BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Smashing Times - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261012T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261012T180000 DTSTAMP:20261005T162148Z CREATED:20260526T161923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T162148Z UID:10000689-1791817200-1791828000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Theatre for a Shared Humanity: Arts and Human Rights Participative Workshop DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nParticipants explore movement\, improvisation\, collaborative performance-making and socially engaged artistic methodologies while considering shared European values including human dignity\, gender equality\, human rights\, diversity\, democracy and peace. \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nFrederique Lecomte\, Artistic Director\, Theatre & Reconciliation \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nJoin us for a ‘One Night Stand’! This is an inspiring afternoon and evening of theatre\, creativity\, and dialogue with internationally acclaimed theatre-maker Frédérique Lecomte\, founder and Artistic Director of Théâtre & Réconciliation. This practical theatre workshop (3–6pm) that Frédérique Lecomte joyfully refers to as a ‘one night stand’ where theatre is made in a short space of time and where participants explore movement\, improvisation\, collaborative performance-making\, and socially engaged artistic methodologies in a supportive and accessible environment is open to women and female-identifying people only. \n\n\n\nThemes explored include the concept of a shared European identity and European values of human dignity\, gender equality\, human rights\, diversity\, democracy and peace.  The workshop culminates in a live improvised public performance (7.30–9.30pm)\, presented by the participants themselves and open to all audiences. The workshop is open to theatre and art students and practitioners\, youth and community groups\, members of civil society organisations and individual members of the public who are interested in discovering more about the work.  No prior experience is necessary. Active participation is required. Please wear practical clothing for participation in games and exercises. \n\n\n\nPresented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality as part of the 2026 Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival\, this unique event offers participants the opportunity to engage directly with one of Europe’s leading socially engaged theatre practitioners. Frédérique Lecomte is the founder and director of  Théâtre & Réconciliation\,  an award-winning Belgian theatre company dedicated to social engagement\, artistic innovation\, and community empowerment. Through original theatrical creation\, the company works with diverse communities in both conflict zones and peaceful settings\, using theatre as a powerful tool for dialogue\, transformation\, and shared humanity. \n\n\n\nThis is a rare opportunity to work closely with an internationally recognised artist while exploring themes of European identity and shared values\, including human rights\, gender equality\, diversity\, democracy\, and peace. \n\n\n\nThe improvised public performance is followed by a panel discussion and Q&A featuring Frédérique Lecomte of Théâtre & Réconciliation and Mary Moynihan of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. Together\, they will discuss the We Are Europe project\, Frédérique Lecomte’s award-winning artistic practice\, and the role of the arts in fostering inclusion\, reconciliation\, and social change across Europe. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented as part of WE ARE Europe\, a collaborative European initiative between Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland\, and Théâtre & Réconciliation\, Belgium\, supported by Erasmus+. The project promotes transnational collaboration\, shared creative methodologies\, and inclusive arts practice across Europe. \n\n\n\nThe event is also part of Erasmus Days\, an international six-day celebration of the Erasmus+ programme. Find out more here \n\n\n\nThéâtre & Réconciliation \n\n\n\nTheatre & Reconciliation is a Belgian non-profit organisation. Founded in 1994 by director Frédérique Lecomte\, it aims to perpetuate a particular dramatic practice that aims to work\, through theatre\, with marginalized or vulnerable populations. Rehearsals mix professional and amateur actors to create a joyful\, political and unbridled theatre that dares to say out loud what everyone thinks low\, that gives a voice to those who are deprived of it\, that transforms actors and spectators. The Theatre & Reconciliation method aims at the autonomy  of vulnerable people\, reconstruction\, conflict resolution and reconciliation.  The spectator receives the stories of people\, the little stories like the Great Story\, the show brings those who are far away close to us\, overcomes fears\, thwarts clichés and amuses himself with stereotypes. \n\n\n\n“I create on the difficulty to put together people who\, normally\, hate each other\, kill each other\, take revenge\, suspect each other\, consider each other as part of an inferior humanity. There\, I act\, I combine\, I mix; there\, I tip the limits of fear\, fear of the other\, fear of oneself.” \n\n\n\nExpertise: Through the presentation of performances of high artistic standards\, the organization impacts reflection and change on audience members. Theatre & Reconciliation has created productions with actors from vulnerable and marginalised communities including those from conflict zones\, diasporas\, prisoners\, torture victims\, drug addicts and asylum seekers\, using theatre as a means of reconciliation and giving confidence and a voice to those who have none. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrédérique LeComte 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. In these areas\, Frédérique creates a safe space where everyone is free to speak – victims of torture\, torturers\, people displaced and prisoners alike. She aims to use theatre to discuss issues such as justice\, trauma\, elections\, land and ethnic conflicts. In Belgium\, she works with prisoners\, psychiatric patients\, diasporas\, illegal migrants and asylum seekers. Frédérique also offers training and conferences about Theatre and Reconciliation for NGOs\, associations and individuals. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/theatre-for-a-shared-humanity-arts-and-human-rights/ LOCATION:Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1 CATEGORIES:Theatre,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/21-copy.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261011T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261011T180000 DTSTAMP:20260925T150217Z CREATED:20260917T115014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T150217Z UID:10000764-1791730800-1791741600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Workshop on Feminist Utopias – Imagining Alternative Futures DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nEkaterina Schalmann\, theatre artist\, drama teacher and researcher\, and Evdokia Romanova (aka Dunia)\, an intersectional Feminist\, Community Artist\, and Human Rights Activist invite participants to imagine alternative feminist futures centred on care\, solidarity\, equality\, ecological and social justice and collective liberation\, using creative practices to question existing systems and rehearse more just futures. Presented by FemLink\, a Queer\, Feminist\, Migrant Collective\, based in Vienna\, Austria \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets free\, but recommended donation of €15/€20 on the day \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nEkaterina Schalmann\, Theatre Artist\, Drama Teacher\, Researcher \n\n\n\nEvdokia Romanova (aka Dunia)\, Intersectional Feminist\, Community Artist\, and Human Rights Activist \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nIn a world marked by the rise of authoritarianism\, catastrophic climate change\, ongoing wars\, political violence\, and multiple intersecting crises\, it can become increasingly difficult to imagine a future beyond survival. We are constantly confronted with narratives of collapse\, uncertainty\, and fear. These realities can disconnect us from one another\, fragment our communities\, and make it difficult to believe that other ways of living are possible. Yet\, in moments of crisis\, the ability to imagine becomes a radical and necessary community practice. \n\n\n\nWhat if we allowed ourselves to dream? What might our futures look like if we placed care\, solidarity\, equality\, pleasure\, ecological and social justice\, and collective liberation at their centre? \n\n\n\nThe workshop Feminist Utopias places these questions at the forefront. Through applied theatre\, embodied practices\, and other interactive and creative formats\, participants are invited to step into alternative feminist futures and explore the worlds that could exist beyond the present. Rather than understanding utopia as a perfect or fixed destination\, we approach it as a creative process\, a time travel to explore a shared rehearsal for the possible. Feminist utopics offers permission to challenge what we have been taught to consider inevitable. They enable us to question dominant systems of power and to imagine societies organised around different values. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we will experiment with the so-called unrealistic realities\, magical characters\, queer relationships\, far away spaces\, and forms of collective life we are yet to discover. Through play and performance\, we will ask not only what kind of world do we want? But what would become possible if gendered hierarchies\, patriarchal structures\, racism\, exploitation\, and extractive relationships with the Earth no longer defined our everyday lives? The workshop is an invitation to reimagine\, rewrite\, and rehearse the contemporary world. It is a space for collective dreaming\, but also for critical reflection: to recognise that imagining another future is itself a political act. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to bring your experiences\, questions\, desires\, contradictions\, and wildest visions. Together\, we will create fragments of feminist futures and develop our own proposals for worlds that have not yet come into being. \n\n\n\nThe workshop promotes a human rights agenda by creating a participatory space to imagine societies grounded in equality\, dignity\, freedom\, care\, solidarity\, and collective liberation. The workshop also understands the right to participate\, to express oneself\, to be heard\, and to collectively shape visions of the future as essential dimensions of human rights. Its inclusive and creative methodology encourages participants to bring diverse experiences\, identities\, desires\, and perspectives into a shared process of reflection and dialogue. \n\n\n\nAll in all\, the workshop frames imagination as a form of civic and political participation: a way to challenge what is presented as inevitable and to rehearse more just\, inclusive\, feminist\, and sustainable futures. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented by FemLink Collective AT \n\n\n\nFemLink is a queer feminist migrant collective dedicated to challenging oppression and discrimination. We create inclusive\, horizontal spaces—virtual\, physical\, and public—where diverse identities come together to heal\, connect\, and foster solidarity.  Rooted in creativity and care\, we envision a future where queer\, feminist\, migrant\, and curious individuals can move from othering to belonging\, bridging communities and empowering each other to simply be. We are active in exploring the fields of collective care\, craftivism and feminist resistance. \n\n\n\nFemLink are a visiting collective attending the Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival 2026. They are based in Vienna\, Austria. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\nEkaterina Schalmann works at the intersection of art\, activism\, and community organising. Since 2020\, she is a participatory theater artist and co-directs the theater collective Resilient Revolt. At Theater of the Oppressed Vienna she works as a drama teacher in schools and as a researcher in applied theater projects. She studied political economy\, international relations and social ecology in Germany\, the UK and Austria. \n\n\n\nEvdokia Romanova (aka Dunia) is an intersectional feminist\, community artist\, and human rights activist. Her practice brings together artivism\, theatre\, collective care\, and social justice\, exploring how creative and participatory practices can become tools for resistance\, connection\, and social change. She has worked extensively on sexual and reproductive health and rights\, queer feminist resistance\, and the sustainability of radical activist communities. Her artistic practice is particularly rooted in theatre-based approaches. Dunia currently coordinates the Women in Development Europe network (WIDE Austria) and is a co-founder of the FemLink collective. \n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/workshop-on-feminist-utopias-2/ LOCATION:Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_9747-Fem-Link.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261010T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261010T140000 DTSTAMP:20260925T145035Z CREATED:20260831T141027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T145035Z UID:10000713-1791633600-1791640800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Songs of Empowerment Workshop by Fighting Words for Teenagers 13-17Songs of Empowerment DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nTeenagers will draw on protest-song traditions to create their own songs relevant to their generation. \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nAdmission free\, book here. \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nColm Quearney\, songwriter\, musician\, workshop facilitator\, Development and Outreach Officer with Fighting Words \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSongs of Empowerment is a workshop conducted by Colm Quearney\, a workshop facilitator and Development and Outreach Officer with Fighting Words. At this workshop\, participants have the opportunity to look at the history of songs that empower and will draw on these themes to create their own songs relevant to today’s generation. The workshop takes place on Saturday 10 October 2026  from 12 noon to 2pm  and is conducted onsite at Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street Dublin. \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. At this workshop\, teenagers will look at the history of protest songs\, and draw on these themes to create their own songs relevant to today’s (their) generation. No previous song writing experience is required. However\, feel free to bring along any instruments or lyrical ideas you might have. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented by Fighting Words \n\n\n\nFighting Words provides free programmes and mentoring in creative writing and related arts to as many children\, young adults and adults with additional needs as we can reach. Click on the link below to find out more about our people\, our mission and our policies.www.fightingwords.ie \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColm Quearney grew up in\, and still lives in\, Dublin. As a songwriter and musician Colm has released five original albums of music and has contributed to original albums with bands and artists including Lir\, Dragonfly DC\, Square Pegs\, Colm Mac Con Iomaire\, Pugwash\, Thomas Walsh\, The Pale and Bronagh Gallagher. \n\n\n\nAs a writer Colm has written a musical for teenagers that was produced twice by the Gaiety School of Acting. Composed and written a radio musical series for RTÉjr in 2024\, and written a play that was performed at The Gate Theatre\, Dublin 2025. \n\n\n\nBetween 2011 and 2018 Colm worked as head of the song writing department at BIMM Dublin (British & Irish Modern Music Institute). Colm now works for Fighting Words as Development and Outreach Officer. \n\n\n\nwww.colmquearney.com \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/songs-of-empowerment/ LOCATION:Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 WD53 CATEGORIES:Songwriting,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image_0-Colm-Quearney.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Fighting Words":MAILTO:info@fightingwords.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261009T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261009T153000 DTSTAMP:20260925T144913Z CREATED:20260916T114031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T144913Z UID:10000743-1791556200-1791559800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Art\, Voice and Human Rights Visual Art Workshop Programme with Hina Khan\, Visual Artist\, supporting Darndale Human Rights Day DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nThrough participatory art\, conversation and imagination\, participants explore artistic expression\, equality\, and human rights and create responses reflecting their experiences and perspectives. Presented by Smashing Times + Creative Places\, Darndale \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nSold Out \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nHina Khan\, Visual Artist \n\n\n\nFreda Manweiler\, Producer\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Producer and MC \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, Curator\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nArt\, Voice and Human Rights Creative Places Darndale Workshop Programme \n\n\n\nVisual artist Hina Khan works creatively with two community-based groups in Darndale – older adults from the Golden Years Senior Centre Programme and young people from the neuro-divergent group Lighting Up the Spectrum.   Each group takes part in participatory art sessions as participants  explore what artistic expression\, equality\, inclusion and human rights mean to them. \n\n\n\nUsing conversation\, imagination and visual art-making\, each group works alongside visual artist Hina Khan\, to develop ideas\, images and creative responses that reflect their experiences\, identities and perspectives. The process celebrates the right of everyone to participate in cultural and artistic life\, while creating space for voices that are often underrepresented. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and \n\n\n\nCreative Places Darndale. \n\n\n\nCreative Places Darndale is an arts award supported by the Arts Council. First awarded to the area of Darndale\, Belcamp\, Moatview\, Clonshaugh and Priorswood in June 2021\, the Arts Council’s Creative Places programme invests in places such as towns\, villages\, suburbs\, and island communities that have had fewer opportunities to take part in the arts. The arts in Ireland can be defined by its various art forms  i.e. Visual Art\, Music\, Dance\, Literature\, Film\, Theatre\, Opera\, Traditional Arts\, Architecture\, Circus and Street Arts and Spectacle. \n\n\n\nThe purpose of Creative Places Darndale is to promote arts participation in the areas outlined above\, support local creatives living in the area\, and embed socially engaged arts practice into the community. Over the course of the years\, Creative Places Darndale has been active building on the variety of art forms that are already present in the Dardale area; introducing the arts or different art forms where they are not present;  increasing participation in the arts by the people who live in this area and leaving a legacy of participation in the arts. \n\n\n\nCreative Places Darndale is run by Northside Partnership and Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and is supported by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council Arts Office.  \n\n\n\nGolden Years Senior Centre \n\n\n\nDarndale Belcamp Village Centre CLG offers a range of services to older people living in the areas of Dublin 17\, 5 and 13 through the Golden Years Senior Centre\, working closely with statutory agencies to ensure the services delivered are up to the highest possible standards for all members. Golden Years is a group  supporting independent\, secure social living for older people in the community. Golden Years provides members with: socialising opportunities\, exercise programmes\, meals\, alternative therapies and home/hospital visits through its Outreach Team. The group are based at the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre\, The Link Road\, Darndale\, Dublin 17. The telephone contact is 01-8771600 and email  is info@villagecentre.ie. The website is www.darndalebelcampvc.ie. New members are always welcome. \n\n\n\nLighting Up the Spectrum \n\n\n\nLighting Up the Spectrum is a group based in Dublin 17 for children with autism between the ages of 6-12. https://www.instagram.com/lighting_up_the_spectrum/ \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHina Khan is a Pakistani-Irish\, visual artist based in Kinsale\, County Cork. Hina’s grandparents migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition and then Hina migrated to Ireland\, arriving as a refugee and is now an Irish citizen.  Hina was born in born in Pakistan in 1980 and completed an MFA\, majoring in Miniature Painting from Pakistan. Hina’s work uses a mixture of traditional and innovative techniques in miniatures. Hina’s work portrays socio-political issues such as migration\, identity\, borders\, and humanitarian crises including prostitution\, gender discrimination\, gender restrictions\, trauma\, child abuse and killings. \n\n\n\nHina uses miniature in her work as the intricacy and delicacy of the brush work has a unique identity. Hina’s work began as a mixture of traditional and contemporary miniature and her practice has now expanded to include small and large-scale installation\, videos and 3D. \n\n\n\nAccording to Hina ‘My work is a constant search for the best way to interpret ideas and to express my own ideologies through symbolism.  I am creating a dialogue through my art. My art is a reflection of inner connection\, and how immigrants and nomadic artists are a part of this land. Migration is deeply rooted in my blood. I have carried two cultures\, one from where I was born and the other is this culture where I am trying to re-root myself. Sometimes a situation is not in our control\, but life always takes us on different voyages. This journey has built up a constant transition in my art\, personality\, and in terms of experimentation\, enabling me to evolve my artistic practice.’ \n\n\n\nHina has participated in a number of groups shows in Pakistan from 2002 to 2011. Hina came to Ireland in 2015 and participated in a number of exhibitions in Dublin\, Laois\, Mayo\, and Cork. Hina was awarded several residencies with Fire Station Arts Center\, Create Ireland\, West Cork Art Center and Cow House Studio and has displayed solo exhibitions at Ballina Art Center\, Mayo\, and Stradbally Art house\, Laois. \n\n\n\nHina’s art pieces are held in the permanent collection of The Arts Council of Ireland. She is the recipient of several awards from The Arts Council of Ireland\, Create Ireland\, and from different counties. She is the recipient of an R&D award from Create Ireland in collaboration with Tomasz Madajezak under the mentorship of Jesse Jones and is also collaborating with filmmaker David Bickley. Hina’s art pieces were commissioned for State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights (2022) and for States of Independence (2023). Both projects were presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and funded by The Arts Council. Hina says that ‘as an artist\,  I am inspired by Sadequain\, Michelangelo\, Picasso\, Frida Kahlo\, Shahzia Sikander and Anselm Kiefer.’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, MA\, she/her\, is an author of novels\, poetry\, films and plays\, from Dublin\, Ireland. Mary embarked upon her award-winning career as a writer in theatre and film and has garnered much acclaim for her plays\, poetry and short film scripts\, and for creating interdisciplinary artworks combining writing\, poetry and photography presented in galleries and online. She established and became Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and is Artistic Curator for the annual international Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFreda Manweiler 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\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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/art-voice-and-human-rights-visual-art-workshop-2/ LOCATION:Lighting Up the Spectrum\, Sports and Leisure Complex\, Darndale\, Belcamp Village Centre\,\, Priorswood\, Dublin 17\, DI7 H793 CATEGORIES:Visual Art,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hina.png ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261009T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20261009T130000 DTSTAMP:20260925T144848Z CREATED:20260916T113535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T144848Z UID:10000742-1791547200-1791550800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Art\, Voice and Human Rights Visual Art Workshop Programme with Hina Khan\, Visual Artist\, supporting Darndale Human Rights Day DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nThrough participatory art\, conversation and imagination\, participants explore artistic expression\, equality\, and human rights and create responses reflecting their experiences and perspectives. Presented by Smashing Times + Creative Places\, Darndale \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nSold Out \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nHina Khan\, Visual Artist \n\n\n\nFreda Manweiler\, Producer\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Producer and MC \n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, Curator\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nArt\, Voice and Human Rights Creative Places Darndale Workshop Programme \n\n\n\nVisual artist Hina Khan works creatively with two community-based groups in Darndale – older adults from the Golden Years Senior Centre Programme and young people from the neuro-divergent group Lighting Up the Spectrum.   Each group takes part in participatory art sessions as participants  explore what artistic expression\, equality\, inclusion and human rights mean to them. \n\n\n\nUsing conversation\, imagination and visual art-making\, each group works alongside visual artist Hina Khan\, to develop ideas\, images and creative responses that reflect their experiences\, identities and perspectives. The process celebrates the right of everyone to participate in cultural and artistic life\, while creating space for voices that are often underrepresented. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and \n\n\n\nCreative Places Darndale. \n\n\n\nCreative Places Darndale is an arts award supported by the Arts Council. First awarded to the area of Darndale\, Belcamp\, Moatview\, Clonshaugh and Priorswood in June 2021\, the Arts Council’s Creative Places programme invests in places such as towns\, villages\, suburbs\, and island communities that have had fewer opportunities to take part in the arts. The arts in Ireland can be defined by its various art forms  i.e. Visual Art\, Music\, Dance\, Literature\, Film\, Theatre\, Opera\, Traditional Arts\, Architecture\, Circus and Street Arts and Spectacle. \n\n\n\nThe purpose of Creative Places Darndale is to promote arts participation in the areas outlined above\, support local creatives living in the area\, and embed socially engaged arts practice into the community. Over the course of the years\, Creative Places Darndale has been active building on the variety of art forms that are already present in the Dardale area; introducing the arts or different art forms where they are not present;  increasing participation in the arts by the people who live in this area and leaving a legacy of participation in the arts. \n\n\n\nCreative Places Darndale is run by Northside Partnership and Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and is supported by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council Arts Office.  \n\n\n\nGolden Years Senior Centre \n\n\n\nDarndale Belcamp Village Centre CLG offers a range of services to older people living in the areas of Dublin 17\, 5 and 13 through the Golden Years Senior Centre\, working closely with statutory agencies to ensure the services delivered are up to the highest possible standards for all members. Golden Years is a group  supporting independent\, secure social living for older people in the community. Golden Years provides members with: socialising opportunities\, exercise programmes\, meals\, alternative therapies and home/hospital visits through its Outreach Team. The group are based at the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre\, The Link Road\, Darndale\, Dublin 17. The telephone contact is 01-8771600 and email  is info@villagecentre.ie. The website is www.darndalebelcampvc.ie. New members are always welcome. \n\n\n\nLighting Up the Spectrum \n\n\n\nLighting Up the Spectrum is a group based in Dublin 17 for children with autism between the ages of 6-12. https://www.instagram.com/lighting_up_the_spectrum/ \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHina Khan is a Pakistani-Irish\, visual artist based in Kinsale\, County Cork. Hina’s grandparents migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition and then Hina migrated to Ireland\, arriving as a refugee and is now an Irish citizen.  Hina was born in born in Pakistan in 1980 and completed an MFA\, majoring in Miniature Painting from Pakistan. Hina’s work uses a mixture of traditional and innovative techniques in miniatures. Hina’s work portrays socio-political issues such as migration\, identity\, borders\, and humanitarian crises including prostitution\, gender discrimination\, gender restrictions\, trauma\, child abuse and killings. \n\n\n\nHina uses miniature in her work as the intricacy and delicacy of the brush work has a unique identity. Hina’s work began as a mixture of traditional and contemporary miniature and her practice has now expanded to include small and large-scale installation\, videos and 3D. \n\n\n\nAccording to Hina ‘My work is a constant search for the best way to interpret ideas and to express my own ideologies through symbolism.  I am creating a dialogue through my art. My art is a reflection of inner connection\, and how immigrants and nomadic artists are a part of this land. Migration is deeply rooted in my blood. I have carried two cultures\, one from where I was born and the other is this culture where I am trying to re-root myself. Sometimes a situation is not in our control\, but life always takes us on different voyages. This journey has built up a constant transition in my art\, personality\, and in terms of experimentation\, enabling me to evolve my artistic practice.’ \n\n\n\nHina has participated in a number of groups shows in Pakistan from 2002 to 2011. Hina came to Ireland in 2015 and participated in a number of exhibitions in Dublin\, Laois\, Mayo\, and Cork. Hina was awarded several residencies with Fire Station Arts Center\, Create Ireland\, West Cork Art Center and Cow House Studio and has displayed solo exhibitions at Ballina Art Center\, Mayo\, and Stradbally Art house\, Laois. \n\n\n\nHina’s art pieces are held in the permanent collection of The Arts Council of Ireland. She is the recipient of several awards from The Arts Council of Ireland\, Create Ireland\, and from different counties. She is the recipient of an R&D award from Create Ireland in collaboration with Tomasz Madajezak under the mentorship of Jesse Jones and is also collaborating with filmmaker David Bickley. Hina’s art pieces were commissioned for State of the Art: The Nation State as both Violator and Protector of Human Rights (2022) and for States of Independence (2023). Both projects were presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and funded by The Arts Council. Hina says that ‘as an artist\,  I am inspired by Sadequain\, Michelangelo\, Picasso\, Frida Kahlo\, Shahzia Sikander and Anselm Kiefer.’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, MA\, she/her\, is an author of novels\, poetry\, films and plays\, from Dublin\, Ireland. Mary embarked upon her award-winning career as a writer in theatre and film and has garnered much acclaim for her plays\, poetry and short film scripts\, and for creating interdisciplinary artworks combining writing\, poetry and photography presented in galleries and online. She established and became Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and is Artistic Curator for the annual international Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFreda Manweiler 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\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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/art-voice-and-human-rights-visual-art-workshop/ LOCATION:Darndale Belcamp Village Centre\, The Link Road\, Darndale\, Dublin CATEGORIES:Visual Art,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Hina.png ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260925T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260925T190000 DTSTAMP:20260925T144542Z CREATED:20260917T135900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T144542Z UID:10000765-1790344800-1790362800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nAs part of the Palestinian Cultural Days Dublin three-day festival\, acclaimed Palestinian artist\, rapper\, actor and screenwriter Tamer Nafar will perform live and take part in a discussion and Q&A with Irish-Palestinian singer and songwriter Róisín El Cherif. Nafar\, a founding member of DAM\, the first Palestinian hip-hop group\, is known for work exploring identity\, culture and social issues. The evening combines live music\, conversation and cultural exchange and is presented as part of Min Al Mai Lal Mai | From Water to Water. A key event is a talk by British-Palestinian writer and lawyer Dr Selma Dabbagh\, author of Out of It\, moderated by Dr Rita Sakr\, Saturday 26 September\, 2pm\, The Digital Hub. \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nBook here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nTamer Nafar\, Palestinian rapper\, actor\, screenwriterDr. Selma Dabbagh\, British-Palestinian writer and lawyer.Dr. Rita Sakr\, Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures\, Maynooth UniversityDr. Ahmed Mokhallalati\, Former Head of the Plastic Surgery Department at Al Shifa HospitalDr. Eman Abboud\, Lecturer\, Trinity College DublinLeen Marrouf\, Palestinian singerAziz Abushark\, Palestinian/Irish musicianAlaa Al Qaisi\, Palestinian translator\, writer\, and researcher \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nPalestinian Cultural Days Dublin (PCD) is excited to announce its second annual cultural festival\, under the theme “Min El Mai Lal Mai” – From Water to Water. We look forward to welcoming you to Palestinian Cultural Days Dublin 2026 and sharing three days of Palestinian culture\, art\, music\, food\, literature\, education and community. \n\n\n\n\n\nFestival Schedule\n\n\n\nFriday September 25 — Opening Day \n\n\n\nThe festival opening begins at 5pm\, featuring: \n\n\n\n“Min El Mai Lal Mai” Exhibition \n\n\n\nFood by Yaffa Cafe \n\n\n\nLive Screen Printing by Dublin Print Collective \n\n\n\nMusic featuring singing by Leen Marrouf and qanun by Aziz Abushark \n\n\n\nPoetry reading by Alaa Al Qaisi \n\n\n\nAnimated Palestine films \n\n\n\nSaturday September 26 — Educational & Dabkeh Workshops \n\n\n\n2pm — Dr. Selma DabbaghOut of It\, moderated by Dr. Rita Sakr \n\n\n\n3.30pm — Dr. Ahmed MokhallalatiFormer Head of the Plastic Surgery Department at Al Shifa HospitalHealing Under Fire: When Medicine Becomes the Target \n\n\n\n5.30pm — Dr. Eman AbboudFractured Geographies: Palestine’s Divided Realities \n\n\n\n7pm — Dabkeh WorkshopLimited places available. Please email pcddublin@gmail.com to reserve your spot. \n\n\n\nSunday September 27 — Tatreez Workshop \n\n\n\n1pm — Tatreez Workshop \n\n\n\nLimited places available. Please email pcddublin@gmail.com to reserve your spot. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented by Palestinian Cultural Days Dublin (PCD). \n\n\n\nPalestinian Cultural Days Dublin \n\n\n\nPalestinian Culture Days Dublin (PCD.Dublin) is a dynamic initiative founded by a collective of activists\, artists\, and intellectuals from both Palestinian and Irish communities. Our mission is to foster cultural exchange\, understanding\, and collaboration between Palestine and Ireland through diverse artistic and cultural disciplines. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/min-el-mai-lal-mai-from-water-to-water/ LOCATION:Digital Days at the Digital Hub\, Thomas Street - Roe Lane\, Dublin 8\, D08 TCV4 CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Music,Poetry,Talk,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-17-145658.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260606T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260606T160000 DTSTAMP:20260529T105024Z CREATED:20260514T135034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T105024Z UID:10000687-1780754400-1780761600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Tintreach Creative Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \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\nEnjoy a Tintreach Creative Writing Workshop conducted to support and facilitate collaboration between artists\, creative practitioners and local communities in Uíbh Ráthach\, fostering a vibrant cultural hub. The Tintreach Creative Writing Workshop takes place at The Barracks Heritage Centre\, Cahersiveen\, Saturday 6 June 2026\, 2-4pm and explores writing skills\, sparks creativity and builds creative connections\, listening to what artists want as well as offering information  on the forthcoming open submission call for Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal.  Edition VII of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal is a special bi-lingual edition featuring  the work of six artists from Uíbh Ráthach\, the Iveragh Peninsula\, County Kerry.  This special edition of Tintreach\, edited by writer Féilim James\, celebrates artistic practice\, the Irish language\, and community engagement\, with a focus on art\, place\, community\, the Irish language\,  nature and belonging.Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal will be published at a public launch on 18 July 2026\, at The Barracks Heritage Centre\, Cahersiveen as part of the Kerry Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\nSubmissions open until Sunday\, 14 June 2026\, details here \n\n\n\n\n\nCreative Connections\n\n\n\nImplemented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality in partnership with The Barracks Heritage Centre\, Cahersiveen\, and ACARD Community Development Limited\, Cahersiveen. Supported by Cumas Ceantar  Creative Places Uíbh Ráthaigh\, The Arts Council and the the Ciste Beag Ealaíon – Micro Arts Fund 2026\, Kerry County Council\, and Failte Ireland. Key artists and creatives include Féilim James (Editor and Writer)\, Mary Moynihan (Writer\, Poet and Visual Artist)\, Freda Manweiler (Producer)\, and Ciara Hayes (Producer). \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/tintreach-creative-writing-workshop/ LOCATION:Old Barracks Heritage Centre\, Cahersiveen\, Co Kerry\, Cahersiveen\, Kerry\, V23VR62\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Creative-Writing-Workshop.png ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260526T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260528T140000 DTSTAMP:20260514T112051Z CREATED:20260508T104144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T112051Z UID:10000685-1779787800-1779976800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Belonging: Three-Day Creative Arts Workshop DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nSmashing Times never want ticket price to be a barrier to participation. Email admin@smashingtimes.ie to book a free place. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, award-winning author of novels\, poetry\, films and plays\, and a creator of art and photography \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nEnjoy a three-day Creative Arts Workshop to meet with other women; to explore themes of nature\, belonging and a shared European identity and to take part in an open ‘Poetry Day’ at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland. The workshop runs on Tuesday 26 May\, 9.30-12.30\, Wednesday 27 May 11-2pm and Thursday 28 May 11-2pm (3 hours per day)\, with the third day presented as an Open Poetry Session and Artist talk titled Belonging and open to the public.  \n\n\n\nGuided by methods and artworks on display from Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Dublin\, Ireland and Théâtre & Réconciliation\, Brussels\, Belgium\, participants share reflections on identity\, migration and belonging\, engage in poetical expression in celebration of Poetry Day Ireland\, and create a space for shared experiences and diverse voices to connect. On days one and two\, the workshop involves drama games and exercises\, discussion and chat. Wear practical clothing for active participation. No experience necessary.  On the third and final day\, we present Belonging\, an open session of poetry readings and artist talk by Mary Moynihan\, for the Poetry Day Ireland celebrations.   Workshop participants attend the open poetry event and can become involved as a ‘Welcome Guide’ inviting people into the space or can read a poem (to be confirmed as part of the workshop process) or simply attend and enjoy the celebrations. See further details on the public event below. \n\n\n\nAs part of the workshop participants have the opportunity to meet with international theatre and arts practitioner Frédérique Lecomte\, founder\, CEO and artistic director of Théâtre et Réconciliation located in Brussels\, Belgium. Frédérique is an award-winning internationally recognised artist and creator who has developed her own theatrical techniques for over 40 years. She has worked with vulnerable populations both in conflict zones (the Great Lakes region of Africa) and in Belgium. Her Théâtre et Réconciliation method\, named after the theatre company\, she founded\, brings together creative and methodological tools for developing theatrical productions quickly\, enabling her to achieve results in a short space of time\, thanks in particular to her unique technique of live staging. For her work\, she received the 2018 Woman of Peace Award in Belgium. Frédérique Lecomte has given numerous training courses\, masterclasses and lectures at universities across Europe and around the world. \n\n\n\nThe three-day workshop is facilitated by artist Mary Moynihan\, a writer\, poet and creator of art and photography. Mary is a professional artist and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Artistic Curator for the annual international Irish Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\nPresented as part of the European project WE AREurope\, exploring shared European values of human dignity\, freedom\, democracy\, equality\, diversity\, human rights\, gender equality\, and peace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Moynihan\, MA\, she/her\, is an award-winning author of novels\, poetry\, films and plays\, and a creator of art and photography. Mary is from Dublin\, Ireland. Mary embarked upon her award-winning career as a writer in theatre and film and has garnered much acclaim for her plays\, poetry and short film scripts\, and for creating interdisciplinary artworks combining writing and photography presented in galleries and online. She established and became Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and is Artistic Curator for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. Mary has an honours BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an honours Masters in Film Production from TU Dublin. \n\n\n\nAfter raising four children\, now adults\, Mary dedicated her time to writing and creating art and photography. She writes fiction for young people and adults featuring stories of courage\, laughter\, tragedy\, happiness\, love\, death and action-packed adventures. Mary is the author of a young adult fantasy novel Amergin and the Warriors of Zen. In her adult fiction\, Mary’s characters are clever\, fearless\, vulnerable\, crazy\, strong\, and dangerous\, looking for love\, fun\, success and happiness. Her work promises enthralling plots\, dramatic lives\, lots of laughs\, serious flirting and sexual intrigue and insights into love\, happiness\, creativity and meaning in life. \n\n\n\nMary pens a series of articles titled Creative Reflections on Arts\, Creativity\, Leadership and Self-Esteem which appear in the Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality newsletter and on Mary’s website marymoynihan.ie \n\n\n\nMary is an interdisciplinary artist and  regularly creates artworks that fuse photographic imagery\, poetical texts and film\, many of which are inspired by landscapes and seascapes especially of the seas and oceans around Ireland. In her free time Mary loves to spend time with her four adult children and hang out with friends.  