BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Smashing Times - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Smashing Times X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://smashingtimes.ie X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Smashing Times REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211015T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211015T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000311-1634304600-1634319000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-15/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211015T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211015T160000 DTSTAMP:20211013T092932Z CREATED:20210915T131629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211013T092932Z UID:10000335-1634310000-1634313600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Rights on the Rooftop DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nRights on the Rooftop is a live performance showcasing theatre\, poetry\, song and dance and is a poetic reflection on equality and rights drawing inspiration from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.   The performance is presented on the roof garden of the Chester Beatty and has been created by \n\n\n\nemerging and established artists who have taken part in State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\, a year-long project implemented by a range of partners with support from The Arts Council.  \n\n\n\nThe roof garden of the Chester Beatty is divided into a series of different surfaces: stone\, hardwood\, gravel and ornamental grasses with timber trellises situated around the garden’s perimeter. These lead from the door of the garden to a high point where a large silver birch becomes the focal point.  Rights on the Rooftop is a poetical installation brought to life in the rooftop garden creating a dance between the human body and soul intersecting with fundamental desires for freedom and equality. \n\n\n\nThe performance is an interdisciplinary installation created by artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden and Michael McCabe based on theatrical writings and poetry by writers Féilim James\, Geraldine McAlinden and Mary Moynihan with choreography by Michael McCabe. A key element of the performance is an  extract from John Scott’ acclaimed dance\, Cloud Study\, created by John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer with Irish modern Dance Theatre.   \n\n\n\nCloud Study is part dance\, part dream\, part theatre\, part athletics. Two compelling dancers\, Favour Odusola and Vitor Bassi\, attempt to run 1\,000 kilometres in circles and lines through the space\, chasing dreams\, memories\, and home. This performance is a wild explosive running dance: running away\, running in circles\, which become turns and then falls. Each fall and run generates beautiful\, frantic wild movements\, lifts\, wild shapes in the air. The specially created score by Northern Irish award-winning composer Ryan Vail features everyday sounds blended with voice and electronics culminating in huge orchestral textures\, then dissolving into sparse piano. Cloud Study premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in July 2018\, then ran at Smock Alley Theatre Dublin in November 2018 and at Dance Limerick in December 2018. Cloud Study is an Irish Modern Dance Theatre production directed by John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer. \n\n\n\nThis is an outdoor performance\, warm clothing is recommended. \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun is a Dublin based multidisciplinary creative specialising in dance and fashion. Tobi has garnered tremendous experience in styling\, visual merchandising\, brand consultancy\, direction. Clients include Arnotts\, Selected Homme\, Reiss\, Dublin Vintage Factory. As a Dance Artist\, Tobi is a professional member of Dance Ireland. With a background in Hip Hop and other forms of Street Dance he has won international competitions and continues to mentor youth dance groups nationally through weekly classes and workshops. Over the last three years he has danced and performed regularly in several projects with various companies including EMERSION (2016) choreographed by Matt Szczerek which was performed as part of OIL&WATER (2016)\, a collaboration with Cathy Coughlan (HAVOC)\, supported by The Arts Council and South Dublin County Council. In April 16 as part of the ensemble for LAOCHRA choreographed by David Bolger. In September 2016 he performed as part of the cast for TRANS-BORDER choreographed by Matt Szczerek in collaboration with HAVOC for the launch of IN CONTEXT 4\, South Dublin. In 2018 as a founding member of Human Collective he performed in the new piece titled FABLE at Dublin Fringe Festival at Project Arts Centre. The work was nominated for a Best Ensemble Award. In 2019 he completed a residency in Dance House with Human Collective\, mentored by Elon Hoglund of Tentacle Tribe. He is creating a piece to be performed at Dance2Connect\, a 3 day Urban Dance Festival at The Civic Theatre\, South Dublin\, Funded by the Dublin Arts Council. Within his work he focuses on evocative storytelling and the embodiment of life experiences\, on the politics of the black body\, and his work always searching for ways to show new perspectives and express and heal through movement and film. Currently he is in the research phase of a collaborative Arts project titled Black Canvas\, focused on addressing expanding points of access for young adults who do not identify as professional artists\, but have expressed a strong desire to engage with the sector; to examine the barriers for Black communities in establishing meaningful and ongoing engagement with the arts. Supported by Create and The Arts Council of Ireland. This work has emerged from the Bursary Award which was supported by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme managed by Create\, the national development agency for collaborative arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVitor Bassi\n\n\n\nContemporary dancer and actor graduated at School of Drama Escola de Arte Dramática EAD/ECA/USP\, SP\, Brazil (considered one of the best drama college in Brazil inside University of São Paulo)\, where has worked with the professionals such as Dagoberto Feliz\, Cláudia Schapira\, Iacov Hillel\, Carlos Bauzys\, Isabel Setti\, Cristiane Paoli-Quito\, among others. Has studied with the cinema professionals Luciana Canton\, Fernando Leal and Luiz Mario Vicente. Had been working with Irish Modern Dance Theatre directed by John Scott. Had worked for 9 years with Cia. Repentistas do Corpo (which uses body percussion\, dance\, live music and acting) directed by Sérgio Rocha. Was part of the cast at Selo Homens de COR (a performing company) directed by Sidney Santiago Kuanza. Had also worked as an actor with Luciana Ramanzini and Eduardo Leão at show called Bento Batuca\, with Cia. Teatro do Bardo directed by Fernanda Maia\, with Ricardo Ripa at another show called Corcunda Quaquá\,\, with Núcleo Experimental direct by Zé Henrique de Paula\, Cia. Os Crespos directed by Lucélia Sergio and Sidney Santiago Kuanza\, and Cia. Ouroboros directed by Luanda Eliza. The experience in dance goes through different independent dance companies such as Núcleo OMSTRAB directed by Fernando Lee\, Cia. 3 de Paus directed by Aguinaldo Bueno\, Sérgio Rocha and Ricardo Iazetta\, Um Trilha para sua História directed by Gustavo Kurlat with choreographies from Dafne Michellepis and Marina Caron\, Jorge Garcia cia de dança directed by himselfand GRUA – Gentleman de Rua directed by Osmar Zampieri\, Jorge Garcia and Willy Helm. \n\n\n\n\n\nState of the Art: Nation State as Both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have \n\n\n\nengaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/rights-on-the-rooftop-2/ LOCATION:Roof Garden\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin\, Dublin Castle\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Music,Onsite,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rights-on-the-Rooftop.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211016T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211016T120000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000312-1634378400-1634385600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-16/1/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211016T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211016T160000 DTSTAMP:20211013T093116Z CREATED:20210911T163813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211013T093116Z UID:10000214-1634396400-1634400000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Rights on the Rooftop DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nRights on the Rooftop is a live performance showcasing theatre\, poetry\, song and dance and is a poetic reflection on equality and rights drawing inspiration from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.   The performance is presented on the roof garden of the Chester Beatty and has been created by \n\n\n\nemerging and established artists who have taken part in State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\, a year-long project implemented by a range of partners with support from The Arts Council.  \n\n\n\nThe roof garden of the Chester Beatty is divided into a series of different surfaces: stone\, hardwood\, gravel and ornamental grasses with timber trellises situated around the garden’s perimeter. These lead from the door of the garden to a high point where a large silver birch becomes the focal point.  Rights on the Rooftop is a poetical installation brought to life in the rooftop garden creating a dance between the human body and soul intersecting with fundamental desires for freedom and equality. \n\n\n\nThe performance is an interdisciplinary installation created by artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden and Michael McCabe based on theatrical writings and poetry by writers Féilim James\, Geraldine McAlinden and Mary Moynihan with choreography by Michael McCabe. A key element of the performance is an  extract from John Scott’ acclaimed dance\, Cloud Study\, created by John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer with Irish modern Dance Theatre.   \n\n\n\nCloud Study is part dance\, part dream\, part theatre\, part athletics. Two compelling dancers\, Favour Odusola and Vitor Bassi\, attempt to run 1\,000 kilometres in circles and lines through the space\, chasing dreams\, memories\, and home. This performance is a wild explosive running dance: running away\, running in circles\, which become turns and then falls. Each fall and run generates beautiful\, frantic wild movements\, lifts\, wild shapes in the air. The specially created score by Northern Irish award-winning composer Ryan Vail features everyday sounds blended with voice and electronics culminating in huge orchestral textures\, then dissolving into sparse piano. Cloud Study premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in July 2018\, then ran at Smock Alley Theatre Dublin in November 2018 and at Dance Limerick in December 2018. Cloud Study is an Irish Modern Dance Theatre production directed by John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer. \n\n\n\nThis is an outdoor performance\, warm clothing is recommended. \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun is a Dublin based multidisciplinary creative specialising in dance and fashion. Tobi has garnered tremendous experience in styling\, visual merchandising\, brand consultancy\, direction. Clients include Arnotts\, Selected Homme\, Reiss\, Dublin Vintage Factory. As a Dance Artist\, Tobi is a professional member of Dance Ireland. With a background in Hip Hop and other forms of Street Dance he has won international competitions and continues to mentor youth dance groups nationally through weekly classes and workshops. Over the last three years he has danced and performed regularly in several projects with various companies including EMERSION (2016) choreographed by Matt Szczerek which was performed as part of OIL&WATER (2016)\, a collaboration with Cathy Coughlan (HAVOC)\, supported by The Arts Council and South Dublin County Council. In April 16 as part of the ensemble for LAOCHRA choreographed by David Bolger. In September 2016 he performed as part of the cast for TRANS-BORDER choreographed by Matt Szczerek in collaboration with HAVOC for the launch of IN CONTEXT 4\, South Dublin. In 2018 as a founding member of Human Collective he performed in the new piece titled FABLE at Dublin Fringe Festival at Project Arts Centre. The work was nominated for a Best Ensemble Award. In 2019 he completed a residency in Dance House with Human Collective\, mentored by Elon Hoglund of Tentacle Tribe. He is creating a piece to be performed at Dance2Connect\, a 3 day Urban Dance Festival at The Civic Theatre\, South Dublin\, Funded by the Dublin Arts Council. Within his work he focuses on evocative storytelling and the embodiment of life experiences\, on the politics of the black body\, and his work always searching for ways to show new perspectives and express and heal through movement and film. Currently he is in the research phase of a collaborative Arts project titled Black Canvas\, focused on addressing expanding points of access for young adults who do not identify as professional artists\, but have expressed a strong desire to engage with the sector; to examine the barriers for Black communities in establishing meaningful and ongoing engagement with the arts. Supported by Create and The Arts Council of Ireland. This work has emerged from the Bursary Award which was supported by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme managed by Create\, the national development agency for collaborative arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVitor Bassi\n\n\n\nContemporary dancer and actor graduated at School of Drama Escola de Arte Dramática EAD/ECA/USP\, SP\, Brazil (considered one of the best drama college in Brazil inside University of São Paulo)\, where has worked with the professionals such as Dagoberto Feliz\, Cláudia Schapira\, Iacov Hillel\, Carlos Bauzys\, Isabel Setti\, Cristiane Paoli-Quito\, among others. Has studied with the cinema professionals Luciana Canton\, Fernando Leal and Luiz Mario Vicente. Had been working with Irish Modern Dance Theatre directed by John Scott. Had worked for 9 years with Cia. Repentistas do Corpo (which uses body percussion\, dance\, live music and acting) directed by Sérgio Rocha. Was part of the cast at Selo Homens de COR (a performing company) directed by Sidney Santiago Kuanza. Had also worked as an actor with Luciana Ramanzini and Eduardo Leão at show called Bento Batuca\, with Cia. Teatro do Bardo directed by Fernanda Maia\, with Ricardo Ripa at another show called Corcunda Quaquá\,\, with Núcleo Experimental direct by Zé Henrique de Paula\, Cia. Os Crespos directed by Lucélia Sergio and Sidney Santiago Kuanza\, and Cia. Ouroboros directed by Luanda Eliza. The experience in dance goes through different independent dance companies such as Núcleo OMSTRAB directed by Fernando Lee\, Cia. 3 de Paus directed by Aguinaldo Bueno\, Sérgio Rocha and Ricardo Iazetta\, Um Trilha para sua História directed by Gustavo Kurlat with choreographies from Dafne Michellepis and Marina Caron\, Jorge Garcia cia de dança directed by himselfand GRUA – Gentleman de Rua directed by Osmar Zampieri\, Jorge Garcia and Willy Helm. \n\n\n\n\n\nState of the Art: Nation State as Both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/rights-on-the-rooftop-2021-10-16/ LOCATION:Roof Garden\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin\, Dublin Castle\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Music,Onsite,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rights-on-the-Rooftop.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211016T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211016T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000313-1634396400-1634405400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-16/2/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211017T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211017T160000 DTSTAMP:20211013T093029Z CREATED:20210911T163813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211013T093029Z UID:10000215-1634482800-1634486400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Rights on the Rooftop DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nRights on the Rooftop is a live performance showcasing theatre\, poetry\, song and dance and is a poetic reflection on equality and rights drawing inspiration from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.   The performance is presented on the roof garden of the Chester Beatty and has been created by \n\n\n\nemerging and established artists who have taken part in State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\, a year-long project implemented by a range of partners with support from The Arts Council.  \n\n\n\nThe roof garden of the Chester Beatty is divided into a series of different surfaces: stone\, hardwood\, gravel and ornamental grasses with timber trellises situated around the garden’s perimeter. These lead from the door of the garden to a high point where a large silver birch becomes the focal point.  Rights on the Rooftop is a poetical installation brought to life in the rooftop garden creating a dance between the human body and soul intersecting with fundamental desires for freedom and equality. \n\n\n\nThe performance is an interdisciplinary installation created by artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden and Michael McCabe based on theatrical writings and poetry by writers Féilim James\, Geraldine McAlinden and Mary Moynihan with choreography by Michael McCabe. A key element of the performance is an  extract from John Scott’ acclaimed dance\, Cloud Study\, created by John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer with Irish modern Dance Theatre.   \n\n\n\nCloud Study is part dance\, part dream\, part theatre\, part athletics. Two compelling dancers\, Favour Odusola and Vitor Bassi\, attempt to run 1\,000 kilometres in circles and lines through the space\, chasing dreams\, memories\, and home. This performance is a wild explosive running dance: running away\, running in circles\, which become turns and then falls. Each fall and run generates beautiful\, frantic wild movements\, lifts\, wild shapes in the air. The specially created score by Northern Irish award-winning composer Ryan Vail features everyday sounds blended with voice and electronics culminating in huge orchestral textures\, then dissolving into sparse piano. Cloud Study premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in July 2018\, then ran at Smock Alley Theatre Dublin in November 2018 and at Dance Limerick in December 2018. Cloud Study is an Irish Modern Dance Theatre production directed by John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer. \n\n\n\nThis is an outdoor performance\, warm clothing is recommended. \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun is a Dublin based multidisciplinary creative specialising in dance and fashion. Tobi has garnered tremendous experience in styling\, visual merchandising\, brand consultancy\, direction. Clients include Arnotts\, Selected Homme\, Reiss\, Dublin Vintage Factory. As a Dance Artist\, Tobi is a professional member of Dance Ireland. With a background in Hip Hop and other forms of Street Dance he has won international competitions and continues to mentor youth dance groups nationally through weekly classes and workshops. Over the last three years he has danced and performed regularly in several projects with various companies including EMERSION (2016) choreographed by Matt Szczerek which was performed as part of OIL&WATER (2016)\, a collaboration with Cathy Coughlan (HAVOC)\, supported by The Arts Council and South Dublin County Council. In April 16 as part of the ensemble for LAOCHRA choreographed by David Bolger. In September 2016 he performed as part of the cast for TRANS-BORDER choreographed by Matt Szczerek in collaboration with HAVOC for the launch of IN CONTEXT 4\, South Dublin. In 2018 as a founding member of Human Collective he performed in the new piece titled FABLE at Dublin Fringe Festival at Project Arts Centre. The work was nominated for a Best Ensemble Award. In 2019 he completed a residency in Dance House with Human Collective\, mentored by Elon Hoglund of Tentacle Tribe. He is creating a piece to be performed at Dance2Connect\, a 3 day Urban Dance Festival at The Civic Theatre\, South Dublin\, Funded by the Dublin Arts Council. Within his work he focuses on evocative storytelling and the embodiment of life experiences\, on the politics of the black body\, and his work always searching for ways to show new perspectives and express and heal through movement and film. Currently he is in the research phase of a collaborative Arts project titled Black Canvas\, focused on addressing expanding points of access for young adults who do not identify as professional artists\, but have expressed a strong desire to engage with the sector; to examine the barriers for Black communities in establishing meaningful and ongoing engagement with the arts. Supported by Create and The Arts Council of Ireland. This work has emerged from the Bursary Award which was supported by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme managed by Create\, the national development agency for collaborative arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVitor Bassi\n\n\n\nContemporary dancer and actor graduated at School of Drama Escola de Arte Dramática EAD/ECA/USP\, SP\, Brazil (considered one of the best drama college in Brazil inside University of São Paulo)\, where has worked with the professionals such as Dagoberto Feliz\, Cláudia Schapira\, Iacov Hillel\, Carlos Bauzys\, Isabel Setti\, Cristiane Paoli-Quito\, among others. Has studied with the cinema professionals Luciana Canton\, Fernando Leal and Luiz Mario Vicente. Had been working with Irish Modern Dance Theatre directed by John Scott. Had worked for 9 years with Cia. Repentistas do Corpo (which uses body percussion\, dance\, live music and acting) directed by Sérgio Rocha. Was part of the cast at Selo Homens de COR (a performing company) directed by Sidney Santiago Kuanza. Had also worked as an actor with Luciana Ramanzini and Eduardo Leão at show called Bento Batuca\, with Cia. Teatro do Bardo directed by Fernanda Maia\, with Ricardo Ripa at another show called Corcunda Quaquá\,\, with Núcleo Experimental direct by Zé Henrique de Paula\, Cia. Os Crespos directed by Lucélia Sergio and Sidney Santiago Kuanza\, and Cia. Ouroboros directed by Luanda Eliza. The experience in dance goes through different independent dance companies such as Núcleo OMSTRAB directed by Fernando Lee\, Cia. 3 de Paus directed by Aguinaldo Bueno\, Sérgio Rocha and Ricardo Iazetta\, Um Trilha para sua História directed by Gustavo Kurlat with choreographies from Dafne Michellepis and Marina Caron\, Jorge Garcia cia de dança directed by himselfand GRUA – Gentleman de Rua directed by Osmar Zampieri\, Jorge Garcia and Willy Helm. \n\n\n\n\n\nState of the Art: Nation State as Both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/rights-on-the-rooftop-2021-10-17/ LOCATION:Roof Garden\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin\, Dublin Castle\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Music,Onsite,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rights-on-the-Rooftop.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211017T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211017T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000314-1634482800-1634491800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-17/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211018T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211018T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000315-1634551200-1634578200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-18/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211019T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211019T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000316-1634637600-1634664600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-19/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211019T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211019T200000 DTSTAMP:20211022T094339Z CREATED:20210911T135453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T094339Z UID:10000301-1634670000-1634673600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Eascair - The Black Irish Renaissance DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nThis event will also be streamed live on the Smashing Times Facebook page \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nPercy Chambaruka (Jafaris) \n\n\n\nTobi Balogun \n\n\n\nFavour Odusola \n\n\n\nVithória Escobar \n\n\n\nLucille Aires \n\n\n\nLapree Lala \n\n\n\nKareen SK \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nCovid created a moment of pause. \n\n\n\nThis pause triggered a lot of social movements\, allowing us as a community to reflect internally and on our environment. The response from arts organisations and the Arts Council show that we don’t have the same historical contexts as in other parts of Europe and the UK in terms of the relationship to colonialism. This allowed a jumping off point for artists to have conversations that Ireland has never had before. \n\n\n\nConversations have been held within ourselves and our communities and while we welcome those organisations and their response and the renewed funding streams and opportunities\, as a community we have to make sure that this is not a short-lived situation and ensure we can capitalise on the opportunities made available and grow from this point. \n\n\n\nIt’s a really young community\, second generation and in terms of the arts it’s just happening now and happens to coincide with recent social events. How can we shift consciously as a community? \n\n\n\nBrought to you by Tobi Balogun as part of the Black Canvas initiative\, in collaboration with Create and Smashing Times\, Eascair is a showcase of emerging Black/Irish Artists\, showcasing new voices and directions within their own work and discussing growth within the Black-Irish Arts industry. \n\n\n\nThis work has emerged from the Bursary Award which was supported by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community This work has emerged from the AIC Bursary Award 2020: Collaborative Arts and Human Rights which was offered by Create\, the national development agency for collaborative arts\, in partnership with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties\, and funded by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme\, managed by Create. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFavour Odusola\n\n\n\nFavour Odusola (Proud African King) is a thespian\, a dedicated and passionate individual and a face that portrays the average African dancer with the zeal to learn and explore. Originally from Lagos\, Nigeria\, Favour is currently based in Dublin\, Ireland. Favour is very adventurous\, looking for new ways to use dance as a tool to be of relevance. Learn to live and be free while doing so. Say no to back talk\, improve love and enjoy life one at a time. Favour believes that dance is a tool for social integration\, education\, proper implementation and love but only if used right. This is his plan. To use dance to make others understand even when they don’t want to. Teaching without really lecturing. Favour is everything in a dancer and more. Educated\, zealous\, a thinker\, playful\, genius\, dangerous and unpredictable. Looking for new ways to innovate at the same time create a platform and structure for both the young\, experienced and inexperienced so they understand how important dance as a tool and career is and should not be taken for granted. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVithória Escobar\n\n\n\nVithória is a Brazilian artist based in Dublin and a professional member of Dance Ireland. She works across several contexts of dance and visual arts. As a dancer\, she has collaborated with artists in Ireland across several contexts\, from commercial work to cultural initiatives. Recently\, she facilitated a Dancehall Workshop with Go Dance For Change as part of IMMA Outdoors. In 2020\, she performed at the Social Inclusion Week\, sponsored by Dublin City Council/NEIC in partnership with Five Lamps Arts Festival\, promoting connections between Irish/Brazilian communities. She also performed at SimSimma New Year’s Eve 2020 and the UCD Festival in 2019. As a visual artist\, Vithória combines painting and photography. “Afrobrasilidades”\, her recent collaboration with Alessandra Azevedo\, produced\, painted and shot by her\, was featured in the Spoken Black Girl Magazine Issue 3: Diaspora. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLucille Aires\n\n\n\nI’ve been teaching since the end of 2018. My professional dance journey started in Dublin\, Ireland\, where I taught Dancehall\, Afro and Choreography. I have worked with students from all over the world and since the start of the pandemic I have taught more than 100 live classes. I currently teach with European based companies such as Go Dance for Change\, Dance it Out Ireland and Struttin in Ireland and Twerkafterwork in the UK. I have taught in-person classes in Ireland\, Brazil and Turkey. Dancing is not only about steps or choreography\, and I bring this philosophy to my classes by always highlighting the cultural and historic aspects of the dances. I was the organizer of Ireland’s first Dancehall Intensive in 2020 and also participated in the organization of two international live showcases\, one of which raised more than €500 for the Children’s Cancer Centre of Lebanon. I have learned Dancehall and Afro straight from the source with Jamaican and African teachers. I am the founder of the World Fusion Crew based in Dublin with 13 members from 6 different nationalities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLapree Lala\n\n\n\nLapree Lala is a Galway based Afrodance Dancer/Instructor/Choreographer in Ireland. As CEO of Dublin based company\, Southside Moves\, Luntu has regularly taught and collaborated for the past three years with many individuals from the scene\, hoping to spread awareness and understanding of Afro culture in Ireland. She has worked with companies such as Google\, Twitter and Facebook\, and has performed at Electric Picnic as well as for artists such as Naira Marley\, A-Star and Headie One. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKareen SK\n\n\n\nKareen SK was born in France where she mostly grew up\, with both parents from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica\, where she also spent half of her life all together. Dancing is a transmitted passion and she loves creating.She started her dance journey back in Paris where she was part of a ‘GwoKa’ and ‘Bélè’ band\, (traditional Caribbean rhythms from Guadeloupe and Martinique) as a dancer\, a drummer\, and a coach for 14 years before landing in Cork.SK VYBZ sessions are allowing space to tone up\, burn calories\, learn foundation steps and have fun dancing on MOVING Afro-Caribbean beats\, owning the dance-floor through short routines! Afro-Caribbean cultural enhancement and education \, Health\, passion\, positive ENERGY release\, and self confidence growth are Kareen’s daily motives\, her lifestyle values. So Buckle up and get ready! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun\n\n\n\nTobi Balogun is a Dublin based multidisciplinary creative specialising in dance and fashion. Tobi has garnered tremendous experience in styling\, visual merchandising\, brand consultancy\, direction. Clients include Arnotts\, Selected Homme\, Reiss\, Dublin Vintage Factory. As a Dance Artist\, Tobi is a professional member of Dance Ireland. With a background in Hip Hop and other forms of Street Dance he has won international competitions and continues to mentor youth dance groups nationally through weekly classes and workshops. Over the last three years he has danced and performed regularly in several projects with various companies including EMERSION (2016) choreographed by Matt Szczerek which was performed as part of OIL&WATER (2016)\, a collaboration with Cathy Coughlan (HAVOC)\, supported by The Arts Council and South Dublin County Council. In April 16 as part of the ensemble for LAOCHRA choreographed by David Bolger. In September 2016 he performed as part of the cast for TRANS-BORDER choreographed by Matt Szczerek in collaboration with HAVOC for the launch of IN CONTEXT 4\, South Dublin. In 2018 as a founding member of Human Collective he performed in the new piece titled FABLE at Dublin Fringe Festival at Project Arts Centre. The work was nominated for a Best Ensemble Award. In 2019 he completed a residency in Dance House with Human Collective\, mentored by Elon Hoglund of Tentacle Tribe. He is creating a piece to be performed at Dance2Connect\, a 3 day Urban Dance Festival at The Civic Theatre\, South Dublin\, Funded by the Dublin Arts Council. Within his work he focuses on evocative storytelling and the embodiment of life experiences\, on the politics of the black body\, and his work always searching for ways to show new perspectives and express and heal through movement and film. Currently he is in the research phase of a collaborative Arts project titled Black Canvas\, focused on addressing expanding points of access for young adults who do not identify as professional artists\, but have expressed a strong desire to engage with the sector; to examine the barriers for Black communities in establishing meaningful and ongoing engagement with the arts. Supported by Create and The Arts Council of Ireland. This work has emerged from the Bursary Award which was supported by the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme managed by Create\, the national development agency for collaborative arts.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJafaris\n\n\n\nDublin based hip-hop artist Jafaris is one of Ireland’s most exciting rising stars. Musically\, his uncompromising fluency of expression means he is as exciting as he’s ever sounded. His flirtation with nostalgic nineties hip hop and pure\, contagious happiness lifted the lid on a singular talent\, earning him his place as one of Ireland’s foremost players of the new generation of the Irish hip-hop. In 2017\, Jafaris hooked up with Diffusion Lab\, a music production hub and artist management agency that’s seen a whole bunch of remarkable talent come through its doors. Since joining the team\, the triple threat – rapper\, actor and dancer – has gone on to become a knockout performer.  His debut album\, Stride\, was release in 2019 and was well-received by critics. Stride was shortlisted for the Choice Music Prize of Irish Album of the Year.  \n\n\n\nJafaris featured on Joy Crookes’ single Early which topped the UK’s Asian Music Top 40 chart  performed it on ‘Later…with Jools Holland’. Jafaris released his second EP I Love You But I’m In A Bad Mood on 6 November 2020. Since the release of his debut album Stride\, Jafaris has seen huge support from Radio 1 (Annie Mac)\, Kiss\, Spotify and press\, including NME who described Jafaris as one of the most exciting new prospects from Irish rap’s rising wave. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate\n\n\n\nCreate is the national development agency for collaborative arts. Our work initiates cross-sectoral national and international partnerships which support artists and communities to co-create work of depth\, ambition and excellence. \n\n\n\nOur mission is to lead the development of collaborative arts practice by enabling artists and communities to create exceptional art together. \n\n\n\nAs a resource organisation we offer supports for artists working in social and community contexts. These include professional development\, mentoring\, project development support\, commissioning and project opportunities as well as research and training. We also manage the Artist in the Community Scheme for the Arts Council. \n\n\n\nCreate believes that by working together\, artists and communities can purposefully explore how collaborative arts engage in distinct\, relevant and powerful ways with the urgent social\, cultural and political issues of our times. \n\n\n\nWhat We Do \n\n\n\nCreate supports artists in making exceptional art with communities in the broadest senseCreate supports artists in an open-ended approach to the artistic process and art making – as co-creators with different partners and audiencesCreate encourages ways of making art that take place primarily outside of the traditional gallery or theatre space\n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwww.create-ireland.ie \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwww.iccl.ie URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/eascair-the-black-irish-renaissance/ CATEGORIES:Dance,Music,Online,Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TOBI-POSTER-scaled.jpeg LOCATION:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/eascair-the-black-irish-renaissance/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T120000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000317-1634724000-1634731200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-20/1/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T170000 DTSTAMP:20211017T121627Z CREATED:20210911T143625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211017T121627Z UID:10000293-1634742000-1634749200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Visual Arts Showcase DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets Free. Book Here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nPenny Pepper \n\n\n\nLydia Gratis \n\n\n\nEvie Nevin \n\n\n\nDr. Rosaleen McDonagh \n\n\n\nAoife Price \n\n\n\nGrainne Blair \n\n\n\nRóisín Ní Haicéid \n\n\n\nOrla O’Connor \n\n\n\nIsolde Ó Brolcháin Carmody \n\n\n\nBlessing Dada \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nA small planning group has come together to organize this event as partners in the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2021 \n\n\n\nOrla O Connor (Director\, NWC) and Evie Nevin (NWC Disabled women’s group & political campaigner) will welcome and open the event. \n\n\n\nGrainne Blair and Aoife Price will present a creative advocacy piece from the disabled women’s group. \n\n\n\nHosted by Blessing Dada an award-winning mental health writer\, speaker & content creator/blogger\, this event will feature performances from \n\n\n\nMary Collins Painter\, writer and campaigner for independent livingEmilie Conway Vocal Jazz Artist and founder of DADA: Disabled Artists and Disabled Academics Campaign for Human & Cultural RightsPenny Pepper Author\, poet\, performer & disabled activist\n\n\n\nWe have an excellent panel who will share their own experience of campaigning for equality and human rights for disabled women including Emilie Conway and Lynda Gratis. \n\n\n\nISL interpreters will be available at the event. