Open Trades Club presents an exhibition of artworks, objects, interventions and archive material reflecting the activities of individuals that associate themselves by arts, crafts, trades and skills. The exhibition entitled PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE, aims to provide an insight into the changing role and composition of open trades club and to speculate on... Continue Reading →
Michael Wann – ‘self-assembly’ Exhibition
I had the pleasure of chatting to the very talented Michael Wann yesterday. He has an exhibition running at the moment called 'self-assembly'. It's a fantastic collection of self-portraits and is running for this month in 'room' @ The Model. Room is a contemporary exhibition space designated to the resident studio artists, and is independently... Continue Reading →
Yeats Day Mail Art Project 2014 – An Open Call For Submissions
WB Yeats was one of the most important poets of the 20th century. His work is known and lauded in many countries. He had a special affection for County Sligo, Republic of Ireland and his Nobel Prize medal is on display in the Sligo County Museum. Yeats Day on June 13 is a dawn to... Continue Reading →
The Bigger Picture – An Exhibition at Angelworld
The Bigger Picture, an exhibition of new painting by artist and Reiki healer, Ethel Mc Veigh at Angelworld on Friday 21st March - 6.30 - 8.30pm. All are welcome to attend the launch this evening at Angelworld - 2 Hyde Bridge, Sligo. Each painting, print and card lends healing energy to awaken your spiritual self... Continue Reading →
A Winter Light
The wind was howling today in Sligo so I headed to The Model to see Mark Garry's latest exhibition 'A Winter Light'. It was a dull day so there wasn't a lot of natural light but the exhibition is beautifully lit and I loved the way it was causing shadows. The photo above looks like... Continue Reading →
The Forge Mice on Tour
A couple of months ago I took the 'forge mice' made by the very talented Michael Budd on a tour of Sligo before they went to their new home in the UK. They were very well behaved and no bother at all 😉 I did, however, get some odd looks from people who saw me.....but... Continue Reading →