She swims in the sea all year round. She loves the ocean\, sky and moon and has a spiritual connection to the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea\, to the environs of Dublin bay and to the mystical landscapes of Valentia Island and the surrounding Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry\, her spiritual home. She is a big fan of the Dublin Gaelic football and hurling teams. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nWE AREurope: Theatre\, Identity and European Values\n\n\n\nThe WE AREurope – Women Empowering\, Allying\, and Reinventing Europe on Stage project – funded by Erasmus+\, is a collaborative initiative between Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Dublin\, Ireland and Théâtre & Réconciliation\, Brussels\, Belgium that uses theatre and creative arts to support the inclusion and empowerment of women from migrant communities across Europe. The project raises awareness of shared European values\, identifies recommendations and modes of action to facilitate the inclusion of women from migrant and ethnic minority communities in Europe\, and promotes learning opportunities for all citizens and generations through creativity\, the arts and culture. Read more about the project here. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/belonging-three-day-creative-arts-workshop-2/ LOCATION:Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Visual Art Gallery and Centre for the Arts and Human Rights\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Dublin A96V9P1\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1 CATEGORIES:Multidisciplinary,Poetry,Theatre,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/weareeurope-feat.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251025T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251025T170000 DTSTAMP:20250926T104317Z CREATED:20250912T114247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T104317Z UID:10000626-1761379200-1761411600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Crafting Stories Together – Creative Multilingual workshops for families with children 3 to 6 years old DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\n \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nFree admission\, book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMargot A. Jones\, puppeteer\, performer and facilitator \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nCan you whisper\, rustle\, or growl? How about colour\, create\, and stick things together? If so\, this workshop is for you! Discover the magic of storytelling\, bring the story to life with sound and movement and craft your own imaginative art to take home. Perfect for kids and grown-ups who love to get creative and have fun! In these series each session is different but connected to an overall theme. Come to as many workshops as you like! \n\n\n\nLanguage: English + Irish + Bring your own! While the workshops will be guided in English\, we encourage families to embrace their home languages. This fosters meaningful connections between parents and children\, creating a truly inclusive environment. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers workshops promote a human rights agenda by creating inclusive\, accessible artistic spaces that respect and celebrate every child’s right to participate in cultural life\, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 12). The programme empowers children and families to express their linguistic and cultural identities\, fostering pride in their mother tongues and ensuring that minority and migrant voices are heard and valued. \n\n\n\nBy actively engaging parents and children from diverse backgrounds\, including those living in Direct Provision and socio-economically disadvantaged areas\, the workshops address the right to equality\, cultural participation\, and freedom of expression. The methodology places the child’s voice at the centre\, ensuring they are not only participants but active co-creators\, aligning with a rights-based approach to arts education and community engagement. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers is Mother Tongues’ award-winning programme\, designed for children aged 3 to 6 and their families.Facilitated by our specially trained multilingual artists\, the workshops provide a welcoming space for families from all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. \n\n\n\nEach workshop is an invitation to connect with your family language(s)\, through storytelling\, play\, visual arts\, music and movement. \n\n\n\nOur artists create a space full of imagination and creativity\, in which speaking and listening to languages is fun and something to be proud of. Families come together in high-quality artistic activities while sharing and exploring the diversity of languages in the room – an experience equally inspiring for multilingual families as for those who are curious about other languages and cultures. Workshops are delivered in English\, but families are warmly encouraged to bring any and all languages they speak. Whether your child is fluent\, just learning\, non-speaking\, or uses a different way to communicate\, this space is for you. \n\n\n\nMother Tongues\, established in 2017\, is a leading organisation working at the intersection of the arts\, language and cultural diversity in Ireland. Its mission is to unlock the creative potential of multilingualism through high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences that promote social cohesion\, celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity and foster a sense of belonging for children\, families and communities. Since 2022\, our Language Explorers programme has engaged 18 plurilingual artists and reached over 2\,500 children and parents. By facilitating high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences\, we nurture children’s creativity and language skills\, strengthen family bonds and enhance community wellbeing. \n  \n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargot A. Jones is a puppeteer\, performer and facilitator living in Co\, Wicklow.Born and schooled in Tyrone\, she initially trained in in Ireland\, the USA and Vietnam\, where she earned a PhD in traditional puppetry. During this time she was influenced by Grotowski and Boal and by work at Peter Schumann’s Bread and Puppet Theatre. On her return to Ireland she worked with various companies including Puca Puppets\, and toured to various venues with Irish language work for young audiences. \n\n\n\nAn insatiable curiosity has led her to extend her work into such areas as early years development\, therapeutic theatre\, visual arts practice and community gardening. She is fascinated by differences in perception and experience. Working in communities\, hospitals\, care settings\, museums and schools she pursues this interest through specific facilitative work. \n\n\n\nMargot’s recent work includes: shadow-puppet performance of Gilgamesh (Cashel Arts Festival 2004)\, studio artist at Signal Arts Centre (2023)\, puppetry workshops (Lexicon 2024)\, language explorers workshops (Mother Tongues 2024)\, Shared Island-Civic Society Cross Border Arts Project (2024-25)\, participative research in elder care settings (Age and Opportunity 2024-25). She is currently devising a new performance piece which incorporates traditional Irish ballads and aspects of puppetry. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/crafting-stories-together-creative-multilingual-workshops-for-families-with-children-3-to-6-years-old-4/2025-10-25/ LOCATION:Rua Red\, South Dublin Arts Centre\, County Hall\, Belgard Square North\, Dublin 24\, D24 KV8N\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_418598099_202126013769_1_original.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251018T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251018T153000 DTSTAMP:20250926T104159Z CREATED:20250912T122102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T104159Z UID:10000637-1760797800-1760801400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Language Explorers - Out of this world Workshops for parents and their children ages 3 to 6 DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\n \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nFree Admission\, book here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/language-explorers-out-of-this-world-tickets-1535865177089 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nPaola Invernizzi\, visual artist \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nReady for liftoff? Join us with Paola Invernizzi on a magical journey through space and imagination in our Out of This World workshops! Designed for curious young explorers\, these sessions blend storytelling\, art and multilingual play into an unforgettable adventure. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we will travel from the shimmering Moon to the twinkling Stars\, past distant Planets\, and back to our very own Planet Earth\, discovering what makes it so unique. But the most important destination? The universe inside ourselves. Embark on a journey where every child is a star. Each session is different but connected to an overall theme. Come to as many workshops as you like! \n\n\n\nMother Tongues’ Language Explorer workshops provide a unique creative experience for parents and their children based on storytelling\, play\, visual arts and music. While the workshops will be guided in English\, we encourage families to embrace their home languages.  This fosters meaningful connections between parents and children\, creating a truly inclusive environment. Meet and connect with other like-minded families and share your language journey! \n\n\n\nWorkshops are free of charge\, but booking is required as there is limited capacity. When you reserve a child ticket\, the accompanying adult is automatically included. If you can’t make the event\, please email us at hanna@mothertongues.ie so some other family can benefit from attending the workshop. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers workshops promote a human rights agenda by creating inclusive\, accessible artistic spaces that respect and celebrate every child’s right to participate in cultural life\, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 12). The programme empowers children and families to express their linguistic and cultural identities\, fostering pride in their mother tongues and ensuring that minority and migrant voices are heard and valued. \n\n\n\nBy actively engaging parents and children from diverse backgrounds\, including those living in Direct Provision and socio-economically disadvantaged areas\, the workshops address the right to equality\, cultural participation\, and freedom of expression. The methodology places the child’s voice at the centre\, ensuring they are not only participants but active co-creators\, aligning with a rights-based approach to arts education and community engagement. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers is Mother Tongues’ award-winning programme\, designed for children aged 3 to 6 and their families. Facilitated by our specially trained multilingual artists\, the workshops provide a welcoming space for families from all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Each workshop is an invitation to connect with your family language(s)\, through storytelling\, play\, visual arts\, music and movement.Our artists create a space full of imagination and creativity\, in which speaking and listening to languages is fun and something to be proud of. Families come together in high-quality artistic activities while sharing and exploring the diversity of languages in the room – an experience equally inspiring for multilingual families as for those who are curious about other languages and cultures. Workshops are delivered in English\, but families are warmly encouraged to bring any and all languages they speak. Whether your child is fluent\, just learning\, non-speaking\, or uses a different way to communicate\, this space is for you. \n\n\n\nMother Tongues\, established in 2017\, is a leading organisation working at the intersection of the arts\, language and cultural diversity in Ireland. Its mission is to unlock the creative potential of multilingualism through high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences that promote social cohesion\, celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity and foster a sense of belonging for children\, families and communities. \n\n\n\nSince 2022\, our Language Explorers programme has engaged 18 plurilingual artists and reached over 2\,500 children and parents. By facilitating high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences\, we nurture children’s creativity and language skills\, strengthen family bonds and enhance community wellbeing. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaola Invernizzi is an Italian visual artist based in Dublin. Having completed her studies in Arts and Health at the Brera Academy of Art in Milan\, she has gained diverse experience in both health and educational contexts. Through this journey\, she has come to recognize the potential of art in promoting well-being. \n\n\n\nEmbracing a phenomenological approach and employing a variety of techniques\, Invernizzi facilitates the inner connection between individuals and different art forms. Her primary goal is to extend this connection to the broader community\, thereby enhancing the sense of belonging. Since 2018\, she has been working in Ireland\, undertaking tailored initiatives that respond to community needs\, with a particular focus on arts and health\, arts in education\, and arts in early childhood.In 2020\, Invernizzi was awarded the Professional Development Award by the Arts Council of Ireland\, and in 2021\, she received the Agility Award in arts participation. \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Invernizzi is actively involved in residencies at primary and secondary schools\, while also expanding her knowledge and skills in early childhood education through experiences in school settings and collaborations with Mother Tongues. \n\n\n\nIn the field of Arts and Health\, she has begun a collaboration with Waterford Healing Arts\, focusing on the psychiatric department. She is also an artist in residence at Tallaght University Hospital and has recently joined the panel of Helium Arts. \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\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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/language-explorers-out-of-this-world-workshops-for-parents-and-their-children-ages-3-to-6/2025-10-18/ LOCATION:Clondalkin Library\, Clondalkin Library\, Monastery Road\, Clondalkin\, Dublin\, Leinster\, D22 XPO3\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mothertonguesoutofthiswrold.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251018T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251018T170000 DTSTAMP:20250926T104317Z CREATED:20250912T114247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T104317Z UID:10000625-1760774400-1760806800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Crafting Stories Together – Creative Multilingual workshops for families with children 3 to 6 years old DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\n \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nFree admission\, book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMargot A. Jones\, puppeteer\, performer and facilitator \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nCan you whisper\, rustle\, or growl? How about colour\, create\, and stick things together? If so\, this workshop is for you! Discover the magic of storytelling\, bring the story to life with sound and movement and craft your own imaginative art to take home. Perfect for kids and grown-ups who love to get creative and have fun! In these series each session is different but connected to an overall theme. Come to as many workshops as you like! \n\n\n\nLanguage: English + Irish + Bring your own! While the workshops will be guided in English\, we encourage families to embrace their home languages. This fosters meaningful connections between parents and children\, creating a truly inclusive environment. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers workshops promote a human rights agenda by creating inclusive\, accessible artistic spaces that respect and celebrate every child’s right to participate in cultural life\, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 12). The programme empowers children and families to express their linguistic and cultural identities\, fostering pride in their mother tongues and ensuring that minority and migrant voices are heard and valued. \n\n\n\nBy actively engaging parents and children from diverse backgrounds\, including those living in Direct Provision and socio-economically disadvantaged areas\, the workshops address the right to equality\, cultural participation\, and freedom of expression. The methodology places the child’s voice at the centre\, ensuring they are not only participants but active co-creators\, aligning with a rights-based approach to arts education and community engagement. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers is Mother Tongues’ award-winning programme\, designed for children aged 3 to 6 and their families.Facilitated by our specially trained multilingual artists\, the workshops provide a welcoming space for families from all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. \n\n\n\nEach workshop is an invitation to connect with your family language(s)\, through storytelling\, play\, visual arts\, music and movement. \n\n\n\nOur artists create a space full of imagination and creativity\, in which speaking and listening to languages is fun and something to be proud of. Families come together in high-quality artistic activities while sharing and exploring the diversity of languages in the room – an experience equally inspiring for multilingual families as for those who are curious about other languages and cultures. Workshops are delivered in English\, but families are warmly encouraged to bring any and all languages they speak. Whether your child is fluent\, just learning\, non-speaking\, or uses a different way to communicate\, this space is for you. \n\n\n\nMother Tongues\, established in 2017\, is a leading organisation working at the intersection of the arts\, language and cultural diversity in Ireland. Its mission is to unlock the creative potential of multilingualism through high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences that promote social cohesion\, celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity and foster a sense of belonging for children\, families and communities. Since 2022\, our Language Explorers programme has engaged 18 plurilingual artists and reached over 2\,500 children and parents. By facilitating high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences\, we nurture children’s creativity and language skills\, strengthen family bonds and enhance community wellbeing. \n  \n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargot A. Jones is a puppeteer\, performer and facilitator living in Co\, Wicklow.Born and schooled in Tyrone\, she initially trained in in Ireland\, the USA and Vietnam\, where she earned a PhD in traditional puppetry. During this time she was influenced by Grotowski and Boal and by work at Peter Schumann’s Bread and Puppet Theatre. On her return to Ireland she worked with various companies including Puca Puppets\, and toured to various venues with Irish language work for young audiences. \n\n\n\nAn insatiable curiosity has led her to extend her work into such areas as early years development\, therapeutic theatre\, visual arts practice and community gardening. She is fascinated by differences in perception and experience. Working in communities\, hospitals\, care settings\, museums and schools she pursues this interest through specific facilitative work. \n\n\n\nMargot’s recent work includes: shadow-puppet performance of Gilgamesh (Cashel Arts Festival 2004)\, studio artist at Signal Arts Centre (2023)\, puppetry workshops (Lexicon 2024)\, language explorers workshops (Mother Tongues 2024)\, Shared Island-Civic Society Cross Border Arts Project (2024-25)\, participative research in elder care settings (Age and Opportunity 2024-25). She is currently devising a new performance piece which incorporates traditional Irish ballads and aspects of puppetry. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/crafting-stories-together-creative-multilingual-workshops-for-families-with-children-3-to-6-years-old-4/2025-10-18/ LOCATION:Rua Red\, South Dublin Arts Centre\, County Hall\, Belgard Square North\, Dublin 24\, D24 KV8N\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_418598099_202126013769_1_original.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251016T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251016T153000 DTSTAMP:20250926T104612Z CREATED:20250912T123211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T104612Z UID:10000639-1760625000-1760628600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Language Explorers - Make it and Play! Creative Multilingual workshop for families with children 3 to 6 years old DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\n \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nFree admission\, book here https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/language-explorers-make-it-and-play-tickets-1537057322829 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nFernanda Ferrari\, multidisciplinary artist and workshop facilitator \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nCraft vintage toys with Fernanda Ferrari in our Language Explorers workshops! Unleash creativity using simple everyday materials\, make friends from all over the world\, and create a special bond with your child through the magic of art-making. Each session is different but connected to an overall theme. Come to as many workshops as you like! \n\n\n\nMother Tongues’ Language Explorer workshops provide a unique creative experience for parents and their children based on storytelling\, play\, visual arts and music. While the workshops will be guided in English\, we encourage families to embrace their home languages.  This fosters meaningful connections between parents and children\, creating a truly inclusive environment. Meet and connect with other like-minded families and share your language journey! \n\n\n\nWorkshops are free of charge\, but booking is required as there is limited capacity. When you reserve a child ticket\, the accompanying adult is automatically included. If you can’t make the event\, please email us at hanna@mothertongues.ie so some other family can benefit from attending the workshop. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers workshops promote a human rights agenda by creating inclusive\, accessible artistic spaces that respect and celebrate every child’s right to participate in cultural life\, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 12). The programme empowers children and families to express their linguistic and cultural identities\, fostering pride in their mother tongues and ensuring that minority and migrant voices are heard and valued. \n\n\n\nBy actively engaging parents and children from diverse backgrounds\, including those living in Direct Provision and socio-economically disadvantaged areas\, the workshops address the right to equality\, cultural participation\, and freedom of expression. The methodology places the child’s voice at the centre\, ensuring they are not only participants but active co-creators\, aligning with a rights-based approach to arts education and community engagement. \n\n\n\nMother Tongues\, established in 2017\, is a leading organisation working at the intersection of the arts\, language and cultural diversity in Ireland. Its mission is to unlock the creative potential of multilingualism through high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences that promote social cohesion\, celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity and foster a sense of belonging for children\, families and communities. \n\n\n\nSince 2022\, our Language Explorers programme has engaged 18 plurilingual artists and reached over 2\,500 children and parents. By facilitating high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences\, we nurture children’s creativity and language skills\, strengthen family bonds and enhance community wellbeing. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFernanda Ferrari is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist with a 25-year career spanning performance\, puppetry\, filmmaking\, and beyond. Her artistic journey began in Brazil after graduating with an Honors Degree in Performance Arts from Unicamp\, a leading Brazilian university. As a performer\, Fernanda collaborated with renowned companies like Boa Companhia and MídiaKa\, working alongside visionary directors such as Verônica Fabrini and Renato Cohen. Her work has been showcased internationally\, with performances in Havana (Cuba)\, Seattle (USA)\, and London (UK). \n\n\n\nA champion of social transformation through the arts\, Fernanda has designed and led numerous initiatives that blend education and creativity. She founded AMORA\, a production company that produced cultural events and educational projects for governments and corporations. \n\n\n\nFor eight years\, Fernanda collaborated with SESC\, the largest art/social Brazilian organization. Through theatrical performances and media\, she developed and performed educational work focused on informing the public and providing solutions to issues related to health\, the environment\, well-being\, and accessibility. Her collaboration with the Young Vic Theatre and People’s Palace Projects on the “Amazônia” project in Acre\, Brazil\, addressed deforestation and climate change. This project involved cultural workshops and culminated in the impactful documentary “Dancers of the Forest.” In 2012\, Fernanda collaborated with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry and the United Nations in the coordination of the International Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. \n\n\n\nAlongside her artistic career\, Fernanda spent 15 years in the film industry\, working as a producer and director. Her passion for creating stop-motion animation for educational projects and advertising campaigns led to professional opportunities in Los Angeles (USA) and Montreal (Canada). Since relocating to Ireland\, Fernanda has honed her artistic practice\, working with children and youth across various counties. Her projects for young audiences\, including “The Magic Field” and “What to Do on a Rainy Day\,” have received support from the Arts Council\, South Dublin County Council (SDCC)\, Dept. of Tourism\, Culture\, Arts\, Gaeltacht\, Sport\, and Media and The Civic through bursaries and commissions. \n\n\n\nFernanda’s relationship with Mother Tongues began over three years ago. During this time\, she collaborated on the development of programs such as Language Explorers and OWL. She has facilitated over 100 workshops for the Language Explorers Programme\, fostering linguistic diversity in schools and community settings. Fernanda has also directed and produced interactive installations blending puppetry with augmented reality\, showcasing her commitment to innovation and inclusion. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/language-explorers-make-it-and-play-creative-multilingual-workshop-for-families-with-children-3-to-6-years-old/ LOCATION:Hill Street Family Resource Centre\, Hill Street Family Resource Centre\, 1 Hill St\, Rotunda\, Dublin\, Leinster\, D01 TC90\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mothertonguesFernanda-Ferrari.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251011T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251011T153000 DTSTAMP:20250926T104159Z CREATED:20250912T122102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T104159Z UID:10000636-1760193000-1760196600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Language Explorers - Out of this world Workshops for parents and their children ages 3 to 6 DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\n \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nFree Admission\, book here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/language-explorers-out-of-this-world-tickets-1535865177089 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nPaola Invernizzi\, visual artist \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nReady for liftoff? Join us with Paola Invernizzi on a magical journey through space and imagination in our Out of This World workshops! Designed for curious young explorers\, these sessions blend storytelling\, art and multilingual play into an unforgettable adventure. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we will travel from the shimmering Moon to the twinkling Stars\, past distant Planets\, and back to our very own Planet Earth\, discovering what makes it so unique. But the most important destination? The universe inside ourselves. Embark on a journey where every child is a star. Each session is different but connected to an overall theme. Come to as many workshops as you like! \n\n\n\nMother Tongues’ Language Explorer workshops provide a unique creative experience for parents and their children based on storytelling\, play\, visual arts and music. While the workshops will be guided in English\, we encourage families to embrace their home languages.  This fosters meaningful connections between parents and children\, creating a truly inclusive environment. Meet and connect with other like-minded families and share your language journey! \n\n\n\nWorkshops are free of charge\, but booking is required as there is limited capacity. When you reserve a child ticket\, the accompanying adult is automatically included. If you can’t make the event\, please email us at hanna@mothertongues.ie so some other family can benefit from attending the workshop. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers workshops promote a human rights agenda by creating inclusive\, accessible artistic spaces that respect and celebrate every child’s right to participate in cultural life\, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 12). The programme empowers children and families to express their linguistic and cultural identities\, fostering pride in their mother tongues and ensuring that minority and migrant voices are heard and valued. \n\n\n\nBy actively engaging parents and children from diverse backgrounds\, including those living in Direct Provision and socio-economically disadvantaged areas\, the workshops address the right to equality\, cultural participation\, and freedom of expression. The methodology places the child’s voice at the centre\, ensuring they are not only participants but active co-creators\, aligning with a rights-based approach to arts education and community engagement. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers is Mother Tongues’ award-winning programme\, designed for children aged 3 to 6 and their families. Facilitated by our specially trained multilingual artists\, the workshops provide a welcoming space for families from all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Each workshop is an invitation to connect with your family language(s)\, through storytelling\, play\, visual arts\, music and movement.Our artists create a space full of imagination and creativity\, in which speaking and listening to languages is fun and something to be proud of. Families come together in high-quality artistic activities while sharing and exploring the diversity of languages in the room – an experience equally inspiring for multilingual families as for those who are curious about other languages and cultures. Workshops are delivered in English\, but families are warmly encouraged to bring any and all languages they speak. Whether your child is fluent\, just learning\, non-speaking\, or uses a different way to communicate\, this space is for you. \n\n\n\nMother Tongues\, established in 2017\, is a leading organisation working at the intersection of the arts\, language and cultural diversity in Ireland. Its mission is to unlock the creative potential of multilingualism through high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences that promote social cohesion\, celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity and foster a sense of belonging for children\, families and communities. \n\n\n\nSince 2022\, our Language Explorers programme has engaged 18 plurilingual artists and reached over 2\,500 children and parents. By facilitating high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences\, we nurture children’s creativity and language skills\, strengthen family bonds and enhance community wellbeing. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaola Invernizzi is an Italian visual artist based in Dublin. Having completed her studies in Arts and Health at the Brera Academy of Art in Milan\, she has gained diverse experience in both health and educational contexts. Through this journey\, she has come to recognize the potential of art in promoting well-being. \n\n\n\nEmbracing a phenomenological approach and employing a variety of techniques\, Invernizzi facilitates the inner connection between individuals and different art forms. Her primary goal is to extend this connection to the broader community\, thereby enhancing the sense of belonging. Since 2018\, she has been working in Ireland\, undertaking tailored initiatives that respond to community needs\, with a particular focus on arts and health\, arts in education\, and arts in early childhood.In 2020\, Invernizzi was awarded the Professional Development Award by the Arts Council of Ireland\, and in 2021\, she received the Agility Award in arts participation. \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Invernizzi is actively involved in residencies at primary and secondary schools\, while also expanding her knowledge and skills in early childhood education through experiences in school settings and collaborations with Mother Tongues. \n\n\n\nIn the field of Arts and Health\, she has begun a collaboration with Waterford Healing Arts\, focusing on the psychiatric department. She is also an artist in residence at Tallaght University Hospital and has recently joined the panel of Helium Arts. \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\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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/language-explorers-out-of-this-world-workshops-for-parents-and-their-children-ages-3-to-6/2025-10-11/ LOCATION:Clondalkin Library\, Clondalkin Library\, Monastery Road\, Clondalkin\, Dublin\, Leinster\, D22 XPO3\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mothertonguesoutofthiswrold.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251011T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251011T130000 DTSTAMP:20250916T155633Z CREATED:20250912T143146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T155633Z UID:10000657-1760180400-1760187600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Songs of Empowerment Workshop presented by Fighting Words for teenagers aged 13-17 DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nFree admission\, book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nColm Quearney\, Workshop Facilitator and Development and Outreach Officer. \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSongs of Empowerment is a workshop conducted by Colm Quearney\, a workshop facilitator and Development and Outreach Officer with Fighting Words. The workshop is conducted onsite at Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street Dublin on Saturday 18 October from 11am to 1pm. \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. At this workshop\, we will look at the history of these songs that power\, and will draw on these themes to create our own songs relevant to today’s (your) generation. No previous song writing experience is required. However\, feel free to bring along any instruments or lyrical ideas you might have! \n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColm Quearney 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\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/songs-of-empowerment-workshop-presented-by-fighting-words-for-teenagers-aged-13-17/ LOCATION:Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 WD53 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image_0.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Fighting Words":MAILTO:info@fightingwords.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251011T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251011T170000 DTSTAMP:20250926T104317Z CREATED:20250912T114247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T104317Z UID:10000624-1760169600-1760202000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Crafting Stories Together – Creative Multilingual workshops for families with children 3 to 6 years old DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\n \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nFree admission\, book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMargot A. Jones\, puppeteer\, performer and facilitator \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nCan you whisper\, rustle\, or growl? How about colour\, create\, and stick things together? If so\, this workshop is for you! Discover the magic of storytelling\, bring the story to life with sound and movement and craft your own imaginative art to take home. Perfect for kids and grown-ups who love to get creative and have fun! In these series each session is different but connected to an overall theme. Come to as many workshops as you like! \n\n\n\nLanguage: English + Irish + Bring your own! While the workshops will be guided in English\, we encourage families to embrace their home languages. This fosters meaningful connections between parents and children\, creating a truly inclusive environment. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers workshops promote a human rights agenda by creating inclusive\, accessible artistic spaces that respect and celebrate every child’s right to participate in cultural life\, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 12). The programme empowers children and families to express their linguistic and cultural identities\, fostering pride in their mother tongues and ensuring that minority and migrant voices are heard and valued. \n\n\n\nBy actively engaging parents and children from diverse backgrounds\, including those living in Direct Provision and socio-economically disadvantaged areas\, the workshops address the right to equality\, cultural participation\, and freedom of expression. The methodology places the child’s voice at the centre\, ensuring they are not only participants but active co-creators\, aligning with a rights-based approach to arts education and community engagement. \n\n\n\nLanguage Explorers is Mother Tongues’ award-winning programme\, designed for children aged 3 to 6 and their families.Facilitated by our specially trained multilingual artists\, the workshops provide a welcoming space for families from all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. \n\n\n\nEach workshop is an invitation to connect with your family language(s)\, through storytelling\, play\, visual arts\, music and movement. \n\n\n\nOur artists create a space full of imagination and creativity\, in which speaking and listening to languages is fun and something to be proud of. Families come together in high-quality artistic activities while sharing and exploring the diversity of languages in the room – an experience equally inspiring for multilingual families as for those who are curious about other languages and cultures. Workshops are delivered in English\, but families are warmly encouraged to bring any and all languages they speak. Whether your child is fluent\, just learning\, non-speaking\, or uses a different way to communicate\, this space is for you. \n\n\n\nMother Tongues\, established in 2017\, is a leading organisation working at the intersection of the arts\, language and cultural diversity in Ireland. Its mission is to unlock the creative potential of multilingualism through high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences that promote social cohesion\, celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity and foster a sense of belonging for children\, families and communities. Since 2022\, our Language Explorers programme has engaged 18 plurilingual artists and reached over 2\,500 children and parents. By facilitating high-quality\, inclusive arts experiences\, we nurture children’s creativity and language skills\, strengthen family bonds and enhance community wellbeing. \n  \n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargot A. Jones is a puppeteer\, performer and facilitator living in Co\, Wicklow.Born and schooled in Tyrone\, she initially trained in in Ireland\, the USA and Vietnam\, where she earned a PhD in traditional puppetry. During this time she was influenced by Grotowski and Boal and by work at Peter Schumann’s Bread and Puppet Theatre. On her return to Ireland she worked with various companies including Puca Puppets\, and toured to various venues with Irish language work for young audiences. \n\n\n\nAn insatiable curiosity has led her to extend her work into such areas as early years development\, therapeutic theatre\, visual arts practice and community gardening. She is fascinated by differences in perception and experience. Working in communities\, hospitals\, care settings\, museums and schools she pursues this interest through specific facilitative work. \n\n\n\nMargot’s recent work includes: shadow-puppet performance of Gilgamesh (Cashel Arts Festival 2004)\, studio artist at Signal Arts Centre (2023)\, puppetry workshops (Lexicon 2024)\, language explorers workshops (Mother Tongues 2024)\, Shared Island-Civic Society Cross Border Arts Project (2024-25)\, participative research in elder care settings (Age and Opportunity 2024-25). She is currently devising a new performance piece which incorporates traditional Irish ballads and aspects of puppetry. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/crafting-stories-together-creative-multilingual-workshops-for-families-with-children-3-to-6-years-old-4/2025-10-11/ LOCATION:Rua Red\, South Dublin Arts Centre\, County Hall\, Belgard Square North\, Dublin 24\, D24 KV8N\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_418598099_202126013769_1_original.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241105T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241105T200000 DTSTAMP:20240904T140352Z CREATED:20240830T143252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T140352Z UID:10000445-1730829600-1730836800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Seift: Bi-lingual Drama Workshops DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets free\, Book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nCian Ó Náraigh – Theatre-maker\, Playwright and Drama Facilitator \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSign up for a series of three accessible bi-lingual drama workshops through English and Irish focusing on arts and creativity with Theatre-Maker and playwright Cian Ó Náraigh. Workshop participants will then be invited to a rehearsed reading of a new play ‘Seift’ with Cian and his company Scaoilte Theatre\, in collaboration and partnership with Roscommon Arts Centre and Creative Communities Roscommon. These drama workshops will explore useful tools and dramatic exercises to incorporate Irish in theatre\, and in your creative processes. The workshops will include group exercises\, exploring verbatim theatre and tips on how to devise a new piece of theatre. Participants do not need to be fluent in Irish to participate. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCian Ó Náraigh \n\n\n\nCian is a drama facilitator\, theatremaker\, and playwright. His practice is interested in creating workshops that are playful and engaging\, with a grounding in our contemporary experiences. As a Gaeilgeoir\, he has a specific interest in exploring more as Gaeilge.  