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPenny Pepper\n\n\n\nPenny Pepper is an acclaimed wheelchair-using author\, poet\, performer & disabled activist. A genre-defying and versatile writer\, her work focuses on the examination of difference\, inequality and identity. She tells stories we haven’t heard\, making others see life differently\, always with humour and wisdom. Her champions include Jake Arnott\, Margaret Drabble and Danuta Keene. Most recently she has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious international Hemingway Shorts 2021 Competition and her winning story will be published in their competition anthology. \n\n\n\nPenny published her groundbreaking memoir\, First in The World Somewhere with Unbound and a poetry collection\, Come Home Alive\, with Burning Eye Books. She is now signed to The Good Literary Agency where she is represented by Abi Fellows. She has also been widely published including Mslexia\, The Guardian\, Byline Times amongst others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLydia Gratis\n\n\n\nAnti-racism Educator & Activist\, Black Holistic Wellness Content Creator\, Deaf Youth Advocate. \n\n\n\nI was born in South Africa\, raised in Ireland. I was the 1st ever Black deaf person in the Irish deaf community. My experience navigating a deaf white world and a black hearing world shaped alot of my upbringing and the work I now do. \n\n\n\nI am in my final year of my bachelors\, minoring in Anthropology and majoring in International development.I’m the founder and chairperson of Ubuntu European Deaf Youth\, a youth group for BIPOC Deaf youth all over Europe\, supported by the European Union for Deaf Youth\, a European non-profit organisation consisting of 30 national associations all over Europe.With the mission to create a Europe where all young deaf people are able to come together and share their experiences across cultures and boundaries\, so they can enjoy their rights on an equal basis with others. Full social and political participation empowered by non-formal training and cross-cultural youth exchange\, including access to education and employment. Having worked in the deaf youth sector for the last 8 years Lydia is the course director of a study session on race\, migration and Xenophobia with the Council Of Europe happening in October 2021.In her 9-5 Lydia works as a Social Inclusion and Communications Officer for Ireland’s leading national sign language interpreting service provider.Guest speaker\, recently having spoken at the European parliament on implicit biases and how race and racism affects Black and Brown communities. \n\n\n\nBoard member of the Irish Deaf Society\, focusing on diversity and inclusion.Social media and outreach manager at Deaf Women Space. \n\n\n\nI am one of 28 women on the All Island Women’s Forum\, a government funded initiative comprising 14 from the north and 14 from the south of Ireland chosen by the National Women’s Council of Ireland. The Women’s Forum aims to address underrepresentation of women and further develop women’s role in peacebuilding and civic society. Funded through the Department of Foreign Affairs Reconciliation Fund\, the Women’s Forum will also support building sustainable North South links\, provide a space for marginalised communities\, and build better understanding and inter-community links. \n\n\n\nI am also a nominee for the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission ’s (IHREC) disability advisory board. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvie Nevin\n\n\n\nMother of two\, Evie Nevin\, is on the National Executive and chairs the Diversity Committee of the Social Democrats. She lives in West Cork and is diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and more recently\, Autism. In addition to her political work\, Evie also sits on other boards and committees helping to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Ireland. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Rosaleen McDonagh\n\n\n\nDr. Rosaleen McDonagh is a Traveller woman with a disability. Originally from Sligo\, she is the fourth eldest in a family of twenty children. She worked in Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre for ten years\, managing the Violence Against Women programme\, and remains a board member. She is a regular contributor to the Irish Times and has written extensively within the framework of a Traveller feminist perspective. McDonagh’s work includes Mainstream\, The Baby Doll Project\, Stuck\, She’s Not Mine\, and Rings. \n\n\n\nRosaleen was appointed to The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in May 2020. She is also a member of Aosdana. Presently Rosaleen’s piece Walls and Windows is being commissioned for a production in The Abbey Theatre. Contentious Spaces has also been commissioned by The Project Arts Centre for production in 2021. With Skein Press Rosaleen’s collection of essays will be published September 2021. \n\n\n\n@paveebeoir \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAoife Price\n\n\n\nAoife Price is a member of Disabled Women Ireland (DWI) working for the rights of disabled women and non-binary people. She is an Early-Stage Researcher on the Disability Advocacy Research in Europe\, part of the Marie Sokolowski-Curie Actions\, Innovative Training Network. She is researching women with disabilities and their involvement in activism in both the disability and feminist movements and how the movements interact. She is working with the European Disability Forum (EDF) for the duration of the project. Prior to working with EDF Aoife worked with the Union of Students in Ireland managing a Student Mental Health Project. Over the past decade\, Aoife has been an active advocate in youth mental health at national and international level. \n\n\n\nTwitter handles: \n\n\n\n@AoifePrice \n\n\n\n@DW_Ireland \n\n\n\n@MyEDF \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrainne Blair\n\n\n\nGrainne Blair is a longtime feminist activist and historian with a specialist in women’s lives\, current and past. She advocates for herself and others; mentors artists and writers and younger historians etc through encouragement and confidence building. She has a MA(Hons) in Women’s Studies from University College Dublin. \n\n\n\n11 years ago she had a life changing accident and now has permanent acquired brain injury (ABI) she also has Post traumatic stress disorder where her brain is locked in the oldest part of the brain known as the reptilian brain which is in a constant state of hyperalertism – ‘Fight\, Flight\, Freeze and Flop’ it is instantaneous and capable of shutting down the rest of the brain functions. She has benefitted from one to one support from ABI Ireland\, she continues to give back by fundraising and mentoring others within the groups. She also attends day centre Parkhouse\, Rehab Ireland\, Stillorgan twice a week before Covid but is unable to return as awaiting surgery. Most of her activism in the last ten years has been on social media as public events are often too difficult to access or attend. Her preferred term would be para-abled. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRóisín Ní Haicéid\n\n\n\nRóisín is a final year sociology and social policy student\, struggling musician and a devoted believer in disability justice and liberation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrla O’Connor\n\n\n\nOrla O’Connor is Director of National Women’s Council (NWC)\, the leading national women’s membership organisation in Ireland\, with over 190-member groups. She was Co-Director of Together For Yes\, the national Civil Society Campaign to remove the 8th Amendment in the referendum. For her role in Together for Yes\, Orla was recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential People by TIME magazine in 2019. \n\n\n\nOrla holds an MA in European Social Policy\, and after starting out in local community-based projects\, has worked in senior management in non-governmental organisations for over 25 years. Orla represents NWC in a wide range of national and international fora. Orla is a feminist\, and an expert in the policies needed to progress women’s equality in Ireland. She is an accomplished public speaker\, with a strong analysis of public policy. Orla has led numerous high level\, successful campaigns on a wide range of issues on women’s rights\, including social welfare reform\, pension reform and for the introduction of quality and affordable childcare. Orla is passionate about ensuring access to women’s reproductive rights; about ensuring more women are in leadership positions; about ending violence against women; and increasing women’s economic equality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Isolde Ó Brolcháin Carmody \n\n\n\nIsolde Ó Brolcháin Carmody: a writer\, performer and activist who moved to Co. Leitrim from Dublin in 1999 who has worked extensively around the North-West and beyond in community theatre and collaborative arts. Her practice is informed by Theatre of the Oppressed and aesthetic accessibility\, drawing on the legacy of the Focus Theatre in Ireland \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlessing Dada\n\n\n\nBlessing Dada\, from Dublin\, Ireland\, is an award-winning mental health writer\, speaker & content creator/blogger\, who’s an outspoken passionate activist on various social justice issues\, especially on the intersectionality of mental health awareness. \n\n\n\nAccompanied with her own lived experiences with all things mental health\, chronic illnesses and disability\, she raises awareness of perspectives for Black & other ethnic minority communities in Ireland.  She is also a passionate student and work as a Youth Support Worker for the Youth & Community Development sector. She regularly speaks up on social media and in the media about mental health related issues and has been featured on The Selfie Show with Lust for Life\, New York Times and Image Magazine. Being involved with numerous organizations\, such as SpunOut.ie and Seechange.ie\, she can be found participating in various projects\, podcasts & writing to spread awareness: through empathy and education.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/visual-arts-showcase/ CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Music,Online,Poetry,Visual Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DAHRF-New-4-nwci.png LOCATION:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/visual-arts-showcase/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000318-1634742000-1634751000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-20/2/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211021T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211021T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000319-1634810400-1634837400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-21/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211021T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211021T200000 DTSTAMP:20211021T160819Z CREATED:20210911T152731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T160819Z UID:10000304-1634842800-1634846400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Voices of Witness DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nFiona Bolger\, poet\, writer and facilitator  \n\n\n\nCatherine Ann Cullen\, Poetry Ireland Poet in Residence \n\n\n\nOein DeBhairduin\, writer\, Mincéir and community activist  \n\n\n\nSupriya Kaur Dhaliwal\, poet    \n\n\n\nRichie Keane\, community worker and poet  Niamh Parsons\, singer and campaigner  \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nPoetry Ireland presents voices that bear witness to traumatic events\, campaign for change and express solidarity with those who resist and those who suffer. We explore the way in which words – poetry\, stories and song – can preserve memory\, provide solace and reflect on our times. The evening features work by extraordinary poets\, writers and musicians with personal experience of human rights campaigns\, challenging laws and borders\, and dealing with displacement\, inequality and injustice.   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFíona Bolger\n\n\n\nFióna Bolger is a poet\, writer and facilitator who has lived mainly in Ireland and India. Her first collection\, a compound of words\, was published by Yoda Press\, Delhi. Her forthcoming collection\, love in the original language\, is due out this year with Salmon Poetry. She is interested in plurilingualism as a strategy to cross borders and create new spaces for playing\, thinking and healing through words. So much of what controls our lives and our movements is written—she hopes a shift in language can bring change. www.fionabolgerpoetry.com  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Ann Cullen\n\n\n\nCatherine Ann Cullen is Poetry Ireland’s inaugural Poet in Residence\, and an award-winning poet\, songwriter and children’s writer. Her three collections include The Other Now: New and Selected Poems (Dedalus 2016). The latest of her three children’s books is All Better! Poems on Illness & Recovery (Little Island 2019). She has twice won the Francis Ledwidge Prize\, won the Business 2 Arts Award for Best Use of Creativity in the Community\, and has been awarded many bursaries including the Kavanagh Fellowship. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and is a member of PalFest Ireland.  catherineanncullen.wordpress.com  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOein DeBhairduin\n\n\n\nOein DeBhairduin is the author of the award-winning ‘Why the Moon Travels’ (Skein Press 2020) and a creative soul with a passion for poetry\, folk herbalism and preserving the beauty of Traveller tales\, sayings\, retellings and historic exchanges. He is the manager of an education centre and a long-time board member of several Mincéirí community groups\, including having had the honour of being vice-chair of the Irish Traveller Movement and a council member of Mincéir Whidden. He seeks to pair community activism with cultural celebration\, recalling old tales with fresh modern connections and\, most of all\, he wishes to rekindle the hearth fires of a shared kinship.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupriya Kaur Dhaliwal\n\n\n\nSupriya Kaur Dhaliwal was born in the Himalayan town of Palampur\, India. She studied at St Bede’s College\, Shimlam\, Trinity College\, Dublin\, and Queen’s University\, Belfast. Her poems have been translated into Arabic\, German and Italian\, and published widely including in Poetry Ireland Review\, Poetry Jukebox\, Poetry London\, The Bombay Literary Magazine\, The Irish Times and The Lonely Crowd. In 2018\, she was selected for Poetry Ireland’s Introductions Series. She is the 2021 Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow at the University of Kent. Supriya’s debut\, The Yak Dilemma\, is published by Makina Press\, London.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichie Keane\n\n\n\nRichie Keane is a Community Worker with Fatima Groups United Family Resource Centre. He grew up in Ballymun and is a former postal worker. He is co-founder of Labour LGBT and SIPTU LGBTQ. He was project manager at the Irish Family Planning Association for A\, B and C v Ireland and a coordinator for Doctors for Choice\, he represented both organisations at the UN in Geneva. He studied at Ballymun Comprehensive\, the College of Commerce\, Rathmines\, and Maynooth University\, and was a Mary Kelly scholar at the School of Social Justice at UCD. He attempts to write poetry with Fatima Poetry Vigilantes and occasionally succeeds.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNiamh Parsons\n\n\n\nNiamh Parsons is one of the most distinctive voices in Irish music. She has recorded nine solo albums\, accompanied on six of them by her partner Graham  Dunne\, and guested on many others. She has sung in the bands Killera\, Loose Connections\, and Arcady\, winning a prestigious US Association for  Independent Music (AFIM) award in 1995 with Arcady. Her solo album ‘In My Prime’ was nominated for three BBC 2 Folk Awards\, and ‘Heart’s Desire’ won her another AFIM award. Niamh teaches on Ballyfermot CFE’s Ceoltóir traditional music performance course. She is President of the Executive of the Musician’s Union of Ireland\, and a founding member of FairPlé Gender Balance in Irish Traditional Music.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/voices-of-witness/ CATEGORIES:Music,Online,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Voices-of-Witness-pic.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Poetry Ireland":MAILTO:info@poetryireland.ie LOCATION:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/voices-of-witness/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211022T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211022T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000320-1634896800-1634923800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-22/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211023T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211023T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000321-1634983200-1635010200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-23/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211024T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211024T173000 DTSTAMP:20210920T105050Z CREATED:20210913T090803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T105050Z UID:10000322-1635076800-1635096600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Art of Human Rights DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe Art of Rights is a powerful film installation situated in the Lecture Theatre of the Chester Beatty featuring a selection of artworks displayed on screen created by artists working on State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDisplayed on screen are artworks by visual artists Amna Walayat\, Hina Khan\, Noelle McAlinden and Sinead McCann\, dance performances by John Scott\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, music by Elkin (Carla Ryan and Ellen O Mahony)\, writings by Féilim James\, Mary Moynihan and Geraldine McAlinden and artworks from theatre and film artists Mary Moynihan\, Geraldine McAlinden\, Áine O Hara\, Michelle Costello\,  Michael McCabe and Pamela McQueen\, exploring themes of  gender equality\, migration\, racism\, feminism\,  disability rights\, fragility\, resilience\, and more. Experience a kaleidoscope of visual art\, theatre\, dance\, poetry\, creative writing alongside responses by artists to key themes. \n\n\n\nA key artwork representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is created and evolving around this core artwork are a series of interdisciplinary artworks created by artists independently and collaboratively. The artworks are presented in film format on site at the Chester Beatty and\, in order to promote access\, the artworks can be viewed online on the Smashing Times virtual art gallery.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights\n\n\n\nState of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights is a year-long project curated by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with a range of artists and partners\, funded by The Arts Council of Ireland. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art project brings together fourteen diverse artists through six collaborative artist exchanges and ongoing artistic engagement. Artists come together over one year\, January to December 2021\,  to explore\, share and engage in  creative arts practice for human rights and to create a showcase of new work to be presented to a public audience. The artists include visual artists\, theatre and film makers\, dance artists\, poets\, writers\, multi-disciplinary artists\,  musicians and singer-songwriters.  Artists share\, support and inspire each other in creative arts practice for human rights\, equality and diversity –promoting experiential professional development and creativity. \n\n\n\nThe artists have engaged in  research on national and international best practice examples of arts and human rights from across Europe linked to sociological and anthropological standpoints and a study of ‘art as activism’ from the personal to the political. Through the collaborative exchanges\, artists have engaged in a variety of activities as well as giving presentations on their own work\, on work that inspires them\, and meeting with representatives of a variety of human rights organisations and government officials\, including Front Line Defenders\, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)\, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR)\, former Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu and Cllr Carly Bailey. Artists have met\, discussed\, and explored the arts for human rights\, while engaging in knowledge sharing and peer learning. \n\n\n\nThe artists are: \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and EqualityPamela McQueen\, dramaturgCarla Ryan\, actor\, singer-songwriterNoelle McAlinden\, Visual Artist\, Creative Advisor\, Mental Health Campaigner\, Curator and Cultural BrokerÁine O’Hara\, visual artist\, theatre makerGeraldine McAlinden\, writer\, actor\, directorHina Khan\, visual artistMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, drama facilitatorFéilim James\, writerAmna Walayat\, visual artistMichelle Costello\, actor\, visual artistSinead McCann\, visual artistJohn Scott\, dancer\, choreographer\, Artistic Director of Irish Modern Dance TheatreEllen O’Mahony\, singer-songwriter\n\n\n\nRead the artists biogs here \n\n\n\nArtistic Creation \n\n\n\nAs part of State of the Art\, the artists have created a series of showcase artworks to be presented for the 2021 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival both live – at the Chester Beatty and dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum – and virtually as part of a visual art exhibition and film installation screened via the new Smashing Times Virtual Art gallery designed by Paul Marshall\, curated by Mary Moynihan and supported by The Arts Council. The artworks are inspired by the theme State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights and by the UN Declaration of Human Rights\,  intersecting with equality\, human rights and diversity and created under the framework of ‘Art as a Place of Performative Remembrance’ and ‘Art as Activism and Transformation’. \n\n\n\nAccess\n\n\n\nFor visitors with reduced mobility\, the most suitable entrance is via the Ship St Gate of Dublin Castle\, as it is the closest entrance to the Chester Beatty. If you are coming by car and you have a Disabled Person’s Parking Permit or Card\, you will be permitted access to the grounds of the Castle\, via the Ship Street entrance.  The nearest public car park is Christchurch Carpark. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty is a wheelchair/buggy-friendly building\, with wheelchairs available free of charge.  An accessible restroom for visitors in a wheelchair is located on the ground floor and many of our exhibits are placed at a comparatively low height to facilitate viewing by those visitors who use wheelchairs. \n\n\n\nThe Chester Beatty offers dementia-friendly tours on a regular basis\, the lecture theatre is fitted with a loop system and visitors with guide or service dogs are welcome. \n\n\n\nOrganisations and Funders\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-art-of-human-rights/2021-10-24/ LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Chester Beatty\, Dublin Castle\,\, Dublin 2\, D02 AD92\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dance,Exhibition,Film Screening,Music,Onsite,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Art-of-Human-Rights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220926T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221003T170000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153703Z CREATED:20220907T104750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153703Z UID:10000223-1664186400-1664816400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition and Installation – With MemoLabs: Performances\, Workshops\, Artist Talks DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nVisitors welcome from Monday-Sunday\, 3-23 October\, 10am-6pm (16 October 2-6pm). Contact info@smashingtimes.ie \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan is a writer\, poet\, theatre and film-maker\, and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland. Mary’s work explores stories linked to historical memory in  war and conflict and focuses on the role of the arts to promote equality\, diversity\,  human rights\, gender equality and peace. Mary is Artistic Curator of the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival (DAHRF) and is co-curator with Amna Walayat on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition. \n\n\n\nAmna Walayat\, visual artist and curator\, Pakistan and Ireland. Co-Curator with Mary Moynihan for State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition and Installation \n\n\n\nHina Khan\,  visual artist from Pakistan and Ireland\, \n\n\n\nDr Sinead McCann\, visual artist working across the mediums of performance\, video\, installation and sculpture often in a context\, site or community specific way. \n\n\n\nErika Diettes (Bogota\, Colombia)\, visual artist and social communicator \n\n\n\nFernanda Barbosa\, Photographer and Journalist\, Colombia specialising in illustrations on land dispossession and peaceful democracies \n\n\n\nAlit Ambara\, visual and graphic artist and cultural activist\, Indonesia \n\n\n\nJeff Korondo\, solo musician\, singer\, songwriter\, Uganda \n\n\n\nWomen’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda with photography by Diana Ajok and the work is represented by Abiya Fatuma and Docus Atyeno\, activists from Uganda \n\n\n\nJuliane Okot Bitek\,  Kenyan-born Ugandan-raised diasporic writer\, academic and poet\, who lives in Canada \n\n\n\nPeter Morin\, performance artist\, a Tahltan Nation artist\, author\, curator and professor\, British Columbia\, Canada \n\n\n\nRoberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile. Conflict Textiles is a large collection of international textiles which focus on elements of conflict and human rights abuses. The Conflict Textile pieces in the exhibition include works from Ana Zlatkes\, Argentina\, Linda Adams\, England\, Antonia Amador\, Spain\, Guadalupe Ccallocunto\, Peru \,Sabah Obido\, Syria\, Irene MacWilliam\, Northern Ireland\, Roland Agbage\, Nigeria\,  and Deborah Stockdale\, Republic of Ireland\, and donations of pieces from relatives of the disappeared in Chile\, Colombia and Mexico. \n\n\n\nArtists/Speakers in MemoLabs (in addition to above artists): \n\n\n\nSandra Johnston\, Northern Ireland\, artist working in site-responsive performance and installation \n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor\, choreographer and facilitator with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nCarla Ryan\,  singer and performer\, with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, performer with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\, performer \n\n\n\nNiamh Sweeney\, performer \n\n\n\nHilary Bow\, singer and songwriter \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, violinist \n\n\n\nOlive Moore\, Deputy Director of Front Line Defenders \n\n\n\nSenator Mary Fitzpatrick \n\n\n\nCllr Donna Cooney\, Deputy Lord Mayor\, Dublin City \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe flagship event for the annual\, international Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2022 is the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition\, a multi-media installation and exhibition displaying a selection of artworks reflecting at both personal and political levels on themes of arts\, human rights and transformative memory in political violence impacting on communities across the globe. The exhibition features artworks in a multitude of forms –  film\, video\, poster art\, visual art\, photography\, poetry\, song\, textiles\, sculpture\,  painting\, live performance and installation – and can be viewed on site and online. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition is hosted at The Chocolate Factory\, King’s Inns Street\, Dublin 1\, and Gallery Space\, dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum for the 2022 Arts and Human Rights Festival (14-23 October 2022) presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders with a range of partners and supported by The Arts Council. In addition to the onsite exhibition\, a selection of work is available online via the Smashing Times Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival gallery.  \n\n\n\nThe chapter of the exhibition at The Chocolate Factory features the work of artists responding creatively to themes of freedom\, remembrance\, political violence\, transformation\, power and control.   The exhibition highlights the role of art in post-conflict transformative work and in transforming memory arising out of political violence\, bringing together the work of twenty artists from the Republic of Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, England\, Pakistan\, Canada\, Uganda\, Indonesia\, Colombia and Argentina\, whose work explores conflict\, war and the telling of stories arising out of political violence. The artists’ work is a response to conflict in a range of countries including the Republic of Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Uganda\, Indonesia\, Colombia\, Argentina\, Nigeria\, Syria\, Chile\, Palestine\, Peru\, Mexico\, Spain\, Poland and Germany and is also a means through which society can examine historic conflicts\, enabling open discussion and exploration to play a part in the healing process\, to provoke conversations\, questions and an exploration of key issues. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is curated by Mary Moynihan and Amna Wayalat and accompanying  by a series of MemoLab activities – talks\, workshops and live performances. The chapter of the exhibition hosted at the dlr Mill Theatre gallery features the work of writer and artist Mary Moynihan and visual artist Aman Walayat responding creatively to themes of freedom\, change\, transformation\, power and control.  \n\n\n\nState of the Art MemoLabs\n\n\n\nThe State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition and installation is accompanied by an eight-day programme of State of the Art MemoLab activities made up of talks\, workshops and performances presented by international artists working with local artists from Ireland and Northern Ireland. The MemoLab talks\, workshops and performances are open to the public and take place over three days at the Chocolate Factory\, 26 King’s Inns Stree\, Dublin 1\, on the  14\, 15\, 16 October and for five days in Northern Ireland on the 17-21 October.  The talks and workshops feature artists and researchers from Ireland\, Northern Ireland and around the world talking about their art based methodologies and creative artworks and how the arts can be used to transform society in the wake of political violence. \nThe MemoLab programme of work in Dublin is presented as part of the State of the Art Artist Development programme and the annual networking day for the Arts and Human Rights European Network attended by artists\, citizens\, communities and human rights organisations\, supporting artists to engage in artistic practice promoting equality\, human rights and diversity. The MemoLab programme of work in Northern Ireland is facilitated by Ulster University and Healing Through Remembering (HTR)\, and includes sessions with Conflict Textiles\, the Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and National Museums NI on their new “Troubles and Beyond” exhibit at the Ulster Museum. \n  \nKey Questions: \nWhat is the role of the arts in promoting transformative remembrance arising out of political violence and in remembering responsibility for mass and state sponsored violence and how can art arising out of political violence be transformative? \nHow does remembering responsibility in a creative way\, shape present and future relations and ways of being together in land\, community\, country and global politics? \nWhat are the processes of art from the ground up in making impactful activism using culture\, creativity and memory? \n  \nPolitical violence impacts on communities and lives across the globe. It is a multi-faceted issue\, and can take many different forms. Certain specific conflicts are addressed in this exhibition\, while other pieces interrogate the emotions that such violence produces. The exhibition comprises of artworks across all forms reflecting on the role of the arts in highlighting the issue of political violence\, and the ways in which the arts can help people to reflect and move forward in its wake. These artists offer insights into conflicts and post-war communities across the world through their evocative and poignant work. \n  \nThe Artists for the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Exhibition and MemoLabs are: \nMary Moynihan is a writer\, poet\, theatre and film-maker\, and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland. Mary’s work explores stories linked to historical memory in  war and conflict and focus on the role of the arts to promote equality and human rights. Mary is co-curator with Amna Walayat on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival and is Artistic Curator of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (DAHRF). \nAmna Walayat\, visual artist and curator\, Pakistan and Ireland\, specialising in Pakistani miniature painting. Her work explores a range of themes including violence against women and feminism. Amna is co-curator with Mary Moynihan on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. https://www.westcorkartscentre.com/amna-walayat \nHina Khan is a visual artist from Pakistan and Ireland\,  specialising in Pakistani miniature painting. Her work explores themes of migration\, racism and human rights. https://visualartists.ie/arts-directory/directory-of-members-_/#!biz/id/5d39abdbf033bfab33f21b4c \nDr Sinead McCann is a Dublin based visual artist working across the mediums of performance\, video\, installation and sculpture often in a context\, site or community specific way. \nErika Diettes (Bogota\, Colombia) is a visual artist and social communicator who graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has a master’s degree in Anthropology from the Universidad de los Andes.  Erika’s work focuses on victims of violence. One of Erika’s focuses is her outstanding work with victims of the Colombian armed conflict\, an exhaustive work that has been recognized and supported by each of the mourners and victims\, who have contributed for her images not only their stories but the objects and crucial references in her creations. She is known internationally thanks to the different places she has taken her exhibitions and the awards she has received. https://www.erikadiettes.com/ \nFernanda Barbosa\, Photographer and Journalist\, Colombia specialising in illustrations on land dispossession and peaceful democracies. https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/jeff-korondo \nAlit Ambara is a visual and graphic artist and cultural activist from Indonesia\, specialising in poster art. He has engaged in various movements for upholding human rights and social justice in Indonesia and Timor Leste since the early 1990s creating posters to respond to social-political issues. He is the founder of Nobodycorp Internationale Unlimited\, an initiative to encourage serious discourse about social or socio-political issues through its posters and under this label\, he regularly disseminates political messages in thousands of images through various social media channels. https://indoartnow.com/artists/alit-ambara \nJeff Korondo is a solo musician\, singer and songwriter from Uganda\, whose work promotes a range of human rights issues including children’s rights and peaceful democracies. \nWomen’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda:   Artworks are on display from the  Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda with photography by Diana Ajok and the work is represented by Abiya Fatuma and Docus Atyeno\, activists from Uganda\, who present on the Bead Project\, on Ugandan textiles and on the Women’s Advocacy Network. The Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN) is an association of women working for a better future after a long war in northern Uganda.  The women were abducted as schoolgirls by the Lord’s Resistance Army\, (LRA) who fought the Government of Uganda between 1987-2008 and forced into so-called marriages with rebel commanders with whom they bore children.  On return\, the women organized to support each other\, share their stories\, and encourage each other\, telling their stories as survivors of conflict related sexual violence so that others with know exactly what happened. WAN has collaborated to tell their stories for more than a decade with the Transformative Memory International Network members Erin Baines (University of British Columbia) and poet Juliane Okot Bitek (Queen’s University) through life history books\, publications\, poetry and art. \nRoberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile. https://www.beyondskin.net/roberta-bacic-dancing-together Conflict Textiles is a large collection of international textiles which focus on elements of conflict and human rights abuses.The Conflict Textile pieces in the exhibition include works from Ana Zlatkes\, Argentina\, Linda Adams\, England\, Antonia Amador\, Spain\, Guadalupe Ccallocunto\, Peru \,Sabah Obido\, Syria\, Irene MacWilliam\, Northern Ireland\, Roland Agbage\, Nigeria\,  and Deborah Stockdale\, Republic of Ireland\, and donations of pieces from relatives of the disappeared in Chile\, Colombia and Mexico. \nSandra Johnston\, Northern Ireland\, artist working in site-responsive performance and installation\, often exploring the aftermath of trauma through developing acts of commemoration as forms of testimony and empathetic encounter. https://imma.ie/artists/sandra-johnston/ \nMichael McCabe is an actor\, choreographer and facilitator with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \nCarla Ryan is a singer and actor with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \nRob Harrington\, Performer with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n  \nProducing Team \nFreda Manweiler is Company Manager and Producer for Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \nCiara Hayes is Festival Producer for Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \nProfessor Brandon Hamber\, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace\, International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE)\, Transitional Justice Institute (TJI)\, Ulster University\, Northern Ireland \nDr Pilar Riaño-Alcalá\, Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice\, UBC (Anthropology)\,  The University of British Columbia. \nDr Erin Baines\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC (Political Science)\, The University of British Columbia. \nDr Paolo Vignolo\, Universidad Nacional de Colombia\, (History)\, The University of British Columbia. \nNila Utami\, Transformative Memory Network Coordinator\, PhD Researcher\, Canada \nCate Turner\, Study Visit Coordinator\, Executive Director\, Healing Through Remembering\, Northern Ireland \n  \nPartners \nUlster University \nConflict Textiles \nHealing Through Remembering \nJustice and Reconciliation Project\, Uganda \nUniversity of British Columbia \nNational Museums NI\, Northern Ireland \nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \nThe Transformative Memory International Network \nThe Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network \n  \nPhD Organizing Group for the Transformative Memory International Network \nKetty Anyeko\, Uganda. Ph.D. candidate\, ISGP\, University of British Columbia \nFernanda Barbosa dos Santos\, Colombia. Ph.D. candidate\, University of British Columbia \nAlejandra Gaviria-Serna\, Colombia. Ph.D. student\, GRSJ\, University of British Columbia \nNila Utami\, Indonesia. Ph.D. candidate\, History\, University of British Columbia \nAaron Weah\, Liberia\, Ph.D researcher\, Law\, Ulster University \nPaula Surgenor\, Northern Ireland\, Ph.D candidate\, Anthropology\, Ulster University \nThe Artists\nThe artists in the exhibition are Mary Moynihan\, Writer\, Theatre and Film-Maker\, Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland; Amna Walayat\, visual artist and curator\, Pakistan and Ireland; Hina Khan\, visual artist\, Pakistan and Ireland; Sinead McCann\, Visual Artist\, Ireland; Erika Diettes\, visual artist and social communicator\, Colombia;  Fernanda Barbosa\, Visual Art\, Photographer\, Colombia; Alit Ambara\, visual and graphic artist and cultural activist\, Indonesia; Jeff Korondo\, solo musician\, Uganda; Juliane Okot Bitek\, Poet\, Canada; Peter Morin\, performance artist\, a Tahltan Nation artist\, author\, curator and professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design\, born in British Columbia\, Canada and identifying as a member of the Crow Clan;   Roberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile. The Conflict Textile pieces in the exhibition include works from Ana Zlatkes\, Argentina\, Linda Adams\, England\, Antonia Amador\, Spain\, Guadalupe Ccallocunto\, Peru \,Sabah Obido\, Syria\, Irene MacWilliam\, Northern Ireland\, Roland Agbage\, Nigeria\,  and Deborah Stockdale\, Republic of Ireland\, and donations of pieces from relatives of the disappeared in Chile\, Colombia and Mexico. Artworks are on display from the  Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda with photography by Diana Ajok and the work is represented by Abiya Fatuma and Docus Atyeno\, activists from Uganda\, who present on the Bead Project\, on Ugandan textiles and on the Women’s Advocacy Network. \n\n\n\nSmashing Times State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights – Artist Development Programme for the Arts and Human Rights\, Supported by the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network and Resource and Advice Service\n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality runs an annual  Arts and Human Rights Artist Development programme called State of the Art; The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of human rights and is part of a programme of work supporting artists who are dedicating to use their art to promote equality\, human rights and diversity. The programme features performances\, exhibitions\, workshops\, talks\, mentoring and peer learning.  