Bealtaine is the national arts festival celebrating creativity in older age. Join over 55,000 people all over the country, taking part in events involving music, art, dance, cinema, writing, theatre, heritage and more. Bealtaine is your chance to try something new, to share your talents or to come back to

We’re now less than 24 hours away from reopening the doors of the brand new Model. We’ve put together a few notes on the best way to get you here, via our new entrance on Connaughton Road. The simplest way to access The Model is through the Connaughton Rd car-parks

WochenKlausur, a group of artists from Austria, will be in Sligo from April 28th(yesterday) until May 6th to focus on a community development project. These artists were invited by The Model for its May re-opening to produce a Sligo-specific project. As a result, WochenKlausur chose to identify and help remedy

We’re not open quite yet, but the first events as part of Dorm kicked off this afternoon with a Critical Run with Danish Artist Thierry Geoffroy. This run was for local artists and we had a great turn out, especially from the fine art department, lecturers included, from IT Sligo.

We are delighted to announce a very exciting competition for bloggers. As you may know, this weekend The Model reopens its doors following a two year redevelopment which has seen the centre increase in size by a third. The new Model is now home to a separate restaurant and coffee

A piece about The Model by Declan Cashin from today’s Irish Independent in the Review As opening night pitches go, ‘come and sleep with us’ is certainly one to grab the attention. That’s exactly the proposition that the Model arts centre in Sligo is giving to the public during its