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Arts and Human Rights – Creative Voices for Diverse Narratives at Imagine Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality, in conjunction with the Imagine Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics are delighted to present an online panel discussion on the role of the arts to promote human rights, to support the telling of different stories and to build connections between…

Posted on March 5, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Smashing Times Long-listed for the Award for Civic Arts Organisations

Smashing Times are delighted and honoured to be long-listed for The Award for Civic Arts Organisations by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch), in partnership with King’s College London. Artistic Director, Mary Moynihan said that to be long-listed is, "great recognition for the power of our work in Northern Ireland…

Posted on March 4, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Creative Connections Workshops Online

Smashing Times are delighted to implement the Creative Connections programme in Northern Ireland, supported by the Northern Ireland Executive’s T:BUC Strategy through the Central Good Relations Fund. Creative Connections is a cultural, arts-based project using creative processes of theatre and storytelling workshops, group and panel discussions, and online digital presentations…

Posted on February 19, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Mary Moynihan to speak Community Relations Resource Fair

Artistic Director, Mary Moynihan, is delighted to speak at the Community Relations Resource Fair marking the 2021 Centenary, taking place on Wednesday 24 February. The Decade of Centenaries: 1912-1922, included a series of significant events in Ireland that changed the physical, cultural, political and economic landscape today, North and South.…

Posted on February 12, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Mary Moynihan to speak at Citizens for Europe: Success Stories event

Artistic Director, Mary Moynihan, has been invited to speak about Smashing Times’ Comet Lines: Freedom Trails of Europe project at the Citizens for Europe: Success Stories event, Wednesday 3 February 2021. For 7 years, the EU Programme ‘Europe for Citizens’ has supported projects in the fields of town twinning and…

Posted on February 1, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

Events

Acting for the Future – Using the Arts to Promote Intercultural Health with Refugees in Ireland

Fun Theatre-based Workshops on Health and Well-Being Are you looking for a fun workshop where you can learn new skills? Then this is the space for you. Join us for a fun process of easy-to-use drama and theatre games and exercises where you can work with the group to explore how…

Posted on January 14, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Smashing Times and Dublin Castle present Equality Workshop

It’s been 99 years since the handover of Dublin Castle… Where are we now? 99 years have lapsed since that loaded moment on 16 January 1922, when the new state was ceremonially born in the all too familiar courtyard of Dublin Castle. Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and…

Posted on January 13, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

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The Art of Letting Go

A personal reflection by Mary Moynihan, award-winning writer, theatre and film-maker and Artistic Director, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality On Saturday, Mach 28, 2020, I tested positive for Covid-19, twelve days after becoming ill. I became unwell on Monday evening 16 March. During the illness…

Posted on January 5, 2021October 1, 2021 by centreforthearts

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Smashing Times Artistic Programme for 2021

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are delighted to announce our plans for 2021 which include a range of arts-based projects taking place in Ireland, Northern Ireland and across Europe and the implementation of two unique festivals – the Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival 2021 and…