The programme is supported by the Smashing Times Resource and Advice Service (currently in development by Smashing Times) and the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights network which is open to all artists\, activists\, citizens\,  communities\, human rights organisations and the general public to join. \n\n\n\nThe programme is  made up of three components. The first component is an Arts and Human Rights Artist Development programme bringing together artists through six exchanges and ongoing collaboration and research\, who are dedicated to using their artforms to promote equality\, human rights and diversity. \n\n\n\nThe second component is the creation of  new productions and exhibitions  to be presented for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. For the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival the company created State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Installation and Exhibition on display at the Chocolate Factory\, Dublin 1\,  and at the dlr Mill Theatre Gallery\, Dundrum\, with MemoLabs consisting of Performances\, Workshops and Artist Talks. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition is hosted at The Chocolate Factory\, King’s Inns Street\, Dublin 1\, and Gallery Space\, dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum for the 2022 Arts and Human Rights Festival (14-23 October 2022) presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders with a range of partners and supported by The Arts Council. The exhibition displays artworks reflecting at both personal and political levels on themes of arts\, human rights and transformative memory in political violence impacting on communities across the globe and  features artworks in a multitude of forms –  film\, video\, poster art\, visual art\, photography\, poetry\, song\, textiles\, sculpture\,  painting\, live performance and installation\, with artworks by artists from Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Pakistan\, Colombia\, Indonesia\, Uganda\, Canada\,  Chile and Argentina. The Co-Curators are Mary Moynihan and Amna Walayat. Artists include Hina Khan\, visual artist\, Pakistan and Ireland; Sinead McCann\, Visual Artist\, Ireland; Erika Diettes\, visual artist and social communicator\, Colombia;  Fernanda Barbosa\, Visual Art\, Photographer\, Colombia; Alit Ambara\, visual and graphic artist and cultural activist\, Indonesia; Jeff Korondo\, solo musician\, Uganda; Juliane Okot Bitek\, Poet\, Canada; Peter Morin\, performance artist\, a Tahltan Nation artist\, author\, curator and professor;  Roberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile and artists and members of the Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda. In addition to the onsite exhibition\, a selection of work is available online via the Smashing Times Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival gallery.    \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is accompanied by MemoLabs\, a series of talks\, workshops and performances held as public events from the 14-16 October 2022\, Dublin and 17-21 October\, Belfast\, as part of State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Installation and Exhibition in the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. MemoLabs bring together artists\, activists\, community members and the public to explore the arts and themes of equality\, human rights and Transformative Memories in Political Violence. \n\n\n\nA chapter of the Transformative Memories was created and ran at the dlr Mill Theatre Gallery in Dundrum.  The State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Visual Art\, Photography and Poetry Exhibition at the dlr Mill Theatre Gallery features the work of writer and artist Mary Moynihan and visual artist Amna Walayat responding creatively to themes of freedom\, change\, transformation\, power and control.  The exhibition runs from the 20 September to the 29 October 2022. \n\n\n\nThe third component of State of the Art is the holding of an annual Arts and Human Rights networking day held as part of the European Arts and Human Rights network which aims to bring together artists\, citizens\, communities\, human rights organisations and the general public and is open to all those interested in using the arts to promote equality\, human rights and diversity.  The annual networking day for 2022 consists of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival launch and the four MemoLab events held at the Chocolate Factory\, Dublin for the Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nNetworks\n\n\n\nSmashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network \nThe Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network is open to all\, artists and activists\, organisations and individuals\, who believe in using the arts to promote equality\, diversity and human rights for all. The Network offers opportunities to meet\, discuss and explore human rights\, human rights defenders\, and the artists who use their work to stand up and speak out for the rights of others. The Network is free to join\, and includes information and resources emailed throughout the year. Join now: https://smashingtimes.ie/signupform/ \n  \nTransformative Memory Network \nEstablished in 2019 following nearly a decade of informal exchange and research collaboration between partners\, the Transformative Memory International Network is a collective of scholars\, artists\, social movement leaders\, community-based organisations and policymakers\, engaged with the question of what makes memory transformative of legacies of violence\, our sense of self and responsibilities to others. Network members are from Colombia\, Uganda\, Indonesia\, Canada and Northern Ireland. Our lines of inquiry and methodology build on knowledge exchange amongst Network members and partners around key questions: How do we remember responsibility for mass and state-sponsored violence? What do we learn from the strategies of powerful actors to deny responsibility? How does remembering responsibility shape present and future relations and ways of being together in land\, community\, country\, and global politics? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\nThe exhibition and accompanying MemoLab talks\, workshops and performances are presented in partnership with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ulster University\, University of British Columbia\, the Transformative Memory International Network\, the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network\, Healing Through Remembering\, Conflict Textiles\, Justice and Reconciliation Project\, Uganda and National Museums NI. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/state-of-the-art-transformative-memories-in-political-violence/2022-09-26/ LOCATION:Chocolate Factory\, 26 King's Inn Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 P2W7\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film Screening,Installation,Interdisciplinary,Music,Poetry,Visual Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hina-image-1-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221003T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221023T180000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153703Z CREATED:20220907T104750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153703Z UID:10000224-1664791200-1666548000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition and Installation – With MemoLabs: Performances\, Workshops\, Artist Talks DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nVisitors welcome from Monday-Sunday\, 3-23 October\, 10am-6pm (16 October 2-6pm). Contact info@smashingtimes.ie \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan is a writer\, poet\, theatre and film-maker\, and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland. Mary’s work explores stories linked to historical memory in  war and conflict and focuses on the role of the arts to promote equality\, diversity\,  human rights\, gender equality and peace. Mary is Artistic Curator of the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival (DAHRF) and is co-curator with Amna Walayat on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition. \n\n\n\nAmna Walayat\, visual artist and curator\, Pakistan and Ireland. Co-Curator with Mary Moynihan for State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition and Installation \n\n\n\nHina Khan\,  visual artist from Pakistan and Ireland\, \n\n\n\nDr Sinead McCann\, visual artist working across the mediums of performance\, video\, installation and sculpture often in a context\, site or community specific way. \n\n\n\nErika Diettes (Bogota\, Colombia)\, visual artist and social communicator \n\n\n\nFernanda Barbosa\, Photographer and Journalist\, Colombia specialising in illustrations on land dispossession and peaceful democracies \n\n\n\nAlit Ambara\, visual and graphic artist and cultural activist\, Indonesia \n\n\n\nJeff Korondo\, solo musician\, singer\, songwriter\, Uganda \n\n\n\nWomen’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda with photography by Diana Ajok and the work is represented by Abiya Fatuma and Docus Atyeno\, activists from Uganda \n\n\n\nJuliane Okot Bitek\,  Kenyan-born Ugandan-raised diasporic writer\, academic and poet\, who lives in Canada \n\n\n\nPeter Morin\, performance artist\, a Tahltan Nation artist\, author\, curator and professor\, British Columbia\, Canada \n\n\n\nRoberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile. Conflict Textiles is a large collection of international textiles which focus on elements of conflict and human rights abuses. The Conflict Textile pieces in the exhibition include works from Ana Zlatkes\, Argentina\, Linda Adams\, England\, Antonia Amador\, Spain\, Guadalupe Ccallocunto\, Peru \,Sabah Obido\, Syria\, Irene MacWilliam\, Northern Ireland\, Roland Agbage\, Nigeria\,  and Deborah Stockdale\, Republic of Ireland\, and donations of pieces from relatives of the disappeared in Chile\, Colombia and Mexico. \n\n\n\nArtists/Speakers in MemoLabs (in addition to above artists): \n\n\n\nSandra Johnston\, Northern Ireland\, artist working in site-responsive performance and installation \n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor\, choreographer and facilitator with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nCarla Ryan\,  singer and performer\, with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, performer with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\, performer \n\n\n\nNiamh Sweeney\, performer \n\n\n\nHilary Bow\, singer and songwriter \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, violinist \n\n\n\nOlive Moore\, Deputy Director of Front Line Defenders \n\n\n\nSenator Mary Fitzpatrick \n\n\n\nCllr Donna Cooney\, Deputy Lord Mayor\, Dublin City \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe flagship event for the annual\, international Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2022 is the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition\, a multi-media installation and exhibition displaying a selection of artworks reflecting at both personal and political levels on themes of arts\, human rights and transformative memory in political violence impacting on communities across the globe. The exhibition features artworks in a multitude of forms –  film\, video\, poster art\, visual art\, photography\, poetry\, song\, textiles\, sculpture\,  painting\, live performance and installation – and can be viewed on site and online. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition is hosted at The Chocolate Factory\, King’s Inns Street\, Dublin 1\, and Gallery Space\, dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum for the 2022 Arts and Human Rights Festival (14-23 October 2022) presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders with a range of partners and supported by The Arts Council. In addition to the onsite exhibition\, a selection of work is available online via the Smashing Times Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival gallery.  \n\n\n\nThe chapter of the exhibition at The Chocolate Factory features the work of artists responding creatively to themes of freedom\, remembrance\, political violence\, transformation\, power and control.   The exhibition highlights the role of art in post-conflict transformative work and in transforming memory arising out of political violence\, bringing together the work of twenty artists from the Republic of Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, England\, Pakistan\, Canada\, Uganda\, Indonesia\, Colombia and Argentina\, whose work explores conflict\, war and the telling of stories arising out of political violence. The artists’ work is a response to conflict in a range of countries including the Republic of Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Uganda\, Indonesia\, Colombia\, Argentina\, Nigeria\, Syria\, Chile\, Palestine\, Peru\, Mexico\, Spain\, Poland and Germany and is also a means through which society can examine historic conflicts\, enabling open discussion and exploration to play a part in the healing process\, to provoke conversations\, questions and an exploration of key issues. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is curated by Mary Moynihan and Amna Wayalat and accompanying  by a series of MemoLab activities – talks\, workshops and live performances. The chapter of the exhibition hosted at the dlr Mill Theatre gallery features the work of writer and artist Mary Moynihan and visual artist Aman Walayat responding creatively to themes of freedom\, change\, transformation\, power and control.  \n\n\n\nState of the Art MemoLabs\n\n\n\nThe State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition and installation is accompanied by an eight-day programme of State of the Art MemoLab activities made up of talks\, workshops and performances presented by international artists working with local artists from Ireland and Northern Ireland. The MemoLab talks\, workshops and performances are open to the public and take place over three days at the Chocolate Factory\, 26 King’s Inns Stree\, Dublin 1\, on the  14\, 15\, 16 October and for five days in Northern Ireland on the 17-21 October.  The talks and workshops feature artists and researchers from Ireland\, Northern Ireland and around the world talking about their art based methodologies and creative artworks and how the arts can be used to transform society in the wake of political violence. \nThe MemoLab programme of work in Dublin is presented as part of the State of the Art Artist Development programme and the annual networking day for the Arts and Human Rights European Network attended by artists\, citizens\, communities and human rights organisations\, supporting artists to engage in artistic practice promoting equality\, human rights and diversity. The MemoLab programme of work in Northern Ireland is facilitated by Ulster University and Healing Through Remembering (HTR)\, and includes sessions with Conflict Textiles\, the Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and National Museums NI on their new “Troubles and Beyond” exhibit at the Ulster Museum. \n  \nKey Questions: \nWhat is the role of the arts in promoting transformative remembrance arising out of political violence and in remembering responsibility for mass and state sponsored violence and how can art arising out of political violence be transformative? \nHow does remembering responsibility in a creative way\, shape present and future relations and ways of being together in land\, community\, country and global politics? \nWhat are the processes of art from the ground up in making impactful activism using culture\, creativity and memory? \n  \nPolitical violence impacts on communities and lives across the globe. It is a multi-faceted issue\, and can take many different forms. Certain specific conflicts are addressed in this exhibition\, while other pieces interrogate the emotions that such violence produces. The exhibition comprises of artworks across all forms reflecting on the role of the arts in highlighting the issue of political violence\, and the ways in which the arts can help people to reflect and move forward in its wake. These artists offer insights into conflicts and post-war communities across the world through their evocative and poignant work. \n  \nThe Artists for the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Exhibition and MemoLabs are: \nMary Moynihan is a writer\, poet\, theatre and film-maker\, and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland. Mary’s work explores stories linked to historical memory in  war and conflict and focus on the role of the arts to promote equality and human rights. Mary is co-curator with Amna Walayat on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival and is Artistic Curator of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (DAHRF). \nAmna Walayat\, visual artist and curator\, Pakistan and Ireland\, specialising in Pakistani miniature painting. Her work explores a range of themes including violence against women and feminism. Amna is co-curator with Mary Moynihan on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. https://www.westcorkartscentre.com/amna-walayat \nHina Khan is a visual artist from Pakistan and Ireland\,  specialising in Pakistani miniature painting. Her work explores themes of migration\, racism and human rights. https://visualartists.ie/arts-directory/directory-of-members-_/#!biz/id/5d39abdbf033bfab33f21b4c \nDr Sinead McCann is a Dublin based visual artist working across the mediums of performance\, video\, installation and sculpture often in a context\, site or community specific way. \nErika Diettes (Bogota\, Colombia) is a visual artist and social communicator who graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has a master’s degree in Anthropology from the Universidad de los Andes.  Erika’s work focuses on victims of violence. One of Erika’s focuses is her outstanding work with victims of the Colombian armed conflict\, an exhaustive work that has been recognized and supported by each of the mourners and victims\, who have contributed for her images not only their stories but the objects and crucial references in her creations. She is known internationally thanks to the different places she has taken her exhibitions and the awards she has received. https://www.erikadiettes.com/ \nFernanda Barbosa\, Photographer and Journalist\, Colombia specialising in illustrations on land dispossession and peaceful democracies. https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/jeff-korondo \nAlit Ambara is a visual and graphic artist and cultural activist from Indonesia\, specialising in poster art. He has engaged in various movements for upholding human rights and social justice in Indonesia and Timor Leste since the early 1990s creating posters to respond to social-political issues. He is the founder of Nobodycorp Internationale Unlimited\, an initiative to encourage serious discourse about social or socio-political issues through its posters and under this label\, he regularly disseminates political messages in thousands of images through various social media channels. https://indoartnow.com/artists/alit-ambara \nJeff Korondo is a solo musician\, singer and songwriter from Uganda\, whose work promotes a range of human rights issues including children’s rights and peaceful democracies. \nWomen’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda:   Artworks are on display from the  Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda with photography by Diana Ajok and the work is represented by Abiya Fatuma and Docus Atyeno\, activists from Uganda\, who present on the Bead Project\, on Ugandan textiles and on the Women’s Advocacy Network. The Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN) is an association of women working for a better future after a long war in northern Uganda.  The women were abducted as schoolgirls by the Lord’s Resistance Army\, (LRA) who fought the Government of Uganda between 1987-2008 and forced into so-called marriages with rebel commanders with whom they bore children.  On return\, the women organized to support each other\, share their stories\, and encourage each other\, telling their stories as survivors of conflict related sexual violence so that others with know exactly what happened. WAN has collaborated to tell their stories for more than a decade with the Transformative Memory International Network members Erin Baines (University of British Columbia) and poet Juliane Okot Bitek (Queen’s University) through life history books\, publications\, poetry and art. \nRoberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile. https://www.beyondskin.net/roberta-bacic-dancing-together Conflict Textiles is a large collection of international textiles which focus on elements of conflict and human rights abuses.The Conflict Textile pieces in the exhibition include works from Ana Zlatkes\, Argentina\, Linda Adams\, England\, Antonia Amador\, Spain\, Guadalupe Ccallocunto\, Peru \,Sabah Obido\, Syria\, Irene MacWilliam\, Northern Ireland\, Roland Agbage\, Nigeria\,  and Deborah Stockdale\, Republic of Ireland\, and donations of pieces from relatives of the disappeared in Chile\, Colombia and Mexico. \nSandra Johnston\, Northern Ireland\, artist working in site-responsive performance and installation\, often exploring the aftermath of trauma through developing acts of commemoration as forms of testimony and empathetic encounter. https://imma.ie/artists/sandra-johnston/ \nMichael McCabe is an actor\, choreographer and facilitator with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \nCarla Ryan is a singer and actor with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \nRob Harrington\, Performer with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n  \nProducing Team \nFreda Manweiler is Company Manager and Producer for Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \nCiara Hayes is Festival Producer for Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \nProfessor Brandon Hamber\, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace\, International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE)\, Transitional Justice Institute (TJI)\, Ulster University\, Northern Ireland \nDr Pilar Riaño-Alcalá\, Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice\, UBC (Anthropology)\,  The University of British Columbia. \nDr Erin Baines\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC (Political Science)\, The University of British Columbia. \nDr Paolo Vignolo\, Universidad Nacional de Colombia\, (History)\, The University of British Columbia. \nNila Utami\, Transformative Memory Network Coordinator\, PhD Researcher\, Canada \nCate Turner\, Study Visit Coordinator\, Executive Director\, Healing Through Remembering\, Northern Ireland \n  \nPartners \nUlster University \nConflict Textiles \nHealing Through Remembering \nJustice and Reconciliation Project\, Uganda \nUniversity of British Columbia \nNational Museums NI\, Northern Ireland \nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \nThe Transformative Memory International Network \nThe Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network \n  \nPhD Organizing Group for the Transformative Memory International Network \nKetty Anyeko\, Uganda. Ph.D. candidate\, ISGP\, University of British Columbia \nFernanda Barbosa dos Santos\, Colombia. Ph.D. candidate\, University of British Columbia \nAlejandra Gaviria-Serna\, Colombia. Ph.D. student\, GRSJ\, University of British Columbia \nNila Utami\, Indonesia. Ph.D. candidate\, History\, University of British Columbia \nAaron Weah\, Liberia\, Ph.D researcher\, Law\, Ulster University \nPaula Surgenor\, Northern Ireland\, Ph.D candidate\, Anthropology\, Ulster University \nThe Artists\nThe artists in the exhibition are Mary Moynihan\, Writer\, Theatre and Film-Maker\, Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland; Amna Walayat\, visual artist and curator\, Pakistan and Ireland; Hina Khan\, visual artist\, Pakistan and Ireland; Sinead McCann\, Visual Artist\, Ireland; Erika Diettes\, visual artist and social communicator\, Colombia;  Fernanda Barbosa\, Visual Art\, Photographer\, Colombia; Alit Ambara\, visual and graphic artist and cultural activist\, Indonesia; Jeff Korondo\, solo musician\, Uganda; Juliane Okot Bitek\, Poet\, Canada; Peter Morin\, performance artist\, a Tahltan Nation artist\, author\, curator and professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design\, born in British Columbia\, Canada and identifying as a member of the Crow Clan;   Roberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile. The Conflict Textile pieces in the exhibition include works from Ana Zlatkes\, Argentina\, Linda Adams\, England\, Antonia Amador\, Spain\, Guadalupe Ccallocunto\, Peru \,Sabah Obido\, Syria\, Irene MacWilliam\, Northern Ireland\, Roland Agbage\, Nigeria\,  and Deborah Stockdale\, Republic of Ireland\, and donations of pieces from relatives of the disappeared in Chile\, Colombia and Mexico. Artworks are on display from the  Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda with photography by Diana Ajok and the work is represented by Abiya Fatuma and Docus Atyeno\, activists from Uganda\, who present on the Bead Project\, on Ugandan textiles and on the Women’s Advocacy Network. \n\n\n\nSmashing Times State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights – Artist Development Programme for the Arts and Human Rights\, Supported by the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network and Resource and Advice Service\n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality runs an annual  Arts and Human Rights Artist Development programme called State of the Art; The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of human rights and is part of a programme of work supporting artists who are dedicating to use their art to promote equality\, human rights and diversity. The programme features performances\, exhibitions\, workshops\, talks\, mentoring and peer learning.  The programme is supported by the Smashing Times Resource and Advice Service (currently in development by Smashing Times) and the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights network which is open to all artists\, activists\, citizens\,  communities\, human rights organisations and the general public to join. \n\n\n\nThe programme is  made up of three components. The first component is an Arts and Human Rights Artist Development programme bringing together artists through six exchanges and ongoing collaboration and research\, who are dedicated to using their artforms to promote equality\, human rights and diversity. \n\n\n\nThe second component is the creation of  new productions and exhibitions  to be presented for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. For the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival the company created State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Installation and Exhibition on display at the Chocolate Factory\, Dublin 1\,  and at the dlr Mill Theatre Gallery\, Dundrum\, with MemoLabs consisting of Performances\, Workshops and Artist Talks. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition is hosted at The Chocolate Factory\, King’s Inns Street\, Dublin 1\, and Gallery Space\, dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum for the 2022 Arts and Human Rights Festival (14-23 October 2022) presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Front Line Defenders with a range of partners and supported by The Arts Council. The exhibition displays artworks reflecting at both personal and political levels on themes of arts\, human rights and transformative memory in political violence impacting on communities across the globe and  features artworks in a multitude of forms –  film\, video\, poster art\, visual art\, photography\, poetry\, song\, textiles\, sculpture\,  painting\, live performance and installation\, with artworks by artists from Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Pakistan\, Colombia\, Indonesia\, Uganda\, Canada\,  Chile and Argentina. The Co-Curators are Mary Moynihan and Amna Walayat. Artists include Hina Khan\, visual artist\, Pakistan and Ireland; Sinead McCann\, Visual Artist\, Ireland; Erika Diettes\, visual artist and social communicator\, Colombia;  Fernanda Barbosa\, Visual Art\, Photographer\, Colombia; Alit Ambara\, visual and graphic artist and cultural activist\, Indonesia; Jeff Korondo\, solo musician\, Uganda; Juliane Okot Bitek\, Poet\, Canada; Peter Morin\, performance artist\, a Tahltan Nation artist\, author\, curator and professor;  Roberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile and artists and members of the Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda. In addition to the onsite exhibition\, a selection of work is available online via the Smashing Times Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival gallery.    \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is accompanied by MemoLabs\, a series of talks\, workshops and performances held as public events from the 14-16 October 2022\, Dublin and 17-21 October\, Belfast\, as part of State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Installation and Exhibition in the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. MemoLabs bring together artists\, activists\, community members and the public to explore the arts and themes of equality\, human rights and Transformative Memories in Political Violence. \n\n\n\nA chapter of the Transformative Memories was created and ran at the dlr Mill Theatre Gallery in Dundrum.  The State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Visual Art\, Photography and Poetry Exhibition at the dlr Mill Theatre Gallery features the work of writer and artist Mary Moynihan and visual artist Amna Walayat responding creatively to themes of freedom\, change\, transformation\, power and control.  The exhibition runs from the 20 September to the 29 October 2022. \n\n\n\nThe third component of State of the Art is the holding of an annual Arts and Human Rights networking day held as part of the European Arts and Human Rights network which aims to bring together artists\, citizens\, communities\, human rights organisations and the general public and is open to all those interested in using the arts to promote equality\, human rights and diversity.  The annual networking day for 2022 consists of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival launch and the four MemoLab events held at the Chocolate Factory\, Dublin for the Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nNetworks\n\n\n\nSmashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network \nThe Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network is open to all\, artists and activists\, organisations and individuals\, who believe in using the arts to promote equality\, diversity and human rights for all. The Network offers opportunities to meet\, discuss and explore human rights\, human rights defenders\, and the artists who use their work to stand up and speak out for the rights of others. The Network is free to join\, and includes information and resources emailed throughout the year. Join now: https://smashingtimes.ie/signupform/ \n  \nTransformative Memory Network \nEstablished in 2019 following nearly a decade of informal exchange and research collaboration between partners\, the Transformative Memory International Network is a collective of scholars\, artists\, social movement leaders\, community-based organisations and policymakers\, engaged with the question of what makes memory transformative of legacies of violence\, our sense of self and responsibilities to others. Network members are from Colombia\, Uganda\, Indonesia\, Canada and Northern Ireland. Our lines of inquiry and methodology build on knowledge exchange amongst Network members and partners around key questions: How do we remember responsibility for mass and state-sponsored violence? What do we learn from the strategies of powerful actors to deny responsibility? How does remembering responsibility shape present and future relations and ways of being together in land\, community\, country\, and global politics? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\nThe exhibition and accompanying MemoLab talks\, workshops and performances are presented in partnership with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ulster University\, University of British Columbia\, the Transformative Memory International Network\, the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Network\, Healing Through Remembering\, Conflict Textiles\, Justice and Reconciliation Project\, Uganda and National Museums NI. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/state-of-the-art-transformative-memories-in-political-violence/2022-10-03/ LOCATION:Chocolate Factory\, 26 King's Inn Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 P2W7\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film Screening,Installation,Interdisciplinary,Music,Poetry,Visual Art ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hina-image-1-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221015T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221015T220000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153647Z CREATED:20220909T112103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153647Z UID:10000345-1665860400-1665871200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Remembrance DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nJeff Korondo\, solo musician\, singer\, songwriter\, Uganda \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, performer \n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\, performer \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, composer and violinist \n\n\n\nCarla Ryan\, performer\, with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan is a writer\, poet\, theatre and film-maker\, and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland. Mary’s work explores stories linked to historical memory in  war and conflict and focuses on the role of the arts to promote equality\, diversity\,  human rights\, gender equality and peace. Mary is Artistic Curator of the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival (DAHRF) and is co-curator with Amna Walayat on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition. \n\n\n\nErika Diettes (Bogota\, Colombia)\, visual artist and social communicator \n\n\n\nHilary Bow\, singer-songwriter \n\n\n\nProfessor Brandon Hamber\, (PI)\, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace\, International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE)\, Transitional Justice Institute (TJI)\, Ulster University\, Northern Ireland. \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and partners are delighted to present Remembrance\, a cross-cultural artistic performance and post-show artist panel discussion presented for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. Remembrance is a MemoLab a live musical performance featuring Ugandan musician Jeff Korondo and musical performances from Hilary Bow and Lisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi; poetry from The Feeling Soul by Mary Moynihan performed by Rob Harrington and Ciara Hayes; and At Summer’s End by Féilim James\, performed by Carla Ryan. The evening features Artist Talks by  Mary Moynihan\, Ireland\, writer\, theatre and film-maker  and Erika Diettes\, Bogota\, Colombia\, a visual artist and social communicator. Both artists have work on display in the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition at the Chocolate Factory\, King’s Inns Street\, Dublin 1 as part of the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\nJeff Korondo is a solo musician\, singer and songwriter from Northern Uganda. Carla Ryan is a singer and actor with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland and Rob Harrington is a performer  with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nErika Diettes (Bogota\, Colombia) is a visual artist and social communicator who graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has a master’s degree in Anthropology from the Universidad de los Andes.  Erika’s work focuses on victims of violence. One of Erika’s focuses is her outstanding work with victims of the Colombian armed conflict\, an exhaustive work that has been recognized and supported by each of the mourners and victims\, who have contributed for her images not only their stories but the objects and crucial references in her creations. She is known internationally thanks to the different places she has taken her exhibitions and the awards she has received. https://www.erikadiettes.com/  Erika presents a talk on her artistic practise and the work on display as part of the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition\, exploring themes of grief\, disappearances and remembrance. \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan is a writer\, theatre and film-maker\, and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland. Mary’s work explores stories linked to historical memory in  war and conflict and focus on the role of the arts to promote equality and human rights. Mary is co-curator with Amna Walayat on the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival.  Mary presents a talk on her artistic practice and work on  display as part of the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Exhibition\, with a focus on the arts for historical memory and for equality\, peace and non-violence.  Mary will also speak on her work at the dlr Mill Theatre gallery where she is showing a series of visual art poetic visions consisting of photography and poetry created under the title of The Feeling Soul: Paradise Lost and Found. As part of this work the artist  reflects on the internal journey of a person experiencing loss and crisis and the possibility of finding a way through.  Reflecting on ‘A Broken Heart\, Imperfections\, Finding My Way\, Dreamscape and Freedom’ the artist explores ways to hold on to the courage to carry on and let ourselves shine. \n\n\n\nThe Facilitator and speaker and is Professor Brandon Hamber\, (PI)\, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace\, International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE)\, Transitional Justice Institute (TJI)\, Ulster University\, Northern Ireland. \n\n\n\nMemoLabs are a series of talks\, workshops and performances held as public events and taking place from the 14-16 October 2022\, Dublin and 17-21 October\, Belfast\, as part of State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence Multi-Media Installation and Exhibition in the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. MemoLabs bring together artists\, activists\, community members and the public to explore the arts and themes of equality\, human rights and Transformative Memories in Political Violence. \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nJeff Korondo\n\n\n\n\n\nBased in Kampala\, Uganda\, Jeff Korondo is an artist who has been performing in Uganda since 1990. He has written\, produced\, and performed songs on the reintegration of ex-combatants\, empathy\, the International Criminal Court (ICC)\, defilement\, child sacrifice\, malaria prevention\, women’s rights\, and children’s rights\, among others. His music has inspired and encouraged peace and reconciliation in Uganda. \n\n\n\nHis 2008 album ‘Okwera Nono’ (You Reject Me for Nothing) discourages community members from stigmatizing former abductees and ex-combatants who are reintegrating into society. He has partnered with organizations such as Save the Children\, the Concerned Parents Association\, and the Northern Uganda Malaria AIDS and Tuberculosis (NUMAT) program to conduct sensitization campaigns involving advocacy songs and community performances. \n\n\n\nHe is a graduate of Gulu University\, where he has pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology. He is also the owner of Link Printers\, one of the only local printers serving post-conflict northern Uganda. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarla Ryan\n\n\n\n\n\nCarla Ryan is an actor\, singer and songwriter from Meath. She trained in TU Dublin’s Conservatory of Music and Drama and Columbia College Chicago studying Drama (Performance). She has been working with Smashing Times as an actor since 2016. Professional acting credits include Ettie in At Summers End\, Nadine in Shadow of My Soul and Grace Gifford in Grace and Joe. Her performance of Grace and Joe for Constance and Her Friends by Mary Moynihan was hand selected by President Michael D. Higgins to be shown at Áras an Uachtarain for Culture Night 2016. \n\n\n\nCarla is one half of the alt-pop duo ELKIN. Carla and best friend\, Ellen were writing and singing together from the age of 15 before taking their music to a new level as ELKIN. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Joni Mitchell the duo began writing and performing folk-pop\, but it wasn’t until they began working with producer lullahush that ELKIN blended their love of thought-provoking folk lyrics with fierce alt-pop production. ELKIN have played at venues and festivals across Ireland including Longitude and Electric Picnic.  Following the release of debut single Paro\, ELKIN were named as one of State.ie’s Faces of 2018.  Their debut EP\, Bad Habits\, was released in May 2018. In February 2019\, ELKIN released a new single Green Eyes\, a collaboration with Æ MAK producer lullahush. In 2020 the duo were awarded funding from The First Music Contact Recording Stimulus Grant to record their debut EP Instant Hit\, set for release in 2022. \n\n\n\nELKIN draw influence from the R’n’B\, pop\, indie and folk worlds. With bassist Peter and guitarist Conor of Hatchlings\, plus drummer Rob\, “the band display an eclectic mix of R&B\, pop and hip-hop beats\, bolstered by alternating female vocals and smooth guitars.” Stephen Porzio\, Hot Press \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob Harrington\n\n\n\n\n\nRob has enjoyed both national and international tours over the past 19 years of his acting career. He has most recently performed Tales from an Afterworld (WB Yeats)\, written by Féilim James and directed by Geraldine McAlinden in Áras an Uachtaráin for President Michael D Higgins. Some of his favourite theatre productions include The Shadow of a Gunman (The New Theatre\, directed by Ronan Wilmot)\, Pinter x 4 (Pearse Centre\, directed by Peter Reid)\, Scabs (Theatre Upstairs directed by Liam Halligan) In Arabia We’d all be Kings (Beckett Theatre\, directed by Liam Hallihan)\, Mary Stuart (The Grand Lodge\, Liam Halligan) and La Locandiera (Edinburgh Fringe festival\, directed Alice Coghlan). His screen work includes ‘A date for Mad Mary’\, ‘Vaudevillians’\, ‘The Comeback’\, ‘Twitchy’\, ‘The saviour of Dublin City’\, ‘Ctrl’\, ‘The Guarantee’\, ‘The Enchanted Island’\, ‘Two Margaritas and one Daiquiri’ amongst other independent films. Rob is also a seasoned theatre and screen workshop facilitator. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, (she/her)\, MA\, is an award-winning writer\, director\, theatre and film-maker\, an interdisciplinary artist and one of Ireland’s most innovative arts and human rights artists creating work to promote the arts\, human rights\, climate justice\, gender equality\, diversity and peace.  \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works  collaboratively with artists and over 50 organisations across Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Europe and internationally\, using the arts to promote rights and values for all.   Company patrons of Smashing Times are Sabina Coyne Higgins\, Senator Joan Freeman\, founder of Pieta House\, Ger Ryan\, actor and Tim Pat Coogan\, writer and historian. Founding patrons were writers Maeve Binchy and Brian Friel. \n\n\n\nMary’s work has won a number of awards including the Allianz Business to Arts Awards\, a GSK Ireland Impact Award\, a Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award\, a National Lottery Good Cause Award\, the international #ArtsAgainstCovid award\, an Arts Council Project Award and an Arts Council Agility Award. \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Curator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival implemented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International\, Fighting Words\, ICCL\,  NWCI\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, Trócaire and Poetry Ireland\, funded by The Arts Council. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world\, past and present\, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. \n\n\n\nMary’s artistic practice encompasses theatre\, film\, literature\, poetry\, and curatorship. Mary’s work focuses on primal\, visceral and intuitive responses to vulnerability and conflict and an exploration of self and the other. Her work explores an interconnectedness of the body\, voice and imagination\, revealing the inner life through physical and spiritual energies and intuitive engagements. Mary has a focus on using historical memory in her artistic practice as inspiration for the creation of original artworks across a range of mediums\, remembering stories of ordinary yet powerful women and men from history and today who stood up for the rights of others. \n\n\n\nAs a playwright\, Mary’s work includes the highly acclaimed The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII co-written with Paul Kennedy\, Fiona Thompson and Féilim James;  A Beauty that will Pass; Constance and Her Friends – selected by President Michael D. Higgins for performance at Áras an Uachtaráin for Culture Night 2016;  In One Breath from the award-winning Testimonies(co-written with Paul Kennedy); and Shadow of My Soul\, May Our Faces Haunt You and Silent Screams.  \n\n\n\nMary’s film work includes the hour-long documentary Stories from the Shadows\, the short film Tell Them Our Names\, inspired by women’s stories of WWII and selected for the London Eye International Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival\, the creative documentary Women in an Equal Europe and the short film Courageous Women inspired by powerful women’s stories from the 1916 to 1923 decade of commemorations period in Irish history.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErika Diettes\n\n\n\n\n\nErika Diettes (Colombia\, 1978) is a visual artist and social communicator who graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has a master’s degree in Anthropology from the Universidad de los Andes. Both her double degree and her anthropological background are reflected in her exhibitions as well as in her publications\, due to the clear intention of establishing an intimate dialogue between her work and the observer. This can be evidenced in her work as she puts the knowledge\, she has at her disposal to intervene artistically\, taking into account a previous process of research and critical analysis of the context and its protagonists.  As a result\, there is a confluence between image\, message\, and process\, a trinity that is the conceptual and structural cornerstone of all her works. One of Erika Diettes’ focuses is her outstanding work with victims of the Colombian armed conflict. An exhaustive work that has been recognized and supported by each of the mourners and victims\, who have contributed for her images not only their stories but the objects and crucial references in her creations. She is also known internationally thanks to the different places she has taken her exhibitions and the awards she has received. Among them was a nomination for the Visionary Awards in 2015 where she was a finalist\, and as a winner of the Tim Hetherington Trust Scholarship and the World Press Photo Foundation Fellowship (2017-2018). \n\n\n\nIn April 2019 Erika Diettes was selected as part of the group of women artists\, leaders\, and intellectuals who within each of their respective fields are exemplary for their contribution to commemorating and celebrating the achievements and struggle of women around the world. Her exhibition SUDARIOS has been chosen to open the cultural calendar of the city of Liverpool\, England\, dedicated throughout 2019 to celebrate and commemorate International Women’s Day. \n\n\n\nWebsite link: https://www.erikadiettes.com/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Mc Loughlin-Gnemmi is a graduate of the Royal College of Music\, London where she received her B.Mus Hons degree. She is a lecturer in violin at the TU Dublin Conservatoire for Music and Drama. She gained her masters in performance at TU Dublin studying under Joanna Matkowska. She has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under conductors Alexander Anissimov\, George Hurst and Gerhardt Markson. She also worked with Lyric Opera and The Irish Film Orchestra. She has regularly performed with the RTE Concert Orchestra. \n\n\n\nPerformances with the RTECO include a chamber music recital for the commemoration of the 1916 rising at The Irish Museum of Modern Art in the presence of An t-Uachtarán and with a group of members of the RTECO playing a new composition by Simon O’ Connor narrated by actress Olwen Fouéré. Other concerts included ‘Back to the Future’\, ‘The Godfather’ with film music by Nino Rota\, ‘The Music of John Williams’ film music and RTECO’s recording of the music of Steve Mc Keon for the film ‘Norm of the North’. \n\n\n\nLisa has performed at the Dublin Metropolis Festival\, RDS and at The Button Factory\, Temple Bar with DJ Kormac. Lisa has also toured France\, South Africa and the US as solo violinist with Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance’. Solo and chamber music recitals include DIT\, Trinity College Dublin\, The Goethe institute\, UCD and The John Field Room\, N.C.H. and The Galway Arts Festival. \n\n\n\nLisa recently performed at Dublin Castle for a production of ‘Constance and her Friends’ a play about Constance Markievicz and activists during the 1916 rising written by Mary Moynihan and performed by Smashing Times. Passionate about teaching as well as performing\, Lisa gives masterclasses\, prepares students for exams\, recitals and Feis Ceoil competitions. Lisa is married to oboist with the National Symphony Orchestra\, Sylvain Gnemmi. They have four children and live in Dublin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHilary Bow\n\n\n\n\n\nHilary Bow is a singer-songwriter based in Cork\,  Ireland. Her debut album Sean Nova (in 2005) followed her cocktail bar experiences.  Sean Nova was a collection of reworkings of jazz standards translated into Irish\, played in a bossa nova style. She has worked with IMRAM on numerous\, similar projects\, including Irish translations of the songs of Edith Piaf\, Jacques Brel\, Leonard Cohen\, and Van Morrison. The Réaltnach (Starman)\, Bow’s latest album\, released in 2016\, sees her collaborate with Liam Ó Maonlaoí\, the Brad Pitt Light Orchestra\, poet\, Gabriel Rosenstock\, and visual artist\, Margaret Lonergan\, to bring Irish-language renditions of some of Bowie’s songs to the IMRAM Irish Language Literature festival.  \n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/remembrance/ LOCATION:Chocolate Factory\, 26 King's Inn Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 P2W7\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Music,Performance,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Mary-Workshop-3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221019T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221019T220000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153621Z CREATED:20221007T154608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153621Z UID:10000347-1666209600-1666216800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Smashing Times Birthday Party Open Mic DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists and Guest Speakers include\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor\, choreographer and facilitator with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nCarla Ryan\,  singer and performer\, with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, performer with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nWilliam Caughey\,  Guest\, Northern Ireland \n\n\n\nFernando Benavente\, International Guest\, IFES Coop\, Valencia\, Spain \n\n\n\nFeilim James\, writer\, Ireland \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality  invite you to take part in an open mic night for the arts and to join  us in celebrating 30 years as the leading voice in arts for equality\, human rights and diversity in Europe and internationally! \n\n\n\nAs Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality celebrates 30 years of working with incredible artists\, partners\, citizens and communities  and in a range of different artforms\, promoting human rights\, equality and diversity for all\, we invite you to join us in a wonderful and celebratory gathering of arts\, music\, song and chat. We are delighted that artists\, partners\, citizens and communities from across Ireland and Europe will join us on the evening for creative conversations and taking part in our Open Mic Art session! \n\n\n\nCome to the Chocolate Factory and explore the extraordinary State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence exhibition\, while meeting with some of Smashing Times artists and partners who have worked with us throughout the years. The evening will be an opportunity for fun ‘meeting and greeting’\, for informal networking\, and for creative expression and celebration in an artistic setting. All welcome! \n\n\n\nThe Open Mic session is a celebration of talent in all ages and  artforms and we love all styles and arts. We welcome you to pop on stage for a short performance and to show and share with us your creativity. A delightful evening with an electric\, fun atmosphere \n\n\n\nThe evening will feature short chats celebrating equality\, diversity and human rights and you are welcome to contribute to our vision board with ideas for future ways forward for working with the arts to promote equality\, diversity and human rights and to acknowledge and remember all those who have inspired us on our journey as we endeavour to create a world where all people are treat equal with dignity and respect. \n\n\n\nAs part of our the evening’s entertainment\, we welcome you to view the State of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence multi-media exhibition and installation at the Chocolate Factory\, open daily 10am-6pm from Monday to Sunday\,  3-23 October 2022 (16 October 2-6pm). \n\n\n\nState of the Art: Transformative Memories in Political Violence is a live\, multi-media exhibition and  installation displaying artworks reflecting at both personal and political levels on arts\, human rights and transformative memory in political violence with artists exhibiting their work interrogating political violence in communities across the globe. The exhibiton features a multitude of artworks – film\, video\, poster art\, visual art\, photography\, poetry\, song\, textiles\, sculpture\, painting\, live performance and installation\, with artworks by artists from Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Pakistan\, Colombia\, Indonesia\, Uganda\, Canada\, Chile and Argentina. The Co-Curators are Mary Moynihan and Amna Walayat. \n\n\n\nArtists include Hina Khan\, visual artist\, Pakistan and Ireland; Sinead McCann\, Visual Artist\, Ireland; Erika Diettes\, visual artist and social communicator\, Colombia;  Fernanda Barbosa\, Visual Art\, Photographer\, Colombia; Alit Ambara\, visual and graphic artist and cultural activist\, Indonesia; Jeff Korondo\, solo musician\, Uganda; Juliane Okot Bitek\, Poet\, Canada; Peter Morin\, performance artist\, a Tahltan Nation artist\, author\, curator and professor;  Roberta Bacic\, Curator of Conflict Textiles\, Northern Ireland and Chile and artists and members of the Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda. \n\n\n\nWe also invite you to attend the  Visual Art\, Photography and Poetry Exhibition at dlr Mill Theatre Gallery\, Dundrum\, open Tuesday to Saturday\, 11am-4pm from 13 September to 29 October 2022 and featuring the work of writer and artist Mary Moynihan and visual artist Amna Walayat responding creatively to themes of freedom\, change\, transformation\, power and control.  \n\n\n\n ‘Smashing Times has a deserved reputation for exploring social issues with sensitivity and in depth… The plays are true theatre… extraordinary. Smashing Times must continue with it.’IRISH TIMES‘Fascinating\, executed by the innovative and dynamic Smashing Times.’SUNDAY INDEPENDENT‘Smashing Times is a wonderful endeavour and I wish you well with all your future work.’THOMAS KILROY\, PLAYWRIGHT‘This production and the discussion afterwards should be compulsory for all young people.It is Theatre-in-Education at its best.’MAEVE INGOLDSBY\, WRITER AND PLAYWRIGHT‘This work is so powerful\, I wish there was more of this.’MEMBER OF PUBLIC‘What Smashing Times are contributing is cutting-edge… this is serious\, thought-provoking and provocative work that is really impressive and valid.’BRIDGET KELLY\, MEMBER OF PUBLIC‘I’ve never been presented with an issue like this in my experience before\,this has been extraordinary\, powerful.’TOM O’HAGAN\, MEMBER OF PUBLIC‘The Department of Education should fund this show to go into every school in the country. It is excellent and extremely important.’LIAM HALLIGAN\, MEMBER OF PUBLIC‘This work is excellent . . . drama is so important\, particularly for young people in schools.’SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL\, CBS\, WESTLAND ROW \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 We Admire\n\n\n\nAs Smashing Times celebrates its 30th anniversary this year\, we have decided to bring you a series called 30 We Admire – a selection of 30 activists\, artists\, books\, films and more that celebrate our values of arts and human rights! \n30 Activists We Admire\n\nGreta Thunberg\n\nGreta is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Her ‘School Strike for Climate Change’ has led to global campaigns for climate action. \n\nMahatma Gandhi\n\nGandhi was an Indian lawyer\, anti-colonial nationalist\, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule\, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. \n\nPanti Bliss / Rory O’Neill\n\nRory O’Neill\, also known by his stage name Panti Bliss\, is a drag queen and gay rights activist from Mayo. Panti’s famous ‘Noble Call’ highlighted everyday homophobia in Ireland\, and now has over 1 million views on YouTube. \n\nRosa Parks\n\nRosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery\, Alabama. Her defiance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Its success launched nationwide efforts to end racial segregation of public facilities. \n\nEvanna Lynch\n\nAn avid animal rights activist\, Evanna Lynch has launched a vegan-themed podcast titled The ChickPeeps and a cruelty-free make-up box named Kinder Beauty Box. \n\nPhilomena Lee\n\nPhilomena is an advocate and spokesperson for adoption rights. She has created The Philomena Project in order to raise awareness about adoption laws and find ways to improve them. \n\nVicky Phelan\n\nVicky is a women’s health campaigner\, and is a central figure in the CervicalCheck scandal. She has campaigned for the programme to be reviewed\, and has called on the Irish medical system to be overhauled due to its failings. \n\nSinead Burke\n\nSinead Burke is a teacher and designer from Ireland. She advocates for inclusivity in the fashion industry\, especially in the development of clothing inclusive of people with dwarfism. \n\nIfrah Ahmed\n\nIfrah is a Somali-Irish social activist. She is the founder of the United Youth of Ireland non-governmental organization and the Ifrah Foundation\, which is devoted to eliminating female genital mutilation. \n\nMairead Maguire\n\nMairead is a peace activist from Northern Ireland. Along with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown\, she co-founded the Women for Peace (now known as Community for Peace People). Maguire and Williams received the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. More recently\, she was involved in discussions around the Rohingya crisis. \n\nMother JonesMother Jones was a 19th century social activist and trade unionist from Cork\, who protested lax enforcement of child labour laws in the US\, and whose successful organising of the United Mine Workers union earned her the moniker ‘the most dangerous woman in America’.\nMary Lawlor\n\nMary Lawlor is UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders\, an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Social Innovation\, Trinity College Business School and founder of Front Line Defenders. \n\nNelson Mandela\n\nNelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary\, political leader and philanthropist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. \n\nMalala Yousafzai\n\nMalala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is also the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate\, and second Pakistani to ever receive a Nobel Prize. \n\nEmily Davison\n\nEmily Davison was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a militant fighter for her cause\, she was arrested on nine occasions\, went on hunger strike seven times and was force-fed on forty-nine occasions. She died after being hit by King George V’s horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race. \n\nHarriet Tubman\n\nHarriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. \n\nHarvey Milk\n\nHarvey Milk was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California\, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. \n\nDil Wickremasinghe\n\nDil Wickremasinghe lives in Ireland and is a social justice and mental health journalist\, podcaster\, speaker\, mental health service provider\, social entrepreneur\, activist and occasional stand-up comedian. Dil is an outstanding advocate for the LGBTQI+ community and provides training and consultancy in equality and diversity. \n\nSamantha Ncube\n\nSamantha is a youth ambassador and youth worker for the European Youth in Migration Forum with the Irish Refugee Council in which she meets with policy makers to discuss issues affecting young migrant people living in Ireland. \n\nSenator Eileen Ní Fhloinn\n\nSenator Ní Fhloinn has been an activist and community worker for many years\, working with groups such as the Irish Traveller Movement\, the National Traveller Women’s Forum and Ballyfermot Traveller Action Programme. She also campaigned on issues such as housing\, marriage equality\, abortion rights and anti-racism. \n\nStaša Zajović\n\nStaša Zajović is the co-founder and coordinator of Women in Black\, which is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice\, war\, militarism and other forms of violence. \n\nVesna Teršelič\n\nVesna Teršelič is a peace activist and was largely responsible for founding the Croatian Anti-War Campaign (ARK) in 1991 in Zagreb\, Croatia. ARK promotes education for non-violent conflict transformation\, human rights protection\, social reconstruction and reconciliation\, support for refugees and displaced persons\, and help for the unemployed and the bereaved and those severely traumatised by war. \n\nFrancisca Sauquillo Pérez\n\nFrancisca is a Spanish lawyer and politician known for her activism as a labour lawyer and in defence of democratic freedoms during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. She was deputy of the Assembly of Madrid\, Senator and MEP. \n\nHelena Maleno\n\nHelena is a human rights defender\, journalist and researcher and founder of Caminando Fronteras or Walking Borders. She denounces human rights violations taking place on the southern Spanish border and works with the migrant communities in the defence of their rights. \n\nSanja Sarnavka\n\nSanja Sarnavka is a peace and human rights activist. Since 2000\, Sanja Sarnavka has been President of B.a.B.e.\, a Croatian non-governmental organisation which promotes and protects women’s rights.  \n\nKatarina Kruhonja\n\nDr. Kruhonja is a peace activist and director of the Centre for Peace\, Non-violence and Human Rights\, Osijek\, Croatia.  \n\nSlađana Petrović Varagić\n\nSlađana is an independent cultural worker – a curator and producer – who works proactively in the field of cultural policy by opening new critical topics about art\, art rights\, women’s rights and the position of the independent artists and cultural worker. She fights against the influence of politics and parties on decision-making autonomy in the field of culture and art. \n\nSylvia Rivera\n\nSylvia Rivera was a Latina-American drag queen who was a gay and transgender activist in the 1960s and 70s. She’s known for participating in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and establishing the political organization STAR. \n\nNellie Bly\n\nNellie Bly was a pioneering journalist\, known for her ground-breaking 1887 exposé on the conditions of asylum patients at Blackwell’s Island in New York City and her report of her 72-day trip around the world. \n\nMarsha P. Johnson\n\nMarsha P. Johnson was an African American transgender woman and revolutionary LGBTQ rights activist. She is credited for being an instigator in the Stonewall riots. \n  \n30 Books We Admire\n\nSister Anne’s Hands by Marybeth Lorbiecki. This book is set in the early 1960s\, and a little girl named Anna has never seen a person with dark skin before. At first\, she is afraid of her new second-grade teacher\, but she quickly discovers how wonderful Sister Anne is.\nThe Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad & S. K. Ali (Authors) Hatem Aly (Illustrator). A beautifully illustrated story about two sisters and the events that unfold on the first day of school when the older sister\, Asiya\, makes her debut in her hijab. A story of how words can be hurtful\, but also the beauty in sibling relationships and self-confidence.\nMaddi’s Fridge by Lois Brandt. Bursting with colourful\, digital illustrations\, this book addresses the issues of poverty and childhood hunger through the relationship of two best friends\, one who only has milk in her fridge\, and the other whose fridge is stocked with options.\nSulwe by Lupita Nyong’o. This book discusses self-love and the battles it sometimes takes to get there. Through vivid colours\, this children’s book revolves around a young girl facing colourism and the pain that comes with it.\nChocolate Milk\, Por Favor: Celebrating Diversity with Empathy by Maria Dismondy and Nancy Raines Day. The story revolves around a little boy\, Johnny\, who loves school\, until Gabe\, a boy from Brazil becomes the new student. Johnny’s initial instinct is to reject him\, but that becomes challenged when his peers are kind.\nThe Boy and the Wall by Youth at Lajee Centre in Aida Refugee Camp. A bilingual picture book about a Palestinian boy who has become a refugee. In this book\, he recollects “the wall” being built and the unfortunate and sometimes scary circumstances that came with it. Written by young people living in a refugee camp.\nJust Jamie by Terri Libenson. This story centres around the theme of exclusion. Jaime a girl in middle school knows something is off with her friend group. They have started to exclude her and make fun of the way she dresses and the things she likes.\nI Am Enough by Grace Byers. This book provides constructive affirmations for children who lack self-esteem and self-acceptance. It celebrates children for who they are and promotes positive female role models. It sends a message that people are unique and that they will always be enough.\nChocolate Me! By Tate Diggs. This book encourages kids to love themselves\, even if they feel like they do not fit in. This timely book explores how it feels to be teased and how each of us is beautiful\, no matter how we look.\nSame Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw. This book shows how two boys who live oceans apart can become the best of friends. By becoming pen pals and exchanging letters and pictures\, they learn that they both love to climb trees\, have pets\, and go to school and although their worlds might look different\, they are very similar.\nDon’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri. This book explores the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and stigmatized throughout history\, with ruminations on body politics\, race\, pop culture\, and Dabiri’s own journey to loving her hair.\nThe Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward. This book is a deeply moving collection of essays\, short memoir\, and poetry written by contemporary thinkers and writers on race. Shedding light on both past and the present issues of inequality in the United States\, The Fire This Time demonstrates where we’ve come from as a country and how much further we have to go to achieve true equality.\nWe Were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler. The book takes an important look at some of the more recent (and less-productive) manifestations of feminism — in particular\, how the word “feminist” has transformed from activist movement to marketing device.\nThe Other Slavery by Andrés Reséndez. Shedding light on the enslavement of America’s indigenous people and arguing that slavery — more than disease and violence — was really what decimated the people who were already living here when the Europeans arrived\, The Other Slavery is a harrowing account of the first slavery and genocide to take place in the United States.\nIn Order to Live by Yeonmi Park. In this book\, Park tells the story of her repressive and fear-filled upbringing in North Korea\, and her harrowing escapes.\nUnorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of my Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman. In the book\, Feldman documents her life in an ultra-religious Jewish community in Brooklyn\, New York.\nBird of Paradise: How I Became Latina by Raquel Cepeda. This memoir is for anyone who has ever struggled to make sense of their identity\, and to find a home where genetics and experience meet — because\, in the end\, we’re all patchwork quilts of our family history.\nStamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi. Kendi profiles five key people in American history: Angela Davis\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Cotton Mather\, Thomas Jefferson\, and William Lloyd Garrison\, using their examples to argue against the myth of a post-racial America and explore the beliefs and practices of various race-related schools of thought.\nAll Our Relations by Winona LaDuke. LaDuke’s merges her own experiences and research with testimonies from First Nations activists — including the Seminoles\, the Anishinaabeg\, the Innu\, the Northern Cheyenne\, the Mohawks\, and others — who have fought for their rights for generations.\nA Burst of Light: and Other Essays by Audre Lorde. Lorde writes passionately about everything from radical politics and the need for intersectionality in feminism to her experiences navigating her own identity as a black lesbian writer and mother and her battle with cancer. She’ll leave you feeling both empowered and inspired.\nMen Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit. Inspired by a particularly “mansplain-y” dinner party attended by the author\, this book explores the gender-based inequalities present in routine exchanges between men and women. On point\, hilarious\, and infuriating\, Men Explain Things to Mealso addresses the issue of women being silenced all over the world — many times at the expense of their health\, freedom\, and/or life.\nWhen We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Cordova. This book is a whirlwind of feminist politics\, passionate protest\, ambitious activism\, and the writer’s own struggle with discrimination and her personal identity. \nPrelude and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield. This selection of stories showcases the author’s remarkable ability to delve into the human mind; in stories such as ‘The Garden Party’ she reveals the tension between innocence and corruption\, the dark side of love and romance are explored in ‘Bliss’ and ‘Love à la Mode’\, and in the title story\, ‘Prelude’\, inspired by her own childhood\, her concern is for the isolated and the lonely.\nBreasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami. Kawakami paints a radical picture of contemporary working-class womanhood in Japan as she recounts the heart breaking stories of three women who must survive in a society where the odds are stacked against them.\nThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. This masterful dystopia is set in a future America where women are reduced to their reproductive usefulness.\nThe Awakening by Kate Chopin. The Awakeningis considered one of the earliest and boldest examples of feminist fiction. When Edna meets the charming Robert Lebrun while holidaying with her husband and two young children\, a flirtation turns into an affair which opens her eyes to a life outside her passionless marriage and the stifling restrictions of nineteenth-century society.\nThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. In this novel\, Toni explores the problematic and racist beauty ideals of western society\, as well as addressing issues of race\, poverty and abuse.\nThe Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing. Written in 1962\, this experimental\, Nobel Prize-winning novel brings taboo issues of the time\, including women’s sexuality\, bodily functions and mental illness\, to the fore.\nCracking the Menopause by Mariella Frostrup and Alice Smellie. This book debunks myths and addresses fears about the menopause\, with straight-talking advice to help you deal with an issue that half of us will face\, yet is rarely spoken about. With case studies\, personal testimonies\, expert guidance and witty illustrations\, this is a wise but humorous guide to the topic.\nA Bigger Picture by Vanessa Nakate. Witnessing the suffering caused by global warming propelled Vanessa Nakate into action and despite risks to her personal safety she became the first climate striker in Uganda at just twenty-one years old. In A Bigger Pictureshe traces the links between the climate crisis and anti-racism\, feminism\, education\, economics and even extremist radicalization.\n\n  \n30 Women We Admire\n\nMary Moynihan – Writer\, director\, theatre and film maker\, and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Mary’s work promoting equality\, human rights and diversity through the arts is award-winning and internationally recognised.\nDijana Milosevic – Dijana is a theatre director\, co-founder and artistic director of DAH Theatre in Belgrade\, Serbia\, the first theatre laboratory in her country. In addition to directing socially engaged theatre works\, she has worked on issues of violence against women with the activist group ‘Women in Black’\, performing stories of women from Kosovo\, Bosnia-Herzegovina\, Serbia and Croatia.\nFrederique Lecomte – Frederique is the founder and main facilitator of the Theatre and Reconciliation method. She is a sociologist\, writer and stage director from Belgium. She is an expert in rebuilding traumatised and conflicted communities\, organising theatre workshops and performances both with and for the community in war areas all over the world.\nFelispeaks – Felispeaks is a Nigerian-Irish Poet\, Performer\, Playwright from Co. Longford. She enjoys creating poetry and performance pieces that always promises to introduce her audience to the journey of emotion in every story.\nEmma Dabiri – Emma is an Irish author\, podcaster and presenter. Her debut book ‘Don’t Touch My Hair’ moves beyond the personal to examine African hair in wider contexts\, with the book travelling across geographical space and through time to take in pre-colonial Africa up to modern day Western society.\nNina Simone – Nina was an American singer\, songwriter\, musician\, arranger\, and civil rights activist.\nMaya Angelou – Maya was an American poet\, memoirist\, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies\, three books of essays\, several books of poetry\, and is credited with a list of plays\, movies\, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.\nAva DuVernay – Ava is an American filmmaker. She won the directing award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere\, becoming the first Black woman to win the award.\nAmaranta Osorio – Amaranta is a writer\, actress and producer\, Mexican\, Colombian and Spanish. Her work promote equality and human rights.\nMary Robinson – Mary was the first Irish female president. She was involved in the decriminalisation of homosexuality\, the legalisation of contraception\, the legalisation of divorce\, enabling women to sit on juries\, and securing the right to legal aid in civil legal cases in Ireland.[4] She was Ireland’s most popular president\, at one point having a 93% approval rating among the electorate.\nHina Khan – Hina is a Pakistani visual artist living in Ireland. Her work explores human rights issues such as migration\, racism\, and violence against women.\nNoelle McAlinden – Noelle is a visual artist\, curator\, cultural broker\, and mental health advocate. Her work covers topics relating to contemporary women.\nAmna Walayat – Amna is a Pakistani visual artist living in Ireland. She is currently the Cork County Council Creative Producer in Residence. Her work engages with human rights issues\, most recently\, the Mother and Baby Homes scandal.\nÁine O’Hara – Áine is an Irish theatre maker and visual artist\, whose work highlights the reality of living with a chronic illness.\nPillow Queens – Pillow Queens are an all-female alt-pop band from Dublin. Their songs cover topics like body positivity\, mental health\, and growing up gay in Ireland.\nGizele Martins – Gizele was at the frontline of actions to tackle COVID-19 in marginalized communities of Rio de Janeiro\, participating in the Maré Mobilization Front\, a collective of grassroots communicators created to mitigate the effects of the pandemic in the favela.\nJuana Ruiz Sánchez – Juana Ruiz Sánchez is a Spanish woman human rights defender. She has been working as a project coordinator for 28 years at the Health Work Committee (HWC)\, an NGO providing health assistance in rural Palestinian villages across the West Bank.\nMary Elmes – Mary was the first Irish person honoured as ‘Righteous Among Nations’ for her work saving Jewish children from the Nazi gas chambers during World War II.\nAlice Kuvheya – Alice is a human rights defender and director of Chitungwiza Residents Trust (CHITREST). The community trust works to provide civic education and human rights advocacy at a community level\, but also carries out advocacy on health and environmental issues.\nNan Joyce – Nan was an Irish Travellers’ rights activist. She worked to improve the lives of Travellers in Ireland and Northern Ireland from 1981 until her death in 2018. She was the first Traveller candidate in an Irish general election\, in 1982.\nMariem Cheikh – Mariem is a human rights defender and a member of the NGO Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA)\, which aims to eradicate the practices of slavery.\nEnira Bronitskaya – Enira is a human rights defender and a member of the human rights organization Human Constanta\, which works to promote the protection of the rights of foreign citizens and stateless persons in Belarus\, as well as anti-discrimination and digital freedoms.\nSinzeri Nabeza Jolie – Sinzeri is a human rights defender and member of SOS HANDICAP\, an organisation created by disabled women to defend and protect the human rights of women and girls living with disabilities and to promote a fair world for all.\nGrecia Eugenia Rodriguez Navarro – Grecia is a human rights defender who has been accompanying communities and ejidos in the defence of land and water in the state of Zacatecas\, Mexico\, since 2014.\nLeanne Betasamosake Simpson – Leanne is an activist\, scholar\, writer\, and poet. She was heavily involved with the Idle No More movement that raised awareness of treaty betrayals and environmental injustices impacting First Nations people.\nWinona LaDuke – Winona is an environmental activist and author. She has founded two prominent organizations: Honor the Earth and the White Earth Land Recovery Project.