Immerse Yourself In Creativity With Project Arts Centre’s Open Day
On 20 June from 11:00 – 17:00, Project Arts Centre will be opening their doors to the creative-curious to sample all four corners of Irish artistry. The free day will host a range of events from performance, visual arts, workshops, food and drink. It’s a perfect chance to delve into the heart of Dublin’s creative hub. It’s free all day so all you have to is turn up, no booking required.
Project Arts Centre is a fantastic, artist-led institution that has provided a safe creative space in Temple Bar for over 60 years. This year marks the fifth Open Day, with each year pulling from all creative disciplines to welcome you with open arms. Art should be for everyone and this is what the open day is about, 18 free events cover theatre, music, dance, visual arts and so much more. Diversity in artist breeds diversity in art, which is why the centre encourages anyone from any background to come experience the day.
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D’Girlos Theatre
D’Girlos Theatre will present a condensed performance of their award-winning play ‘That’s Sooo Povo’. The production is rooted in the lived working class experience of Sophie O’Toole and Trudy Nolan. The show is drenched in drag, mysticism and introspection.
Sarah-Jane O’Regan – ISL Disco
Here, Sarah Jane O’Regan is intertwining music with Irish Sign Language. This multi-sensory experience brings music to life through a visual medium. Previously, the show closed out the Disrupt Disability Arts festival in Project Arts Centre. Why shouldn’t music be enjoyed by everyone?
We FORAGE For…
Learn from the land in an ethical way with this foraging-artwork hybrid workshop. We FORAGE for… Is an arts collective who explore the multiplicity of ways in which we can engage with the natural world. At the open day, Ailhbe and Emma will take you through how to take from the earth and make a beautiful art from foraged foliage.
Tobi Bello
Tobi Bello:
Tobi Bello presents The Queer Archive, a community-led digital and print archive created with participants from Out South Central, an LGBTQI+ group at Fatima Groups United. Developed through a series of gatherings and conversations, the archive brings together photography, audio, video, personal reflections, and archival materials that celebrate the stories, experiences, and memories of the community.
Film Screenings
Throughout the day, various film screening will display the raw talent of a diversity of filmmakers. This includes the North Dublin tale by Jessie Thompson named ‘The Floor Is Yours’, the story of friendship and disability by Louise Bruton named ‘Let Go’, and a film delving into cultural identity as an immigrant in Ireland by Fatoumata Gandega named ‘I Belong’.