Cian was the Artist in Residence in Roscommon Arts Centre in 2023\, where he developed his work as a playwright. He has previously received Kildare County Council’s Research and Thinking Bursary. Previous works have been included in festivals such as Scene&Heard and For/With/By. \n\n\n\n\n\nRoscommon Arts Centre\n\n\n\nRoscommon Arts Centre is a vibrant\, purpose-built arts space which is committed to presenting a dynamic and ambitious multidisciplinary programme of evens that creates and develops audiences for the arts and contributes to local arts development in county Roscommon. \n  \nThe centre provides opportunities for the local community to actively engage with a range of artforms through participatory and performance-based activities. The centre presents work by professional and community based artists in theatre\, dance\, music\, visual art\, comedy and literature\, along with a programme of cinema in the auditorium space. The centre also programmes a number of workshops and classes for children and adults both in the centre and off-site. \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/seift-bi-lingual-drama-workshops/2024-11-05/ LOCATION:Roscommon Arts Centre\, Circular Road\, Roscommon\, F42YX61\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Seift-Poster-1-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241029T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241029T200000 DTSTAMP:20240904T140352Z CREATED:20240830T143252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T140352Z UID:10000444-1730224800-1730232000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Seift: Bi-lingual Drama Workshops DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets free\, Book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nCian Ó Náraigh – Theatre-maker\, Playwright and Drama Facilitator \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSign up for a series of three accessible bi-lingual drama workshops through English and Irish focusing on arts and creativity with Theatre-Maker and playwright Cian Ó Náraigh. Workshop participants will then be invited to a rehearsed reading of a new play ‘Seift’ with Cian and his company Scaoilte Theatre\, in collaboration and partnership with Roscommon Arts Centre and Creative Communities Roscommon. These drama workshops will explore useful tools and dramatic exercises to incorporate Irish in theatre\, and in your creative processes. The workshops will include group exercises\, exploring verbatim theatre and tips on how to devise a new piece of theatre. Participants do not need to be fluent in Irish to participate. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCian Ó Náraigh \n\n\n\nCian is a drama facilitator\, theatremaker\, and playwright. His practice is interested in creating workshops that are playful and engaging\, with a grounding in our contemporary experiences. As a Gaeilgeoir\, he has a specific interest in exploring more as Gaeilge.  Cian was the Artist in Residence in Roscommon Arts Centre in 2023\, where he developed his work as a playwright. He has previously received Kildare County Council’s Research and Thinking Bursary. Previous works have been included in festivals such as Scene&Heard and For/With/By. \n\n\n\n\n\nRoscommon Arts Centre\n\n\n\nRoscommon Arts Centre is a vibrant\, purpose-built arts space which is committed to presenting a dynamic and ambitious multidisciplinary programme of evens that creates and develops audiences for the arts and contributes to local arts development in county Roscommon. \n  \nThe centre provides opportunities for the local community to actively engage with a range of artforms through participatory and performance-based activities. The centre presents work by professional and community based artists in theatre\, dance\, music\, visual art\, comedy and literature\, along with a programme of cinema in the auditorium space. The centre also programmes a number of workshops and classes for children and adults both in the centre and off-site. \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/seift-bi-lingual-drama-workshops/2024-10-29/ LOCATION:Roscommon Arts Centre\, Circular Road\, Roscommon\, F42YX61\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Seift-Poster-1-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241022T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241022T200000 DTSTAMP:20240904T140352Z CREATED:20240830T143252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T140352Z UID:10000443-1729620000-1729627200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Seift: Bi-lingual Drama Workshops DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets free\, Book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nCian Ó Náraigh – Theatre-maker\, Playwright and Drama Facilitator \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSign up for a series of three accessible bi-lingual drama workshops through English and Irish focusing on arts and creativity with Theatre-Maker and playwright Cian Ó Náraigh. Workshop participants will then be invited to a rehearsed reading of a new play ‘Seift’ with Cian and his company Scaoilte Theatre\, in collaboration and partnership with Roscommon Arts Centre and Creative Communities Roscommon. These drama workshops will explore useful tools and dramatic exercises to incorporate Irish in theatre\, and in your creative processes. The workshops will include group exercises\, exploring verbatim theatre and tips on how to devise a new piece of theatre. Participants do not need to be fluent in Irish to participate. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCian Ó Náraigh \n\n\n\nCian is a drama facilitator\, theatremaker\, and playwright. His practice is interested in creating workshops that are playful and engaging\, with a grounding in our contemporary experiences. As a Gaeilgeoir\, he has a specific interest in exploring more as Gaeilge.  Cian was the Artist in Residence in Roscommon Arts Centre in 2023\, where he developed his work as a playwright. He has previously received Kildare County Council’s Research and Thinking Bursary. Previous works have been included in festivals such as Scene&Heard and For/With/By. \n\n\n\n\n\nRoscommon Arts Centre\n\n\n\nRoscommon Arts Centre is a vibrant\, purpose-built arts space which is committed to presenting a dynamic and ambitious multidisciplinary programme of evens that creates and develops audiences for the arts and contributes to local arts development in county Roscommon. \n  \nThe centre provides opportunities for the local community to actively engage with a range of artforms through participatory and performance-based activities. The centre presents work by professional and community based artists in theatre\, dance\, music\, visual art\, comedy and literature\, along with a programme of cinema in the auditorium space. The centre also programmes a number of workshops and classes for children and adults both in the centre and off-site. \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/seift-bi-lingual-drama-workshops/2024-10-22/ LOCATION:Roscommon Arts Centre\, Circular Road\, Roscommon\, F42YX61\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Seift-Poster-1-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241019T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241019T130000 DTSTAMP:20240906T152516Z CREATED:20240903T152042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T152516Z UID:10000523-1729335600-1729342800@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Songs of Empowerment Workshop DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nTickets free\, book here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nColm Quearney\, Workshop Facilitator and Development and Outreach Officer \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSongs of Empowerment is a workshop conducted by Colm Quearney\, a workshop facilitator and Development and Outreach Officer with Fighting Words. The workshop is conducted onsite at Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street Dublin on Saturday 19 October from 11am to 1pm. \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. At this workshop\, we will look at the history of these songs that power\, and will draw on these themes to create our own songs relevant to today’s (your) generation. No previous song writing experience is required. However\, feel free to bring along any instruments or lyrical ideas you might have! \n  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColm Quearney 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\nFighting Words\n\n\n\nOur aim is to help children and young people\, and adults who did not have this opportunity as children\, to discover and harness the power of their own imaginations and creative writing skills. At its core\, Fighting Words is also about something much broader and more inclusive. It is about using the creative practice of writing and storytelling to strengthen our children and teenagers – from a wide range of backgrounds – to be resilient\, creative and successful shapers of their own lives. \n\n\n\nwww.fightingwords.ie \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/songs-of-empowerment-workshop/ LOCATION:Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 WD53 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fighting-Words-Event-Image-2024.png ORGANIZER;CN="Fighting Words":MAILTO:info@fightingwords.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20241003T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20250323T235959 DTSTAMP:20241106T143137Z CREATED:20241106T142757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T143137Z UID:10000556-1727913600-1742774399@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Brian Maguire: La Grande Illusion DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nBooking Links Below \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nBrian Maguire\, artist \n\n\n\nGallery Opening Hours\n\n\n\nExhibition is open during gallery opening hours. Opening Hours \n\nMon Closed\nTues to Wed 9:45 am – 6:00 pm\nThurs 9:45 am – 8:30 pm\nFri 9:45 am – 5:00 pm\nSat 10:00 am – 5:00 pm\nSun 11:00 am – 5:00 pm\n\nPlease see website for dates and times for events in our associated engagement programme. \n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\n\n\nBrian Maguire: La Grande Illusion\n\n\n\nHighlights of our public programmes\n\n\n\nFilm Screenings\, Talks\, Tours\, Art Appreciation series and more\n\n\n\n\n\nArt Appreciation Course \n\n\n\nMore Power to you! Art and Activism from Sarah Purser to Brian Maguire \n\n\n\nDates: Thursdays 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 31 October\, 7\, 14\, 21 November 2024\, 14:30-16:30pm. \n\n\n\nThis eight week course programmed by HLG is presented in collaboration with UCD Life long Learning programme. Enrol via:  UCD Lifelong Learning programme 01 7167123 or all@ucd.ie   https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/art-appreciation-course-ucd-lifelong-learning/ \n\n\n\nArt Appreciation Course \n\n\n\nAvenues into Modern and Contemporary Art \n\n\n\n5 October 2024- 26 April 2025 \n\n\n\nTaking place on Saturday mornings\, these illustrated lectures programmed by HLG and presented in collaboration with the Peoples College offer the opportunity for exploring engaging and wide-ranging themes from art history to contemporary visual art practice\, to wider societal concerns explored by artists nationally and internationally including Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion. Enrol via info@peoplescollege.ie  https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/avenues-into-modern-and-contemporary-art-2024-25 \n\n\n\nHugh Lane Culture Club \n\n\n\nTuesday 15 October\, 2.30pm \n\n\n\nOur Culture Clubs are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment. Dr Anne Cormican will lead a walkthrough of the exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion followed by tea /coffee and further discussion. Booking details https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/culture-club-15-oct/ \n\n\n\nCoffee Conversation \n\n\n\nWednesday 16 October 2024\, 11am \n\n\n\nOur Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment. Contemporary Art Practice: Artist Claire Halpin will discuss her work which explores themes and concepts around contested territories and histories through painting\, video and installation. Fee: €5\, incl tea/coffee https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/claire-halpin/ \n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\nThursday 17 October\, 11amTour for People who are Hard of Hearing with a focus discussion of artworks in our new exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion. This tour will focus on the artworks in Galleries 1 The Invisible Becomes Visible and Gallery 2 Remains. Free\, book on Eventbrite. https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/hard-of-hearing-17-oct/ \n\n\n\nFilms Screening‘The ruined land: the land in ruins’\, a programme of films curated by film curator Alice Butler in parallel to the Brian Maguire exhibition La Grande Illusion. \n\n\n\nFriday 18 October 2024\, 1pm La Grande Illusion (1hr 53 minutes)\, 1937; Directed by Jean Renoir.La Grande Illusion takes place in a German fortress where two French aviators – aristocratic Boeldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and working-class Breton lieutenant Maréchal (Jean Gabin) – are held captive by monocled Captain von Rauffenstein (played by the silent film director Erich von Stroheim). Introduced and followed by Q+A moderated by Film Curator Alice Butler. Free\, book on Eventbrite or come on the day subject to availability. https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/film-la-grande-illusion/ \n\n\n\nParent and Baby ToursThursday 31 October\, 28 November 2024 and 27 March\, 11amNew parents are invited to join us on this guided tour of Brian Maguire’s exhibition La Grande Illusion\, with their babies up to the age of 1 year.  Followed by tea/coffee and further conversation. Fee: €5\, booking essential via Eventbrite.ie.  \n\n\n\nFilm Screening \n\n\n\nSaturday 9 November\, 2\,30pmOff Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory directed by Mohanad Yaqubi. (62 min\, Color & B&W\, digital\, Arabic\, English\, French\, and Italian with English subtitles; Palestine\, France\, Qatar\, Lebanon\, 2016. This screening is programmed and presented by artist and filmmaker Helena Gouveia Monteiro\, who will moderate a post-screening conversation. Free\, booking on Eventbrite or come on the day subject to availability. https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/film-screening-off-framenov24 \n\n\n\nFilm Screening \n\n\n\n‘The ruined land: the land in ruins’\, a programme of films curated by film curator Alice Butler in parallel to the Brian Maguire exhibition ‘La Grande Illusion’. \n\n\n\nFriday 22 November 2024\, 1pmForagers (64 mins)\, 2022; by Jumana Manna‘Foragers’ depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humor and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights\, the Galilee and Jerusalem\, it moves between fiction\, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs. With an introduction and post-screening Q+A with Film Curator Alice Butler. Free\, book on Eventbrite or come on the day subject to availability. https://hughlane.ie/explore-learn/?cat=talks-art-courses \n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\nTour for People who are Hard of Hearing   \n\n\n\nThursday 21 November 2024\, 11am \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in focus discussion of artworks in our new exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion. This tour led by Yseult O’Driscoll will focus on the artworks in  Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion  in Gallery 3 War Changes Its Address and Gallery 4 The Clock Winds Down https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/hard-of-hearing-21-nov/  \n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\nISL Interpreted Tour: Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion  \n\n\n\nTuesday 22 October 2024\, 2.30pm \n\n\n\nJoin us for an introductory guided tour of our current exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion accompanied by an Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreter. Free \n\n\n\nCoffee Conversation \n\n\n\nWednesday 13 November\, 11am \n\n\n\nOur Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment. \n\n\n\nThe Clear Cut Amazon by Brian Maguire. €5. Incl. tea/coffee \n\n\n\nCoffee Conversation \n\n\n\nWednesday 27 November 2024\, 11am \n\n\n\nOur Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment. \n\n\n\nArt and Ecology with artist Gareth Kennedy \n\n\n\nThis illustrated talk by artist Gareth Kennedy will discuss the intersections of contemporary art with ecology. Fee: €5\, incl tea/coffee https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/gareth-kennedy \n\n\n\nCoffee Conversation \n\n\n\nWednesday 4 December 2024\, 11am \n\n\n\nOur Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment. Join us for an illustrated talk about Salmagundi with filmmaker Jijo Sebastian. Awarded the Hugh Lane Gallery-Create commission 2022-24 for a socially engaged artist\, learn more about the collaborative\, transcultural filmmaking and community building project developed by the artist. €5 fee including tea/coffee\, no advance booking required but numbers may be limited. https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/coffee-conversation-salmagundi-jijo-sebastian/ \n\n\n\nEvening Lecture \n\n\n\nThursday 5 December\, 6.30pmRaul Araujo is a researcher\, psychoanalyst and consultant on children and adolescents’ rights. Raul has worked on projects with artist Brian Maguire over a timespan of 20 years and in this talk he will explore this work\, as well as his own work on the ground in his native Brazil. Free\, places can be booked via Eventbrite. \n\n\n\nCoffee Conversation \n\n\n\nWednesday 8 January\, 11am \n\n\n\nOver Our Heads the Hollow Seas Closed Up by Brian Maguire. Fee: €5\, incl. tea/coffee \n\n\n\nFilm Screening \n\n\n\n‘The ruined land: the land in ruins’\, a programme of films curated by film curator Alice Butler in parallel to the Brian Maguire exhibition ‘La Grande Illusion’. \n\n\n\nFriday 10 January 2025\, 1pmShouting at the Ground (21 mins)\, 2017; by Graeme ArnfieldIn a peat bog in North West England a Spanish woman was murdered\, her body buried and subsumed into the treacherously dense ecological matter. A matter which labours have extracted for centuries\, selling this fertile material as fuel worldwide; a material which upon burning releases timeless carbon deposits into our increasingly precarious and damaged ecosphere. After laying dormant under the rich dark peat for an unknown amount of time a body returned to the surface but its identity had become dislocated; it has become entwined with the history of its material host.  https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/shouting-film-10jan25 \n\n\n\nPoetry Course: Invisible Becomes Visible \n\n\n\n11\, 18  and 25 January 2025\, 1.45-4.15pm \n\n\n\nLed by poet Grace Wilentz\, three part series of workshops engaging with “La Grande Illusion”\, a major exhibition of the work of Brian Maguire. In each workshop\, participants will spend time with the exhibition\, before being guided to write original poems in response to it.  Brian Maguire is an artist whose practice has been defined by sustained engagement with social justice and human rights. In this workshop\, we will focus on how Maguire’s work in “La Grande Illusion” encounters climate justice\, migration and making ‘the invisible become visible’. As Maguire says\, art has the power to make ‘the invisible become visible’. We’ll explore what this means\, with a focus on how your own creative practice might relate to serving the overlooked\, omitted and forgotten. While no prior experience is necessary\, all will be expected to participate actively in discussions and take part in writing exercises. In return\, you can expect to come away with new poems\, and discover fresh approaches to engaging with urgent social justice concerns in your own creative practice. Fee: €100\, advance booking via Eventbrite https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/la-grande-illusion/ \n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\nLive Online Audio Description for People with a Visual Impairment \n\n\n\nWednesday 15 January 2025\, Noon \n\n\n\nOur live online audio description programme for people with a visual impairment will explore the exhibition Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion with Fala Buggy. \n\n\n\nHow to Book: Free\, advance booking via Eventbrite or by telephone on 01 2225560. https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/online-audio-description-15-jan/ \n\n\n\nCoffee Conversation \n\n\n\nWednesday 22 January\, 11am \n\n\n\nOur Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment. \n\n\n\nBentiu Camp South Sudan 1\, 2018. Fee: €5\, incl tea/coffee. \n\n\n\nFilm Screening \n\n\n\n‘The ruined land: the land in ruins’\, a programme of films curated by film curator Alice Butler in parallel to the Brian Maguire exhibition ‘La Grande Illusion’. \n\n\n\nFriday 14 February 2025\, 1pmHistory of the Present (46 mins)\, 2023; by Maria Fusco and Margaret SalmonAn experimental feminist opera-film about class and conflict\, ‘History of the Present’ has been made collaboratively by Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon\, featuring new compositions by Annea Lockwood\, libretto by Maria Fusco and improvisational vocal work by Héloïse Werner. This intersectional\, intergenerational feminist work forefronts working-class women’s voices to ask: who has the right to speak\, and in what way? With an introduction and post-screening Q+A with Film Curator Alice Butler\, Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon; joining online. Free\, book on Eventbrite or come on the day subject to availability.  