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.

In Omós Do Francisco

Scroíbh le Seamus Connolly | Ceol “Dunes” le Chequerboard | Scannánú le A&E Creative

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.

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