September 7th - October 12th 2024
Tide and Ties
Remembering the Spanish Armada
Hamilton Gallery, Sligo and Spanish Armada Ireland are hosting the first international Spanish Armada inspired visual art exhibition featuring artists from Spain, Norway, the UK and Ireland. Aideen Connolly, Medbh Gillard, Martina Hamilton, Lisa Gingles, Unni Mona Kristoffersen, Xavi Muñoz and Emma Stroude, along with poets Winifred McNulty, Seamus Connolly and Malcolm Hamilton, have been exchanging ideas and creating work reflecting the connections between their countries through the Armada narrative.
Learn about the history of the Spanish Armada and Ireland at this link
AIDEEN CONNOLLY
Seamus Connolly -In Omós Do Francisco
Scroíbh le Seamus Connolly | Ceol “Dunes” le Chequerboard | Scannánú le A&E Creative.
Poem read by Seamus Connolly for Culture NIght 2024 at Hamilton Gallery.
MEDBH GILLARD
LISA GINGLES
Malcolm Hamilton - Arlo
(After Spanish Armada ship wreckage at Streedagh County Sligo )
Written for the Tide and Ties Exhibition and read for Culture Night 2024 at Hamilton Gallery
MARTINA HAMILTON
UNNI MONA KRISTOFFERSEN
Winifred McNulty - September Streedagh
Poet Winifred McNulty reads one of her her new poems written for Tide and Ties - Remembering the Spanish Armada at the opening of the exhibition on September 7th 2024, & Culture Night 2024.
EMMA STROUDE
XAVI MUÑOZ
This I Have Wished,
a 21 minute film by Xavi Muñoz created in 2005, themed on the journey of Francisco De Cúellar will be shown on loop as part of this exhibition.
Culture Night Sligo 2024
Friday September 20th 7 - 9pm
Hamilton Gallery and Spanish Armada Ireland host the first international Spanish Armada inspired visual art exhibition featuring artists from Spain, Norway, the UK and Ireland, reflecting the connections between their countries through the Armada narrative.
Contributing artists to the exhibition will be present on Culture Night to speak about their work for this exhibition. There will also be readings of poetry by Seamus Connolly, Winifred McNulty and Malcolm Hamilton, contributing writers to the exhibition.
To see what other events are on in Sligo for Culture Night Please follow the link