https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/historypresent-film-14feb25 \n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\nTour for People who are Hard of Hearing \n\n\n\nThursday 23 January\, 11am \n\n\n\nJoin us for an in focus discussion of artworks  in  Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion: A focus on the artworks in Galleries 4 + 5 Blood Rising  with Tony Suttle. Free. \n\n\n\nCoffee Conversation \n\n\n\nWednesday 29 January\, 11am \n\n\n\nOur Coffee Conversations are a great way to explore art in a stimulating and friendly environment. \n\n\n\nArizona 3 by Brian Maguire. Fee: €5\, incl. tea/coffee \n\n\n\nSeminar \n\n\n\nBrian Maguire: La Grande Illusion SeminarFriday 21 March\, 10.30am – 4.30pmThis day long seminar will explore themes arising from Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion with guest contributors including Dr Maria Maclennan\, ‘forensic jeweller’\,  Suha Nabhan\, co-founder and strategic director of Migration Jam; and more. Free\, booking on Eventbrite and further details will be available here https://hughlane.ie/explore-learn/ \n\n\n\nFree Sunday Public Tours \n\n\n\nOur free Public Tours led by our expert guides take place every Sunday at 2.15pm\, and explore our collection and temporary exhibitions. Free\, no booking required. \n\n\n\nGuided tours can also be booked here https://hughlane.ie/book-a-tour/ \n\n\n\nCommunity \n\n\n\nAs well as our public programmes we are connecting with audiences through artist-led community engagement and schools programmes to explore themes arising from Brian Maguire La Grande Illusion. \n\n\n\nOur Explore & Learn programmes are continually being added to and further details can be found here https://hughlane.ie/explore-learn/ and here https://hughlane.ie/whats-on/ \n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Biography\n\n\n\nBrian Maguire lives and works in Dublin and Paris. Brian Maguire’s painting practice is driven by the struggle against inequality and violence\, and the pursuit of justice. His process is foremost an act of solidarity\, rehumanising his subjects and recentring the narratives of the disenfranchised. Social engagement plays a central role\, leading him to work closely and interactively with refugees\, survivors of warzones\, incarcerated peoples\, and local newsrooms in locations including Sudan\, Syria\, São Paulo and Ciudad Juárez. Recent solo exhibitions include Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship\, Converge 45\, Portland (2023); law of the land\, Kunsthall 3\,14\, Bergen\, Norway (2023); The Clock Winds Down\, Kerlin Gallery\, Dublin (2023); In The Light Of Conscience\, Missoula Art Museum\, Montana (2022); North and South of the Border\, Rhona Hoffman Gallery\, Chicago (2022); Remains\, Crawford Art Gallery\, Cork\, Ireland (2021); An Anatomy of Politics\, Galerie Christophe Gaillard\, Paris (2021). \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/brian-maguire-la-grande-illusion/ LOCATION:Hugh Lane Gallery\, Charlemont House\, Parnell Square N\, Rotunda\, Dublin 1\, D01 F2X9 CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Film Screening,Talk,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Brian_Maguire_025-1024x683.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20231021T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20231021T130000 DTSTAMP:20231106T195935Z CREATED:20230829T134940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T195935Z UID:10000253-1697886000-1697893200@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Write a Protest Song! DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nBook Here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nColm Quearney\, Workshop Facilitator with experienced Fighting Words volunteers \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 songs\, and draw on these 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! \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColm Quearney 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\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/write-a-protest-song/ LOCATION:Fighting Words\, Behan Square\, 12-16 Russell Street\, Dublin 1\, D01 WD53 CATEGORIES:Music,Songwriting,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:20231020T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20231020T190000 DTSTAMP:20231106T200618Z CREATED:20230828T104843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T200618Z UID:10000249-1697823000-1697828400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Write Your Creative Language DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nEmail narrativeschanging@gmail.com to book your free place \n\n\n\nFacilitator\n\n\n\nAnna Loi\, co-editor in chief\, Unapologetic \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be focused on discussing and challenging people that use English as their primary language in everyday life to write creatively incorporating their mother tongue. The aim is not only to tell their own personal story as well as to highlight their experience on how their native language can be perceived by others where communication is often viewed as english-centric in a globalised world. The main focus will be to learn between ourselves what is the beauty and uniqueness of being your true self and your identity through language and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop will be divided in two parts: in the first meeting (13 October) we will have a round table of sharing opinions and discussing the matter with the participants\, as well as a first introduction to writing creatively about this topic – prompts will be shared. During the time in between workshops\, participants will have the time to work on and develop their own story. In the second part (20 October) we will be working together on touch ups and how they felt about the task. In the end whoever feels like it will be able to share their final product with the rest of the room.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna is a storyteller with a passion for film and writing. Originally from Italy\, she has moved around a lot and is currently based in Amsterdam. Curious about the strange human experience and people’s clumsy attempts at understanding themselves\, after her MA in Creative Writing at UL she strives to be a voice for the misunderstood\, creating portraits that represent the young woman in today’s society. In her role as an Assistant Editor with Unapologetic she is also working on Creative Writing workshops for Native Speakers of Other Languages. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/write-your-creative-language/2023-10-20/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Unapologetic-Logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20231015T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20231015T173000 DTSTAMP:20231106T200516Z CREATED:20230829T155713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T200516Z UID:10000255-1697378400-1697391000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:An Afternoon with the Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nJean-Lorin Sterian\, Homemade Culture\, ArtistJohan Bandholtz\, Ongoing RealitiesAnna Näsström\, Ongoing RealitiesAnja Calas\, EsproncedaMarina Maleni\, Spectators in a Ghost City \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nA Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival \n\n\n\nFeaturing live performances\, workshops and panel discussions from a range of creative arts organisations from across Europe \n\n\n\nThe Pumphouse\, Dublin Port – Alexandra Terminal\, Alexandra Rd\, Dublin Port\, Dublin 1 \n\n\n\nAfternoon: Art-based Talk\, Workshop and Live Performances – 15 October 2023\, 2-5pm \n\n\n\nEvening: Live Performances and Post-Show Talk  – 15 October 2023\, 7-10pm \n\n\n\nSmashing Times is delighted to welcome a range of innovative creative arts organisations from across Europe to Ireland for A Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival featuring live performances\, workshops and panel discussions. These events showcase the work of emerging and established artists and build international connections for artists working in theatre and in interdisciplinary arts practice\, using the arts to support equality\, human rights and diversity. The Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival is held as part of the annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival running from the 13 to 22 October 2023 in Ireland.  Events take place in two parts\, the first is an afternoon event of art-based workshops\, live performances and talks on Sunday 15 October 2023 from 2-5pm and the second is an evening event of live performances and talks taking place on Sunday 15 October from 7 to 10pm. This series of events is hosted by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and presented by a range of arts  organisations from across Europe who are taking part  in the Theatre in Palm Europe-wide transnational project.  \n\n\n\nAfternoon: Change-Maker Art-based Talk\, Workshop and Live Performances \n\n\n\nPumphouse\, Alexandra Road\, Dublin Port\, Dublin 1 \n\n\n\nSunday 15 October\, 2-5pm \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHomemade Culture: Art Events in the Domestic Space – Public Arts Talk \n\n\n\nA talk on the domestic space as arts space \n\n\n\nPresented by Homemade Culture\, Bucharest\, Romania \n\n\n\n [ e s c ] Live Performance \n\n\n\nA multi-modal piece that investigates escapism as a notion and state of mind \n\n\n\nPresented by Ongoing Realities\, Stockholm\, Sweden \n\n\n\nInsert Visually Powerful Image: Here \n\n\n\nA multi-disciplinary performance on the importance of human rights for all \n\n\n\nPresented by Espronceda\, Barcelona\, Spain \n\n\n\nTechnology and Creative Creation Workshop \n\n\n\nAn inspiring talk exploring the use of VR\, motion capture and animation in creative projects \n\n\n\nPresented by Ongoing Realities\, Stockholm\, Sweden \n\n\n\nSpectators in a Ghost City \n\n\n\nA talk on winning design of the Golden Triga award at Prague Quadrennial 2023 \n\n\n\nPresented by THOC\, Nicosia\, Cyprus \n\n\n\nHomemade Culture: Art Events in the Domestic Space\n\n\n\nA public talk on the domestic space as arts space \n\n\n\nPresented by Homemade Culture\, Bucharest\, Romania \n\n\n\n‘Homemade Culture’ is what is born from the interaction between art events and the domestic space; the multilayered connections between artists\, hosts\, and audience. Personal dwellings are used as exhibition or performative spaces by young curators who do not own galleries or artists who are not willing to align aesthetically and politically to the mainstream culture. Although neither financial\, nor (intense) self-promotional purposes are pursued\, they use their personal space in order to get noticed or just to share their art with a close circle of people who share the same values. \n\n\n\nThe domestic space has a decisive influence on the structure\, frequency\, type of audience and\, of course\, the content of the event. Homemade Culture activities are directly dependent on the drive\, the aims\, and the energy fluctuations of the hosts. Jean-Lorin Sterian became interested in this topic in December 2008\, when he opened an apartment theatre in his own home. “In 2010\, I started studying similar initiatives around the world. I set out to highlight and describe these manifestations in order to reveal the existence of a socio-cultural phenomenon not yet studied. Following on from ten years of research\, I consider that art and theatre performances in domestic spaces operate as testing papers for the status of the society where they unfold\, while they” do not solve” issues\, as subcultures do\, but they only point at issues.” \n\n\n\n[ e s c ] \n\n\n\nA multi-modal piece that investigates escapism as a notion and state of mind \n\n\n\nPresented by Ongoing Realities\, Stockholm\, Sweden \n\n\n\n[ e s c ] is a multi-modal piece that investigates escapism as a notion and state of mind. It encompasses a live performance\, animated choreographic works\, a film and an exhibition with pictures that become moving images with the use of Augmented Reality. Algorithms and social media have stimulated the choreographic investigation and the piece takes the visitor on an escapist journey through different emotional states and expressions in an eclectic mix that makes you question who is looking at whom and at what. In the live performance digital animations\, old tech and four dancers transform the space into an enigmatic place where past\, present and future meet. As a point of departure [ e s c ] delves into the need for pause and imagination but also how technology and algorithms transform or change our escapist tendencies. Instead of focusing on what is good or bad\, [e s c] explores both dystopian and utopian ideas linked to our need for escape from reality and what this does to the bodies on stage. The relationship of escapism to capitalism is explored as well as questions of whether escapism can be understood as a presence\, an instigator of change or an escapist behaviour that counteracts social change.  \n\n\n\nProduction: Ongoing RealitiesConcept and choreography: Anna Näsström and Johan BandholtzDancers: Anna Näsström and Johan Bandholtz (can be 2 or 4) (Anna Borrás\, Matilda Bjärum)Sound design: Rosanna Gunnarsson and Yared Tilahun Cederlund~Lighting design: Angela X ArizaAnimations: dr_formalystVideo artist: Tanne WillowPhotographer: Tanne Willow and Maya EnehAR Creator: Yuvia MainiPoster and AI design: A EYE\, Vytis Gruzdys & Rapolas VosyliusCostume: Ongoing RealitiesScenography: Ongoing Realities \n\n\n\nWith the support of the City of Stockholm and The Swedish Arts Council as well as through residency with PlayLab Skövde\, the University of Skövde\, the Art Museum in Skövde\, Site Incubator in Farsta and Danscenter Sthlm. Participation in Dublin is a part of Theater in Palm theatre movement by Intercult\, Sweden.   \n\n\n\nInsert Visually Powerful Image: Here\n\n\n\nLive performance excerpt \n\n\n\nPresented by Espronceda\, Barcelona\, Spain \n\n\n\nIn a world in constant flux\, where marginalized voices struggle for equality and justice\, it is the duty of committed artists to utilize their creative skills to amplify silenced voices and challenge the status quo. Insert Visually powerful image: Here is an excerpt of a live performance from a multi-disciplinary project that aims to foster reflection\, social transformation\, and solidarity through the powerful mediums of poetry\, theatre and dance. \n\n\n\nHuman Rights and Dignity: At the core of the excerpt from the live performance of Insert Visually powerful image: Here is the unwavering commitment to upholding human rights and dignity. The project sheds light on human rights violations and advocates for a society where fundamental rights are protected and cherished. \n\n\n\nTechnology and Creative Creation\n\n\n\nAn inspiring talk exploring the use of VR\, motion capture and animation in creative projects \n\n\n\nPresented by Ongoing Realities\, Stockholm\, Sweden \n\n\n\nOngoing Realities will explore how technologies such as VR\, Motion Capture and animation can be used in creative\, artistic or interdisciplinary projects. With historical and “new” examples we reflect on possibilities and limitations of different technologies. We do practical testing of VR as a medium for experience and interpretation-tool. The participants get to formulate their own ideas with the technology as a co-player\, with guidance and feedback from us on how to take things to the next step.  \n\n\n\n“Sparked many exciting thoughts and discussions. Feeling full of ideas on how I can integrate and explore XR technology in my artistry” – workshop participant. \n\n\n\nSpectators in a Ghost City – Golden Triga award – Prague Quadrennial 2023\n\n\n\nA talk on winning design of the Golden Triga award at Prague Quadrennial 2023 \n\n\n\nPresented by Theatre Organisation of Cyprus\, Nicosia\, Cypru \n\n\n\nSpeaker Marina Maleni\, is the Curator of Cyprus’ national participation in the world-renowned Prague Quadrennial editions since 2007. In 2023 Cyprus Theatre Organisation was bestowed with The Golden Triga\, which is the highest honor in performance design. \n\n\n\nAccording to the Jury of PQ23: “This elegant and many-layered exhibit demonstrates how scenography can interrogate and negotiate local themes of memory\, absence and presence that resonate universally. It self-critically invites visitors to question their own position as viewers of real or reproduced sites of conflict and trauma. By looking at the past\, present and possible futures of the site as seen through the narrow square openings of buildings\, the exhibit provokes feelings of anguish while suggesting the RARE potential for hope.” \n\n\n\nThe talk turns to the team’s methodology and poses questions. The proposal/provocation unsettles the role of the artist and the viewer as it addresses issues of appropriation\, spectacle\, voyeurism and the role of art itself in the face of human trauma that expands beyond the ghost city of Famagusta and echoes other ghost spaces in the world. \n\n\n\nCurator- initial concept: Marina Maleni \n\n\n\nArtistic researcher and Installation designer: Melita Couta \n\n\n\nCollaborating technical advisor: Harris Kafkarides \n\n\n\nArt and Technology collaborator for Audio Visual: Giorgos Lazoglou \n\n\n\nVideo performance artists: Pascal Caron and Melita Couta \n\n\n\nGraphic and web design: Philippos Vassiliades \n\n\n\nTechnical support in Prague: Doros Tsolakis \n\n\n\nTechnical support in Nicosia: THOC technical services \n\n\n\nTheatre in Palm\n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are one of twelve partner organisations involved in Theatre in Palm\, a large scale European platform project funded by the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027. The Theatre in Palm platform brings together twelve partners from across Europe to collaborate and co-create as part of an international\,  intercultural platform supporting  artists including emerging artists\, to engage in international networking and to build theatre-based skills in transnational cooperation and co-creation. \n\n\n\nThe project supports artists including emerging artists to engage in international networking and to build theatre-based skills in transnational cooperation and co-creation. The project supports artistic career development and develops and values international practice and transnational co-creation and production opportunities for artists from across Europe.  \n\n\n\nThe platform acts as an incubator for new voices from the page to the stage with a focus on professional development and a growth in  European cooperation and the visibility and circulation of European emerging artists\, working across borders and beyond. The project reaches out to over  3\,500 artists and supports artists to develop skills in co-creation and production and is supported by Creative Europe\, Sub-programme European Platforms for the promotion of emerging artists (CREA-CULT-2021- PLAT). \n\n\n\nThe project supports Irish artists to promote and develop good practice at a European and international level and will showcase the work of Irish artists directly with audiences of over 50\,000 in Ireland\, thus deepening public engagement in Ireland with the work of artists working on a European and international level.  Theatre in Palm will support Irish artists in terms of skills development and the provision of resources and these aims are in line with and support the Arts Council’s ten-year strategy (2016–25)\, Making Great Art Work: Leading the Development of the Arts in Ireland. \n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks to: States of Independence\, the Aisling Programme\, Creative Europe\, The Arts Council Open Call\, The Arts Council Co-Funding Award for Creative Europe Co-operation projects 2022\, Foras na Gaeilge\, ACDC. \n\n\n\nPlatform Members \n\n\n\nThe platform members are Turku University of Applied Sciences\, Finland (coordinator); Intercut Productions\, Sweden; Fondazione E35 per la progettazine Internazionale\, Italy; Smashing Times\, Ireland\, Lemongrass Communications\, Spain; JAIT – International Theatre\, Portugal; Stichting ZID\, Netherlands; Cube\, Greece; European Theatre and Film Institute\, Belgium; THOC\,  Cyprus\, Homemade Culture\, Romania and Oecon Group\, Bulgaria.  \n\n\n\nThe objectives of the Theatre in Palm project are to: \n\n\n\n\nIncrease the visibility and the circulation of European emerging artists and works outside their own border\n\n\n\nIncrease access to and participation in cultural events and activities\, as well as audience engagement and development\n\n\n\nSupport emerging artists and cultural performers to co-create\, cooperate\, and promote their work\n\n\n\n\nThe project aims to: \n\n\n\n\nSupport artists to ‘cross borders’\, increasing the visibility and circulation of European artworks across borders and support them to build careers in the arts.  \n\n\n\nSupport artists and cultural performers to co-create by creating a platform for international cooperation and promote their work across borders \n\n\n\nIncrease access to and participation in cultural events and activities for artists and audiences \n\n\n\n\nActions \n\n\n\n\nEnable and manage activities and showcases for project outputs and dissemination\, including an interactive map of opportunities\n\n\n\nManage an on-line repository of work for the project – conducted by Turku UAS\n\n\n\nCreate a European Quality Label for organisations supporting emerging artists\n\n\n\nAgree on and implement branding\, communications and dissemination and data management and website and social media\n\n\n\nAdministration\, reporting and financial support provided by Turku UAS\, as lead organisation\n\n\n\n\nFor more information on Theatre in Palm\, visit the project webpage. \n\n\n\nAs part of the Theatre in Palm project\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are delighted to host a range of artist talks\, workshops and performances presented live for the annual Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. In addition  artists and guests from all 11 partner countries taking part in the project will attend Dublin\, Ireland to view the following events:  \n\n\n\nØ  Attend the Launch and opening of the Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival on Friday 13 October at 6pm \n\n\n\nØ  Attend a Tour of the States of Independence Exhibition on Saturday 14 October at 6.30pm \n\n\n\nØ  Attend a Live performance of States of Independence on Friday 13 October at 7pm \n\n\n\nØ  Present live performances\, artist talks and workshops  on 15 October 2023 from 2-4.30pm \n\n\n\nØ  Present live performances and post-show talks on 15 October 2023 from 7-10pm \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn 1975 in Constanta/Romania\, Jean-Lorin Sterian is a researcher\, writer\, artist and performer currently based in Bucharest and Romania. He holds a PhD in performance studies/sociology researching what he coined\, “homemade” culture – art events held in apartments. In 2008 Jean-Lorin Sterian opened lorgean theatre\, the first living-room theatre in Romania and since 2014 he has managed HomeFest\, an arts festival held only in houses and flats. He published several fiction books and one anthropological research about the experience of turning his own home into a public space for art and theatre performances. Since 2009 he has been interested in performance and visual art. Since 2018 he has performed with his art musical project\, pj.lo & the accidentals\, releasing one EP\, Sunam Ocupați and preparing the second one\, There Is Nothing You Can Do from the Light Point of View. