Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival Reception and Launch

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The Ireland Institute
The Ireland Institute 27 Pearse Street, Dublin, Ireland

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.

Free

Launch Event for From The Forest to The Ocean, a multidisciplinary exhibition with artists Mary Moynihan and Hina Khan at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, featuring Visual Art, Photography, Poetry and Film

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Rathfarnham Castle
Rathfarnham Castle Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, Ireland

Rathfarnham Castle and Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are delighted to invite you to the launch of From the Forest to the Ocean,  a powerful, new multidisciplinary exhibition at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, D14K3T6, with artists Mary Moynihan and Hina Khan.

Free

Launch of Plaque to remember Deirdre O’Connell (1939-2001), an actor, teacher, director, founding member and Artistic Director of Dublin Focus Theatre from 1967 to 2001

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Outdoors at 6a Pembroke Place
Outdoors at 6a Pembroke Place Dublin

Dublin City Council are unveiling a plaque in memory of Deirdre O’Connell (1939-2001), an actor, teacher and director, founder of the Dublin Stanislavski Acting Studio, 1963-2001 and founding member and Artistic Director of Dublin Focus Theatre from 1967 until 2001. Launch by Councillor Ray McAdam, Lord Mayor of Dublin.