night before to stay the distance (that or indulging in a lot of coffee from our lovely new cafe, Slice @ the Model!).
The Sligo New Music Festival Director, Ian Wilson on why the festival is so unique
The “Sligo New Music Festival”:https://themodel.ie/music/sligo-new-music-festival (SNMF) exists to present the best in contemporary chamber music, particularly that which is new to Ireland; over the years we have introduced composers who have strong reputations elsewhere but whose music is not well-known here (Sciarrino, Rebecca Saunders, Toovey, Cattaneo) and have brought top-quality