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Yeats Summer School Lectures :
Anne Margaret Daniel & Declan Kiely

When : Friday 7th August, 9.30am & 11.15am
Where : Hawk’s Well Theatre. Admission : €5
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9.30am Yeats the Literary Hero
Anne Margaret Daniel (New School, New York)
11.15am A Family Affair: The Yeatses and the Cuala
Declan Kiely (Morgan Library, New York)

Jack B Yeats; The Sligo Paintings
When : 10am - 5.30pm. Open everyday until Aug 15th.
Where : Sligo Art Gallery, Yeats Memorial Building.
Admission
: Free
Presented by The Model
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Sligo was my school, and the sky above it
Jack Yeats is widely considered one of Ireland’s most important twentieth century painters. Reared in Sligo by his maternal grandparents, the young Yeats spent much of his time travelling about the town and county with his grandfather who owned a shipping business. The landscape and the characters he encountered during this time made a deep and lasting impression on the young artist, and he returned to the memories of his Sligo days for inspiration for his work again and again through out his life. In his later years Yeats acknowledged the deep influence of Sligo on his work in the words “Sligo was my school, and the sky above it”
This exhibition celebrates the influence of Sligo on Yeats’ work and brings together many of his finest paintings from the Niland Collection. The exhibition is presented by The Model with support from Sligo Art Gallery and will continue until 15th August.
A major Jack B Yeats retrospective will open at The Model in June 2010

The Cat and The Moon by W.B. Yeats / Lunchtime Theatre
(1.15 pm with lunch served from 1 pm.)
When : from Tuesday 4th - Saturday 15th August. Except Sunday 9th and Monday 10th
Where : The Factory Performance Space. Admission : €14.00 (incl lunch)
Presented by Blue Raincoat Theatre Company
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Blue Raincoat Theatre Company turn their attention to Sligo’s most famous playwright with a lunchtime production of W.B. Yeats’ classic drama The Cat and the Moon. One of Yeats most famous mask plays, The Cat and the Moon is a comedy about two beggars; one blind, the other lame which makes use of the techniques Yeats adapted from the Japanese Noh style of theatre. In it a blind man and a lame man discover ways to torment the other while they search for a holy well that will cure both their ailments. The story is told through these two characters and through the use of a classical chorus.
First performed at the Abbey Theatre on September 21st, 1931. With John Carty, Niall Henry, Sandra O Malley, Ciaran McCauley and Fiona McGeown. Directed by Kellie Hughes.

The Words Upon the Window Pane
Drama Workshop production of W.B.Yeats
When : Friday 7th August, 8.30pm
Where : Hawk’s Well Theatre. Admission : €12 / €10
Presented by The Yeats Society
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Words upon the Window Pane, first staged in 1930, is W. B. Yeats’s most powerful and brilliant dramatic exploration of the occult, in which he had a lifelong interest, and an affirmation of Anglo-Irish Protestant cultural ascendancy.

 
 

Ongoing events :
Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info
The Cat and The Moon by W.B. Yeats. The Factory Performance Space. 1pm > More info

 

Yeats by the Sea; Kids Workshop
When : 12 - 1.30pm
Where : Yeats Memorial Building. Admission : Free.
Presented by The Model
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This summer we will take you on an exciting and eye-opening journey through the paintings and drawings of Jack B Yeats. Over three art workshops you will learn how to look at the work of Jack B Yeats, hear how he spent his day and understand how much Sligo meant to him. We will open up his work to you in a completely different way.

 

Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info

 
 
 

Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info

 
 
 

Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info
The Cat and The Moon by W.B. Yeats. The Factory Performance Space. 1pm > More info

 
 
 

Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info
The Cat and The Moon by W.B. Yeats. The Factory Performance Space. 1pm > More info

 
 
 

Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info
The Cat and The Moon by W.B. Yeats. The Factory Performance Space. 1pm > More info

 
 
 

Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info
The Cat and The Moon by W.B. Yeats. The Factory Performance Space. 1pm > More info

 
 

Jack B. Yeats ; The Sligo Paintings at the Sligo Art Gallery. 10 am - 5. 30 pm > More info
The Cat and The Moon by W.B. Yeats. The Factory Performance Space. 1pm > More info