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Näsström is a Swedish freelancing dancer and choregrapher raised in Skåne\, based in Stockholm. She was educated in contemporary dance and performance at The University of the Arts in Stockholm (SKH/DOCH) and has also studied in New York and worked around Europe as a freelancing artist for twelve years. She has a background in social\, non-institutionalised dance forms\, ballroom culture and a strong connection to club culture and “street dance” in different ways. Anna received “The Swedish Arts Grants Committee” working grant for 2022-2023. \n\n\n\nHer recent engagements include producing and performing with Ongoing realities (OR)\, researching digital technologies\, visual and sound-based\, as choreographic tools. In her artistic process she explores bodily memory\, shapes\, practices and patterns existing un- or consciously in the body. This and politics of normativity is something that permeates her work and interest and she has also studied Social Anthropology and Political Science at The Stockholm University. \n\n\n\nAnnas first solo-piece “Boxwood” was developed in 2012 and part of 2013 “Dansbiennal” and toured Sweden with Dansens Hus. She has received the ”Dance of the Year” award from Kingsize Magazine and has also worked in part pro bono projects in conveying space for training and community within ballroom\, teaching and mentoring upcoming dancers and creating clubs and events. Anna has been active in various parts of the dance field and has a wide range of experience in the field such as choreography for artists\, musicals or film\, multimedia art exhibitions and tv productions.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohan is a dancer and choreographer from Stockholm and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A) in Dance and Performance from Stockholm University of the Arts (former DOCH). He also holds a Bachelor of Medical Science (B.Med.Sci) in Psychology from Karolinska Institute\, and a Master of Arts (M.A) in Gender Studies with a Specialization in Gender Politics in Practice from Södertörn University.  \n\n\n\nSince 2019 he has been working with Ongoing Realities\,  an explorative choreographic project centered around technology such as Virtual Reality and Motion Capture. He has been the recipient of several art residencies including The Swedish National Touring Company (Riksteatern Väst) as well as with Rum för dans and Teater Halland to name a few. In 2013 he received the Carina Ari Scholarship for young dancers and spent two months in New York exploring and deepening his artistic interests in movement.  \n\n\n\nJohan has also worked with freelance projects and events at a publishing house and as a teacher and lecturer. As an example he held a lecture around gender mainstreaming at the Nobel Prize Museum in the fall of 2020.  \n\n\n\nJohan is interested in the intersection(s) of contemporary choreography\, technology and neuropsychology. He is also interested in the psychology of creativity and finding strategies for creative collaborations in contemporary choreography.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnja Calas\, living between Barcelona and Guimarães\, is a Portuguese performer\, actress\, dancer\, and visual artist whose work focuses on exploring social\, philosophical\, and artistic aspects. Her artistic journey includes studying theatre\, dance\, and art from a young age\, and she has developed a unique approach to performance and visual art that delves into the interconnectivity and transversality of people\, genders\, and ages. \n\n\n\nAnja’s diverse and extensive professional experience in artistic direction\, performance\, and teaching demonstrates her expertise and passion for exploring various artistic mediums. Her commitment to continuous learning and creative exploration makes her a highly accomplished and versatile artist and educator. Anja’s contributions to the arts and dedication to teaching further enrich the artistic community and inspire future generations of performers and creators. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn in Nicosia\, Cyprus\, Marina Maleni Kyriazi holds degrees in Theatre Studies\, Acting and Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin and in Communication and Journalism from the Open University Cyprus.  She as worked successfully as an actress\, TV host and radio music producer for several years.  As an actress she performed roles in THOC productions such as Masha in Chekhov’s Three Sisters\, Olivia in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by Shakespeare\, Shelby in Harling’s Steel Magnolias.  \n\n\n\nWorking since 2001 as Theatre Development Officer for the Cyprus Theatre Organisation\, she is in charge of State theatre subsidies and policy forming\, European collaborations\, playwriting development\, non-professional theatre\, theatre education programs\, has been PQ National Curator for exhibitions since 2007.  She has worked extensively in the Committee for Theatre in Schools (THOC – Ministry of Education and Culture)\, the Study Committee for the creation of A Cultural Authority in Cyprus\, the National Committee for Delphic Games\, the development of state subsidy policy for theatres in Cyprus\, and in developing bridges with artists and organizations abroad etc.   \n\n\n\nHost of CYBC TV talk show on culture which just completed its sixth season. She has been coordinating several very successful European culture programme collaborations for Cyprus. \n\n\n\nWith Artist Melita Couta\, they received the highest honor\, The Golden Triga with the Cyprus Theatre Organisation team in Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and SpaceQ23. \n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Information\n\n\n\nHomemade Culture\n\n\n\nHomemade Culture has been present in the Romanian cultural space since 2008\, under the name lorgean theater\, and since 2012 it has organised cultural events in domestic spaces in Romania and other countries in collaboration with the Graphis 122 Association. Between 2012-2014 we organized the Campaign Playing with the open house\, and since 2014 we have managed HomeFest\, the only cultural festival that takes place in houses and apartments in Romania. The purpose of the association is to create a platform that encourages the establishment of a close link between the artistic act and the audience\, by initiating and developing cultural\, artistic and educational projects\, which take place mainly in the domestic space or in another informal setting.   \nIn 7 years of activity\, the association has produced around 20 theatre performances (under the name lorgean theater)\, with which it has participated in national and international festivals\, hosting more than 100 other titles. Homemade Culture has presented workshops\, residencies\, festivals\, all of which were related to the domestic space.  \n\n\n\nOngoing Realities\n\n\n\nOngoing realities (OR) consists of the artistic duo Anna Näsström and Johan Bandholtz and they investigate the relation and creative possibilities when merging dance and choreography with digital technologies such as Motion Capture\, animation\, Virtual Reality\, Augmented Reality and artificial intelligence. They offer multiple and multi-sensory performance experiences for theatres as well as venues such as museums\, industrial premises or public spaces. OR works with dancers and collaborators in animation\, programming\, sound design\, creative technologists and video artists. Ongoing Realities continues to develop and change in the form of performances\, projects and as a platform and are always curious about new meetings or collaborations.  \nAnna Näsström and Johan Bandholtz are both dancers and choreographers educated at Stockholm University of Arts and in their individual careers they have experience from a broad range of productions and artistic projects from several different genres in the sector for dance and choreography. In 2022 they won the award “Excellence In Performance” during Stockholm Fringe Festival for their piece “one”. The have been granted support from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee\, The Swedish Arts Council and the City of Stockholm and have been invited to several national residencies and created a site specific performance for the art museum in Skövde which premiered in 2021. Their work have also been shown at the Digital Innovation Festival at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm\, during Tempo Documentary Film Festival (2022)\, at the Swedish Pavillion during Tanzmesse in Düsseldorf (2022)\, at the Gallery Den Fantastiska Platsen in Stockholm (2023) and have created a commissioned work for iM Konsthall and Northern Sustainable Futures (2023).    \n\n\n\nEspronceda\n\n\n\nESPRONCEDA – Institute of Art & Culture\, powered by Lemongrass Communications S.L.\, was founded in 2013 to create an innovative platform for artistic and cultural research that could produce social impact and social change in society. \nThe project is a research and creation platform for contemporary and new media arts\, science\, education\, and cultural dissemination. Its mission is to promote innovative and creative thinking through artistic research and innovation\, with the aim of shaping our understanding of the world and enriching the quality of life with new insights toward a more sustainable and responsible transformation. \nThe organization promotes residency and artistic research programmes in the fields of new media art\, science\, and visual art\, offering a multidisciplinary environment that stimulates dialogue between the art world\, public institutions\, and business. \nEspronceda is open to the local and international community by offering various types of events and initiatives such as art exhibitions\, workshops\, conferences\, and open calls aimed at analyzing important issues of our contemporary society. \nThe methodology is based on a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the new advanced technologies\, visual and performing arts and is aimed to create a new ecosocial imagination for society without distinction of race\, gender\, and background. \nFor us\, artistic research and creativity can be engines of awareness and change\, helping people to imagine new balanced\, and sustainable futures. \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\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/an-afternoon-with-the-change-maker-theatre-in-palm-festival-within-a-festival/ LOCATION:The Pumphouse\, Dublin Port\, Alexandra Road\, Dublin 1 CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary,Performance,Talk,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Smashing-Times-International-Centre-for-the-Arts-and-Equality-Workshop-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20231013T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20231013T190000 DTSTAMP:20231106T200618Z CREATED:20230828T104843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T200618Z UID:10000248-1697218200-1697223600@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Write Your Creative Language DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nEmail narrativeschanging@gmail.com to book your free place \n\n\n\nFacilitator\n\n\n\nAnna Loi\, co-editor in chief\, Unapologetic \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nThe workshop will be focused on discussing and challenging people that use English as their primary language in everyday life to write creatively incorporating their mother tongue. The aim is not only to tell their own personal story as well as to highlight their experience on how their native language can be perceived by others where communication is often viewed as english-centric in a globalised world. The main focus will be to learn between ourselves what is the beauty and uniqueness of being your true self and your identity through language and the written word.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop will be divided in two parts: in the first meeting (13 October) we will have a round table of sharing opinions and discussing the matter with the participants\, as well as a first introduction to writing creatively about this topic – prompts will be shared. During the time in between workshops\, participants will have the time to work on and develop their own story. In the second part (20 October) we will be working together on touch ups and how they felt about the task. In the end whoever feels like it will be able to share their final product with the rest of the room.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna is a storyteller with a passion for film and writing. Originally from Italy\, she has moved around a lot and is currently based in Amsterdam. Curious about the strange human experience and people’s clumsy attempts at understanding themselves\, after her MA in Creative Writing at UL she strives to be a voice for the misunderstood\, creating portraits that represent the young woman in today’s society. In her role as an Assistant Editor with Unapologetic she is also working on Creative Writing workshops for Native Speakers of Other Languages. \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\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/write-your-creative-language/2023-10-13/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Unapologetic-Logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230704T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20230704T210000 DTSTAMP:20230629T093431Z CREATED:20230629T090719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230629T093431Z UID:10000237-1688497200-1688504400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Change-Maker Theatre-Based Workshop DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSoloSIRENS Change-Maker Theatre-Based Workshop – Open to All \n\n\n\nCome along and enjoy a theatre-based ‘Change-Maker’ workshop with SoloSIRENS theatre collective\, open to the public and celebrating stories of change-makers from the Decade of Centenaries 1912-1922 linked to the stories of change-makers today working to make society a better place. Join us as we explore ‘Who are the change-makers\, visionaries\, champions or warriors that inspire us?’ and ‘Revolutionary Visions for the Future’ exploring new visions for an equal and peaceful society for all. \n\n\n\nThe workshops use a fun\, theatre-based process to explore and collect stories of change-makers from the Decade of Centenaries and  stories of change-makers from today\,  as well as 100 quotes and statements for the future on two key themes ‘Who are the change-makers\, visionaries or warriors that inspire us ?’ and ‘Revolutionary Visions for the Future’. \n\n\n\nWhen it comes to who our change-makers are\, we need to move beyond the traditional narratives to learn about new change-makers for new states of independence on the island of Ireland. A key theme is to explore why do we need change-makers and what are our revolutionary visions for the future? States of Independence generates discussion and reflection on how the past impacts on our lives today in positive\, inspiring ways and highlights the future as a place where anything can happen\, and you can be anything you want to be. \n\n\n\nPresented as part of States of Independence\, a project celebrating 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. \n\n\n\nPresented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality for States of Independence and SoloSIRENS. \n\n\n\nCelebrating the stories of ten change-makers from the Decade of Centenaries and the stories of ten changemakers today working to make society a better place for all. \n\n\n\nSupported by The Arts Council Open Call \n\n\n\nAs part of ART: 2023 a Decade of Centenaries Collaboration between The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism\, Culture\, Arts\, Gaeltacht\, Sport and Media \n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit Your Changemaker\n\n\n\nAs part of States of Independence\, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are conducting ten creative workshops open to the public and are holding an open call inviting members of the public to nominate a change-maker story from the Decade of Centenaries and a change-maker story from today. \n\n\n\nWho was a change-maker\, visionary\, champion or warrior in your life\, a person who inspired you\, made change for you\, themselves or others? This can be a friend\, relative\, a loved one\, a stranger\, your best friend\, someone from history or yourself! \n\n\n\nTell us who is the change-maker that inspires you. \n\n\n\nNominate a change-maker. Submit your change-maker story here. \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\nWho We Are:\n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality is an award-winning creative arts organisation\, leading the developing of the arts to promote and advance  equality\, human rights and diversity. Founded in 1991\, Smashing Times operates as a world class arts space and digital hub for artists\, activists\, citizens\, communities and the general public presenting work on the national and international arena and working with over 50 organisations across Ireland\, Northern Ireland\, Europe and internationally.  The vision is to connect citizens to the arts\, human rights\, climate justice\, gender equality\, diversity\, health\, well-being and peace\, working with artists and local communities and communities of interest to create collaborative art practice in local\, national\, European\, and international settings.   The company provides a Resource  and Advice service; an Arts and Human Rights network; an annual and multi-annual interdisciplinary arts programme; training and an annual international Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival.  All artistic mediums are supported with a focus on the performing and collaborative arts including theatre\, film\, visual arts\, dance\, music and digital arts.  The company is led by award-winning writer\, theatre\, film-maker and Artistic Director Mary Moynihan and Producer Freda Manweiler. Company patrons are Sabina Coyne Higgins\,  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\n\n\nVenue Information: URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/change-maker-theatre-based-workshop/ LOCATION:Civic Theatre\, Belgard Square East\, Tallaght CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/States-of-Independence-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221022T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221022T160000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153601Z CREATED:20220907T131329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153601Z UID:10000338-1666447200-1666454400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Stories for Children from Ukraine DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nBook here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nVictoria Amelina\, writer \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nVictoria Amelina will entertain Ukrainian kids and their parents with funny stories from a writer’s life and teach the children to draw the characters from her latest book\, Ten Ways for an Excavator to Save the World (“Ееесторії екскаватора Еки”). Suitable for children aged 4-10 years. \n\n\n\nThis event is supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature. \n\n\n\nIrish PEN \n\n\n\nIn November 2020 Irish PEN was relaunched as Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann. This followed the amalgamation of the original organisation and the Freedom to Write Campaign. \n\n\n\nThe aims of Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are: \n\n\n\nto promote literature in and about Ireland both nationally and internationallyto defend worldwide the right of writers to responsible freedom of expression as defined in the PEN Charterto foster international understanding through the appreciation of literature\n\n\n\nVisit www.irishpen.com for more info and to become a member. \n\n\n\nDublin UNESCO City of Literature \n\n\n\nDublin is the fourth UNESCO City of Literature\, one of 39 UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide. \n\n\n\nWith four Nobel prize winners (Yeats\, Beckett\, Shaw and Heaney)\, a brace of universities of global distinction in Trinity and UCD\, over half a dozen books festivals\, the internationally prestigious Dublin Literary Award and a world class new city library in the planning\, it is without doubt that Ireland’s capital has literature in its blood. \n\n\n\nThe Literature designation is one of seven designations within the Creative Cities Network. \n\n\n\nThe Office is advised by a Management Group 2021 and a wider Steering Group and is part of Dublin City Libraries. The work of the office is guided by a Strategic Plan 2020-2022 \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictoria Amelina is a Ukrainian novelist\, essayist\, and human rights activist based in Kyiv. She is a winner of the Joseph Conrad Literature Prize for her prose works\, including the novels Dom’s Dream Kingdom and Fall Syndrome\, and a finalist of the European Union Prize for Literature. She is a founder of the New York Literature Festival\, which takes place in a small town called New York in the Donetsk region. Due to the full-scale Russian invasion of 2022\, instead of the festival\, the team launched the “Fight Them with Poetry” initiative to help supply the Ukrainian Army units defending the region. \n\n\n\nSince 2022 Victoria Amelina has been collaborating with Ukrainian teams to document Russian war crimes and advocate for accountability for the international crimes committed by the Russian Federation and its troops on the territory of Ukraine and other countries. She is now working on a non-fiction project: War and Justice Diary: Looking at Women Looking at War. \n\n\n\nHer prose\, poems\, and essays have been translated into many languages\, including English\, Polish\, Italian\, German\, Croatian\, Dutch\, Chezh\, and Hungarian. She teaches a special Creative Writing course\, Crafting the Future\, at the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa. \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\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/stories-for-children-from-ukraine/ LOCATION:Pearse Street Library Conference Centre\, 144 Pearse Street\, Dublin 2\, D02 DE68\, Ireland CATEGORIES:Storytelling,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Storytelling.jpg 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:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \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:20221021T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221021T200000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153608Z CREATED:20220916T133855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153608Z UID:10000232-1666378800-1666382400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Ecopoetry and Ecojustice: A Holistic Human Rights Consciousness DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nDeclan Owens\, CEO of Ecojustice Ireland and Ecojustice Legal Action Centre\, Facilitator \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nPoets throughout history and in various cultures have advanced our understanding of what it means to be human through using Nature as a poetic device.  