Listen to the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights radio show with Mary Moynihan and Freda Manweiler where we explore all things arts, culture, and human rights. You can find us on Dublin South FM, every Wednesday, 6-7pm. Today’s show focuses on the annual International Dublin Arts and Human Rights festival taking place across Ireland from the 11 to 20 October 2024. The festival is presented by Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality, Front Line Defenders, and a range of partners with events in Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Kerry, Cork, Leitrim, Roscommon, and Galway. The festival promotes equality, human rights, and diversity through the arts, and showcases the extraordinary work of human rights defenders in Ireland and around the world, past and present, emphasising the role of the arts and artists in promoting human rights today.
Guest interviewees in the studio are Aisha Hamdulay from Front Line Defenders and Monem Nassef who is performing in The Art of Trees by Mary Moynihan, a guided, walkabout, outdoor performance taking place at Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham reflecting on trees and forests, the importance of biodiversity and our connections to nature. The show runs Sunday 13 October, 11am, 1pm, 3pm; Monday 14 October, 10am, 12pm; Tuesday 15 October, 10am, 12pm; Thursday 17 October, 10am, 12pm. A special performance takes place on Sunday 20 October, 7.30pm, at The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 as part of the closing ceremony of the Dublin International Arts and Human Rights Festival.
Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival Programme
Events
OPENING LAUNCH. ALL WELCOME, Friday 11 October, The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street
Launch of the sixth annual Dublin International Arts and Human Rights festival on Friday 11 October 2024, 6.30-9pm, The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, D02 K037. Free admission. With talks, live show, exhibition, chat, wine and refreshments. Speakers include Senator Lynn Ruane; Jessica Traynor, poet, essayist, librettist, and MayKay, musician. As part of the launch, view the Irish in Resistance during World War II multidisciplinary exhibition funded by The Arts Council and watch a live performance of Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan with actors Daniel Mahon and Josephine Patane, and music by Lisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi, violinist. The play is adapted from the words of four brave and inspirational human rights defenders from around the world who were murdered because of their peaceful work defending the rights of others. Tickets at door or book here: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/dublin-arts-and-human-rights-festival-reception-and-launch/
Irish in Resistance during World War II – Public Talk with Poetry Readings and Exhibition in memory of people in the Irish Resistance, Saturday 12 October 2024, 7pm.The Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, D02 K037. Exhibition runs: 11-31 October 2024, Monday to Sunday 10am-7pm, The Ireland Institute, Pearse Street.
Launch and artist talk at The Ireland Institute on Pearse Street on Saturday 12 October from 7pm as part of the Irish in Resistance during World War II exhibition. The evening features talks and stories of Irish people in the resistance during World War II and poetry readings with wine, refreshments and chat. The event will give an overview of the Irish in Resistance during World War iI exhibition and how the stories resonate in today’s climate of war and genocide. The Irish in Resistance during World War II exhibition is a multidisciplinary exhibition with visual art, photography, film, poetry, and storytelling, reflecting on the experiences of Irish individuals who resisted the horrors of the Holocaust and World War II. Through their bravery and moral conviction, these individuals defended the rights of others and opposed the totalitarian regimes of their time. At the heart of this exhibition are newly commissioned works by artists Hina Khan, Amna Walayat, Féilim James, and Mary Moynihan. The four artists have drawn upon stories of Irish in resistance during World War II to create artworks that capture the spirit of those who championed democracy and peace against the forces of authoritarianism. The project is funded by The Arts Council Commissions Award and is a testament to the power of art in preserving and honouring historical narratives and in taking a stance against war. Bookings: Free admission. Tickets at door. Further information: https://smashingtimes.ie/event/irish-in-resistance-during-world-war-ii-multidisciplinary-exhibition/
Come see a major multidisciplinary exhibition Landscapes of the Soul with artists Mary Moynihan and Hina Khan at Rathfarnham Castle Gallery. Landscapes of the Soul features visual art, photography, poetry and film. The exhibition maps physical landscapes of nature to landscapes of the soul, reflecting on ways to hold on to the courage to be who we truly are and to let ourselves shine. In homage to the human spirit, the exhibition brings together visual imagery, poetry and film to reflect on meaning-making and pathways of expression, mapping physical landscapes and seascapes to human emotions from grief and longing to inner peace, spirituality and love. The exhibition runs at Rathfarnham Castle, Wednesday 2 October – Sunday 3 November, Wed – Sun, 10.30am – 5pm. Free admission.