\nGordana Comic – Gordana is Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue in the Republic of Serbia. As the founder of the Women’s Parliamentary Network of the National Assembly and a member of the women’s movement in Serbia\, she has played a significant role in the country’s fight for women’s equality and equal participation in decision-making processes.\nMaria Edgeworth – Maria one of the most successful novelists of her generation\, with a gift for social observation and dialogue that earned the admiration of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen. She was one of the first writers to portray the Irish peasant class as real people\, with real stories\, and during the Irish Famine\, while in her 80s\, went door to door distributing food.\nLady Jane Wilde – Lady Jane was a gifted linguist and poet who published under the name Speranza\, a documenter of the Famine\, a women’s rights activist\, and a nationalist who used her writing to call for insurrection.\nDr Kathleen Lynn – Kathleen was a medical doctor specialising in ophthalmology; a volunteer in the soup kitchens during the 1913 Lockout; medical officer to the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) during the Rising\, for which she was imprisoned; a campaigner for equal rights for women; and the co-founder with her lifelong partner\, the equally fearless Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (and a budget of €70) of St Ultan’s Hospital for Infants.\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/smashing-times-birthday-party-open-mic/ LOCATION:Chocolate Factory\, 26 King's Inn Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 P2W7\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Music,Performance,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Birthday-Party.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221020T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221022T213000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153612Z CREATED:20221011T151336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153612Z UID:10000356-1666294200-1666474200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Aisling na Saoirse - Dreams of Freedom DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, performer \n\n\n\nCarla Ryan\, performer \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality work to promote equality\, human rights and diversity through the arts.  The company are delighted to present a programme of artistic performances\, workshops\, training and talks taking place in a range of venues using the arts to promote equality and rights with a focus on promoting the Irish language and Irish culture and heritage. \n\n\n\nThe Aisling Programme in South Kerry – 2022 Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\nThree public performances and post-show discussions take place in South Kerry – in The Barracks Heritage Centre\, Cahersiveen\, on Thursday\, 20 October 2022\, 7.30pm; in St John the Baptist Church\, Knightstown\, Valentia Island\, on  Friday 21 October 2022\, 7.30pm and in  10 Bridge Street\, Killorglin\, on  Saturday 22 October 2022\, 7.30pm.  The show Aisling na Saoirse consists of: \n\n\n\nGrace and Joe by Mary Moynihan performed by Carla Ryan \n\n\n\nTales from an Afterworld by Féilim James performed by Rob Harrington \n\n\n\nAt Summer’s End by Féilim James performed by Carla Ryan \n\n\n\nNá déanaimis dearmad/Let Us Not Forget by Áine Ní Ghlinn performed by Rob Harrington \n\n\n\nThe performance venues\, dates and times are: \n\n\n\n\nThe Monsignor Flaherty Room\, Barracks Heritage Centre\, Cahersiveen\, County Kerry. Thursday\, 20 October 2022\, 7.30pm.\n\n\n\nSt John the Baptist Church\, Knightstown\, Valentia Island\, County Kerry. Friday 21 October 2022\, 7.30pm.\n\n\n\n10 Bridge Street\, Killorglin\, County Kerry\, Saturday 22 October 2022\, 7.30pm.\n\n\n\n\nThe show is a bespoke combination of three monologue performances and a poem. Our first performance is Grace and Joe written and directed by Mary Moynihan inspired by Grace Evelyn Gifford (1888-1955) and the story of her time with Joseph Mary Plunkett\, one of the leaders executed after the 1916 Easter Rising. Next is Tales From an Afterworld by Féilim James based on the life and work of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). \n\n\n\nThe final performance is At Summer’s End by Feilim James\, a dramatic monologue told from the perspective of a Jewish-Irish citizen murdered in the Holocaust. Her name was Ettie Steinberg (1914-42). We learn how at a young age her family left Eastern Europe for Dublin\, before love led her away to the European mainland. This by turns tender and harrowing portrait of love\, loss\, and the brutality of war tells one ordinary woman’s extraordinary\, and often forgotten\, story. The show culminates with a poem Ná déanaimis dearmad/Let Us Not Forget by Áine Ní Ghlinn. \n\n\n\nThe award-winning work of Smashing Times has been acclaimed for its extraordinary story-telling inspired by historical memory and stories of citizens and artists from across the ages. In this\, our 30th anniversary year\, enjoy a gathering of performance and song presenting re-imagined moments from the lives of citizens and artists caught up in extraordinary times\, showcasing stories of Irish people from the 20th century. \n\n\n\nGrace and Joe \n\n\n\nWritten and directed by Mary Moynihan \n\n\n\nBased on on writings and witness statements from Joseph Mary Plunkett and Grace Gifford \n\n\n\nPerformed by Carla Ryan \n\n\n\nGrace and Joe sees Grace Evelyn Gifford (1888-1955) tell the story of her time with Joseph Mary Plunkett\, one of the leaders executed after the 1916 Easter Rising and the youngest signatory to the Irish proclamation. It relates how they were married in Kilmainham Gaol chapel seven hours before his execution. Grace was a cartoonist and Republican and studied at the Metropolitan School Art. \n\n\n\nTales From an Afterworld \n\n\n\nWritten by Féilim James \n\n\n\nDirected by Geraldine McAlinden \n\n\n\nPerformed by Rob Harrington \n\n\n\nTales From an Afterworld is a reflection on the life and work of writer William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Born in Dublin in 1865\, William Butler Yeats was the son of a well-known Irish painter\, John Butler Yeats. He spent his childhood in County Sligo\, where his parents were raised\, and in London. He returned to Dublin at fifteen to continue his education and study painting\, but quickly discovered he preferred poetry. Born into the Anglo-Irish landowning class\, Yeats became involved with the Celtic Revival\, a movement against the cultural influences of English rule in Ireland during the Victorian period\, which sought to promote the spirit of Ireland’s native heritage. Yeats was deeply involved in politics in Ireland. He also had a life-long interest in mysticism and the occult\, and his work drew extensively from sources in Irish mythology and folklore. Lady Gregory and Yeats founded the Abbey Theatre in 1904. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and died in 1939 age seventy-three. \n\n\n\nAt Summer’s End \n\n\n\nWritten by Féilim James \n\n\n\nDirected by Eric Weitz \n\n\n\nPerformed by Carla Ryan \n\n\n\nThis dramatic monologue is told from the perspective of a Jewish-Irish citizen murdered in the Holocaust. Her name was Ettie Steinberg (1914-42). We learn how at a young age her family left Eastern Europe for Dublin\, before love led her away to the European mainland. This by turns tender and harrowing portrait of love\, loss\, and the brutality of war tells one ordinary woman’s extraordinary\, and often forgotten\, story. \n\n\n\nPoem: Ná déanaimis dearmad/Let Us Not Forget by Áine Ní Ghlinn performed by Rob Harrington \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\nCarla Ryan\n\n\n\n\n\nCarla Ryan is an actor\, singer and songwriter from Meath. She trained in TU Dublin’s Conservatory of Music and Drama and Columbia College Chicago studying Drama (Performance). She has been working with Smashing Times as an actor since 2016. Professional acting credits include Ettie in At Summers End\, Nadine in Shadow of My Soul and Grace Gifford in Grace and Joe. Her performance of Grace and Joe for Constance and Her Friends by Mary Moynihan was hand selected by President Michael D. Higgins to be shown at Áras an Uachtarain for Culture Night 2016. \n\n\n\nCarla is one half of the alt-pop duo ELKIN. Carla and best friend\, Ellen were writing and singing together from the age of 15 before taking their music to a new level as ELKIN. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Joni Mitchell the duo began writing and performing folk-pop\, but it wasn’t until they began working with producer lullahush that ELKIN blended their love of thought-provoking folk lyrics with fierce alt-pop production. ELKIN have played at venues and festivals across Ireland including Longitude and Electric Picnic.  Following the release of debut single Paro\, ELKIN were named as one of State.ie’s Faces of 2018.  Their debut EP\, Bad Habits\, was released in May 2018. In February 2019\, ELKIN released a new single Green Eyes\, a collaboration with Æ MAK producer lullahush. In 2020 the duo were awarded funding from The First Music Contact Recording Stimulus Grant to record their debut EP Instant Hit\, set for release early 2022. \n\n\n\nELKIN draw influence from the R’n’B\, pop\, indie and folk worlds. With bassist Peter and guitarist Conor of Hatchlings\, plus drummer Rob\, “the band display an eclectic mix of R&B\, pop and hip-hop beats\, bolstered by alternating female vocals and smooth guitars.” Stephen Porzio\, Hot Press. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob Harrington\n\n\n\n\n\nRob has enjoyed both national and international tours over the past 19 years of his acting career. He has most recently performed Tales from an Afterworld (WB Yeats)\, written by Féilim James and directed by Geraldine McAlinden in Áras an Uachtaráin for President Michael D Higgins. Some of his favourite theatre productions include The Shadow of a Gunman (The New Theatre\, directed by Ronan Wilmot)\, Pinter x 4 (Pearse Centre\, directed by Peter Reid)\, Scabs (Theatre Upstairs directed by Liam Halligan) In Arabia We’d all be Kings (Beckett Theatre\, directed by Liam Hallihan)\, Mary Stuart (The Grand Lodge\, Liam Halligan) and La Locandiera (Edinburgh Fringe festival\, directed Alice Coghlan). His screen work includes ‘A date for Mad Mary’\, ‘Vaudevillians’\, ‘The Comeback’\, ‘Twitchy’\, ‘The saviour of Dublin City’\, ‘Ctrl’\, ‘The Guarantee’\, ‘The Enchanted Island’\, ‘Two Margaritas and one Daiquiri’ amongst other independent films. Rob is also a seasoned theatre and screen workshop facilitator. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFreda Manweiler\n\n\n\n\n\nFreda Manweiler is Company Manager and a Producer with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. Freda has worked with Smashing Times since 1999. She is highly skilled in project management\, coordination and implementation. She has extensive experience working at a European level developing and delivering a range of European Initiatives\, collaborating with over 50 cultural\, educational and civil society organisations from over 22 European Countries. Promoting European Values through working on activities and projects that promote human rights\, gender equality\, positive mental health\, remembrance and civic engagement. \n\n\n\nShe has worked developing and coordinating accredited training programmes\,  professional productions\, and community exchanges using creative methods to  promote peace building and reconciliation on the island of Ireland.  Working particularly with hard to reach communities in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties building strong community relations. Freda has been instrumental in bringing the learning gained from the Northern Ireland Peace Process to communities experiencing conflict in other European states. She has produced and toured a number of professional performances in Ireland and Northern Ireland. She is coordinator of the award winning\, Acting For The Future programme that uses drama and theatre to promote positive mental health and suicide prevention\, which was developed and run in association with the Samaritans and the Irish Association of Suicidology throughout the island of Ireland. As part of her work for Smashing Times she is responsible for all aspects of management and project development and is also involved in teaching practice. \n\n\n\nShe has extensive experience in team management through her work with Smashing Times as a manager and as a manager and Employment Assessment Coordinator for a Working Skills Centre in Toronto\, Canada. Her experience in Canada focused mainly on refugee resettlement\, managing initiatives funded through the federal government of Canada. Her education includes a Bachelor in Social Work (2007) from the Open University and in 2012 she completed an MEd from the National University of Ireland/UCD. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, (she/her)\, MA\, is an award-winning writer\, director\, theatre and film-maker\, an interdisciplinary artist and one of Ireland’s most innovative arts and human rights artists creating work to promote the arts\, human rights\, climate justice\, gender equality\, diversity and peace.  \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works  collaboratively with artists and over 50 organisations across Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Europe and internationally\, using the arts to promote rights and values for all.   Company patrons of Smashing Times are Sabina Coyne Higgins\, Senator Joan Freeman\, founder of Pieta House\, Ger Ryan\, actor and Tim Pat Coogan\, writer and historian. Founding patrons were writers Maeve Binchy and Brian Friel. \n\n\n\nMary’s work has won a number of awards including the Allianz Business to Arts Awards\, a GSK Ireland Impact Award\, a Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award\, a National Lottery Good Cause Award\, the international #ArtsAgainstCovid award\, an Arts Council Project Award and an Arts Council Agility Award. \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Curator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival implemented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International\, Fighting Words\, ICCL\,  NWCI\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, Trócaire and Poetry Ireland\, funded by The Arts Council. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world\, past and present\, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. \n\n\n\nMary’s artistic practice encompasses theatre\, film\, literature\, poetry\, and curatorship. Mary’s work focuses on primal\, visceral and intuitive responses to vulnerability and conflict and an exploration of self and the other. Her work explores an interconnectedness of the body\, voice and imagination\, revealing the inner life through physical and spiritual energies and intuitive engagements. Mary has a focus on using historical memory in her artistic practice as inspiration for the creation of original artworks across a range of mediums\, remembering stories of ordinary yet powerful women and men from history and today who stood up for the rights of others. \n\n\n\nAs a playwright\, Mary’s work includes the highly acclaimed The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII co-written with Paul Kennedy\, Fiona Thompson and Féilim James;  A Beauty that will Pass; Constance and Her Friends – selected by President Michael D. Higgins for performance at Áras an Uachtaráin for Culture Night 2016;  In One Breath from the award-winning Testimonies(co-written with Paul Kennedy); and Shadow of My Soul\, May Our Faces Haunt You and Silent Screams.  \n\n\n\nMary’s film work includes the hour-long documentary Stories from the Shadows\, the short film Tell Them Our Names\, inspired by women’s stories of WWII and selected for the London Eye International Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival\, the creative documentary Women in an Equal Europe and the short film Courageous Women inspired by powerful women’s stories from the 1916 to 1923 decade of commemorations period in Irish history.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\n\n\n\n\n\nCiara Hayes a producer with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and the coordinator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. Ciara Hayes is a graduate of UCC with an MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing. She also holds a teaching diploma from the London College of Music in Drama and Communication\, and a BA Joint Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies with German. She has a background in theatre and worked for several years as a drama teacher\, later becoming a teacher of social skills for children on the autism spectrum.  \n\n\n\nIn 2016 Ciara branched into arts administration while working with Cyclone Rep; a Cork-based Shakespearean Theatre-in-Education company. In 2017 she took on the role of stage school coordinator at Konfident Kidz\, where she was responsible for the day to day running of the stage school reporting directly to the company’s director. During this time\, she assisted in the organisation of Ireland’s first ever all-autistic conference; AUsome Conference. \n\n\n\nSince completing her Masters in 2020\, Ciara has worked as a producer and festival administrator for Half Moon Festival (Cork\, 2020) and Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (Dublin\, 2020). She works as Communications Officer at Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and as producer for Gaitkrash Theatre Company. \n\n\n\nArts Administration experience includes: Konfident Kidz\, teacher and Stage School Manager (2014-2017); Cyclone Rep Theatre-in-Education Company\, administrator (2016)\, Smashing Times\, Communications Officer (2020-present). \n\n\n\nProducing credits include: Half Moon Festival – multidisciplinary\, online arts festival (July 2020). Earthangel – online production of aural recording\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (November 2020). playing ‘The Maids’ – online sharing of recorded theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (December 2020). Love and Information\, online showing of filmed theatre performance\, MTU BA Theatre and Drama Studies (February 2021). Prometheus Now\, online theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company as part of Cork Midsummer Festival (June 2021). \n\n\n\nActing credits include: Liverpool\, Mint Productions (2019); Little Gem\, Dramat (2016)\, awarded Best Actress; The Circle Game\, BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2016); The Importance of Being Ernest\, Dramat (2015); Trojan Woman: A Love Story¸ BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2014). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeilim James\n\n\n\n\n\nFéilim James is an award-winning writer from Dublin\, Ireland. In 2020\, the Arts of Council of Ireland awarded Féilim a Literature Bursary Award to finish his debut novel\, Flower of Ash\, as well as a Professional Development Award. He received an Arts Bursary from Dublin City Arts Office in 2021 to finish his first poetry collection\, I was a river\, lost. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, and Icarus. His work through Irish\, under Féilim Ó Brádaigh\, has won seven Oireachtas na Gaeilge literary awards. His short fiction and poetry\, through English and Irish\, have appeared in a number of journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, Icarus\, and Comhar. A short film Féilim wrote\, titled The Big No\, produced by Smashing Times\, was shortlisted by the IndieX Film Festival\, and his play At Summer’s End has toured Ireland. \n\n\n\nIn The Big No\, a young man tells the story of his psychological unravelling and subsequent mental health crisis. Told in the form of a voiceover monologue accompanied by compelling imagery\, this poetic short film takes us on a journey of despair\, introspection\, and hope. As he battles against panic attacks and suicidal thoughts\, he is forced to face the ‘why’ of his problems head on\, learning some essential truths about himself and the world. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s play At Summer’s End has been on tour with Smashing Times as part of The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII.  At Summer’s End is based on the life-story of Ettie Steinberg\, an Irish woman who was murdered\, along with her family\, at Auschwitz. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s themes are wide-ranging\, and include identity\, mental illness\, guilt\, human animalism\, death\, and humankind’s relationship with nature. He is committed to maintaining an ever evolving and progressive approach to his work\, with each book both building on the last and differing in a vital way. In other words\, the aforementioned themes will change as time passes\, as will their stylistic rendering. ‘My inspirations are many and wide-ranging. To the fore are James Joyce\, Sylvia Plath\, John Banville\, Marilynne Robinson\, Ted Hughes\, TS Eliot\, Seán Ó Ríordáin\, and Radiohead’. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Weitz\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Weitz is Associate Director of the Gaiety School of Acting: The National Theatre School of Ireland and Adjunct Associate Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Trinity College Dublin\, having previously served in the TCD Drama Department as Convenor for the Bachelor in Acting Studies and Head of Drama. \n\n\n\nEric is currently Book Review Editor for Humor\, the scholarly journal for the International Society for Humor Studies; he sits on the International Advisory Board for the European Journal of Humour Research and the Hungarian Journal for English and American Studies. He is series co-editor of the recently published Bloomsbury Cultural History of Comedy (Methuen\, 2020) and contributor of the Vol. 6 chapter\, ‘Laughter in the Modern Age’; he is co-editor and contributor for the Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre & Performance (2018). His single-author works include Theatre & Laughter (2016) and the Cambridge Introduction to Comedy (2009)\, plus widely cited articles in books and journals. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn\n\n\n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a lecturer\, journalist and writer. She has a BA (Irish and English) and a HDip in Education from University College\, Dublin\, a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism\, and an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She has written over thirty books – including four collections of poetry and an array of books for teenagers and young people. \n\n\n\nShe spent some years as a secondary-school teacher but resigned her position to become a journalist at RTÉ and Raidió na Gaeltachta. She worked on both current affairs and magazine programmes and the two she enjoyed most of all were the arts programmes\, Leabhragán and Ar an Ardán\, on Raidió na Gaeltachta. She also spent some time as a freelance journalist in London and in Ireland and she was frequently heard on It Says in the Papers on RTÉ Radio and on Raidió na Gaeltachta. \n\n\n\nShe left RTÉ to spent a few years lecturing at FIONTAR in Dublin City University. However\, she wanted to spend more time writing and later became a full-time writer; writing children’s books and scripts for Ros na Rún\, TG4. At present\, she shares her time between writing and lecturing at the Church of Ireland College of Education in Dublin and writing workshops in Irish-language secondary schools. \n\n\n\nShe has won many awards for her work. Céard tá sa bhosca? (An Gúm\, 2002) won the Gradam Chlann Lir in 2003. She won the Irish-language prize at the Strokestown poetry festival in 2003\, the Irish-language prize at the Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown poetry competition in 2003\, as well as the Foras na Gaeilge Award at Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí in Listowel in 2002. She was awarded an Oireachtas prizes for her books Fuadach (Cois Life\, 2005) Tromluí (Cois Life\, 2009) and Úbalonga (An Gúm\, 2009). Brionglóidí & aistir eile (Cló Mhaigh Eo\, 2008) was shortlisted for the Bisto prize and she won an IBBY award in 2010. In 2012\, she won an Oireachtas prize for her plays for children and her novel for teenagers\, Daideo (Cois Life\, 2014) was also awarded an Oireachtas prize in 2013. The same book was named Book of the Year for young people\, 2014\, Gradam Réics Carló. She was awarded Gradam Réics Carló again a couple of years later for her novel Hata zú Mhamó (Cois Life\, 2016). \n\n\n\nHer story ‘Boscadán’ was awarded top prize for children’s stories at Comórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2017\, and Cois Life published the subsequent book in 2019: Boscadán. LeabhairCOMHAR published in 2018 a collection (Fadó Riamh… Ag an Tús) which brings together stories from diverse cultures representing the rich tradition of mythology surrounding the creation of the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEadaoin Barrett\n\n\n\n\n\nEadaoin Barrett is a graduate from TU Dublin in Creative Industries and Visual Culture and The Gaiety School of Acting’s full time professional actor training. She has worked in theatre in Ireland as an actor\, director\, and producer. Eadaoin joined Smashing Times in July as their administration and communication officer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/aisling-na-saoirse-dreams-of-freedom/ LOCATION:County Kerry CATEGORIES:Music,Performance,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dsggd-800x450-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221022T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221022T130000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153605Z CREATED:20220907T130832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153605Z UID:10000337-1666436400-1666443600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Writing a Protest Song! DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets are free\, register here \n\n\n\nFacilitator\n\n\n\nColm Quearney \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSongs and music have played a powerful role in human rights movements\, giving a universal voice\, crossing barriers and promoting unity and equality. \n\n\n\nAt this workshop\, we will look at the history of these protest songs\, and draw on their key themes to create our own songs relevant to today’s (your) generation. \n\n\n\nNo previous songwriting experience is required. However\, feel free to bring along any instruments or lyrical ideas you might have!  This workshop is for young people ages 13 to 17 years. All welcome to attend. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFighting Words\n\n\n\n \nThe workshop is hosted by Fighting Words\, a partner in the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival. Fighting Words offer a wide range of workshops\, all of which are designed to promote creativity and writing as a fun and powerful means of self-expression. \n \nFighting Words is a creative writing organisation and registered charity that provides free workshops and other programmes for young people aged 6-17\, as well as for adults with additional needs.  \n \nOur programmes are designed and run by our staff and team of writing mentors\, including experienced practitioners in all areas of creative writing – from prose to poetry\, from songwriting to playwriting and everything in between. Workshops are interactive and fun with an emphasis on providing individual support and encouragement as young writers explore their imaginations. \nAll  workshops at Fighting Words are run by teams of volunteer writing mentors\, supervised by Fighting Words staff using our fun and interactive formats. Specialist workshops are delivered by experienced practitioners in a variety of fields\, such as playwriting\, graphic fiction\, short stories and more.All programming is focused on supporting children and young people to tell their own stories in their own voice and at their own pace. There is never a focus on spelling or grammar. The content is decided by the participants\, with advice and guidance from the Fighting Words team. \nThe ’Writing a Protest Song workshop is facilitated by Colm Quearney\, Development and Outreach Officer at Fighting Words.  Colm is a professional musician\, music producer\, song writer and workshop facilitator. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\nColm Quearney\n\n\n\n\n\nColm has worked as a professional songwriter and musician since the age of 17. Colm has toured the world with various bands and has had international record deals. Since his early twenties he has worked with a variety of youth services setting up and delivering music programs that have culminated in music composition\, performances and recording sessions. Between 2011 and 2018 Colm worked as head of the songwriting department at BIMM Dublin (British & Irish Modern Music Institute). Colm has been a volunteer with Fighting Words since 2010 where his key role was to develop free songwriting programs for groups of all ages. Colm now works for Fighting Words as Development and Outreach Officer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/writing-a-protest-song-2/ LOCATION:Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 WD53 CATEGORIES:Music,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Protest-Song-Workshops-Fighting-Words.png ORGANIZER;CN="Fighting Words":MAILTO:info@fightingwords.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221221T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221221T210000 DTSTAMP:20221221T200442Z CREATED:20221206T155122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221221T200442Z UID:10000355-1671651000-1671656400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Aisling Programme DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets €5\, payable on the night. \nTo reserve your ticket\, please email communications@smashingtimes.ie  \n  \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nColm MacGearailt\, spoken word artist\, actor\, and historian \nOlwen Pendred\, bean feasa of the Celtic Mystery tradition and an ordained priestess of Danú  \nFéilim James\, writer \nRob Harrington\, director and actor \nAlan O’Brien\, bricklayer\, playwright\, writer\, and sonneteer \nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician and composer \nÁine Ní Ghlinn\, children’s writer\, Laureate na nÓg \nFinn O’Driscoll\, rapper \nMichael McCabe\, actor\, director\, choreographer \nCiara Ní É\, actor and spoken word performer (28th January performance only) \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nJoin Smashing Times on Winter Solstice\, 21 December 2022\, and on 28 January 2023 for evenings of poetry\, song\, and storytelling in the Irish language! In the darkest of winter days\, we will celebrate the light and the power of coming together to share tales and arts like the seanchaí of old. \n\n\n\nThe event will feature Áine Ni Ghlinn\, writer and Laureate na nÓg; Féilim James\, writer; Rob Harrington\, actor and director; Colm Mac Gearailt\, spoken word artist\, writer and historian; Olwen Pendred\, storyteller and performer; Finn O’Driscoll\, Irish language artist; Ciara Ní É\, actor and spoken word performer (28th January performance only); Alan O’Brien\, poet and spoken word artist; and Lisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician and composer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-aisling-programme/ LOCATION:dlr Lexicon Black Box Studio\, Queen’s Road\, Dun Laoghaire\, Queen's Road Dun Laoghaire\, Dublin CATEGORIES:Music,Performance,Poetry,Storytelling ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aislignf59409504.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230128T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230128T210000 DTSTAMP:20221215T143909Z CREATED:20221206T155714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221215T143909Z UID:10000354-1674934200-1674939600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:The Aisling Programme DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets €5\, payable on the night. \nTo reserve your ticket\, please email communications@smashingtimes.ie  \n  \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nColm MacGearailt\, spoken word artist\, actor\, and historian \n\n\n\nOlwen Pendred\, bean feasa of the Celtic Mystery tradition and an ordained priestess of Danú  \n\n\n\nFéilim James\, writer \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, director and actor \n\n\n\nAlan O’Brien\, spoken word artist and writer \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician and composer \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn\, writer\, Laureate na nÓg \n\n\n\nCiara Ní É\, actor and spoken word performer (28th January performance only) \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nJoin Smashing Times on Winter Solstice\, 21 December 2022\, and on 28 January 2023 for evenings of poetry\, song\, and storytelling in the Irish language! In the darkest of winter days\, we will celebrate the light and the power of coming together to share tales and arts like the seanchaí of old. \n\n\n\nThe event will feature Áine Ni Ghlinn\, writer and Laureate na nÓg; Féilim James\, writer; Rob Harrington\, actor and director; Colm Mac Gearailt\, spoken word artist\, writer and historian; Olwen Pendred\, storyteller and performer; Finn O’Driscoll\, Irish language artist; Ciara Ní É\, actor and spoken word performer (28th January performance only); Alan O’Brien\, poet and spoken word artist; and Lisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician and composer. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/the-aisling-programme-2/ LOCATION:dlr Lexicon Black Box Studio\, Queen’s Road\, Dun Laoghaire\, Queen's Road Dun Laoghaire\, Dublin CATEGORIES:Music,Onsite,Performance,Poetry,Storytelling ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aislignf59409504.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230812T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230812T140000 DTSTAMP:20230802T090118Z CREATED:20230711T105345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T090118Z UID:10000244-1691845200-1691848800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Tales of Love and Loss DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nSmashing Times never want ticket price to be a barrier to attendance. Please contact admin@smashingtimes.ie to avail of free tickets. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMaeve Bradley\, actor \n\n\n\nLorna Fox\, actor \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, actor \n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor \n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\, actor \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician \n\n\n\nGeraldine McAlinden\, director \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \n\n\n\nFéilim James\, writer \n\n\n\nSinead McCoole\, writer \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn\, poet\, children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023 \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times are delighted to present Tales of Love and Loss\, a guided\, walkabout\, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, Rathfarnham\, on the 12\, 13\, 19 and 20 August 2023\, two shows daily at 1pm and 2pm. The show features change-maker stories from history as we engage with the unique\, historical setting of Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, where Patrick Pearse and the Pearse family lived and ran their innovative Irish-speaking school\, Scoil Éanna.Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance as we regale you with storytelling\, poetry and music reflecting on the lives of Sarah Curran\, Robert Emmet\, William Butler Yeats and the Pearse Women\, Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse\, Margaret Mary Pearse and Mary Brigid Pearse. \n\n\n\nA Beauty That Will Pass written and directed by Mary Moynihan performed by Lorna Fox\, is a poetical response to the love story of Sarah Curran (1782-1808) and Robert Emmet (1778-1803) interwoven with reference to John Philpott Curran (1750-1817) and Padraig Pearse (1879-1916). \n\n\n\nTales from an Afterworld by Féilim James\, directed by Geraldine McAlinden\, performed by Rob Harrington\, a reflection on the life and work of writer William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Born in Dublin in 1865\, William Butler Yeats was the son of a well-known Irish painter\, John Butler Yeats. He spent his childhood in County Sligo\, where his parents were raised\, and in London. He returned to Dublin at fifteen to continue his education and study painting\, but quickly discovered he preferred poetry. Born into the Anglo-Irish landowning class\, Yeats became involved with the Celtic Revival\, a movement against the cultural influences of English rule in Ireland during the Victorian period\, which sought to promote the spirit of Ireland’s native heritage. Yeats was deeply involved in politics in Ireland. He also had a life-long interest in mysticism and the occult\, and his work drew extensively from sources in Irish mythology and folklore. Lady Gregory and Yeats founded the Abbey Theatre in 1904. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and died in 1939 age seventy-three. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Family \n\n\n\nThe Wayfarer\, a poem by Pádraig Pearse. This was the last poem written by Pearse on the eve of his execution at Kilmainham Gaol\, Dublin (May 2\, 1916). The Wayfarer reflects on the fleeting beauty of life’s journey at a moment of decisive personal and political change\, performed by Michael McCabe. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Women\, an historical insight by Dr Sinead McCoole\, historian and curator\, inspired by the life-stories of Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse (1857-1932)\, Politician and Dail Deputy; Margaret Mary Pearse (1878-1968)\, teacher\, TD and Senator and Mary Brigid Pearse (1884-1947)\, musician\, teacher and author; linked to objects in the Pearse Museum and exploring the role these women played in shaping Irish society. Recited by Michael McCabe \n\n\n\nMrs Pearse monologue performed by Ciara Hayes. \n\n\n\nAn Ród Seo Romhainn\, an Irish poem written by Áine Ní Ghlinn\, a bilingual Irish journalist\, poet\, playwright and children’s writer and a former Arts Council Laureate na nÓg\, 2020—2023\, the first to write exclusively in Irish. The poem is inspired by the two teacups on display in the Pearse Museum\, left out by the mother of Padraig and Willie Pearse\, before her two sons went to join the Rising in 1916. The poem will be performed by Rob Harrington. \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLorna is an actor and dancer from Co. Wicklow. Graduating from The Lir Academy last year she has since been in shows for the Scene + Heard Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival. She most recently finished on a new play ‘Yesteryear’ which ran for a week in Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford. \n\n\n\nTheatre Credits include: To Let (Dublin Theatre Festival)\, Moving On (Scene + Heard)\, Yesteryear (Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford). \n\n\n\nFilm/TV Credits include: Five Letters to the stranger who will Dissect my brain (Short)\, Love in the Time of Corona (Short)\, The Hunted (Series\, Channel 5).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob has enjoyed both national and international tours over the past 19 years of his acting career. He has most recently performed Tales from an Afterworld (WB Yeats)\, written by Féilim James and directed by Geraldine McAlinden in Áras an Uachtaráin for President Michael D Higgins. Some of his favourite theatre productions include The Shadow of a Gunman (The New Theatre\, directed by Ronan Wilmot)\, Pinter x 4 (Pearse Centre\, directed by Peter Reid)\, Scabs (Theatre Upstairs directed by Liam Halligan) In Arabia We’d all be Kings (Beckett Theatre\, directed by Liam Hallihan)\, Mary Stuart (The Grand Lodge\, Liam Halligan) and La Locandiera (Edinburgh Fringe festival\, directed Alice Coghlan). His screen work includes ‘A date for Mad Mary’\, ‘Vaudevillians’\, ‘The Comeback’\, ‘Twitchy’\, ‘The saviour of Dublin City’\, ‘Ctrl’\, ‘The Guarantee’\, ‘The Enchanted Island’\, ‘Two Margaritas and one Daiquiri’ amongst other independent films. Rob is also a seasoned theatre and screen workshop facilitator. