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Acting for the Future – Using the Arts to Promote Intercultural Health with Refugees in Ireland

Fun Theatre-based Workshops on Health and Well-Being Are you looking for a fun workshop where you can learn new skills? Then this is the space for you. Join us for a fun process of easy-to-use drama and theatre games and exercises where you can work with the group to explore how…

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Smashing Times and Dublin Castle present Equality Workshop

It’s been 99 years since the handover of Dublin Castle… Where are we now? 99 years have lapsed since that loaded moment on 16 January 1922, when the new state was ceremonially born in the all too familiar courtyard of Dublin Castle. Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and…

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by centreforthearts

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The Art of Letting Go

A personal reflection by Mary Moynihan, award-winning writer, theatre and film-maker and Artistic Director, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality On Saturday, Mach 28, 2020, I tested positive for Covid-19, twelve days after becoming ill. I became unwell on Monday evening 16 March. During the illness…

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Smashing Times Artistic Programme for 2021

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are delighted to announce our plans for 2021 which include a range of arts-based projects taking place in Ireland, Northern Ireland and across Europe and the implementation of two unique festivals – the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2021 and…

Posted on December 22, 2020January 12, 2021 by centreforthearts

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City of Dublin Winter Solstice Celebration Festival 2020 – EVENTS ALL ONLINE

In accordance with the Health Act attendance at the Sli an Chroi Winter Solstice Event this evening is restricted to an invited number of 15 people only, and these 15 people have been invited and confirmed by Sli an Chroi. Therefore anyone else who wishes to participate should go to…

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by centreforthearts

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Artistic Director Mary Moynihan speaks at Go Up project Irish launch

Artistic Director is thrilled to be speaking at the Irish launch of the Go Up project, Monday 21 December 2020, 10am. The Go Up project aims to boost the participation of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in adult education supporting teachers, educators and counsellors with tailor-made innovative methodologies and tools…

Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by centreforthearts

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City of Dublin Winter Solstice Celebration Festival 21 December 2020

Crossing Borders – Self-Care across Communities Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Slí an Chroí Holistic Centre are delighted to announce the 11th annual City of Dublin Winter Solstice Celebration Festival taking place on Monday 21 December 2020 from 4- 6pm with events happening online. Come and…

Posted on December 8, 2020December 21, 2020 by centreforthearts

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Puppetry art in adult education – addressing the needs of disadvantaged groups

From 2 – 4 December, Teatr Grodzki facilitated 3 days of online training workshops, on the use of puppetry and storytelling to support different groups experiencing social disadvantage or who are at risk of social exclusion. The main aim of these workshops was to enable participants to use puppetry techniques…

Posted on December 3, 2020December 17, 2020 by centreforthearts

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Mary Moynihan will speak at the European Observatory of Memory’s third annual meeting ‘Taking Stock of European Memory Policies’

Artistic Director Mary Moynihan will speak at the European Observatory of Memory’s third annual meeting ‘Taking Stock of European Memory Policies’, this year being held online from December 9 to 11. Mary will speak about our project, EU 1979: A People’s Parliament, and the virtual exhibition of the same name…

Posted on November 27, 2020December 17, 2020 by centreforthearts

Peace, Reconciliation and Democracy

Smashing Times Receive Funding from Dept. Foreign Affairs & Trade Reconciliation Fund

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are delighted to receive funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Reconciliation Fund. The Reconciliation Fund awards grants to organisations working to build better relations within and between traditions in Northern Ireland, between North and South, and…