Tide and Ties - Remembering the Spanish Armada
Meet the Artists / Poetry Readings
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 Malcolm Hamilton, Winifred McNulty and Seamus Connolly, have been exchanging ideas and creating work reflecting the connections between their countries through the Armada narrative.
On Culture Night, September 20th from 7pm - 9pm you can visit the exhibition and speak with the artists about the inspiration and their creative processes for the artwork on display. There will also be readings by 3 poets engaged in the project.
Aideen Connolly - Lies Beneath Acrylic 30x30cm
Lisa Gingles - "El Corazón Desarraigado" (The Uprooted Heart) Pencil drawing on old book cover and mounted on wood 25.5 x 14 x 4cm
In Omós Do Francisco
Scroíbh le Seamus Connolly | Ceol “Dunes” le Chequerboard | Scannánú le A&E Creative
Medbh Gillard - No Tengo Mas Qve Dar Te (I have nothing more to give you) Mixed media on circular birch panel Dia. 40cm
Emma Stroude - 'May Wreath' (In Remembrance of the Armada at Streedagh) Oil on canvas 30cm x 40cm 2024
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 32024.
Sea Whistle XAVI MUÑOZ - Bronze
Unni Mona Kristoffersen - Shoe Tells Stories 40x27 HxWcm (Image Size)
Acrylic on Paper 2024 Frame - Reclaimed Norwegian Timber
Martina Hamilton - Savage Shore Oil on canvas 36cm X 45cm Image Size
Arlo
(After Spanish Armada ship wreckage at Streedagh County Sligo )
Written for the Tide and Ties Exhibition and read by Malcolm Hamilton for Culture Night 2024 at Hamilton Gallery