Visit the Smashing Times Virtual Arts Centre to visit new exhibitions presented for the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2022
Launch of the 2023 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival and the flagship Eternal Rebels Exhibition, followed by a premiere performance of States of Independence, taking place on Friday 13 October 2023, 6pm, at the Pumphouse, Dublin Port. Guest speakers are Olive Moore, interim Director, Front Line Defenders, Mary Moynihan, writer, poet, theatre and film-maker, and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with guest artist performances
A reception and launch for the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival, with festival artists and Ambassadors. The reception and launch feature guest talks, refreshments and the opportunity to view the Irish in Resistance during World War II multidisciplinary exhibition funded by The Arts Council and to watch a live performance of Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan presented by Smashing times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders. Speaking at the event are festival ambassadors Senator Lynn Ruane; Jessica Traynor, poet, essayist, librettist, and poetry editor at Banshee, 2023 Arts Council Writer in Residence in Galway University; and MayKay, musician. Presentations will be made by artist Mary Moynihan, writer, poet and creator of art and photography, on behalf of Smashing Times and Olivia Moore, Front Line Defenders. The reception and launch take place at The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, D2 on Friday 11 October 2024, 6.30-9pm. All welcome.