Under the Anthropocene and the so-called Enlightenment\, there has been a separation between humanity and Nature where the environment has been objectified and considered as an externality for capitalist extraction.  The concept of the Rights of Nature and the links within this framework to the human right to a safe\, clean\, healthy and sustainable environment becomes more evident through a poetic framework. Declan will explore the themes that can lead to an awakening of human consciousness of our place and role on the planet.   \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeclan Owens is CEO of Ecojustice Ireland and Ecojustice Legal Action Centre after previously working as a strategic campaigning lawyer in the Trade Union Law Group of Thompsons Solicitors\, the UK’s foremost social justice firm working in the field of workers’ rights and trade union law.  He formerly worked for the International Centre for Trade Union Rights\, the legal department of the International Trade Union Confederation (observing the early work of the Just Transition Centre) and the Bureau for Workers’ Activities of the International Labour Organisation (developing a trade union strategy for the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals).  He is Co-chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers in the UK\, articulating the need for system change for climate justice to its membership. \n\n\n\n Declan represented some of the largest unions in the UK\, including Unite\, Unison\, the National Union of Journalists and the Public & Commercial Services Union (the largest civil service union in the UK).  He has developed a climate justice strategy premised on using the latent power of the union movement to lead a ‘Just Transition’.  To this end\, Declan is a leading campaigner in the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group\, and is the Irish coordinator of the Climate Justice Coalition. He is the Haldane Society’s Bureau member for the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and is the Irish expert adviser to the UN’s Harmony with Nature Agency. Declan is on the Steering Group of the Greener Jobs Alliance\, the Climate Justice group of the Law Society of Northern Ireland\, and the Environmental Task Force of Unite the Union.   \n\n\n\n Declan is embedded in his community of Dundrum\, County Down\, working with the Environmental Justice Network Ireland on a range of issues and has also recently qualified as a mediator with Mediation NI. He is active in the Dolmens Climate Action Network in County Down\, which is part of Climate Action Network International. He works with the European Lawyers for Workers Network and the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights. Declan has recently set up a Climate Justice branch for Unite the Union’s Community membership to link communities and workers to explore the need for a Just Transition.  Declan is also a director of the social enterprise\, Climate Craic CIC\, which uses fun and festivals to convey a positive and inclusive approach to ecojustice.   \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/ecopoetry-and-ecojustice-a-holistic-human-rights-consciousness/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Poetry,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/EI-Logo-for-Facebook.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221021T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221021T123000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153623Z CREATED:20221010T091146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153623Z UID:10000351-1666351800-1666355400@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights Workshop Programme DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor\, choreographer and facilitator with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nVanessa Ogida\, Creative Entrepreneur \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times artists and facilitators Michael McCabe and  Vanessa Ogida facilitate energetic arts-based workshops with secondary school students from across Dublin on the themes of the arts\, climate justice and human rights.. The workshops have been designed by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality artists Michael McCabe\, Mary Moynihan\, Ciara Hayes and Vanessa Oggida and use theatre and drama techniques to explore climate change\, climate justice and biodiversity. The workshops are supported by Concern and WorldWise Global Schools. The workshops are conducted as part of a year-long programme called Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights – see further information below. \n\n\n\nSmashing Times Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights – A Creative approach to Climate Action\n\n\n\n“There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air\, costs very little\, and builds itself. It’s called a tree.” \n\n\n\nGeorge Monbiot\, Author \n\n\n\nThe Smashing Times Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights \, led by Mary Moynihan\, writer\, theatre and film-maker\, uses the arts\, social media and new digital technologies to promote intersections between human rights\, arts\, technology\, climate justice  and global citizenship education. The project is implemented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with Irish Aid World Wise Global Schools\, Concern\, Front Line Defenders and partners from across Europe supported by Erasmus+. The project is implemented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Concern with schools and the general public and results in the collaborative design and creation of an online ‘Creative Eco-Centre’. The project involves a collaboration between artists\, young people and the general public. \n\n\n\nThe aim is to create a vision and design for\, and to bring to life in virtual format\, a  unique Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights. A series of artworks are developed as artists and partner organisations work with young people in order to create a national Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights.  \n\n\n\nWhat would such a centre look like\, where would it live and what will it achieve? All questions to be answered by young people working with artists and partner organisations\, coming together to create a collective vision for a Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights to be presented for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\nThe Creative Eco-Centre is  housed  online as part of the Smashing Times Virtual Arts Centre funded by the Arts Council.  This  is an online 3-D gallery space dedicated to the arts and human rights.  The online centre has a series of ‘virtual’ galleries or exhibition sites such as the Arts and Human Rights gallery; the Arts and Peace Gallery and the Creative Eco-Centre. \n\n\n\nThe Creative Eco-Centre is an innovative\, online space with an online exhibition  and associated information created by students working with  artists and facilitators to highlight global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights.  The centre has an information and Education hub with content from Smashing Times\, Concern and from students on global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights and access to online training; and a social media space for youth. \n\n\n\nThe virtual centre contains a gallery space with artworks and images from artists and young people; an information and Education hub with content from Smashing Times\, Concern and from students on global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights and access to online training; and a social media space for youth. The Creative Eco-Centre will feature an online exhibition  created by the students working with theatre practitioner and facilitator Michael McCabe to highlight global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights.  \n\n\n\nA real site for Smashing Times and the centre is an aim to be worked on throughout 2022.  Young people work with artists and facilitators on the overall design of the online Creative Eco-Centre with content provided by the young people with support from the artists and partner organisations. The aim is to create an online Creative Eco-Centre with a visual art and poetry exhibition using the arts to promote climate justice with input from young people in terms of design and content and to raise awareness of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival with young people\, encouraging students to engage in creative arts practice exploring links between social activism\, climate justice\, development education and human rights on a local and global scale. \n\n\n\nCreative Workshop Programme \n\n\n\nSmashing Times are working with schools in Ireland and schools in an African Nation using creative processes\, new digital technologies and social media activism to engage the students in the collaborative design of a ‘Creative Eco-Centre’ exploring global citizenship education and Climate Justice linked to Human Rights to be housed on the new online Smashing Times virtual arts space. Our aim is to work with students from  January to December  2022\, supporting the students to firstly create  visual designs and ideas for what they want the new Creative Eco-Centre to look like and secondly to create content for the Creative Eco-Centre\, an online exhibition  created by the students working with an artist and facilitator to highlight global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights. \n\n\n\nCreative Eco-Performance \n\n\n\nGathering on the Pond is a dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families that is fun\, magical and sparking. A theatricality staged fusion of story\, colourful costumes and fun moments intersected with dialogue\, and song on science\, community connections and the environment\, and a love of dreams! \n\n\n\nProfessor Magpie Lovelace arrives in a panic. She is a scientist who loves birds and music. It’s her first day in her new role as Choir Director and she’s late. Well\, she travelled there on the infamous number 46a  bus\, so say no more. Her choir\, The Rockin’ Robins\, have been singing the same old tired tunes for years now and with the Dawn Chorus Competition fast approaching Professor Magpie\, our Professor of Ornithology\, wants to try something new. She loves birds\, they speak to her and she understands their harmonies and melodies which are full of passion. But their future is bleak and under threat! Professor Magpie wishes to create\, with the help of her choir\, a song that will teach future generations to respect our feathered friends and keep their future safe.  A young scientist\, a bus conductor\, the dawn chorus and big dreams!  And especially . . .  the right to dream of a better world! What will happen next?  The play provides information on  climate change linked to concepts of justice\, equality\, diversity and human rights and raises awareness of  social activism amongst young people\, all displayed in a fun and entertaining way. \n\n\n\nThis theatre performance for all ages highlights our local Irish wildlife\, along with simple steps that we can all take to protect it. Based on themes of sustainability and promoting women in STEM\, ‘Gathering on the Pond’ uses music\, songs and lots of sparkle to engage with younger audiences.  Written by Aoife Reilly\, Mary Moynihan and Michael McCabe\, and based on an original scenario by Mary Moynihan\, Gathering on the Pond makes complex themes accessible to audiences of all ages\, and use creative processes of music\, song and dance for a fun and engaging theatre experience.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker and Artist Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\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 World premier in Cork last year\, due to open in The Olympia Theatre\, Dublin on September 3rd. \n\n\n\nMichael 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.      \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\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/arts-climate-justice-and-human-rights-workshop-programme/2022-10-21/ LOCATION:dlr Lexicon Black Box Studio\, Queen’s Road\, Dun Laoghaire\, Queen's Road Dun Laoghaire\, Dublin CATEGORIES:Workshop,Youth Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Climate-Crisis.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221020T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221020T123000 DTSTAMP:20221209T153623Z CREATED:20221010T091146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T153623Z UID:10000350-1666265400-1666269000@smashingtimes.ie SUMMARY:Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights Workshop Programme DESCRIPTION:Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree-Day Palestinian Cultural Day Festival (25–27 September 2026)\, celebrating Palestinian culture through art\, music\, food\, education and community events \n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nNo Booking Necessary \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\, actor\, choreographer and facilitator with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, Ireland \n\n\n\nVanessa Ogida\, Creative Entrepreneur \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nSmashing Times artists and facilitators Michael McCabe and  Vanessa Ogida facilitate energetic arts-based workshops with secondary school students from across Dublin on the themes of the arts\, climate justice and human rights.. The workshops have been designed by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality artists Michael McCabe\, Mary Moynihan\, Ciara Hayes and Vanessa Oggida and use theatre and drama techniques to explore climate change\, climate justice and biodiversity. The workshops are supported by Concern and WorldWise Global Schools. The workshops are conducted as part of a year-long programme called Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights – see further information below. \n\n\n\nSmashing Times Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights – A Creative approach to Climate Action\n\n\n\n“There is a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air\, costs very little\, and builds itself. It’s called a tree.” \n\n\n\nGeorge Monbiot\, Author \n\n\n\nThe Smashing Times Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights \, led by Mary Moynihan\, writer\, theatre and film-maker\, uses the arts\, social media and new digital technologies to promote intersections between human rights\, arts\, technology\, climate justice  and global citizenship education. The project is implemented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with Irish Aid World Wise Global Schools\, Concern\, Front Line Defenders and partners from across Europe supported by Erasmus+. The project is implemented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and Concern with schools and the general public and results in the collaborative design and creation of an online ‘Creative Eco-Centre’. The project involves a collaboration between artists\, young people and the general public. \n\n\n\nThe aim is to create a vision and design for\, and to bring to life in virtual format\, a  unique Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights. A series of artworks are developed as artists and partner organisations work with young people in order to create a national Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights.  \n\n\n\nWhat would such a centre look like\, where would it live and what will it achieve? All questions to be answered by young people working with artists and partner organisations\, coming together to create a collective vision for a Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts\, Climate Justice and Human Rights to be presented for the 2022 Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival. \n\n\n\nThe Creative Eco-Centre is  housed  online as part of the Smashing Times Virtual Arts Centre funded by the Arts Council.  This  is an online 3-D gallery space dedicated to the arts and human rights.  The online centre has a series of ‘virtual’ galleries or exhibition sites such as the Arts and Human Rights gallery; the Arts and Peace Gallery and the Creative Eco-Centre. \n\n\n\nThe Creative Eco-Centre is an innovative\, online space with an online exhibition  and associated information created by students working with  artists and facilitators to highlight global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights.  The centre has an information and Education hub with content from Smashing Times\, Concern and from students on global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights and access to online training; and a social media space for youth. \n\n\n\nThe virtual centre contains a gallery space with artworks and images from artists and young people; an information and Education hub with content from Smashing Times\, Concern and from students on global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights and access to online training; and a social media space for youth. The Creative Eco-Centre will feature an online exhibition  created by the students working with theatre practitioner and facilitator Michael McCabe to highlight global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights.  \n\n\n\nA real site for Smashing Times and the centre is an aim to be worked on throughout 2022.  Young people work with artists and facilitators on the overall design of the online Creative Eco-Centre with content provided by the young people with support from the artists and partner organisations. The aim is to create an online Creative Eco-Centre with a visual art and poetry exhibition using the arts to promote climate justice with input from young people in terms of design and content and to raise awareness of the Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival with young people\, encouraging students to engage in creative arts practice exploring links between social activism\, climate justice\, development education and human rights on a local and global scale. \n\n\n\nCreative Workshop Programme \n\n\n\nSmashing Times are working with schools in Ireland and schools in an African Nation using creative processes\, new digital technologies and social media activism to engage the students in the collaborative design of a ‘Creative Eco-Centre’ exploring global citizenship education and Climate Justice linked to Human Rights to be housed on the new online Smashing Times virtual arts space. Our aim is to work with students from  January to December  2022\, supporting the students to firstly create  visual designs and ideas for what they want the new Creative Eco-Centre to look like and secondly to create content for the Creative Eco-Centre\, an online exhibition  created by the students working with an artist and facilitator to highlight global citizenship\, climate justice and human rights. \n\n\n\nCreative Eco-Performance \n\n\n\nGathering on the Pond is a dazzling storytelling performance suitable for families that is fun\, magical and sparking. A theatricality staged fusion of story\, colourful costumes and fun moments intersected with dialogue\, and song on science\, community connections and the environment\, and a love of dreams! \n\n\n\nProfessor Magpie Lovelace arrives in a panic. She is a scientist who loves birds and music. It’s her first day in her new role as Choir Director and she’s late. Well\, she travelled there on the infamous number 46a  bus\, so say no more. Her choir\, The Rockin’ Robins\, have been singing the same old tired tunes for years now and with the Dawn Chorus Competition fast approaching Professor Magpie\, our Professor of Ornithology\, wants to try something new. She loves birds\, they speak to her and she understands their harmonies and melodies which are full of passion. But their future is bleak and under threat! Professor Magpie wishes to create\, with the help of her choir\, a song that will teach future generations to respect our feathered friends and keep their future safe.  A young scientist\, a bus conductor\, the dawn chorus and big dreams!  And especially . . .  the right to dream of a better world! What will happen next?  The play provides information on  climate change linked to concepts of justice\, equality\, diversity and human rights and raises awareness of  social activism amongst young people\, all displayed in a fun and entertaining way. \n\n\n\nThis theatre performance for all ages highlights our local Irish wildlife\, along with simple steps that we can all take to protect it. Based on themes of sustainability and promoting women in STEM\, ‘Gathering on the Pond’ uses music\, songs and lots of sparkle to engage with younger audiences.  Written by Aoife Reilly\, Mary Moynihan and Michael McCabe\, and based on an original scenario by Mary Moynihan\, Gathering on the Pond makes complex themes accessible to audiences of all ages\, and use creative processes of music\, song and dance for a fun and engaging theatre experience.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker and Artist Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael McCabe\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 World premier in Cork last year\, due to open in The Olympia Theatre\, Dublin on September 3rd. \n\n\n\nMichael 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.      \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\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/arts-climate-justice-and-human-rights-workshop-programme/2022-10-20/ LOCATION:dlr Lexicon Black Box Studio\, Queen’s Road\, Dun Laoghaire\, Queen's Road Dun Laoghaire\, Dublin CATEGORIES:Workshop,Youth Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Climate-Crisis.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Smashing Times":MAILTO:info@smashingtimes.ie END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR