A workshop aiming to develop the critical thinking skills to explore the realities and complexities of our interconnected world and recognize the imperative for active solidarity at local and global levels
Launch of State of the Art: Visual art, photography and poetry exhibition featuring the work of writer and artist Mary Moynihan and visual artist Aman Walayat responding creatively to themes of freedom, change, transformation, power and control. The event facilitator is Ciara Hayes, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. The official launch is conducted by Cllr Emma Murphy, Mayor of South Dublin County Council with presentations by the artists Mary Moynihan and Amna Walayat. The State of the Art: Visual art, photography and poetry exhibition runs at the dlr Mill Theatre, Gallery, Dundrum until Saturday 29 October 2022 and is open Tuesday to Saturday 11am-4pm.
Exploring the reproductive rights movements across the island of Ireland and Poland.
Transnational Partner Exchange
As part of the Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts, Climate Justice and Human Rights project, Smashing Times artist and facilitator Michael McCabe hosts a series of creative workshops with secondary school students on the arts, climate justice and human rights.
Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality invite you to take part in an open mic night for the arts and to join us in celebrating 30 years as the leading voice in arts for equality, human rights and diversity in Europe and internationally!
Transnational Partner Exchange
As part of the Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts, Climate Justice and Human Rights project, Smashing Times artist and facilitator Michael McCabe hosts a series of creative workshops with secondary school students on the arts, climate justice and human rights.
Ukrainian Novelist, essayist and human rights activist Victoria Amelina will discuss the current situation for writers and artists in Ukraine, her non-fiction project: War and Justice Diary: Looking at Women Looking at War, and her own literary work.
Thurs 20, Fri 21 and Sat 22 October, 7.30pm. Three public performances and post-show discussions take place in South Kerry – in The Barracks Heritage Centre, Cahersiveen, on Thursday, 20 October 2022, 7.30pm; in St John the Baptist Church, Knightstown, Valentia Island, on Friday 21 October 2022, 7.30pm and in 10 Bridge Street, Killorglin, on Saturday 22 October 2022, 7.30pm.
The show Aisling na Saoirse – Dreams of Freedom is presented as part of the Aisling programme in South Kerry for the annual Arts and Human Rights festival and is made up of Grace and Joe by Mary Moynihan performed by Carla Ryan; Tales from an Afterworld by Féilim James performed by Rob Harrington; At Summer’s End by Féilim James performed by Carla Ryan and Ná déanaimis dearmad/Let Us Not Forget by Áine Ní Ghlinn performed by Rob Harrington.
Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality work to promote equality, human rights and diversity through the arts. The three shows are presented as part of a programme of artistic performances, workshops, training and talks taking place in a range of venues in South Kerry using the arts to promote equality and rights with a focus on promoting the Irish language and Irish culture and heritage. The programme is supported by Foras na Gaeilge and the Department of Rural and Community Development.
Workshop and Training Programme
Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality work to promote equality, human rights and diversity through the arts. The company are delighted to present a programme of artistic performances, workshops, training and talks taking place in a range of venues using the arts to promote equality and rights with a focus on promoting the Irish language and Irish culture and heritage.
Ionad Cill Rialaig, Ballinkelligs, County Kerry. 24 September 2022. 7-10pm
Aon Scéal, REIC Spoken Word Evening with Bean an tí, Ciara Ní É.
Artist: Hilary Bow, Singer Songwriter, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality
Event in Irish
Acting for the Future Creativity and Well-Being Workshops
Presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality
Coláiste na Sceilge, Cahirsiveen, County Kerry. 17 October 2022
17 October 2022. 10-11am. Transition Year Students, 25 per workshop
17 October 2022, 11-12am. Transition Year Students, 25 per workshop
17 October 2022, 12am-1pm. Transition Year Students, 25 per workshop
Creative Facilitator: Eimear Burke, Counselling Psychologist
Acting for the Future Creativity and Well-Being Workshops
Killorglin Community College, Killorglin, County Kerry. 18 October 2022
18 October 2022, 11.15-12.15am. Transitional Year Students, 20 per workshop
18 October 2022. 12.15am-1.15pm. Transition Year Students, 20 per workshop
Creative Facilitator: Eimear Burke, Counselling psychologist
Acting for the Future Creativity and Well-Being Workshops
Killorglin Adult Literacy and Basis Education Centre ETB, Killorglin, County Kerry.