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe is a performer\, theatre director\, movement choreographer\, facilitator and arts therapist. He is a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq\, Paris\, France\, and The Gaiety School of Acting\, Dublin\, Ireland. \n\n\n\nHis theatre appearances include The Drowning Room (Project Arts Centre)\, Borstal Boy\, The Risen People (The Gaiety Theatre)\, A Christmas Carol\, The Ginger Ale Boy (Corcadorca Theatre Company)\, Lives Worth Living (Graffiti Theatre Company)\, Good Evening Mr Joyce (Samuel Beckett Centre)\, Diarmuid agus Grainne\, An Bradan Feasa\, The Libertine\, New World Order (Iomha Illdanach Theatre Company)\, Promises\, Promises  (Project Arts Centre)\, A Day With Daghdha (Daghdha Dance Company)\, Macbeth\, Six Characters in Search for an Author\, St. Joan\, Ariel (all at the Abbey Theatre)\, Wheel\, Jeckyll and Hyde (Dublin and Prague Fringe Festivals)\, Resist /Surrender (Dublin Dance Festival)\, and Where The Shoe Pinches (The Pavilion Theatre). He was clown co-ordinator for 35 clowns and appeared in Barabbas Theatre Company’s production\, City of Clowns\, at the Dunamaise\, Junction and Eargail Arts Festivals\, and The Complex\, Smithfield and appeared in Pagliacci at The Everyman Place Theatre\, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. \n\n\n\nHis television and film appearances include Aristocrats (BBC)\, Ireland:1848\, (RTE)\, Window (IFI)\, All God’s Children (RTE/IFI)\, Nationwide (RTE). In 2021\, Michael will appear in Bean Sidhe\, Sweetcake\, and Sodium Party\, a new feature film directed by Michael McCudden. \n\n\n\nDirecting credits include: The Dead Woman’s Son (Smock Alley Theatre)\, A Wonderful Life\, Peter Pan’s Cirque D’Imaginaire (TU Dublin Theatre)\, Showcases 2017-2019 (The New Theatre) and in 2020\, The Grimm Tales (Smock Alley Theatre). Recent appearances include Footfalls\, The Journey Home\, and in Mermaid Arts Centre for Culture night on a work-in-progress\, His Left\, Her Right\, supported by Mermaid and Wicklow Arts Office. \n\n\n\nMichael has an M.A. (Honours) in Dramatherapy from the National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, an M.A. in Modern Drama Studies from University College Dublin\, and a B.A. (Honours) in Communication Studies from Dublin City University. He has directed theatre work in the HSE\, the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland\, Trinity College Dublin\, St. Michael’s house\, and with other special needs organisations and schools with a focus on developing the potential of theatre for working with diverse groups. \n\n\n\nMichael has been working as a Movement Director\, teaching extensive movement classes for actors at the Conservatory of Music and Drama\, TU Dublin\, the National Association of Youth Drama\, Ringsend Institute\, the Department of Performing Arts\, Bray Institute of Further Education\, and The Gaiety School of Acting (full time course). \n\n\n\nMichael is a resident artist with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works with Smashing Times as a performer\, director and arts facilitator on a range of projects from Acting for the Future to Legends of the Great Birth to State of the Art.  His theatre company\, Ruaille Buaille\, is building a physical theatre ensemble style based on the techniques of Jacques Lecoq\, Anne Bogart\, and Arianne Mouchkine. Michael was movement director on The Merchant of Venice\, at Mermaid Arts Centre\, and on the world premiere of Guerilla Days in Ireland in The Olympia Theatre\, Dublin. Michael is a graduate of National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, (M.A. Dramatherapy\, 2.1 Honours)\, and was awarded a scholarship to train with internationally renowned theatre director Anne Bogart in New York. Bursary awards include South Dublin County Council\, Irish Actors Equity\, and The Arts Council. Michael recently completed training in Suzuki and Viewpoints Techniques under Tadashi Suzuki of SCOT Theatre Company\, in Toga Mura\, Japan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, (she/her)\, MA\, is an award-winning writer\, director\, theatre and film-maker\, an interdisciplinary artist and one of Ireland’s most innovative arts and human rights artists creating work to promote the arts\, human rights\, climate justice\, gender equality\, diversity and peace.  \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works  collaboratively with artists and over 50 organisations across Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Europe and internationally\, using the arts to promote rights and values for all.   Company patrons of Smashing Times are Sabina Coyne Higgins\, Senator Joan Freeman\, founder of Pieta House\, Ger Ryan\, actor and Tim Pat Coogan\, writer and historian. Founding patrons were writers Maeve Binchy and Brian Friel. \n\n\n\nMary’s work has won a number of awards including the Allianz Business to Arts Awards\, a GSK Ireland Impact Award\, a Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award\, a National Lottery Good Cause Award\, the international #ArtsAgainstCovid award\, an Arts Council Project Award and an Arts Council Agility Award. \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Curator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival implemented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International\, Fighting Words\, ICCL\,  NWCI\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, Trócaire and Poetry Ireland\, funded by The Arts Council. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world\, past and present\, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. \n\n\n\nMary’s artistic practice encompasses theatre\, film\, literature\, poetry\, and curatorship. Mary’s work focuses on primal\, visceral and intuitive responses to vulnerability and conflict and an exploration of self and the other. Her work explores an interconnectedness of the body\, voice and imagination\, revealing the inner life through physical and spiritual energies and intuitive engagements. Mary has a focus on using historical memory in her artistic practice as inspiration for the creation of original artworks across a range of mediums\, remembering stories of ordinary yet powerful women and men from history and today who stood up for the rights of others. \n\n\n\nAs a playwright\, Mary’s work includes the highly acclaimed The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII co-written with Paul Kennedy\, Fiona Thompson and Féilim James;  A Beauty that will Pass; Constance and Her Friends – selected by President Michael D. Higgins for performance at Áras an Uachtaráin for Culture Night 2016;  In One Breath from the award-winning Testimonies(co-written with Paul Kennedy); and Shadow of My Soul\, May Our Faces Haunt You and Silent Screams.  \n\n\n\nMary’s film work includes the hour-long documentary Stories from the Shadows\, the short film Tell Them Our Names\, inspired by women’s stories of WWII and selected for the London Eye International Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival\, the creative documentary Women in an Equal Europe and the short film Courageous Women inspired by powerful women’s stories from the 1916 to 1923 decade of commemorations period in Irish history.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFéilim James is an award-winning writer from Dublin\, Ireland. In 2020\, the Arts of Council of Ireland awarded Féilim a Literature Bursary Award to finish his debut novel\, Flower of Ash\, as well as a Professional Development Award. He received an Arts Bursary from Dublin City Arts Office in 2021 to finish his first poetry collection\, I was a river\, lost. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, and Icarus. His work through Irish\, under Féilim Ó Brádaigh\, has won seven Oireachtas na Gaeilge literary awards. His short fiction and poetry\, through English and Irish\, have appeared in a number of journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, Icarus\, and Comhar. A short film Féilim wrote\, titled The Big No\, produced by Smashing Times\, was shortlisted by the IndieX Film Festival\, and his play At Summer’s End has toured Ireland. \n\n\n\nIn The Big No\, a young man tells the story of his psychological unravelling and subsequent mental health crisis. Told in the form of a voiceover monologue accompanied by compelling imagery\, this poetic short film takes us on a journey of despair\, introspection\, and hope. As he battles against panic attacks and suicidal thoughts\, he is forced to face the ‘why’ of his problems head on\, learning some essential truths about himself and the world. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s play At Summer’s End has been on tour with Smashing Times as part of The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII.  At Summer’s End is based on the life-story of Ettie Steinberg\, an Irish woman who was murdered\, along with her family\, at Auschwitz. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s themes are wide-ranging\, and include identity\, mental illness\, guilt\, human animalism\, death\, and humankind’s relationship with nature. He is committed to maintaining an ever evolving and progressive approach to his work\, with each book both building on the last and differing in a vital way. In other words\, the aforementioned themes will change as time passes\, as will their stylistic rendering. ‘My inspirations are many and wide-ranging. To the fore are James Joyce\, Sylvia Plath\, John Banville\, Marilynne Robinson\, Ted Hughes\, TS Eliot\, Seán Ó Ríordáin\, and Radiohead’. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad McCoole is the author of many books including Hazel\, A Life of Lady Lavery (1996) and No Ordinary Women (1997) and Easter Widows\, the untold story of the wives of the executed leaders (2014) and Women 1916-Mná 2016 (2017). She is a member of the Government’s Expert Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries (2012-to date). She was Historical Advisor to the 2016 National Commemoration Programme\, Curator of Mná 1916. She has curated exhibitions on Irish history & art in both Ireland and the U.S. A Broadcaster and script writer her work includes Guns and Chiffon (2003) and A Father’s Letter part of the After ’16 Irish Film Board shorts commissioned for the centenary was based on her interviews with Fr. Joe Mallin (1913-2018). Her areas of expertise are Modern Irish History from the 1880 to the present\, Material culture\, museums\, the history of Irish women\, child prisoners\, Sir John and Lady Lavery. She is an expert in the area of women’s imprisonment 1916-1923. Her current area of interest is women in politics and public life 1918-2018. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeraldine is an actor\, director\, producer and writer originally from Armagh in Northern Ireland. She started training in acting in the Gaiety School of Acting in 2000 and later in Stanislavski at the Focus Theatre in Dublin. In 2012/13 Geraldine completed the full time Screen Acting Programme at The Factory (now Bow Street Academy) in Dublin where she trained with Lance Daly\, Kirsten Sheridan\, Shimmy Marcus\, Jim Sheridan\, Aisling Walsh\, Derbhla Walsh\, Frank Berry and Ian Power\, among others. \n\n\n\nHer film acting credits include Ordinary Love\, Black 47\, The Secret Scripture\, Dark Lies the Island\, Procession\, and Portrait of a Zombie. Geraldine’s performance in Portrait of a Zombie led to her being long listed for an IFTA for Best Actress in a leading role in a feature film in 2013. Geraldine’s TV Credits include Miss Scarlet and the Duke\, Blood\, Striking Out and Red Rock. Her stage performances include The 24 Hour Plays Dublin 2020 (Abbey Theatre)\, One Day by Dick Walsh as well as Dublin Fringe theatre shows A Remember to Breathe and Spoonfed (a long play improvisation)\, Philadelphia\, Here I come! and Beyond Therapy! \n\n\n\nGeraldine trained in directing with Kristian Marken and she subsequently became an associate director with The Focus theatre. Her stage directing credits include Play/Record – The Granby Transcripts\, (Players Theatre\, Trinity)\, My Name is Mary (Project Theatre)\, The Cripple of Inishmaan\, (Smock Alley) The New York Monologues (The International Bar\, Smock Alley\, The Electric Picnic\, the Bulmer’s Comedy Festival and The Focus Theatre)\, One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (The Factory)\, Orphans (The New Theatre).  Film directing credits include the short films Helmets and Thorny Ireland. \n\n\n\nGeraldine has trained in writing with Stephen Walsh (Filmbase) and Pat McCabe (The Factory) among others. Her tiny play Knowing was published and produced by Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland. She has also written several short films. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is one of two founding members of Alchemy 8 Productions which produces theatre and film with a particular focus on stories of the human heart in conflict with itself. Its theatre production Orphans by Lyle Kessler which Geraldine also directed was included in a round-up of best theatre performances in Ireland in 2015. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is fascinated by investigating themes of the human need for connection and community\, the importance of sense of place and roots and the presumptions and prejudices these can bring. This is reflected in much of her work involving large ensemble casts\, with a focus on developing well rounded\, interesting characters and their physical and emotional juxtaposition in relation to each other. \n\n\n\nShe is passionate about the arts’ ability to positively impact audiences in many far-reaching ways from providing much needed entertainment and escapism\, to being a salve for the soul\, a cathartic release and a means of encouraging and developing empathy. Geraldine believes in the power of humour to provoke an emotional shift. As a solicitor in her previous life\, Geraldine is passionate about justice and promoting Human Rights on an individual and collective basis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCiara Hayes is a graduate of UCC with an MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing. She also holds a teaching diploma from the London College of Music in Drama and Communication\, and a BA Joint Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies with German. She has a background in theatre and worked for several years as a drama teacher\, later becoming a teacher of social skills for children on the autism spectrum.  \n\n\n\nSince completing her Masters in 2020\, Ciara has worked as a producer and festival administrator for Half Moon Festival (Cork\, 2020) and Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (Dublin\, 2020). She works as Communications Officer at Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and as producer for Gaitkrash Theatre Company. \n\n\n\nProducing credits include: Half Moon Festival – multidisciplinary\, online arts festival (July 2020). Earthangel – online production of aural recording\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (November 2020). playing ‘The Maids’ – online sharing of recorded theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (December 2020). Love and Information – online showing of filmed theatre performance\, MTU BA Theatre and Drama Studies (February 2021). Prometheus Now – online theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company as part of Cork Midsummer Festival (June 2021). \n\n\n\nActing credits include: Liverpool\, Mint Productions (2019); Little Gem\, Dramat (2016)\, awarded Best Actress; The Circle Game\, BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2016); The Importance of Being Ernest\, Dramat (2015); Trojan Woman: A Love Story¸ BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2014); The Pearse Women\, Smashing Times (2022); The Plough and the Stars for Bloomsday\, Áras an Uachtaráin\, Smashing Times (2023). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Mc Loughlin-Gnemmi is a graduate of the Royal College of Music\, London where she received her B.Mus Hons degree. She is a lecturer in violin at the TU Dublin Conservatoire for Music and Drama. She gained her masters in performance at TU Dublin studying under Joanna Matkowska. She has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under conductors Alexander Anissimov\, George Hurst and Gerhardt Markson. She also worked with Lyric Opera and The Irish Film Orchestra. She has regularly performed with the RTE Concert Orchestra. \n\n\n\nPerformances with the RTECO include a chamber music recital for the commemoration of the 1916 rising at The Irish Museum of Modern Art in the presence of An t-Uachtarán and with a group of members of the RTECO playing a new composition by Simon O’ Connor narrated by actress Olwen Fouéré. Other concerts included ‘Back to the Future’\, ‘The Godfather’ with film music by Nino Rota\, ‘The Music of John Williams’ film music and RTECO’s recording of the music of Steve Mc Keon for the film ‘Norm of the North’. \n\n\n\nLisa has performed at the Dublin Metropolis Festival\, RDS and at The Button Factory\, Temple Bar with DJ Kormac. Lisa has also toured France\, South Africa and the US as solo violinist with Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance’. Solo and chamber music recitals include DIT\, Trinity College Dublin\, The Goethe institute\, UCD and The John Field Room\, N.C.H. and The Galway Arts Festival. \n\n\n\nLisa recently performed at Dublin Castle for a production of ‘Constance and her Friends’ a play about Constance Markievicz and activists during the 1916 rising written by Mary Moynihan and performed by Smashing Times. Passionate about teaching as well as performing\, Lisa gives masterclasses\, prepares students for exams\, recitals and Feis Ceoil competitions. Lisa is married to oboist with the National Symphony Orchestra\, Sylvain Gnemmi. They have four children and live in Dublin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFile agus scríbhneoir do dhaoine óga í Áine Ní Ghlinn\, agus Laureate na nÓg 2020 – 2023.  \n\n\n\nTá 36 leabhar foilsithe aici\, idir fhilíocht\, dhrámaí\, úrscéalta agus scéalta do dhaoine óga. I measc na nduaiseanna atá buaite aici\, tá Gradam Reics Carló Leabhar na Bliana (2014\, 2016\, 2019 do na húrscéalta Daideo\, Hata Zú Mhamó & Boscadán)\, Gradam Ficsin\, Leabhair Pháistí Éireann & Gradam Leabhar na Bliana\, Cumann Litearthachta na hÉireann (Daideo\, 2015). Bronnadh Comhaltacht Patrick Kavanagh uirthi i 2019 agus tá go leor duaiseanna filíochta buaite aici ag Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí Lios Tuathail\, Féile Filíochta Bhéal na mBuillí agus Oireachtas na Gaeilge. \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a poet and children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023. She has 36 books published. Awards include Gradam Reics Carló Children’s Book of the Year on three occasions\, LAI Book of the Year\, CBI Fiction Honour award\, Patrick Kavanagh Fellowship (2019) and a range of poetry awards (Oireachtas/ Listowel Writers’ Week/Strokestown Poetry Festival + others). \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a lecturer\, journalist and writer. She has a BA (Irish and English) and a HDip in Education from University College\, Dublin\, a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism\, and an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She has written over thirty books – including four collections of poetry and an array of books for teenagers and young people. \n\n\n\nShe spent some years as a secondary-school teacher but resigned her position to become a journalist at RTÉ and Raidió na Gaeltachta. She worked on both current affairs and magazine programmes and the two she enjoyed most of all were the arts programmes\, Leabhragán and Ar an Ardán\, on Raidió na Gaeltachta. She also spent some time as a freelance journalist in London and in Ireland and she was frequently heard on It Says in the Papers on RTÉ Radio and on Raidió na Gaeltachta. \n\n\n\nShe left RTÉ to spent a few years lecturing at FIONTAR in Dublin City University. However\, she wanted to spend more time writing and later became a full-time writer; writing children’s books and scripts for Ros na Rún\, TG4. At present\, she shares her time between writing and lecturing at the Church of Ireland College of Education in Dublin and writing workshops in Irish-language secondary schools. \n\n\n\nShe has won many awards for her work. Céard tá sa bhosca? (An Gúm\, 2002) won the Gradam Chlann Lir in 2003. She won the Irish-language prize at the Strokestown poetry festival in 2003\, the Irish-language prize at the Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown poetry competition in 2003\, as well as the Foras na Gaeilge Award at Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí in Listowel in 2002. She was awarded an Oireachtas prizes for her books Fuadach (Cois Life\, 2005) Tromluí (Cois Life\, 2009) and Úbalonga (An Gúm\, 2009). Brionglóidí & aistir eile (Cló Mhaigh Eo\, 2008) was shortlisted for the Bisto prize and she won an IBBY award in 2010. In 2012\, she won an Oireachtas prize for her plays for children and her novel for teenagers\, Daideo (Cois Life\, 2014) was also awarded an Oireachtas prize in 2013. The same book was named Book of the Year for young people\, 2014\, Gradam Réics Carló. She was awarded Gradam Réics Carló again a couple of years later for her novel Hata zú Mhamó (Cois Life\, 2016). \n\n\n\nHer story ‘Boscadán’ was awarded top prize for children’s stories at Comórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2017\, and Cois Life published the subsequent book in 2019: Boscadán. LeabhairCOMHAR published in 2018 a collection (Fadó Riamh… Ag an Tús) which brings together stories from diverse cultures representing the rich tradition of mythology surrounding the creation of the world. \n\n\n\nNi Ghlinn was appointed Laureate na nÓg/Children’s Literature Laureate in May 2020. Laureate na nÓg is an honour which was established in 2010 to engage young people with high quality literature and to underline the importance of children’s literature in our cultural and imaginative lives. Her ambition as Laureate is to lift the cloak of invisibility from Irish language authors and books\, and to encourage children and young people to read for pleasure as Gaeilge. \n\n\n\n\n\nStates of Independence\n\n\n\nThis show is part of States of Independence\, a project that celebrates the stories of ten change-makers from the Decade of Centenaries 1912-1922 linked to the stories of ten change-makers today working to make society a better place. The twenty stories gathered act as inspiration for the creation of new artworks by ten artists\, working in visual art\, film\, dance\, theatre\, creative writing and digital arts. The artists come together to create a range of artworks and performances for public display in eight sites – both ancient and modern – across Ireland and for display via a creative billboards campaign and online on the Smashing Times Virtual Art Gallery. The stories\, artworks and performances are shared with public audiences to reflect on modern day revolutionary visions for the future inspired by the past\, launched for the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival 13 to 22 October 2023. The internationally acclaimed team of ten artists is led by Mary Moynihan\, an award-winning writer\, poet\, director\, theatre and filmmaker and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, working with John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, and a range of artists working in literature\, visual arts\, theatre\, film and new digital technologies. \n\n\n\nThe team collaboratively create a series of interconnected artworks including a live multi-disciplinary performance\, visual art projections and a creative billboards campaign to be launched for the 2023 annual International Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival taking place from the 13 to 22 October 2023. Events are accompanied by panel discussions and public talks on new visions for a peaceful and equal society for all. \n\n\n\nEvents take place in Dublin\, Kerry\, Clare and Donegal with online work accessible across Ireland and internationally celebrating changemakers and heroes from the past and today\,  bringing people together to promote active citizenship\,  equality\, human rights and diversity and celebrating new visions for a peaceful and equal future for all. Events take place in a range of venues both ancient and modern including Office of Public Work spaces throughout Ireland. \n\n\n\nFor further information please contact Freda Manweiler\, producer\, telephone 087 2214245 or email freda@smashingtimes.ie \n\n\n\nSupported by The Arts Council Open Call as part of ART: 2023 a Decade of Centenaries Collaboration between The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism\, Culture\, Arts\, Gaeltacht\, Sport and Media. Supported by Creative Europe as part of the Theatre in Palm project. \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/tales-of-love-and-loss/ LOCATION:Pearse Museum\, Rathfarnham\, Co Dublin\, St Endas Park\, Grange Road\, Rathfarnham\, Dublin 16\, D16 Y7Y5\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dublin,Music,Performance,Poetry,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/talesofloveandlost-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230812T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230812T150000 DTSTAMP:20230802T090128Z CREATED:20230711T100446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T090128Z UID:10000238-1691848800-1691852400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Tales of Love and Loss DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nSmashing Times never want ticket price to be a barrier to attendance. Please contact admin@smashingtimes.ie to avail of free tickets. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMaeve Bradley\, actor \n\n\n\nLorna Fox\, actor \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, actor \n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor \n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\, actor \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician \n\n\n\nGeraldine McAlinden\, director \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \n\n\n\nFéilim James\, writer \n\n\n\nSinead McCoole\, writer \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn\, poet\, children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023 \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times are delighted to present Tales of Love and Loss\, a guided\, walkabout\, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, Rathfarnham\, on the 12\, 13\, 19 and 20 August 2023\, two shows daily at 1pm and 2pm. The show features change-maker stories from history as we engage with the unique\, historical setting of Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, where Patrick Pearse and the Pearse family lived and ran their innovative Irish-speaking school\, Scoil Éanna.Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance as we regale you with storytelling\, poetry and music reflecting on the lives of Sarah Curran\, Robert Emmet\, William Butler Yeats and the Pearse Women\, Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse\, Margaret Mary Pearse and Mary Brigid Pearse. \n\n\n\nA Beauty That Will Pass written and directed by Mary Moynihan performed by Lorna Fox\, is a poetical response to the love story of Sarah Curran (1782-1808) and Robert Emmet (1778-1803) interwoven with reference to John Philpott Curran (1750-1817) and Padraig Pearse (1879-1916). \n\n\n\nTales from an Afterworld by Féilim James\, directed by Geraldine McAlinden\, performed by Rob Harrington\, a reflection on the life and work of writer William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Born in Dublin in 1865\, William Butler Yeats was the son of a well-known Irish painter\, John Butler Yeats. He spent his childhood in County Sligo\, where his parents were raised\, and in London. He returned to Dublin at fifteen to continue his education and study painting\, but quickly discovered he preferred poetry. Born into the Anglo-Irish landowning class\, Yeats became involved with the Celtic Revival\, a movement against the cultural influences of English rule in Ireland during the Victorian period\, which sought to promote the spirit of Ireland’s native heritage. Yeats was deeply involved in politics in Ireland. He also had a life-long interest in mysticism and the occult\, and his work drew extensively from sources in Irish mythology and folklore. Lady Gregory and Yeats founded the Abbey Theatre in 1904. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and died in 1939 age seventy-three. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Family \n\n\n\nThe Wayfarer\, a poem by Pádraig Pearse. This was the last poem written by Pearse on the eve of his execution at Kilmainham Gaol\, Dublin (May 2\, 1916). The Wayfarer reflects on the fleeting beauty of life’s journey at a moment of decisive personal and political change\, performed by Michael McCabe. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Women\, an historical insight by Dr Sinead McCoole\, historian and curator\, inspired by the life-stories of Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse (1857-1932)\, Politician and Dail Deputy; Margaret Mary Pearse (1878-1968)\, teacher\, TD and Senator and Mary Brigid Pearse (1884-1947)\, musician\, teacher and author; linked to objects in the Pearse Museum and exploring the role these women played in shaping Irish society. Recited by Michael McCabe \n\n\n\nMrs Pearse monologue performed by Ciara Hayes. \n\n\n\nAn Ród Seo Romhainn\, an Irish poem written by Áine Ní Ghlinn\, a bilingual Irish journalist\, poet\, playwright and children’s writer and a former Arts Council Laureate na nÓg\, 2020—2023\, the first to write exclusively in Irish. The poem is inspired by the two teacups on display in the Pearse Museum\, left out by the mother of Padraig and Willie Pearse\, before her two sons went to join the Rising in 1916. The poem will be performed by Rob Harrington. \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLorna is an actor and dancer from Co. Wicklow. Graduating from The Lir Academy last year she has since been in shows for the Scene + Heard Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival. She most recently finished on a new play ‘Yesteryear’ which ran for a week in Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford. \n\n\n\nTheatre Credits include: To Let (Dublin Theatre Festival)\, Moving On (Scene + Heard)\, Yesteryear (Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford). \n\n\n\nFilm/TV Credits include: Five Letters to the stranger who will Dissect my brain (Short)\, Love in the Time of Corona (Short)\, The Hunted (Series\, Channel 5).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob has enjoyed both national and international tours over the past 19 years of his acting career. He has most recently performed Tales from an Afterworld (WB Yeats)\, written by Féilim James and directed by Geraldine McAlinden in Áras an Uachtaráin for President Michael D Higgins. Some of his favourite theatre productions include The Shadow of a Gunman (The New Theatre\, directed by Ronan Wilmot)\, Pinter x 4 (Pearse Centre\, directed by Peter Reid)\, Scabs (Theatre Upstairs directed by Liam Halligan) In Arabia We’d all be Kings (Beckett Theatre\, directed by Liam Hallihan)\, Mary Stuart (The Grand Lodge\, Liam Halligan) and La Locandiera (Edinburgh Fringe festival\, directed Alice Coghlan). His screen work includes ‘A date for Mad Mary’\, ‘Vaudevillians’\, ‘The Comeback’\, ‘Twitchy’\, ‘The saviour of Dublin City’\, ‘Ctrl’\, ‘The Guarantee’\, ‘The Enchanted Island’\, ‘Two Margaritas and one Daiquiri’ amongst other independent films. Rob is also a seasoned theatre and screen workshop facilitator. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe is a performer\, theatre director\, movement choreographer\, facilitator and arts therapist. He is a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq\, Paris\, France\, and The Gaiety School of Acting\, Dublin\, Ireland. \n\n\n\nHis theatre appearances include The Drowning Room (Project Arts Centre)\, Borstal Boy\, The Risen People (The Gaiety Theatre)\, A Christmas Carol\, The Ginger Ale Boy (Corcadorca Theatre Company)\, Lives Worth Living (Graffiti Theatre Company)\, Good Evening Mr Joyce (Samuel Beckett Centre)\, Diarmuid agus Grainne\, An Bradan Feasa\, The Libertine\, New World Order (Iomha Illdanach Theatre Company)\, Promises\, Promises  (Project Arts Centre)\, A Day With Daghdha (Daghdha Dance Company)\, Macbeth\, Six Characters in Search for an Author\, St. Joan\, Ariel (all at the Abbey Theatre)\, Wheel\, Jeckyll and Hyde (Dublin and Prague Fringe Festivals)\, Resist /Surrender (Dublin Dance Festival)\, and Where The Shoe Pinches (The Pavilion Theatre). He was clown co-ordinator for 35 clowns and appeared in Barabbas Theatre Company’s production\, City of Clowns\, at the Dunamaise\, Junction and Eargail Arts Festivals\, and The Complex\, Smithfield and appeared in Pagliacci at The Everyman Place Theatre\, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. \n\n\n\nHis television and film appearances include Aristocrats (BBC)\, Ireland:1848\, (RTE)\, Window (IFI)\, All God’s Children (RTE/IFI)\, Nationwide (RTE). In 2021\, Michael will appear in Bean Sidhe\, Sweetcake\, and Sodium Party\, a new feature film directed by Michael McCudden. \n\n\n\nDirecting credits include: The Dead Woman’s Son (Smock Alley Theatre)\, A Wonderful Life\, Peter Pan’s Cirque D’Imaginaire (TU Dublin Theatre)\, Showcases 2017-2019 (The New Theatre) and in 2020\, The Grimm Tales (Smock Alley Theatre). Recent appearances include Footfalls\, The Journey Home\, and in Mermaid Arts Centre for Culture night on a work-in-progress\, His Left\, Her Right\, supported by Mermaid and Wicklow Arts Office. \n\n\n\nMichael has an M.A. (Honours) in Dramatherapy from the National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, an M.A. in Modern Drama Studies from University College Dublin\, and a B.A. (Honours) in Communication Studies from Dublin City University. He has directed theatre work in the HSE\, the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland\, Trinity College Dublin\, St. Michael’s house\, and with other special needs organisations and schools with a focus on developing the potential of theatre for working with diverse groups. \n\n\n\nMichael has been working as a Movement Director\, teaching extensive movement classes for actors at the Conservatory of Music and Drama\, TU Dublin\, the National Association of Youth Drama\, Ringsend Institute\, the Department of Performing Arts\, Bray Institute of Further Education\, and The Gaiety School of Acting (full time course). \n\n\n\nMichael is a resident artist with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works with Smashing Times as a performer\, director and arts facilitator on a range of projects from Acting for the Future to Legends of the Great Birth to State of the Art.  His theatre company\, Ruaille Buaille\, is building a physical theatre ensemble style based on the techniques of Jacques Lecoq\, Anne Bogart\, and Arianne Mouchkine. Michael was movement director on The Merchant of Venice\, at Mermaid Arts Centre\, and on the world premiere of Guerilla Days in Ireland in The Olympia Theatre\, Dublin. Michael is a graduate of National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, (M.A. Dramatherapy\, 2.1 Honours)\, and was awarded a scholarship to train with internationally renowned theatre director Anne Bogart in New York. Bursary awards include South Dublin County Council\, Irish Actors Equity\, and The Arts Council. Michael recently completed training in Suzuki and Viewpoints Techniques under Tadashi Suzuki of SCOT Theatre Company\, in Toga Mura\, Japan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, (she/her)\, MA\, is an award-winning writer\, director\, theatre and film-maker\, an interdisciplinary artist and one of Ireland’s most innovative arts and human rights artists creating work to promote the arts\, human rights\, climate justice\, gender equality\, diversity and peace.  \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works  collaboratively with artists and over 50 organisations across Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Europe and internationally\, using the arts to promote rights and values for all.   Company patrons of Smashing Times are Sabina Coyne Higgins\, Senator Joan Freeman\, founder of Pieta House\, Ger Ryan\, actor and Tim Pat Coogan\, writer and historian. Founding patrons were writers Maeve Binchy and Brian Friel. \n\n\n\nMary’s work has won a number of awards including the Allianz Business to Arts Awards\, a GSK Ireland Impact Award\, a Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award\, a National Lottery Good Cause Award\, the international #ArtsAgainstCovid award\, an Arts Council Project Award and an Arts Council Agility Award. \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Curator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival implemented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International\, Fighting Words\, ICCL\,  NWCI\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, Trócaire and Poetry Ireland\, funded by The Arts Council. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world\, past and present\, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. \n\n\n\nMary’s artistic practice encompasses theatre\, film\, literature\, poetry\, and curatorship. Mary’s work focuses on primal\, visceral and intuitive responses to vulnerability and conflict and an exploration of self and the other. Her work explores an interconnectedness of the body\, voice and imagination\, revealing the inner life through physical and spiritual energies and intuitive engagements. Mary has a focus on using historical memory in her artistic practice as inspiration for the creation of original artworks across a range of mediums\, remembering stories of ordinary yet powerful women and men from history and today who stood up for the rights of others. \n\n\n\nAs a playwright\, Mary’s work includes the highly acclaimed The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII co-written with Paul Kennedy\, Fiona Thompson and Féilim James;  A Beauty that will Pass; Constance and Her Friends – selected by President Michael D. Higgins for performance at Áras an Uachtaráin for Culture Night 2016;  In One Breath from the award-winning Testimonies(co-written with Paul Kennedy); and Shadow of My Soul\, May Our Faces Haunt You and Silent Screams.  \n\n\n\nMary’s film work includes the hour-long documentary Stories from the Shadows\, the short film Tell Them Our Names\, inspired by women’s stories of WWII and selected for the London Eye International Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival\, the creative documentary Women in an Equal Europe and the short film Courageous Women inspired by powerful women’s stories from the 1916 to 1923 decade of commemorations period in Irish history.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFéilim James is an award-winning writer from Dublin\, Ireland. In 2020\, the Arts of Council of Ireland awarded Féilim a Literature Bursary Award to finish his debut novel\, Flower of Ash\, as well as a Professional Development Award. He received an Arts Bursary from Dublin City Arts Office in 2021 to finish his first poetry collection\, I was a river\, lost. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, and Icarus. His work through Irish\, under Féilim Ó Brádaigh\, has won seven Oireachtas na Gaeilge literary awards. His short fiction and poetry\, through English and Irish\, have appeared in a number of journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, Icarus\, and Comhar. A short film Féilim wrote\, titled The Big No\, produced by Smashing Times\, was shortlisted by the IndieX Film Festival\, and his play At Summer’s End has toured Ireland. \n\n\n\nIn The Big No\, a young man tells the story of his psychological unravelling and subsequent mental health crisis. Told in the form of a voiceover monologue accompanied by compelling imagery\, this poetic short film takes us on a journey of despair\, introspection\, and hope. As he battles against panic attacks and suicidal thoughts\, he is forced to face the ‘why’ of his problems head on\, learning some essential truths about himself and the world. