Sat. 19 Apr. – Sat. 21 Jun. 2025 The Model is delighted to present a new film work by the artist, Marianne Keating, entitled No Irish Need Apply, which has been commissioned by The Model especially for The Niland Collection. This single-channel film examines the realities of Irish migration to England during the twentieth century. The […]
Tue. 15 Apr. – Sat. 21 Jun. 2025 12 – 3pm | Exhibition Preview 3 – 4pm | Julianknxx in conversation with writer and creative producer, Debo Amon 4 – 5pm | Drinks Reception The Model is delighted to present Chorus in Rememory of Flight, an immersive multi-screen film installation, across six gallery spaces, by […]
Tue. 25 Mar. – Sat. 1 Nov. 2025 The Dreaming Road presents audiences with the opportunity to trace Jack Butler Yeats’ extraordinary journey as an artist through four important, interconnected stages of his life and work. The show touches on the legacy of his unique artistic family, as well as the indelible influence of his […]
The Amatis Trio: Happy Birthday, Dr. Wilson! Fri. 4 Oct. 2024 7.30pm €20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s Lea Hausmann violin Samuel Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano Programme: Beethoven Piano Trio op. 1 no. 3 Ian Wilson Spilliaert’s Beach Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 Followed by Birthday Cake and Cava! All welcome. Sponsored by Sligo County […]
The Amatis Trio: Happy Birthday, Dr. Wilson! Fri. 4 Oct. 2024 7.30pm €20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s Lea Hausmann violin Samuel Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano Programme: Beethoven Piano Trio op. 1 no. 3 Ian Wilson Spilliaert’s Beach Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 Followed by Birthday Cake and Cava! All welcome. Sponsored by Sligo County […]
Earth's skin is not one soil but many soils. Each has its own story. Soils are active. They are born. They age. They breathe. Soils are in a state of constant change in cycles with no beginning and no end. We are the custodians of this living organism, earth's green mantle. This opening statement by […]
The Amatis Trio: Happy Birthday, Dr. Wilson! Fri. 4 Oct. 2024 7.30pm €20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s Lea Hausmann violin Samuel Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano Programme: Beethoven Piano Trio op. 1 no. 3 Ian Wilson Spilliaert’s Beach Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 Followed by Birthday Cake and Cava! All welcome. Sponsored by Sligo County […]
The Amatis Trio: Happy Birthday, Dr. Wilson! Fri. 4 Oct. 2024 7.30pm €20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s Lea Hausmann violin Samuel Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano Programme: Beethoven Piano Trio op. 1 no. 3 Ian Wilson Spilliaert’s Beach Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 Followed by Birthday Cake and Cava! All welcome. Sponsored by Sligo County […]
Informal Music Afternoons are a series of monthly events, presented in partnership with Sligo Baroque Orchestra, where an eclectic mix of music is performed in a welcoming format in The Model’s Atrium space. The Informal Music Afternoon is an ideal way to spend a calm Sunday afternoon. The idea behind this event is to make […]
The Amatis Trio: Happy Birthday, Dr. Wilson! Fri. 4 Oct. 2024 7.30pm €20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s Lea Hausmann violin Samuel Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano Programme: Beethoven Piano Trio op. 1 no. 3 Ian Wilson Spilliaert’s Beach Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 Followed by Birthday Cake and Cava! All welcome. Sponsored by Sligo County […]
With opening speech by John Turpin, President of the Friends of The National Collections of Ireland. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland (FNCI), The Model presents a unique selection of artworks gifted to The Niland Collection from the 1960s to the present day. […]
Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) grew up in Sligo, in the care of his maternal grandparents Elizabeth & William Pollexfen. From an early age, the young artist was steeped in the rich sea-faring culture of the area, where the ocean connected a small town on Europe’s western periphery with the enigmatic outside world. Throughout Yeats’ long career […]
The Amatis Trio: Happy Birthday, Dr. Wilson! Fri. 4 Oct. 2024 7.30pm €20 / €10 (conc.) / €10 U-18s Lea Hausmann violin Samuel Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano Programme: Beethoven Piano Trio op. 1 no. 3 Ian Wilson Spilliaert’s Beach Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 Followed by Birthday Cake and Cava! All welcome. Sponsored by Sligo County […]
Live Music by Felip Carbonel & Eddie McFarlane from 12 – 2pm The Model offers breakfast, teas & coffees, cakes & various brunch choices on our menu. Fresh fruit juice, Selection of breakfast pastries and preserves, Greek yoghurt, with cinnamon infused berries Tea or speciality tea or barista prepared coffee
Stigma Damages is a solo exhibition by Michele Horrigan, known for her ongoing investigations into heavy industry in Ireland and the environmental impacts involved in the global production of aluminium. This is Horrigan’s most substantial presentation on the topic to date, with new video artworks, unearthed archival documents and found objects placed across five gallery spaces […]
Presented in partnership with Cairde Sligo Arts Festival as part of the Hereditas Project Participating artists: Chloe McDonagh, Dave McDonagh, Francesca Hutchinson, Leanne McDonagh, Phien O’Phien and Tommy Rhattigan. Bafushia is a word from the Traveller Cant language that conveys a physically-bound term of forward movement. The exhibition title arose while exploring Jack Butler Yeats images of Travellers with Oein DeBhairduin and participants […]
Presented in partnership with Cairde Sligo Arts Festival Curated by Dr. Julie Brazil The Wandering Gaze presents a collection of images relative to Travelling people in the work of Jack Butler Yeats. Highlighting Yeats’ keen observations of diversity amongst nomadic groups within Irish society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition includes sketchbook drawings, […]
The Model is delighted to welcome Dónal once more to a thrilling Late Nights gig as part of the after-party for the opening of The Sligo Wave. He returns to The Model with an acclaimed run on the RTE Lyric FM show Vespertine under his belt and wind in his sails! Dónal’s extended Backstory sets are […]
The Sligo Wave Tinka Bechert / Daniel Chester / Patrick Collins / Barrie Cooke / Patricia Doherty / Patrick Hall / Ronnie Hughes / Hazel McCrann / Seán McSweeney / Nick Miller / Cormac O’Leary / Andy Parsons / Emma Stroude / Cléa van der Grijn / Lorna Watkins / Jack Butler Yeats ‘There is […]
Afternoon art sessions recommended for children 6 – 12 years. These May sessions will respond to paintings in The Niland Collection, with a focus on architecture and still life – through looking, making and discussion.
Roots and Routes: A celebration of African cultures and traditions from North, South, East and West Africa Dance workshops, drumming, hair-braiding demonstrations, face painting, fashion parade, story-telling, and a unique celebration of food from North, South, West and East Africa by Sligo Global Kitchen, followed by a special evening of gospel singing by Sligo Gospel […]
Afternoon art sessions recommended for children 6 – 12 years. These May sessions will respond to paintings in The Niland Collection, with a focus on architecture and still life – through looking, making and discussion.
To celebrate Bealtaine The Model are offering an informal tour of The Niland Collection Looking Forward, Looking Back. Taking one work as it’s starting point, you are invited on a creative journey around the gallery, followed by brunch in The Model’s café.
Afternoon art sessions recommended for children 6 – 12 years. These May sessions will respond to paintings in The Niland Collection, with a focus on architecture and still life – through looking, making and discussion.