18 October 2022. 2-3pm. Adults
18 October 2022. 3-4pm. Adults
Creative Facilitator: Eimear Burke, Counselling Psychologist
Smashing Times Youth Leadership Training
Killorglan Community College, Youth Chamber of Commerce. Training Location: The Killorglan Family Resource Centre.
Two Youth Leadership Training workshops. 12 October, 10-11.30am and 11.30am-1pm. Artist and Facilitator: Michael McCabe
Two Youth Leadership Training: workshops. 19 October, 10-11.30am and 11.30am-1pm. Artist and Facilitator Vanessa Ogida
Two Climate Change Vision Board Training workshops. 26 October, 10-11.30am and 11.30am-1pm. Creative Facilitator and Entrepreneur: Vanessa Ogida
O’Connell Education Centre
Two Vision Board Training workshops. 20 October,
Equality Workshops Through the Arts, Monsignor Flattery Room, The Barracks Heritage Centre, 25 October 2022. Equality Workshop, 25 October 2022, 5-7.30pm. Attended by artists from South Kerry in partnership with Marina Ni Dhubhain, Creative Places
Facilitator: Ciara Hayes
Forbairt na Dromoda Teo, Dromid, County Kerry, 12 October 2022
Equality Workshop, 12 October 2022, 1.45-3pm. Attended by students from 4th and 5th Class, Scoil Náisiúnta Cillín Liath
Facilitator: Michael McCabe
As part of the Creative Eco-Centre for the Arts, Climate Justice and Human Rights project, Smashing Times artist and facilitator Michael McCabe hosts a series of creative workshops with secondary school students on the arts, climate justice and human rights.
Online workshop exploring themes that can lead to an awakening of human consciousness of our place and role on the planet
At 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.
Hear from the front line communities challenging corporate abuse as part of a panel discussion with human rights defenders from Mexico and Nepal, with the discussion accompanied by an exclusive screening of the new documentary ‘Make it your business’, on corporate accountability, realising a better future and how ordinary people can stand up and take action.
Victoria 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"). PLEASE NOTE: This event is in Ukrainian.
Visit the Smashing Times Virtual Arts Centre to visit new exhibitions presented for the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2022
Conversation with activists from Ireland, South Africa, Brazil and Cote D’Ivoire on the struggle for the right to adequate housing around the world.
Roundtable discussion celebrating stories from silenced voices
This post-festival event explores the relationships between Othello, Desdemona and Iago
A celebration of the Irish Language and Celtic Culture through performance, poetry and song.
A celebration of the Irish Language and Celtic Culture through performance, poetry and song.
Celebrating 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.
Women Change-Makers Exhibition
Film Installation
Film Installation
Visual Art, Film Projection, Photography and Poetry Exhibition
A film installation by Mary Moynihan on display in The Tearooms, Glebe House, Co Donegal from 1 August to 31 October 2023. The film is an imagined re-creation of moments from the lives of women in Irish history from 1916 to 1923
Change-Maker Stories from History
Live Outdoor Performance and Post-Show Panel Discussion
Change-Maker Stories from History
Change-Maker Stories from History
Change-Maker Stories from History
Change-Maker Stories from History
Change-Maker Stories from History
Change-Maker Stories from History
Change-Maker Stories from History
Change-Maker Stories from History
Live Outdoor Change-Maker Performance and Post-Show Panel Discussion
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Ireland’s leading Circus Company Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre brings their Bingo? Circus! Extravaganza to Cashel as part of the Cashel Arts Festival this September and Ballyshannon in October
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Exhibition of photographs by Matt Spalding taken in the Dublin Docklands Boxing Club
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
Courageous Women is a film installation by Mary Moynihan on display in Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, from 4 October to 5 November 2023, Wednesday - Sunday only. The film is an imagined re-creation of moments from the lives of women in Irish history from 1916 to 1923
Ireland’s leading Circus Company Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Theatre brings their Bingo? Circus! Extravaganza to Cashel as part of the Cashel Arts Festival this September and Ballyshannon in October
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
To coincide with the 2023 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival, the Smashing Times online visual art gallery will display a digital rendering of a selection of artworks and stories from the Eternal Rebels exhibition which runs onsite at the Pumphouse, Dublin Port from Friday 13 to Sunday 22 October 2023. Eternal Rebels is a multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring visual art, film, photography and poetry and is a visual and poetic reflection on the stories of change-makers in Irish history from the Decade of Centenaries to today
A multi-disciplinary exhibition by artists Mary Moynihan, Amna Walayat and Hina Khan. The exhibition features visual art, film, photography and poetry and is a visual and poetic reflection on the stories of change-makers in Irish history from the Decade of Centenaries to today
Online screening of mental health documentary
Writer, theatre and film-maker Mary Moynihan interviews journalist Sally Hayden on her new book, 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned'
A radio documentary by artist Sinead McCann, exploring the challenges people with a criminal record face in securing employment on release from prison
This workshop challenges people that use English as their primary language in everyday life to write creatively incorporating their mother tongue
Launch of the 2023 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival and the flagship Eternal Rebels Exhibition, followed by a premiere performance of States of Independence, taking place on Friday 13 October 2023, 6pm, at the Pumphouse, Dublin Port. Guest speakers are Olive Moore, interim Director, Front Line Defenders, Mary Moynihan, writer, poet, theatre and film-maker, and Artistic Director of Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality with guest artist performances
Collaborative indoor and outdoor performance inspired by Change-Makers from the Decade of Centenaries to today
An interview with poet and translator George Szirtes on themes of poetry and human rights accompanied by readings from writer and translator, Csilla Toldy, presented by Irish PEN / PEN na hÉireann in partnership with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality.