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s play At Summer’s End has been on tour with Smashing Times as part of The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII.  At Summer’s End is based on the life-story of Ettie Steinberg\, an Irish woman who was murdered\, along with her family\, at Auschwitz. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s themes are wide-ranging\, and include identity\, mental illness\, guilt\, human animalism\, death\, and humankind’s relationship with nature. He is committed to maintaining an ever evolving and progressive approach to his work\, with each book both building on the last and differing in a vital way. In other words\, the aforementioned themes will change as time passes\, as will their stylistic rendering. ‘My inspirations are many and wide-ranging. To the fore are James Joyce\, Sylvia Plath\, John Banville\, Marilynne Robinson\, Ted Hughes\, TS Eliot\, Seán Ó Ríordáin\, and Radiohead’. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad McCoole is the author of many books including Hazel\, A Life of Lady Lavery (1996) and No Ordinary Women (1997) and Easter Widows\, the untold story of the wives of the executed leaders (2014) and Women 1916-Mná 2016 (2017). She is a member of the Government’s Expert Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries (2012-to date). She was Historical Advisor to the 2016 National Commemoration Programme\, Curator of Mná 1916. She has curated exhibitions on Irish history & art in both Ireland and the U.S. A Broadcaster and script writer her work includes Guns and Chiffon (2003) and A Father’s Letter part of the After ’16 Irish Film Board shorts commissioned for the centenary was based on her interviews with Fr. Joe Mallin (1913-2018). Her areas of expertise are Modern Irish History from the 1880 to the present\, Material culture\, museums\, the history of Irish women\, child prisoners\, Sir John and Lady Lavery. She is an expert in the area of women’s imprisonment 1916-1923. Her current area of interest is women in politics and public life 1918-2018. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeraldine is an actor\, director\, producer and writer originally from Armagh in Northern Ireland. She started training in acting in the Gaiety School of Acting in 2000 and later in Stanislavski at the Focus Theatre in Dublin. In 2012/13 Geraldine completed the full time Screen Acting Programme at The Factory (now Bow Street Academy) in Dublin where she trained with Lance Daly\, Kirsten Sheridan\, Shimmy Marcus\, Jim Sheridan\, Aisling Walsh\, Derbhla Walsh\, Frank Berry and Ian Power\, among others. \n\n\n\nHer film acting credits include Ordinary Love\, Black 47\, The Secret Scripture\, Dark Lies the Island\, Procession\, and Portrait of a Zombie. Geraldine’s performance in Portrait of a Zombie led to her being long listed for an IFTA for Best Actress in a leading role in a feature film in 2013. Geraldine’s TV Credits include Miss Scarlet and the Duke\, Blood\, Striking Out and Red Rock. Her stage performances include The 24 Hour Plays Dublin 2020 (Abbey Theatre)\, One Day by Dick Walsh as well as Dublin Fringe theatre shows A Remember to Breathe and Spoonfed (a long play improvisation)\, Philadelphia\, Here I come! and Beyond Therapy! \n\n\n\nGeraldine trained in directing with Kristian Marken and she subsequently became an associate director with The Focus theatre. Her stage directing credits include Play/Record – The Granby Transcripts\, (Players Theatre\, Trinity)\, My Name is Mary (Project Theatre)\, The Cripple of Inishmaan\, (Smock Alley) The New York Monologues (The International Bar\, Smock Alley\, The Electric Picnic\, the Bulmer’s Comedy Festival and The Focus Theatre)\, One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (The Factory)\, Orphans (The New Theatre).  Film directing credits include the short films Helmets and Thorny Ireland. \n\n\n\nGeraldine has trained in writing with Stephen Walsh (Filmbase) and Pat McCabe (The Factory) among others. Her tiny play Knowing was published and produced by Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland. She has also written several short films. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is one of two founding members of Alchemy 8 Productions which produces theatre and film with a particular focus on stories of the human heart in conflict with itself. Its theatre production Orphans by Lyle Kessler which Geraldine also directed was included in a round-up of best theatre performances in Ireland in 2015. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is fascinated by investigating themes of the human need for connection and community\, the importance of sense of place and roots and the presumptions and prejudices these can bring. This is reflected in much of her work involving large ensemble casts\, with a focus on developing well rounded\, interesting characters and their physical and emotional juxtaposition in relation to each other. \n\n\n\nShe is passionate about the arts’ ability to positively impact audiences in many far-reaching ways from providing much needed entertainment and escapism\, to being a salve for the soul\, a cathartic release and a means of encouraging and developing empathy. Geraldine believes in the power of humour to provoke an emotional shift. As a solicitor in her previous life\, Geraldine is passionate about justice and promoting Human Rights on an individual and collective basis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCiara Hayes is a graduate of UCC with an MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing. She also holds a teaching diploma from the London College of Music in Drama and Communication\, and a BA Joint Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies with German. She has a background in theatre and worked for several years as a drama teacher\, later becoming a teacher of social skills for children on the autism spectrum.  \n\n\n\nSince completing her Masters in 2020\, Ciara has worked as a producer and festival administrator for Half Moon Festival (Cork\, 2020) and festival coordinator for Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (Dublin\, 2020 – present). She works at Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. \n\n\n\nProducing credits include: Half Moon Festival – multidisciplinary\, online arts festival (July 2020). Earthangel – online production of aural recording\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (November 2020). playing ‘The Maids’ – online sharing of recorded theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (December 2020). Love and Information – online showing of filmed theatre performance\, MTU BA Theatre and Drama Studies (February 2021). Prometheus Now – online theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company as part of Cork Midsummer Festival (June 2021). \n\n\n\nActing credits include: Liverpool\, Mint Productions (2019); Little Gem\, Dramat (2016)\, awarded Best Actress; The Circle Game\, BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2016); The Importance of Being Ernest\, Dramat (2015); Trojan Woman: A Love Story¸ BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2014); The Pearse Women\, Smashing Times (2022); The Plough and the Stars for Bloomsday\, Áras an Uachtaráin\, Smashing Times (2023). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Mc Loughlin-Gnemmi is a graduate of the Royal College of Music\, London where she received her B.Mus Hons degree. She is a lecturer in violin at the TU Dublin Conservatoire for Music and Drama. She gained her masters in performance at TU Dublin studying under Joanna Matkowska. She has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under conductors Alexander Anissimov\, George Hurst and Gerhardt Markson. She also worked with Lyric Opera and The Irish Film Orchestra. She has regularly performed with the RTE Concert Orchestra. \n\n\n\nPerformances with the RTECO include a chamber music recital for the commemoration of the 1916 rising at The Irish Museum of Modern Art in the presence of An t-Uachtarán and with a group of members of the RTECO playing a new composition by Simon O’ Connor narrated by actress Olwen Fouéré. Other concerts included ‘Back to the Future’\, ‘The Godfather’ with film music by Nino Rota\, ‘The Music of John Williams’ film music and RTECO’s recording of the music of Steve Mc Keon for the film ‘Norm of the North’. \n\n\n\nLisa has performed at the Dublin Metropolis Festival\, RDS and at The Button Factory\, Temple Bar with DJ Kormac. Lisa has also toured France\, South Africa and the US as solo violinist with Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance’. Solo and chamber music recitals include DIT\, Trinity College Dublin\, The Goethe institute\, UCD and The John Field Room\, N.C.H. and The Galway Arts Festival. \n\n\n\nLisa recently performed at Dublin Castle for a production of ‘Constance and her Friends’ a play about Constance Markievicz and activists during the 1916 rising written by Mary Moynihan and performed by Smashing Times. Passionate about teaching as well as performing\, Lisa gives masterclasses\, prepares students for exams\, recitals and Feis Ceoil competitions. Lisa is married to oboist with the National Symphony Orchestra\, Sylvain Gnemmi. They have four children and live in Dublin. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nedf\n\n\n\n\n\nFile agus scríbhneoir do dhaoine óga í Áine Ní Ghlinn\, agus Laureate na nÓg 2020 – 2023.  \n\n\n\nTá 36 leabhar foilsithe aici\, idir fhilíocht\, dhrámaí\, úrscéalta agus scéalta do dhaoine óga. I measc na nduaiseanna atá buaite aici\, tá Gradam Reics Carló Leabhar na Bliana (2014\, 2016\, 2019 do na húrscéalta Daideo\, Hata Zú Mhamó & Boscadán)\, Gradam Ficsin\, Leabhair Pháistí Éireann & Gradam Leabhar na Bliana\, Cumann Litearthachta na hÉireann (Daideo\, 2015). Bronnadh Comhaltacht Patrick Kavanagh uirthi i 2019 agus tá go leor duaiseanna filíochta buaite aici ag Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí Lios Tuathail\, Féile Filíochta Bhéal na mBuillí agus Oireachtas na Gaeilge. \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a poet and children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023. She has 36 books published. Awards include Gradam Reics Carló Children’s Book of the Year on three occasions\, LAI Book of the Year\, CBI Fiction Honour award\, Patrick Kavanagh Fellowship (2019) and a range of poetry awards (Oireachtas/ Listowel Writers’ Week/Strokestown Poetry Festival + others). \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a lecturer\, journalist and writer. She has a BA (Irish and English) and a HDip in Education from University College\, Dublin\, a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism\, and an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She has written over thirty books – including four collections of poetry and an array of books for teenagers and young people. \n\n\n\nShe spent some years as a secondary-school teacher but resigned her position to become a journalist at RTÉ and Raidió na Gaeltachta. She worked on both current affairs and magazine programmes and the two she enjoyed most of all were the arts programmes\, Leabhragán and Ar an Ardán\, on Raidió na Gaeltachta. She also spent some time as a freelance journalist in London and in Ireland and she was frequently heard on It Says in the Papers on RTÉ Radio and on Raidió na Gaeltachta. \n\n\n\nShe left RTÉ to spent a few years lecturing at FIONTAR in Dublin City University. However\, she wanted to spend more time writing and later became a full-time writer; writing children’s books and scripts for Ros na Rún\, TG4. At present\, she shares her time between writing and lecturing at the Church of Ireland College of Education in Dublin and writing workshops in Irish-language secondary schools. \n\n\n\nShe has won many awards for her work. Céard tá sa bhosca? (An Gúm\, 2002) won the Gradam Chlann Lir in 2003. She won the Irish-language prize at the Strokestown poetry festival in 2003\, the Irish-language prize at the Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown poetry competition in 2003\, as well as the Foras na Gaeilge Award at Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí in Listowel in 2002. She was awarded an Oireachtas prizes for her books Fuadach (Cois Life\, 2005) Tromluí (Cois Life\, 2009) and Úbalonga (An Gúm\, 2009). Brionglóidí & aistir eile (Cló Mhaigh Eo\, 2008) was shortlisted for the Bisto prize and she won an IBBY award in 2010. In 2012\, she won an Oireachtas prize for her plays for children and her novel for teenagers\, Daideo (Cois Life\, 2014) was also awarded an Oireachtas prize in 2013. The same book was named Book of the Year for young people\, 2014\, Gradam Réics Carló. She was awarded Gradam Réics Carló again a couple of years later for her novel Hata zú Mhamó (Cois Life\, 2016). \n\n\n\nHer story ‘Boscadán’ was awarded top prize for children’s stories at Comórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2017\, and Cois Life published the subsequent book in 2019: Boscadán. LeabhairCOMHAR published in 2018 a collection (Fadó Riamh… Ag an Tús) which brings together stories from diverse cultures representing the rich tradition of mythology surrounding the creation of the world. \n\n\n\nNi Ghlinn was appointed Laureate na nÓg/Children’s Literature Laureate in May 2020. Laureate na nÓg is an honour which was established in 2010 to engage young people with high quality literature and to underline the importance of children’s literature in our cultural and imaginative lives. Her ambition as Laureate is to lift the cloak of invisibility from Irish language authors and books\, and to encourage children and young people to read for pleasure as Gaeilge. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nStates of Independence\n\n\n\nThis show is part of States of Independence\, a project that celebrates the stories of ten change-makers from the Decade of Centenaries 1912-1922 linked to the stories of ten change-makers today working to make society a better place. The twenty stories gathered act as inspiration for the creation of new artworks by ten artists\, working in visual art\, film\, dance\, theatre\, creative writing and digital arts. The artists come together to create a range of artworks and performances for public display in eight sites – both ancient and modern – across Ireland and for display via a creative billboards campaign and online on the Smashing Times Virtual Art Gallery. The stories\, artworks and performances are shared with public audiences to reflect on modern day revolutionary visions for the future inspired by the past\, launched for the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival 13 to 22 October 2023. The internationally acclaimed team of ten artists is led by Mary Moynihan\, an award-winning writer\, poet\, director\, theatre and filmmaker and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, working with John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, and a range of artists working in literature\, visual arts\, theatre\, film and new digital technologies. \n\n\n\nThe team collaboratively create a series of interconnected artworks including a live multi-disciplinary performance\, visual art projections and a creative billboards campaign to be launched for the 2023 annual International Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival taking place from the 13 to 22 October 2023. Events are accompanied by panel discussions and public talks on new visions for a peaceful and equal society for all. \n\n\n\nEvents take place in Dublin\, Kerry\, Clare and Donegal with online work accessible across Ireland and internationally celebrating changemakers and heroes from the past and today\,  bringing people together to promote active citizenship\,  equality\, human rights and diversity and celebrating new visions for a peaceful and equal future for all. Events take place in a range of venues both ancient and modern including Office of Public Work spaces throughout Ireland. \n\n\n\nFor further information please contact Freda Manweiler\, producer\, telephone 087 2214245 or email freda@smashingtimes.ie \n\n\n\nSupported by The Arts Council Open Call as part of ART: 2023 a Decade of Centenaries Collaboration between The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism\, Culture\, Arts\, Gaeltacht\, Sport and Media. Supported by Creative Europe as part of the Theatre in Palm project. \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/tales-of-love-and-loss-2/ LOCATION:Pearse Museum\, Rathfarnham\, Co Dublin\, St Endas Park\, Grange Road\, Rathfarnham\, Dublin 16\, D16 Y7Y5\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dublin,Music,Performance,Poetry,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/talesofloveandlost-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230813T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230813T140000 DTSTAMP:20230802T090226Z CREATED:20230711T100929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T090226Z UID:10000239-1691931600-1691935200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Tales of Love and Loss DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nSmashing Times never want ticket price to be a barrier to attendance. Please contact admin@smashingtimes.ie to avail of free tickets. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMaeve Bradley\, actor \n\n\n\nLorna Fox\, actor \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, actor \n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor \n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\, actor \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician \n\n\n\nGeraldine McAlinden\, director \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \n\n\n\nFéilim James\, writer \n\n\n\nSinead McCoole\, writer \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn\, poet\, children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023 \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times are delighted to present Tales of Love and Loss\, a guided\, walkabout\, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, Rathfarnham\, on the 12\, 13\, 19 and 20 August 2023\, two shows daily at 1pm and 2pm. The show features change-maker stories from history as we engage with the unique\, historical setting of Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, where Patrick Pearse and the Pearse family lived and ran their innovative Irish-speaking school\, Scoil Éanna.Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance as we regale you with storytelling\, poetry and music reflecting on the lives of Sarah Curran\, Robert Emmet\, William Butler Yeats and the Pearse Women\, Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse\, Margaret Mary Pearse and Mary Brigid Pearse. \n\n\n\nA Beauty That Will Pass written and directed by Mary Moynihan performed by Lorna Fox\, is a poetical response to the love story of Sarah Curran (1782-1808) and Robert Emmet (1778-1803) interwoven with reference to John Philpott Curran (1750-1817) and Padraig Pearse (1879-1916). \n\n\n\nTales from an Afterworld by Féilim James\, directed by Geraldine McAlinden\, performed by Rob Harrington\, a reflection on the life and work of writer William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Born in Dublin in 1865\, William Butler Yeats was the son of a well-known Irish painter\, John Butler Yeats. He spent his childhood in County Sligo\, where his parents were raised\, and in London. He returned to Dublin at fifteen to continue his education and study painting\, but quickly discovered he preferred poetry. Born into the Anglo-Irish landowning class\, Yeats became involved with the Celtic Revival\, a movement against the cultural influences of English rule in Ireland during the Victorian period\, which sought to promote the spirit of Ireland’s native heritage. Yeats was deeply involved in politics in Ireland. He also had a life-long interest in mysticism and the occult\, and his work drew extensively from sources in Irish mythology and folklore. Lady Gregory and Yeats founded the Abbey Theatre in 1904. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and died in 1939 age seventy-three. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Family \n\n\n\nThe Wayfarer\, a poem by Pádraig Pearse. This was the last poem written by Pearse on the eve of his execution at Kilmainham Gaol\, Dublin (May 2\, 1916). The Wayfarer reflects on the fleeting beauty of life’s journey at a moment of decisive personal and political change\, performed by Michael McCabe. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Women\, an historical insight by Dr Sinead McCoole\, historian and curator\, inspired by the life-stories of Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse (1857-1932)\, Politician and Dail Deputy; Margaret Mary Pearse (1878-1968)\, teacher\, TD and Senator and Mary Brigid Pearse (1884-1947)\, musician\, teacher and author; linked to objects in the Pearse Museum and exploring the role these women played in shaping Irish society. Recited by Michael McCabe \n\n\n\nMrs Pearse monologue performed by Ciara Hayes. \n\n\n\nAn Ród Seo Romhainn\, an Irish poem written by Áine Ní Ghlinn\, a bilingual Irish journalist\, poet\, playwright and children’s writer and a former Arts Council Laureate na nÓg\, 2020—2023\, the first to write exclusively in Irish. The poem is inspired by the two teacups on display in the Pearse Museum\, left out by the mother of Padraig and Willie Pearse\, before her two sons went to join the Rising in 1916. The poem will be performed by Rob Harrington. \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLorna is an actor and dancer from Co. Wicklow. Graduating from The Lir Academy last year she has since been in shows for the Scene + Heard Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival. She most recently finished on a new play ‘Yesteryear’ which ran for a week in Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford. \n\n\n\nTheatre Credits include: To Let (Dublin Theatre Festival)\, Moving On (Scene + Heard)\, Yesteryear (Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford). \n\n\n\nFilm/TV Credits include: Five Letters to the stranger who will Dissect my brain (Short)\, Love in the Time of Corona (Short)\, The Hunted (Series\, Channel 5).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob has enjoyed both national and international tours over the past 19 years of his acting career. He has most recently performed Tales from an Afterworld (WB Yeats)\, written by Féilim James and directed by Geraldine McAlinden in Áras an Uachtaráin for President Michael D Higgins. Some of his favourite theatre productions include The Shadow of a Gunman (The New Theatre\, directed by Ronan Wilmot)\, Pinter x 4 (Pearse Centre\, directed by Peter Reid)\, Scabs (Theatre Upstairs directed by Liam Halligan) In Arabia We’d all be Kings (Beckett Theatre\, directed by Liam Hallihan)\, Mary Stuart (The Grand Lodge\, Liam Halligan) and La Locandiera (Edinburgh Fringe festival\, directed Alice Coghlan). His screen work includes ‘A date for Mad Mary’\, ‘Vaudevillians’\, ‘The Comeback’\, ‘Twitchy’\, ‘The saviour of Dublin City’\, ‘Ctrl’\, ‘The Guarantee’\, ‘The Enchanted Island’\, ‘Two Margaritas and one Daiquiri’ amongst other independent films. Rob is also a seasoned theatre and screen workshop facilitator. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe is a performer\, theatre director\, movement choreographer\, facilitator and arts therapist. He is a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq\, Paris\, France\, and The Gaiety School of Acting\, Dublin\, Ireland. \n\n\n\nHis theatre appearances include The Drowning Room (Project Arts Centre)\, Borstal Boy\, The Risen People (The Gaiety Theatre)\, A Christmas Carol\, The Ginger Ale Boy (Corcadorca Theatre Company)\, Lives Worth Living (Graffiti Theatre Company)\, Good Evening Mr Joyce (Samuel Beckett Centre)\, Diarmuid agus Grainne\, An Bradan Feasa\, The Libertine\, New World Order (Iomha Illdanach Theatre Company)\, Promises\, Promises  (Project Arts Centre)\, A Day With Daghdha (Daghdha Dance Company)\, Macbeth\, Six Characters in Search for an Author\, St. Joan\, Ariel (all at the Abbey Theatre)\, Wheel\, Jeckyll and Hyde (Dublin and Prague Fringe Festivals)\, Resist /Surrender (Dublin Dance Festival)\, and Where The Shoe Pinches (The Pavilion Theatre). He was clown co-ordinator for 35 clowns and appeared in Barabbas Theatre Company’s production\, City of Clowns\, at the Dunamaise\, Junction and Eargail Arts Festivals\, and The Complex\, Smithfield and appeared in Pagliacci at The Everyman Place Theatre\, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. \n\n\n\nHis television and film appearances include Aristocrats (BBC)\, Ireland:1848\, (RTE)\, Window (IFI)\, All God’s Children (RTE/IFI)\, Nationwide (RTE). In 2021\, Michael will appear in Bean Sidhe\, Sweetcake\, and Sodium Party\, a new feature film directed by Michael McCudden. \n\n\n\nDirecting credits include: The Dead Woman’s Son (Smock Alley Theatre)\, A Wonderful Life\, Peter Pan’s Cirque D’Imaginaire (TU Dublin Theatre)\, Showcases 2017-2019 (The New Theatre) and in 2020\, The Grimm Tales (Smock Alley Theatre). Recent appearances include Footfalls\, The Journey Home\, and in Mermaid Arts Centre for Culture night on a work-in-progress\, His Left\, Her Right\, supported by Mermaid and Wicklow Arts Office. \n\n\n\nMichael has an M.A. (Honours) in Dramatherapy from the National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, an M.A. in Modern Drama Studies from University College Dublin\, and a B.A. (Honours) in Communication Studies from Dublin City University. He has directed theatre work in the HSE\, the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland\, Trinity College Dublin\, St. Michael’s house\, and with other special needs organisations and schools with a focus on developing the potential of theatre for working with diverse groups. \n\n\n\nMichael has been working as a Movement Director\, teaching extensive movement classes for actors at the Conservatory of Music and Drama\, TU Dublin\, the National Association of Youth Drama\, Ringsend Institute\, the Department of Performing Arts\, Bray Institute of Further Education\, and The Gaiety School of Acting (full time course). \n\n\n\nMichael is a resident artist with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works with Smashing Times as a performer\, director and arts facilitator on a range of projects from Acting for the Future to Legends of the Great Birth to State of the Art.  His theatre company\, Ruaille Buaille\, is building a physical theatre ensemble style based on the techniques of Jacques Lecoq\, Anne Bogart\, and Arianne Mouchkine. Michael was movement director on The Merchant of Venice\, at Mermaid Arts Centre\, and on the world premiere of Guerilla Days in Ireland in The Olympia Theatre\, Dublin. Michael is a graduate of National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, (M.A. Dramatherapy\, 2.1 Honours)\, and was awarded a scholarship to train with internationally renowned theatre director Anne Bogart in New York. Bursary awards include South Dublin County Council\, Irish Actors Equity\, and The Arts Council. Michael recently completed training in Suzuki and Viewpoints Techniques under Tadashi Suzuki of SCOT Theatre Company\, in Toga Mura\, Japan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, (she/her)\, MA\, is an award-winning writer\, director\, theatre and film-maker\, an interdisciplinary artist and one of Ireland’s most innovative arts and human rights artists creating work to promote the arts\, human rights\, climate justice\, gender equality\, diversity and peace.  \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works  collaboratively with artists and over 50 organisations across Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Europe and internationally\, using the arts to promote rights and values for all.   Company patrons of Smashing Times are Sabina Coyne Higgins\, Senator Joan Freeman\, founder of Pieta House\, Ger Ryan\, actor and Tim Pat Coogan\, writer and historian. Founding patrons were writers Maeve Binchy and Brian Friel. \n\n\n\nMary’s work has won a number of awards including the Allianz Business to Arts Awards\, a GSK Ireland Impact Award\, a Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award\, a National Lottery Good Cause Award\, the international #ArtsAgainstCovid award\, an Arts Council Project Award and an Arts Council Agility Award. \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Curator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival implemented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International\, Fighting Words\, ICCL\,  NWCI\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, Trócaire and Poetry Ireland\, funded by The Arts Council. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world\, past and present\, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. \n\n\n\nMary’s artistic practice encompasses theatre\, film\, literature\, poetry\, and curatorship. Mary’s work focuses on primal\, visceral and intuitive responses to vulnerability and conflict and an exploration of self and the other. Her work explores an interconnectedness of the body\, voice and imagination\, revealing the inner life through physical and spiritual energies and intuitive engagements. Mary has a focus on using historical memory in her artistic practice as inspiration for the creation of original artworks across a range of mediums\, remembering stories of ordinary yet powerful women and men from history and today who stood up for the rights of others. \n\n\n\nAs a playwright\, Mary’s work includes the highly acclaimed The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII co-written with Paul Kennedy\, Fiona Thompson and Féilim James;  A Beauty that will Pass; Constance and Her Friends – selected by President Michael D. Higgins for performance at Áras an Uachtaráin for Culture Night 2016;  In One Breath from the award-winning Testimonies(co-written with Paul Kennedy); and Shadow of My Soul\, May Our Faces Haunt You and Silent Screams.  \n\n\n\nMary’s film work includes the hour-long documentary Stories from the Shadows\, the short film Tell Them Our Names\, inspired by women’s stories of WWII and selected for the London Eye International Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival\, the creative documentary Women in an Equal Europe and the short film Courageous Women inspired by powerful women’s stories from the 1916 to 1923 decade of commemorations period in Irish history.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFéilim James is an award-winning writer from Dublin\, Ireland. In 2020\, the Arts of Council of Ireland awarded Féilim a Literature Bursary Award to finish his debut novel\, Flower of Ash\, as well as a Professional Development Award. He received an Arts Bursary from Dublin City Arts Office in 2021 to finish his first poetry collection\, I was a river\, lost. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, and Icarus. His work through Irish\, under Féilim Ó Brádaigh\, has won seven Oireachtas na Gaeilge literary awards. His short fiction and poetry\, through English and Irish\, have appeared in a number of journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, Icarus\, and Comhar. A short film Féilim wrote\, titled The Big No\, produced by Smashing Times\, was shortlisted by the IndieX Film Festival\, and his play At Summer’s End has toured Ireland. \n\n\n\nIn The Big No\, a young man tells the story of his psychological unravelling and subsequent mental health crisis. Told in the form of a voiceover monologue accompanied by compelling imagery\, this poetic short film takes us on a journey of despair\, introspection\, and hope. As he battles against panic attacks and suicidal thoughts\, he is forced to face the ‘why’ of his problems head on\, learning some essential truths about himself and the world. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s play At Summer’s End has been on tour with Smashing Times as part of The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII.  At Summer’s End is based on the life-story of Ettie Steinberg\, an Irish woman who was murdered\, along with her family\, at Auschwitz. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s themes are wide-ranging\, and include identity\, mental illness\, guilt\, human animalism\, death\, and humankind’s relationship with nature. He is committed to maintaining an ever evolving and progressive approach to his work\, with each book both building on the last and differing in a vital way. In other words\, the aforementioned themes will change as time passes\, as will their stylistic rendering. ‘My inspirations are many and wide-ranging. To the fore are James Joyce\, Sylvia Plath\, John Banville\, Marilynne Robinson\, Ted Hughes\, TS Eliot\, Seán Ó Ríordáin\, and Radiohead’. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad McCoole is the author of many books including Hazel\, A Life of Lady Lavery (1996) and No Ordinary Women (1997) and Easter Widows\, the untold story of the wives of the executed leaders (2014) and Women 1916-Mná 2016 (2017). She is a member of the Government’s Expert Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries (2012-to date). She was Historical Advisor to the 2016 National Commemoration Programme\, Curator of Mná 1916. She has curated exhibitions on Irish history & art in both Ireland and the U.S. A Broadcaster and script writer her work includes Guns and Chiffon (2003) and A Father’s Letter part of the After ’16 Irish Film Board shorts commissioned for the centenary was based on her interviews with Fr. Joe Mallin (1913-2018). Her areas of expertise are Modern Irish History from the 1880 to the present\, Material culture\, museums\, the history of Irish women\, child prisoners\, Sir John and Lady Lavery. She is an expert in the area of women’s imprisonment 1916-1923. Her current area of interest is women in politics and public life 1918-2018. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeraldine is an actor\, director\, producer and writer originally from Armagh in Northern Ireland. She started training in acting in the Gaiety School of Acting in 2000 and later in Stanislavski at the Focus Theatre in Dublin. In 2012/13 Geraldine completed the full time Screen Acting Programme at The Factory (now Bow Street Academy) in Dublin where she trained with Lance Daly\, Kirsten Sheridan\, Shimmy Marcus\, Jim Sheridan\, Aisling Walsh\, Derbhla Walsh\, Frank Berry and Ian Power\, among others. \n\n\n\nHer film acting credits include Ordinary Love\, Black 47\, The Secret Scripture\, Dark Lies the Island\, Procession\, and Portrait of a Zombie. Geraldine’s performance in Portrait of a Zombie led to her being long listed for an IFTA for Best Actress in a leading role in a feature film in 2013. Geraldine’s TV Credits include Miss Scarlet and the Duke\, Blood\, Striking Out and Red Rock. Her stage performances include The 24 Hour Plays Dublin 2020 (Abbey Theatre)\, One Day by Dick Walsh as well as Dublin Fringe theatre shows A Remember to Breathe and Spoonfed (a long play improvisation)\, Philadelphia\, Here I come! and Beyond Therapy! \n\n\n\nGeraldine trained in directing with Kristian Marken and she subsequently became an associate director with The Focus theatre. Her stage directing credits include Play/Record – The Granby Transcripts\, (Players Theatre\, Trinity)\, My Name is Mary (Project Theatre)\, The Cripple of Inishmaan\, (Smock Alley) The New York Monologues (The International Bar\, Smock Alley\, The Electric Picnic\, the Bulmer’s Comedy Festival and The Focus Theatre)\, One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (The Factory)\, Orphans (The New Theatre).  Film directing credits include the short films Helmets and Thorny Ireland. \n\n\n\nGeraldine has trained in writing with Stephen Walsh (Filmbase) and Pat McCabe (The Factory) among others. Her tiny play Knowing was published and produced by Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland. She has also written several short films. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is one of two founding members of Alchemy 8 Productions which produces theatre and film with a particular focus on stories of the human heart in conflict with itself. Its theatre production Orphans by Lyle Kessler which Geraldine also directed was included in a round-up of best theatre performances in Ireland in 2015. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is fascinated by investigating themes of the human need for connection and community\, the importance of sense of place and roots and the presumptions and prejudices these can bring. This is reflected in much of her work involving large ensemble casts\, with a focus on developing well rounded\, interesting characters and their physical and emotional juxtaposition in relation to each other. \n\n\n\nShe is passionate about the arts’ ability to positively impact audiences in many far-reaching ways from providing much needed entertainment and escapism\, to being a salve for the soul\, a cathartic release and a means of encouraging and developing empathy. Geraldine believes in the power of humour to provoke an emotional shift. As a solicitor in her previous life\, Geraldine is passionate about justice and promoting Human Rights on an individual and collective basis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCiara Hayes is a graduate of UCC with an MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing. She also holds a teaching diploma from the London College of Music in Drama and Communication\, and a BA Joint Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies with German. She has a background in theatre and worked for several years as a drama teacher\, later becoming a teacher of social skills for children on the autism spectrum.  \n\n\n\nSince completing her Masters in 2020\, Ciara has worked as a producer and festival administrator for Half Moon Festival (Cork\, 2020) and festival coordinator for Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (Dublin\, 2020 – present). She works at Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. \n\n\n\nProducing credits include: Half Moon Festival – multidisciplinary\, online arts festival (July 2020). Earthangel – online production of aural recording\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (November 2020). playing ‘The Maids’ – online sharing of recorded theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (December 2020). Love and Information – online showing of filmed theatre performance\, MTU BA Theatre and Drama Studies (February 2021). Prometheus Now – online theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company as part of Cork Midsummer Festival (June 2021). \n\n\n\nActing credits include: Liverpool\, Mint Productions (2019); Little Gem\, Dramat (2016)\, awarded Best Actress; The Circle Game\, BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2016); The Importance of Being Ernest\, Dramat (2015); Trojan Woman: A Love Story¸ BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2014); The Pearse Women\, Smashing Times (2022); The Plough and the Stars for Bloomsday\, Áras an Uachtaráin\, Smashing Times (2023). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Mc Loughlin-Gnemmi is a graduate of the Royal College of Music\, London where she received her B.Mus Hons degree. She is a lecturer in violin at the TU Dublin Conservatoire for Music and Drama. She gained her masters in performance at TU Dublin studying under Joanna Matkowska. She has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under conductors Alexander Anissimov\, George Hurst and Gerhardt Markson. She also worked with Lyric Opera and The Irish Film Orchestra. She has regularly performed with the RTE Concert Orchestra. \n\n\n\nPerformances with the RTECO include a chamber music recital for the commemoration of the 1916 rising at The Irish Museum of Modern Art in the presence of An t-Uachtarán and with a group of members of the RTECO playing a new composition by Simon O’ Connor narrated by actress Olwen Fouéré. Other concerts included ‘Back to the Future’\, ‘The Godfather’ with film music by Nino Rota\, ‘The Music of John Williams’ film music and RTECO’s recording of the music of Steve Mc Keon for the film ‘Norm of the North’. \n\n\n\nLisa has performed at the Dublin Metropolis Festival\, RDS and at The Button Factory\, Temple Bar with DJ Kormac. Lisa has also toured France\, South Africa and the US as solo violinist with Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance’. Solo and chamber music recitals include DIT\, Trinity College Dublin\, The Goethe institute\, UCD and The John Field Room\, N.C.H. and The Galway Arts Festival. \n\n\n\nLisa recently performed at Dublin Castle for a production of ‘Constance and her Friends’ a play about Constance Markievicz and activists during the 1916 rising written by Mary Moynihan and performed by Smashing Times. Passionate about teaching as well as performing\, Lisa gives masterclasses\, prepares students for exams\, recitals and Feis Ceoil competitions. Lisa is married to oboist with the National Symphony Orchestra\, Sylvain Gnemmi. They have four children and live in Dublin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFile agus scríbhneoir do dhaoine óga í Áine Ní Ghlinn\, agus Laureate na nÓg 2020 – 2023.  \n\n\n\nTá 36 leabhar foilsithe aici\, idir fhilíocht\, dhrámaí\, úrscéalta agus scéalta do dhaoine óga. I measc na nduaiseanna atá buaite aici\, tá Gradam Reics Carló Leabhar na Bliana (2014\, 2016\, 2019 do na húrscéalta Daideo\, Hata Zú Mhamó & Boscadán)\, Gradam Ficsin\, Leabhair Pháistí Éireann & Gradam Leabhar na Bliana\, Cumann Litearthachta na hÉireann (Daideo\, 2015). Bronnadh Comhaltacht Patrick Kavanagh uirthi i 2019 agus tá go leor duaiseanna filíochta buaite aici ag Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí Lios Tuathail\, Féile Filíochta Bhéal na mBuillí agus Oireachtas na Gaeilge. \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a poet and children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023. She has 36 books published. Awards include Gradam Reics Carló Children’s Book of the Year on three occasions\, LAI Book of the Year\, CBI Fiction Honour award\, Patrick Kavanagh Fellowship (2019) and a range of poetry awards (Oireachtas/ Listowel Writers’ Week/Strokestown Poetry Festival + others). \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a lecturer\, journalist and writer. She has a BA (Irish and English) and a HDip in Education from University College\, Dublin\, a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism\, and an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She has written over thirty books – including four collections of poetry and an array of books for teenagers and young people. \n\n\n\nShe spent some years as a secondary-school teacher but resigned her position to become a journalist at RTÉ and Raidió na Gaeltachta. She worked on both current affairs and magazine programmes and the two she enjoyed most of all were the arts programmes\, Leabhragán and Ar an Ardán\, on Raidió na Gaeltachta. She also spent some time as a freelance journalist in London and in Ireland and she was frequently heard on It Says in the Papers on RTÉ Radio and on Raidió na Gaeltachta. \n\n\n\nShe left RTÉ to spent a few years lecturing at FIONTAR in Dublin City University. However\, she wanted to spend more time writing and later became a full-time writer; writing children’s books and scripts for Ros na Rún\, TG4. At present\, she shares her time between writing and lecturing at the Church of Ireland College of Education in Dublin and writing workshops in Irish-language secondary schools. \n\n\n\nShe has won many awards for her work. Céard tá sa bhosca? (An Gúm\, 2002) won the Gradam Chlann Lir in 2003. She won the Irish-language prize at the Strokestown poetry festival in 2003\, the Irish-language prize at the Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown poetry competition in 2003\, as well as the Foras na Gaeilge Award at Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí in Listowel in 2002. She was awarded an Oireachtas prizes for her books Fuadach (Cois Life\, 2005) Tromluí (Cois Life\, 2009) and Úbalonga (An Gúm\, 2009). Brionglóidí & aistir eile (Cló Mhaigh Eo\, 2008) was shortlisted for the Bisto prize and she won an IBBY award in 2010. In 2012\, she won an Oireachtas prize for her plays for children and her novel for teenagers\, Daideo (Cois Life\, 2014) was also awarded an Oireachtas prize in 2013. The same book was named Book of the Year for young people\, 2014\, Gradam Réics Carló. She was awarded Gradam Réics Carló again a couple of years later for her novel Hata zú Mhamó (Cois Life\, 2016). \n\n\n\nHer story ‘Boscadán’ was awarded top prize for children’s stories at Comórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2017\, and Cois Life published the subsequent book in 2019: Boscadán. LeabhairCOMHAR published in 2018 a collection (Fadó Riamh… Ag an Tús) which brings together stories from diverse cultures representing the rich tradition of mythology surrounding the creation of the world. \n\n\n\nNi Ghlinn was appointed Laureate na nÓg/Children’s Literature Laureate in May 2020. Laureate na nÓg is an honour which was established in 2010 to engage young people with high quality literature and to underline the importance of children’s literature in our cultural and imaginative lives. Her ambition as Laureate is to lift the cloak of invisibility from Irish language authors and books\, and to encourage children and young people to read for pleasure as Gaeilge. \n\n\n\n\n\nStates of Independence\n\n\n\nThis show is part of States of Independence\, a project that celebrates the stories of ten change-makers from the Decade of Centenaries 1912-1922 linked to the stories of ten change-makers today working to make society a better place. The twenty stories gathered act as inspiration for the creation of new artworks by ten artists\, working in visual art\, film\, dance\, theatre\, creative writing and digital arts. The artists come together to create a range of artworks and performances for public display in eight sites – both ancient and modern – across Ireland and for display via a creative billboards campaign and online on the Smashing Times Virtual Art Gallery. The stories\, artworks and performances are shared with public audiences to reflect on modern day revolutionary visions for the future inspired by the past\, launched for the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival 13 to 22 October 2023. The internationally acclaimed team of ten artists is led by Mary Moynihan\, an award-winning writer\, poet\, director\, theatre and filmmaker and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, working with John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, and a range of artists working in literature\, visual arts\, theatre\, film and new digital technologies. \n\n\n\nThe team collaboratively create a series of interconnected artworks including a live multi-disciplinary performance\, visual art projections and a creative billboards campaign to be launched for the 2023 annual International Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival taking place from the 13 to 22 October 2023. Events are accompanied by panel discussions and public talks on new visions for a peaceful and equal society for all. \n\n\n\nEvents take place in Dublin\, Kerry\, Clare and Donegal with online work accessible across Ireland and internationally celebrating changemakers and heroes from the past and today\,  bringing people together to promote active citizenship\,  equality\, human rights and diversity and celebrating new visions for a peaceful and equal future for all. Events take place in a range of venues both ancient and modern including Office of Public Work spaces throughout Ireland. \n\n\n\nFor further information please contact Freda Manweiler\, producer\, telephone 087 2214245 or email freda@smashingtimes.ie \n\n\n\nSupported by The Arts Council Open Call as part of ART: 2023 a Decade of Centenaries Collaboration between The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism\, Culture\, Arts\, Gaeltacht\, Sport and Media. Supported by Creative Europe as part of the Theatre in Palm project. \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/tales-of-love-and-loss-3/ LOCATION:Pearse Museum\, Rathfarnham\, Co Dublin\, St Endas Park\, Grange Road\, Rathfarnham\, Dublin 16\, D16 Y7Y5\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dublin,Music,Performance,Poetry,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/talesofloveandlost-3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230813T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230813T150000 DTSTAMP:20230802T091543Z CREATED:20230711T101100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T091543Z UID:10000240-1691935200-1691938800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Tales of Love and Loss DESCRIPTION:CAS – Festival Musical Finale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the grand closing celebration of the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival with an unforgettable evening of music\, conversation and refreshments.  Enjoy a fantastic and vibrant evening of music with CAS – the acclaimed trio of Sebastian Luthers\, Carol Scott\, and Andy McMenamin. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes ranging from Connaught to… \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nSmashing Times never want ticket price to be a barrier to attendance. Please contact admin@smashingtimes.ie to avail of free tickets. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMaeve Bradley\, actor \n\n\n\nLorna Fox\, actor \n\n\n\nRob Harrington\, actor \n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor \n\n\n\nCiara Hayes\, actor \n\n\n\nLisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi\, musician \n\n\n\nGeraldine McAlinden\, director \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, writer\, director\, theatre and film maker and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \n\n\n\nFéilim James\, writer \n\n\n\nSinead McCoole\, writer \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn\, poet\, children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023 \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times are delighted to present Tales of Love and Loss\, a guided\, walkabout\, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, Rathfarnham\, on the 12\, 13\, 19 and 20 August 2023\, two shows daily at 1pm and 2pm. The show features change-maker stories from history as we engage with the unique\, historical setting of Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park\, where Patrick Pearse and the Pearse family lived and ran their innovative Irish-speaking school\, Scoil Éanna.Enjoy a magical walk-in-the-park performance as we regale you with storytelling\, poetry and music reflecting on the lives of Sarah Curran\, Robert Emmet\, William Butler Yeats and the Pearse Women\, Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse\, Margaret Mary Pearse and Mary Brigid Pearse. \n\n\n\nA Beauty That Will Pass written and directed by Mary Moynihan performed by Lorna Fox\, is a poetical response to the love story of Sarah Curran (1782-1808) and Robert Emmet (1778-1803) interwoven with reference to John Philpott Curran (1750-1817) and Padraig Pearse (1879-1916). \n\n\n\nTales from an Afterworld by Féilim James\, directed by Geraldine McAlinden\, performed by Rob Harrington\, a reflection on the life and work of writer William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Born in Dublin in 1865\, William Butler Yeats was the son of a well-known Irish painter\, John Butler Yeats. He spent his childhood in County Sligo\, where his parents were raised\, and in London. He returned to Dublin at fifteen to continue his education and study painting\, but quickly discovered he preferred poetry. Born into the Anglo-Irish landowning class\, Yeats became involved with the Celtic Revival\, a movement against the cultural influences of English rule in Ireland during the Victorian period\, which sought to promote the spirit of Ireland’s native heritage. Yeats was deeply involved in politics in Ireland. He also had a life-long interest in mysticism and the occult\, and his work drew extensively from sources in Irish mythology and folklore. Lady Gregory and Yeats founded the Abbey Theatre in 1904. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 and died in 1939 age seventy-three. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Family \n\n\n\nThe Wayfarer\, a poem by Pádraig Pearse. This was the last poem written by Pearse on the eve of his execution at Kilmainham Gaol\, Dublin (May 2\, 1916). The Wayfarer reflects on the fleeting beauty of life’s journey at a moment of decisive personal and political change\, performed by Michael McCabe. \n\n\n\nThe Pearse Women\, an historical insight by Dr Sinead McCoole\, historian and curator\, inspired by the life-stories of Mrs Margaret (Brady) Pearse (1857-1932)\, Politician and Dail Deputy; Margaret Mary Pearse (1878-1968)\, teacher\, TD and Senator and Mary Brigid Pearse (1884-1947)\, musician\, teacher and author; linked to objects in the Pearse Museum and exploring the role these women played in shaping Irish society. Recited by Michael McCabe \n\n\n\nMrs Pearse monologue performed by Ciara Hayes. \n\n\n\nAn Ród Seo Romhainn\, an Irish poem written by Áine Ní Ghlinn\, a bilingual Irish journalist\, poet\, playwright and children’s writer and a former Arts Council Laureate na nÓg\, 2020—2023\, the first to write exclusively in Irish. The poem is inspired by the two teacups on display in the Pearse Museum\, left out by the mother of Padraig and Willie Pearse\, before her two sons went to join the Rising in 1916. The poem will be performed by Rob Harrington. \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLorna is an actor and dancer from Co. Wicklow. Graduating from The Lir Academy last year she has since been in shows for the Scene + Heard Festival and Dublin Theatre Festival. She most recently finished on a new play ‘Yesteryear’ which ran for a week in Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford. \n\n\n\nTheatre Credits include: To Let (Dublin Theatre Festival)\, Moving On (Scene + Heard)\, Yesteryear (Garter Lane Theatre\, Waterford). \n\n\n\nFilm/TV Credits include: Five Letters to the stranger who will Dissect my brain (Short)\, Love in the Time of Corona (Short)\, The Hunted (Series\, Channel 5).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob has enjoyed both national and international tours over the past 19 years of his acting career. He has most recently performed Tales from an Afterworld (WB Yeats)\, written by Féilim James and directed by Geraldine McAlinden in Áras an Uachtaráin for President Michael D Higgins. Some of his favourite theatre productions include The Shadow of a Gunman (The New Theatre\, directed by Ronan Wilmot)\, Pinter x 4 (Pearse Centre\, directed by Peter Reid)\, Scabs (Theatre Upstairs directed by Liam Halligan) In Arabia We’d all be Kings (Beckett Theatre\, directed by Liam Hallihan)\, Mary Stuart (The Grand Lodge\, Liam Halligan) and La Locandiera (Edinburgh Fringe festival\, directed Alice Coghlan). His screen work includes ‘A date for Mad Mary’\, ‘Vaudevillians’\, ‘The Comeback’\, ‘Twitchy’\, ‘The saviour of Dublin City’\, ‘Ctrl’\, ‘The Guarantee’\, ‘The Enchanted Island’\, ‘Two Margaritas and one Daiquiri’ amongst other independent films. Rob is also a seasoned theatre and screen workshop facilitator. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe is a performer\, theatre director\, movement choreographer\, facilitator and arts therapist. He is a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq\, Paris\, France\, and The Gaiety School of Acting\, Dublin\, Ireland. \n\n\n\nHis theatre appearances include The Drowning Room (Project Arts Centre)\, Borstal Boy\, The Risen People (The Gaiety Theatre)\, A Christmas Carol\, The Ginger Ale Boy (Corcadorca Theatre Company)\, Lives Worth Living (Graffiti Theatre Company)\, Good Evening Mr Joyce (Samuel Beckett Centre)\, Diarmuid agus Grainne\, An Bradan Feasa\, The Libertine\, New World Order (Iomha Illdanach Theatre Company)\, Promises\, Promises  (Project Arts Centre)\, A Day With Daghdha (Daghdha Dance Company)\, Macbeth\, Six Characters in Search for an Author\, St. Joan\, Ariel (all at the Abbey Theatre)\, Wheel\, Jeckyll and Hyde (Dublin and Prague Fringe Festivals)\, Resist /Surrender (Dublin Dance Festival)\, and Where The Shoe Pinches (The Pavilion Theatre). He was clown co-ordinator for 35 clowns and appeared in Barabbas Theatre Company’s production\, City of Clowns\, at the Dunamaise\, Junction and Eargail Arts Festivals\, and The Complex\, Smithfield and appeared in Pagliacci at The Everyman Place Theatre\, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. \n\n\n\nHis television and film appearances include Aristocrats (BBC)\, Ireland:1848\, (RTE)\, Window (IFI)\, All God’s Children (RTE/IFI)\, Nationwide (RTE). In 2021\, Michael will appear in Bean Sidhe\, Sweetcake\, and Sodium Party\, a new feature film directed by Michael McCudden. \n\n\n\nDirecting credits include: The Dead Woman’s Son (Smock Alley Theatre)\, A Wonderful Life\, Peter Pan’s Cirque D’Imaginaire (TU Dublin Theatre)\, Showcases 2017-2019 (The New Theatre) and in 2020\, The Grimm Tales (Smock Alley Theatre). Recent appearances include Footfalls\, The Journey Home\, and in Mermaid Arts Centre for Culture night on a work-in-progress\, His Left\, Her Right\, supported by Mermaid and Wicklow Arts Office. \n\n\n\nMichael has an M.A. (Honours) in Dramatherapy from the National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, an M.A. in Modern Drama Studies from University College Dublin\, and a B.A. (Honours) in Communication Studies from Dublin City University. He has directed theatre work in the HSE\, the Dyspraxia Association of Ireland\, Trinity College Dublin\, St. Michael’s house\, and with other special needs organisations and schools with a focus on developing the potential of theatre for working with diverse groups. \n\n\n\nMichael has been working as a Movement Director\, teaching extensive movement classes for actors at the Conservatory of Music and Drama\, TU Dublin\, the National Association of Youth Drama\, Ringsend Institute\, the Department of Performing Arts\, Bray Institute of Further Education\, and The Gaiety School of Acting (full time course). \n\n\n\nMichael is a resident artist with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works with Smashing Times as a performer\, director and arts facilitator on a range of projects from Acting for the Future to Legends of the Great Birth to State of the Art.  His theatre company\, Ruaille Buaille\, is building a physical theatre ensemble style based on the techniques of Jacques Lecoq\, Anne Bogart\, and Arianne Mouchkine. Michael was movement director on The Merchant of Venice\, at Mermaid Arts Centre\, and on the world premiere of Guerilla Days in Ireland in The Olympia Theatre\, Dublin. Michael is a graduate of National University of Ireland\, Maynooth\, (M.A. Dramatherapy\, 2.1 Honours)\, and was awarded a scholarship to train with internationally renowned theatre director Anne Bogart in New York. Bursary awards include South Dublin County Council\, Irish Actors Equity\, and The Arts Council. Michael recently completed training in Suzuki and Viewpoints Techniques under Tadashi Suzuki of SCOT Theatre Company\, in Toga Mura\, Japan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, (she/her)\, MA\, is an award-winning writer\, director\, theatre and film-maker\, an interdisciplinary artist and one of Ireland’s most innovative arts and human rights artists creating work to promote the arts\, human rights\, climate justice\, gender equality\, diversity and peace.  \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and works  collaboratively with artists and over 50 organisations across Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Europe and internationally\, using the arts to promote rights and values for all.   Company patrons of Smashing Times are Sabina Coyne Higgins\, Senator Joan Freeman\, founder of Pieta House\, Ger Ryan\, actor and Tim Pat Coogan\, writer and historian. Founding patrons were writers Maeve Binchy and Brian Friel. \n\n\n\nMary’s work has won a number of awards including the Allianz Business to Arts Awards\, a GSK Ireland Impact Award\, a Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award\, a National Lottery Good Cause Award\, the international #ArtsAgainstCovid award\, an Arts Council Project Award and an Arts Council Agility Award. \n\n\n\nMary is Artistic Curator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival implemented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders in partnership with Amnesty International\, Fighting Words\, ICCL\,  NWCI\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, Trócaire and Poetry Ireland\, funded by The Arts Council. The aim of the festival is to showcase and highlight the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world\, past and present\, and the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today. \n\n\n\nMary’s artistic practice encompasses theatre\, film\, literature\, poetry\, and curatorship. Mary’s work focuses on primal\, visceral and intuitive responses to vulnerability and conflict and an exploration of self and the other. Her work explores an interconnectedness of the body\, voice and imagination\, revealing the inner life through physical and spiritual energies and intuitive engagements. Mary has a focus on using historical memory in her artistic practice as inspiration for the creation of original artworks across a range of mediums\, remembering stories of ordinary yet powerful women and men from history and today who stood up for the rights of others. \n\n\n\nAs a playwright\, Mary’s work includes the highly acclaimed The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII co-written with Paul Kennedy\, Fiona Thompson and Féilim James;  A Beauty that will Pass; Constance and Her Friends – selected by President Michael D. Higgins for performance at Áras an Uachtaráin for Culture Night 2016;  In One Breath from the award-winning Testimonies(co-written with Paul Kennedy); and Shadow of My Soul\, May Our Faces Haunt You and Silent Screams.  \n\n\n\nMary’s film work includes the hour-long documentary Stories from the Shadows\, the short film Tell Them Our Names\, inspired by women’s stories of WWII and selected for the London Eye International Film Festival and Kerry Film Festival\, the creative documentary Women in an Equal Europe and the short film Courageous Women inspired by powerful women’s stories from the 1916 to 1923 decade of commemorations period in Irish history.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFéilim James is an award-winning writer from Dublin\, Ireland. In 2020\, the Arts of Council of Ireland awarded Féilim a Literature Bursary Award to finish his debut novel\, Flower of Ash\, as well as a Professional Development Award. He received an Arts Bursary from Dublin City Arts Office in 2021 to finish his first poetry collection\, I was a river\, lost. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, and Icarus. His work through Irish\, under Féilim Ó Brádaigh\, has won seven Oireachtas na Gaeilge literary awards. His short fiction and poetry\, through English and Irish\, have appeared in a number of journals\, including The Fiction Pool\, The Galway Review\, Icarus\, and Comhar. A short film Féilim wrote\, titled The Big No\, produced by Smashing Times\, was shortlisted by the IndieX Film Festival\, and his play At Summer’s End has toured Ireland. \n\n\n\nIn The Big No\, a young man tells the story of his psychological unravelling and subsequent mental health crisis. Told in the form of a voiceover monologue accompanied by compelling imagery\, this poetic short film takes us on a journey of despair\, introspection\, and hope. As he battles against panic attacks and suicidal thoughts\, he is forced to face the ‘why’ of his problems head on\, learning some essential truths about himself and the world. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s play At Summer’s End has been on tour with Smashing Times as part of The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII.  At Summer’s End is based on the life-story of Ettie Steinberg\, an Irish woman who was murdered\, along with her family\, at Auschwitz. \n\n\n\nFéilim’s themes are wide-ranging\, and include identity\, mental illness\, guilt\, human animalism\, death\, and humankind’s relationship with nature. He is committed to maintaining an ever evolving and progressive approach to his work\, with each book both building on the last and differing in a vital way. In other words\, the aforementioned themes will change as time passes\, as will their stylistic rendering. ‘My inspirations are many and wide-ranging. To the fore are James Joyce\, Sylvia Plath\, John Banville\, Marilynne Robinson\, Ted Hughes\, TS Eliot\, Seán Ó Ríordáin\, and Radiohead’. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad McCoole is the author of many books including Hazel\, A Life of Lady Lavery (1996) and No Ordinary Women (1997) and Easter Widows\, the untold story of the wives of the executed leaders (2014) and Women 1916-Mná 2016 (2017). She is a member of the Government’s Expert Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries (2012-to date). She was Historical Advisor to the 2016 National Commemoration Programme\, Curator of Mná 1916. She has curated exhibitions on Irish history & art in both Ireland and the U.S. A Broadcaster and script writer her work includes Guns and Chiffon (2003) and A Father’s Letter part of the After ’16 Irish Film Board shorts commissioned for the centenary was based on her interviews with Fr. Joe Mallin (1913-2018). Her areas of expertise are Modern Irish History from the 1880 to the present\, Material culture\, museums\, the history of Irish women\, child prisoners\, Sir John and Lady Lavery. She is an expert in the area of women’s imprisonment 1916-1923. Her current area of interest is women in politics and public life 1918-2018. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeraldine is an actor\, director\, producer and writer originally from Armagh in Northern Ireland. She started training in acting in the Gaiety School of Acting in 2000 and later in Stanislavski at the Focus Theatre in Dublin. In 2012/13 Geraldine completed the full time Screen Acting Programme at The Factory (now Bow Street Academy) in Dublin where she trained with Lance Daly\, Kirsten Sheridan\, Shimmy Marcus\, Jim Sheridan\, Aisling Walsh\, Derbhla Walsh\, Frank Berry and Ian Power\, among others. \n\n\n\nHer film acting credits include Ordinary Love\, Black 47\, The Secret Scripture\, Dark Lies the Island\, Procession\, and Portrait of a Zombie. Geraldine’s performance in Portrait of a Zombie led to her being long listed for an IFTA for Best Actress in a leading role in a feature film in 2013. Geraldine’s TV Credits include Miss Scarlet and the Duke\, Blood\, Striking Out and Red Rock. Her stage performances include The 24 Hour Plays Dublin 2020 (Abbey Theatre)\, One Day by Dick Walsh as well as Dublin Fringe theatre shows A Remember to Breathe and Spoonfed (a long play improvisation)\, Philadelphia\, Here I come! and Beyond Therapy! \n\n\n\nGeraldine trained in directing with Kristian Marken and she subsequently became an associate director with The Focus theatre. Her stage directing credits include Play/Record – The Granby Transcripts\, (Players Theatre\, Trinity)\, My Name is Mary (Project Theatre)\, The Cripple of Inishmaan\, (Smock Alley) The New York Monologues (The International Bar\, Smock Alley\, The Electric Picnic\, the Bulmer’s Comedy Festival and The Focus Theatre)\, One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (The Factory)\, Orphans (The New Theatre).  Film directing credits include the short films Helmets and Thorny Ireland. \n\n\n\nGeraldine has trained in writing with Stephen Walsh (Filmbase) and Pat McCabe (The Factory) among others. Her tiny play Knowing was published and produced by Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland. She has also written several short films. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is one of two founding members of Alchemy 8 Productions which produces theatre and film with a particular focus on stories of the human heart in conflict with itself. Its theatre production Orphans by Lyle Kessler which Geraldine also directed was included in a round-up of best theatre performances in Ireland in 2015. \n\n\n\nGeraldine is fascinated by investigating themes of the human need for connection and community\, the importance of sense of place and roots and the presumptions and prejudices these can bring. This is reflected in much of her work involving large ensemble casts\, with a focus on developing well rounded\, interesting characters and their physical and emotional juxtaposition in relation to each other. \n\n\n\nShe is passionate about the arts’ ability to positively impact audiences in many far-reaching ways from providing much needed entertainment and escapism\, to being a salve for the soul\, a cathartic release and a means of encouraging and developing empathy. Geraldine believes in the power of humour to provoke an emotional shift. As a solicitor in her previous life\, Geraldine is passionate about justice and promoting Human Rights on an individual and collective basis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCiara Hayes is a graduate of UCC with an MA in Arts Management and Creative Producing. She also holds a teaching diploma from the London College of Music in Drama and Communication\, and a BA Joint Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies with German. She has a background in theatre and worked for several years as a drama teacher\, later becoming a teacher of social skills for children on the autism spectrum.  \n\n\n\nSince completing her Masters in 2020\, Ciara has worked as a producer and festival administrator for Half Moon Festival (Cork\, 2020) and festival coordinator for Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival (Dublin\, 2020 – present). She works at Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. \n\n\n\nProducing credits include: Half Moon Festival – multidisciplinary\, online arts festival (July 2020). Earthangel – online production of aural recording\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (November 2020). playing ‘The Maids’ – online sharing of recorded theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company (December 2020). Love and Information – online showing of filmed theatre performance\, MTU BA Theatre and Drama Studies (February 2021). Prometheus Now – online theatre performance\, Gaitkrash Theatre Company as part of Cork Midsummer Festival (June 2021). \n\n\n\nActing credits include: Liverpool\, Mint Productions (2019); Little Gem\, Dramat (2016)\, awarded Best Actress; The Circle Game\, BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2016); The Importance of Being Ernest\, Dramat (2015); Trojan Woman: A Love Story¸ BA Drama and Theatre Studies (2014); The Pearse Women\, Smashing Times (2022); The Plough and the Stars for Bloomsday\, Áras an Uachtaráin\, Smashing Times (2023). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Mc Loughlin-Gnemmi is a graduate of the Royal College of Music\, London where she received her B.Mus Hons degree. She is a lecturer in violin at the TU Dublin Conservatoire for Music and Drama. She gained her masters in performance at TU Dublin studying under Joanna Matkowska. She has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland under conductors Alexander Anissimov\, George Hurst and Gerhardt Markson. She also worked with Lyric Opera and The Irish Film Orchestra. She has regularly performed with the RTE Concert Orchestra. \n\n\n\nPerformances with the RTECO include a chamber music recital for the commemoration of the 1916 rising at The Irish Museum of Modern Art in the presence of An t-Uachtarán and with a group of members of the RTECO playing a new composition by Simon O’ Connor narrated by actress Olwen Fouéré. Other concerts included ‘Back to the Future’\, ‘The Godfather’ with film music by Nino Rota\, ‘The Music of John Williams’ film music and RTECO’s recording of the music of Steve Mc Keon for the film ‘Norm of the North’. \n\n\n\nLisa has performed at the Dublin Metropolis Festival\, RDS and at The Button Factory\, Temple Bar with DJ Kormac. Lisa has also toured France\, South Africa and the US as solo violinist with Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of the Dance’. Solo and chamber music recitals include DIT\, Trinity College Dublin\, The Goethe institute\, UCD and The John Field Room\, N.C.H. and The Galway Arts Festival. \n\n\n\nLisa recently performed at Dublin Castle for a production of ‘Constance and her Friends’ a play about Constance Markievicz and activists during the 1916 rising written by Mary Moynihan and performed by Smashing Times. Passionate about teaching as well as performing\, Lisa gives masterclasses\, prepares students for exams\, recitals and Feis Ceoil competitions. Lisa is married to oboist with the National Symphony Orchestra\, Sylvain Gnemmi. They have four children and live in Dublin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFile agus scríbhneoir do dhaoine óga í Áine Ní Ghlinn\, agus Laureate na nÓg 2020 – 2023.  \n\n\n\nTá 36 leabhar foilsithe aici\, idir fhilíocht\, dhrámaí\, úrscéalta agus scéalta do dhaoine óga. I measc na nduaiseanna atá buaite aici\, tá Gradam Reics Carló Leabhar na Bliana (2014\, 2016\, 2019 do na húrscéalta Daideo\, Hata Zú Mhamó & Boscadán)\, Gradam Ficsin\, Leabhair Pháistí Éireann & Gradam Leabhar na Bliana\, Cumann Litearthachta na hÉireann (Daideo\, 2015). Bronnadh Comhaltacht Patrick Kavanagh uirthi i 2019 agus tá go leor duaiseanna filíochta buaite aici ag Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí Lios Tuathail\, Féile Filíochta Bhéal na mBuillí agus Oireachtas na Gaeilge. \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a poet and children’s writer and is Laureate na nÓg\, 2020-2023. She has 36 books published. Awards include Gradam Reics Carló Children’s Book of the Year on three occasions\, LAI Book of the Year\, CBI Fiction Honour award\, Patrick Kavanagh Fellowship (2019) and a range of poetry awards (Oireachtas/ Listowel Writers’ Week/Strokestown Poetry Festival + others). \n\n\n\nÁine Ní Ghlinn is a lecturer\, journalist and writer. She has a BA (Irish and English) and a HDip in Education from University College\, Dublin\, a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism\, and an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She has written over thirty books – including four collections of poetry and an array of books for teenagers and young people. \n\n\n\nShe spent some years as a secondary-school teacher but resigned her position to become a journalist at RTÉ and Raidió na Gaeltachta. She worked on both current affairs and magazine programmes and the two she enjoyed most of all were the arts programmes\, Leabhragán and Ar an Ardán\, on Raidió na Gaeltachta. She also spent some time as a freelance journalist in London and in Ireland and she was frequently heard on It Says in the Papers on RTÉ Radio and on Raidió na Gaeltachta. \n\n\n\nShe left RTÉ to spent a few years lecturing at FIONTAR in Dublin City University. However\, she wanted to spend more time writing and later became a full-time writer; writing children’s books and scripts for Ros na Rún\, TG4. At present\, she shares her time between writing and lecturing at the Church of Ireland College of Education in Dublin and writing workshops in Irish-language secondary schools. \n\n\n\nShe has won many awards for her work. Céard tá sa bhosca? (An Gúm\, 2002) won the Gradam Chlann Lir in 2003. She won the Irish-language prize at the Strokestown poetry festival in 2003\, the Irish-language prize at the Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown poetry competition in 2003\, as well as the Foras na Gaeilge Award at Seachtain na Scríbhneoirí in Listowel in 2002. She was awarded an Oireachtas prizes for her books Fuadach (Cois Life\, 2005) Tromluí (Cois Life\, 2009) and Úbalonga (An Gúm\, 2009). Brionglóidí & aistir eile (Cló Mhaigh Eo\, 2008) was shortlisted for the Bisto prize and she won an IBBY award in 2010. In 2012\, she won an Oireachtas prize for her plays for children and her novel for teenagers\, Daideo (Cois Life\, 2014) was also awarded an Oireachtas prize in 2013. The same book was named Book of the Year for young people\, 2014\, Gradam Réics Carló. She was awarded Gradam Réics Carló again a couple of years later for her novel Hata zú Mhamó (Cois Life\, 2016). \n\n\n\nHer story ‘Boscadán’ was awarded top prize for children’s stories at Comórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2017\, and Cois Life published the subsequent book in 2019: Boscadán. LeabhairCOMHAR published in 2018 a collection (Fadó Riamh… Ag an Tús) which brings together stories from diverse cultures representing the rich tradition of mythology surrounding the creation of the world. \n\n\n\nNi Ghlinn was appointed Laureate na nÓg/Children’s Literature Laureate in May 2020. Laureate na nÓg is an honour which was established in 2010 to engage young people with high quality literature and to underline the importance of children’s literature in our cultural and imaginative lives. Her ambition as Laureate is to lift the cloak of invisibility from Irish language authors and books\, and to encourage children and young people to read for pleasure as Gaeilge. \n\n\n\n\n\nStates of Independence\n\n\n\nThis show is part of States of Independence\, a project that celebrates the stories of ten change-makers from the Decade of Centenaries 1912-1922 linked to the stories of ten change-makers today working to make society a better place. The twenty stories gathered act as inspiration for the creation of new artworks by ten artists\, working in visual art\, film\, dance\, theatre\, creative writing and digital arts. The artists come together to create a range of artworks and performances for public display in eight sites – both ancient and modern – across Ireland and for display via a creative billboards campaign and online on the Smashing Times Virtual Art Gallery. The stories\, artworks and performances are shared with public audiences to reflect on modern day revolutionary visions for the future inspired by the past\, launched for the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival 13 to 22 October 2023. The internationally acclaimed team of ten artists is led by Mary Moynihan\, an award-winning writer\, poet\, director\, theatre and filmmaker and Artistic Director\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, working with John Scott\, Artistic Director and Choreographer\, Irish Modern Dance Theatre\, and a range of artists working in literature\, visual arts\, theatre\, film and new digital technologies. \n\n\n\nThe team collaboratively create a series of interconnected artworks including a live multi-disciplinary performance\, visual art projections and a creative billboards campaign to be launched for the 2023 annual International Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival taking place from the 13 to 22 October 2023. Events are accompanied by panel discussions and public talks on new visions for a peaceful and equal society for all. \n\n\n\nEvents take place in Dublin\, Kerry\, Clare and Donegal with online work accessible across Ireland and internationally celebrating changemakers and heroes from the past and today\,  bringing people together to promote active citizenship\,  equality\, human rights and diversity and celebrating new visions for a peaceful and equal future for all. Events take place in a range of venues both ancient and modern including Office of Public Work spaces throughout Ireland. \n\n\n\nFor further information please contact Freda Manweiler\, producer\, telephone 087 2214245 or email freda@smashingtimes.ie \n\n\n\nSupported by The Arts Council Open Call as part of ART: 2023 a Decade of Centenaries Collaboration between The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism\, Culture\, Arts\, Gaeltacht\, Sport and Media. Supported by Creative Europe as part of the Theatre in Palm project. \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/tales-of-love-and-loss-4/ LOCATION:Pearse Museum\, Rathfarnham\, Co Dublin\, St Endas Park\, Grange Road\, Rathfarnham\, Dublin 16\, D16 Y7Y5\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Dublin,Music,Performance,Poetry,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/talesofloveandlost-4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR