Irish Tour Learning & Public Engagement
The Model, Sligo
February 3 - April 8, 2023
All events at The Model can be booked at www.themodel.ie
- Friday 3 February | 5pm | Exhibition walkthrough with Niamh O'Malley
- Friday 3 February | 6pm | Launch of the exhibition by Maureen Kennelly, Director, The Arts Council
- Thursday 9 February | Tour of the exhibition for Mayo visitors (bus organised by Mayo Arts Service)
- Tuesday 21 February | 2pm | Tour of the exhibition by Niamh O'Malley with RHA Members (public welcome)
- Sunday 26 February | 11.30am-4.30pm | Comic-making workshop for families
- Saturday 11 March | 11am | Informal tour of the exhibition with Ireland at Venice Mediators, Kate McSharry and Nadia Tamerji
- Sunday 12 March | 11.30am-4.30pm | Art and Architecture sculptural workshop for families
- Wednesday 15 March | 10.30am | Artists' Breakfast Club with Niamh O'Malley presenting her practice to local artists, practitioners and those interested in visual art
- Saturday 8 April | 3pm | Sligo Global Kitchen for local communities to celebrate the closing of Niamh O'Malley's exhibition with food
- Ongoing throughout exhibition | Kids' 'Gather' Explorer Guide designed by artist Maeve Clancy, Secondary School curriculum programme, Art Lounge - public space for local artists to read and relax with books selected by Niamh O'Malley
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
March 3 - April 30, 2023
All events at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios can be booked at www.templebargallery.com
- Thursday 9 March | 6pm | Tour of the exhibition with Ireland at Venice Curatorial Team, Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill
- Saturday 11 March | 11am | 'Slow Look' visit to the exhibition led by artist and Ireland at Venice Mediator, Maelisa Lennon
- Wednesday 15 March | 2pm | 'Art Walk' starting from Niamh O’Malley’s exhibition to other galleries in the Temple Bar area
- Saturday 25 March | Tour of the exhibition for visitors from Mayo and Sligo. Including a visit to ‘Fly Floor’ at The Complex, curated by Mark O’Gorman & Niamh O’Malley (trains organised)
- Friday 31 March | 6pm | Location TBC | Niamh O’Malley in-conversation with artist Eva Rothschild, Ireland's representative at La Biennale, 2019
- Monday 3 April and Monday 17 April | 6 - 7.30pm | 'Young Art Writers' – art writing workshops in the gallery with Lily Cahill a visual artist, writer, facilitator and editor
- Wednesday 5 April | 2pm | 'Art Walk' begins at Niamh O’Malley’s exhibition and includes a visit to ‘Fly Floor’ at The Complex, curated by Mark O’Gorman & Niamh O’Malley
- Saturday 8 April | 12 - 4pm | Art workshop led by Sarah Ward, arts educator and Ireland at Venice Mediator. Open to all, drop-in anytime
- Monday 10 April | 11-4pm | Art workshop led by Sarah Ward, arts educator and Ireland at Venice Mediator. For small community groups and people with additional needs. Booking required
- Wednesday 19 April | 6pm | 'From Practice to Exhibition', Niamh O’Malley hosts a talk for recent graduates, early career and emerging contemporary artists and curators and those returning to their practice
- Saturday 29 April | 12pm | International Sculpture Day tour of the exhibition
- Ongoing throughout exhibition | Written response by poet, Padraig Regan, TBG+S Commissioned Writer 2023; Niamh O’Malley book selection, available for sale in the Gallery and online. Quiet Time viewings: Email info@templebargallery.com for further details and to book.
The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Saturday 11 March, 2023
Bringing together creative voices in language and film, who produced work alongside Niamh O’Malley’s Gather exhibition at the 59th Biennale di Venezia 2022. Featuring readings by acclaimed writers, Brian Dillon and Eimear McBride who contributed texts to the exhibition book, as well as conversations with Niamh O’Malley and the Ireland at Venice Curatorial Team of Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill of Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, who discuss the making of Gather. The day is mediated by Kate Strain of Kunstverein Aughrim.
Accompanying film screenings include those by artist, Jenny Brady whose film Gather follows O’Malley through the making of her work, and Ros Kavanagh’s short film which documents the exhibition at the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.