Collaborative indoor and outdoor performance inspired by Change-Makers from the Decade of Centenaries to today
A Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival afternoon event featuring a talk, workshop and live performances hosted by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and presented by a range of creative arts organisations from the transnational European wide project Theatre in Palm
A Change-Maker Theatre in Palm Festival within a Festival evening event featuring two live performances and a post-show panel discussion hosted by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and presented by creative arts organisations from the transnational European wide project Theatre in Palm
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Live performance of Love the Earth by Mary Moynihan, a Changemaker Storytelling performance for ages 5 to 12 adapted from GOAL’s Global Citizenship Education Resource, presented by GOAL NextGen and Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality.
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
Podcast on the 25th Anniversary on the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders – with Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
A panel discussion with organisers of Docudays UA, a Ukrainian International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival on presenting a festival while at war, followed by a tribute to Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina
A panel discussion on the upcoming proposed changes to the Irish Constitution
A photo exhibition highlighting 10 Human Rights Defenders around the world who have done courageous work protecting human rights
Join the Irish Council for Civil Liberties for a compelling panel discussion with artists, campaigners and experts on AI and facial recognition
Collaborative indoor and outdoor performance inspired by Change-Makers from the Decade of Centenaries to today
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
AYE International Partner Exchange
A film screening depicting the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel, followed by a talk with Palestinian activists to explore foraging traditions, alongside resilience to prohibitive laws than ban these customs by the Israeli State. This event is hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Amnesty International Ireland
Live performance of Tales of Love and Loss celebrating stories of change-makers from Irish history and the Decade of Centenaries and featuring A Beauty That Will Pass, Grace and Joe, and poetry by Eva Gore-Booth, followed by post-show discussion on Women Changemakers from History
Remembrance international partner exchange
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
A talk on the life and work of artist Angelica Kauffman by Dr Eoin O’Flynn
This workshop challenges people that use English as their primary language in everyday life to write creatively incorporating their mother tongue
Open mic night featuring poetry and music relating to themes of social issues, human rights, social justice, and solidarity
Heroes is a powerful Opera/Dance performance, thrillingly delivered by John Scott, choreographer, dancer and operatic tenor, of Irish Modern Dance Theatre and is a visualisation of music, through the physicality of astonishing voice
Collaborative indoor and outdoor performance inspired by Change-Makers from the Decade of Centenaries to today
A workshop titled Write a Protest Song!, where, we will look at the history of protest songs, and draw on these themes to create our own songs relevant to today's (your) generation
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
Collaborative indoor and outdoor performance inspired by Change-Makers from the Decade of Centenaries to today
A live outdoor storytelling performance based on the lives and work of some of the Human Rights Defenders featured at the Memorial monument in the Iveagh Gardens presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders
Collaborative indoor and outdoor performance inspired by Change-Makers from the Decade of Centenaries to today
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
Quintessence Theatre presents their thrilling new historical play titled The Curious Case of Albert Cashier: Lincoln’s ‘Lady’ Soldier, based on the extraordinary true story of the Irish Transgender American War Hero, Albert D.J. Cashier
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
A seven-channel video installation, interrogating the mechanics of identification and the conditions under which empathy is produced. Available Monday-Saturday only until 11 November
Multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring photography, poetry and stories highlighting experiences of Human Rights Defenders working to make society a better place for all
