Standing Ground
VISUAL ART | HEREDITAS
Standing Ground
Sat 01 – Sat 08 July
Image Credit: Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland and part of the Tilbrook collection in the National Photographic Archives. Originally titled ‘Irish Traveller family outside their caravan’ June 1963 the image shows Edward & Maggie Mongan (adults) with nieces and nephews Charlie Ward, Rosaleen Ward, Anne Ward, Bernie Ward, John Joe Ward, Patsy Ward, Bridget Ward and Winnie Ward.
Event Details
Times & Dates:
Sat 01 – Sat 08 July | 10am to 5pm
Official opening Sligo City Hall Sat 01 July, 5pm
Event Categories:
Visual Art, Hereditas
Admission:
Free
Venue:
Sligo City Hall, Quay St
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An exhibition of stopping places, camps and halting sites used by Travellers in Sligo. The locations have been identified within historic documentation, newspaper archives and through gathering local knowledge and community history of the Travelling people in Sligo.
The exhibition is part of Hereditas, where artist Séamus Nolan is working collaboratively with Sligo Traveller Support Group to explore elements of Traveller culture and social history. Hereditas has been commissioned as part of ART:2023, a Decade of Centenaries collaboration from The Arts Council of Ireland and The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Séamus Nolan is currently a doctoral student with UCD, NCAD, and IMMA, and is funded by the Irish Research Council.
