Hamilton Gallery

30/05/2026

📣Join the Cairde Volunteer Team! 📣

Our dedicated volunteer team brings Cairde Sligo Arts Festival to life each year. From welcoming audiences and supporting artists to helping events run smoothly, our volunteers make the festival possible.

Whether you're interested in meeting new people, gaining valuable experience, supporting the arts, or getting involved in your community, we'd love to hear from you!

Attend our Volunteer Recruitment & Information Session to learn more:
🗓 Thursday, June 4th
🕕 6:00pm
📍 Riverside Hotel

✨Must be 18+ to volunteer

Can't make it? Email [email protected] for more information on joining our volunteer team.


Sligo Volunteer Centre Riverside Hotel - Sligo The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Sligo County Council Sligo Life The Canopy Sligo Hawks Rock Distillery

29/05/2026

29/05/2026

Facebook Friends and followers:

You are cordially invited to the opening of Root Fall, an exhibition of new paintings by Marita O'Hanlon. The exhibition will be opened by artist Emma Stroude on Saturday June 6th at 4pm,

Marita O'Hanlon was the 2025 Cairde Visual / Hamilton Gallery Award Winner & is a recent graduate of NCAD Dublin.

"Root Fall traces shifting boundaries and sites of interruption, where in-between spaces hold material resonance, revealing transformation, tension, and embedded memory." Martia O'Hanlon.

Spread the word and we look forward to seeing you all here.



https://hamiltongallery.ie/marita-ohanlon-root-fall

22/05/2026

22/05/2026

22/05/2026

𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 – Programme
Sun. 24 May, 1pm – 8.30pm

☀️ Aremoja Women’s Group
Display of African Cultural Artefacts
1 pm – 5 pm | Atrium

☀️ Children & Family
A drop-in creative space, African-inspired arts, crafts, and collaborative making
1 pm – 3.30 pm | Atrium

☀️ Sligo Global Kitchen
African cuisines, signature dishes and recipes from across the continent
3 pm – 4.30 pm | Atrium

☀️ Afro Song & Dance Workshop
With Cynthia Sibery & Mabel Chah
2 pm – 4 pm | Media Room

Youth Cultural Celebration
4.30 pm – 6.30 pm | Education Room

☀️ Igbo Association Sligo
Traditional Igbo Wedding Performance
6.45 pm – 7.30 pm | Theatre

☀️ Sligo Integration Chorus
Performance of African song traditions
7.45 pm – 8.30 pm | Theatre



📸 Africa Day at The Model 2025, photo by Cían Flynn Photography

22/05/2026

Gwen O’Dowd, currently featured in The Irish Arts Review, is exhibiting at Hamilton Gallery.

A final opportunity to experience this exhibition before it closes on Saturday, 30 May 2026!

21/05/2026