EntertainingSligo
CURATOR
General Paints Group has launched their highly anticipated new designer paint brand, Curator. A unique paint collection created in collaboration with some of Irelands’ finest designers with vibrant and whimsical colour, Curator comprises 144 paint colours, inspired by 29 Irish designers, two of which hail from Sligo, available in five stunning finishes, coming together to form one beautiful collection.
Inspired by Ireland’s expressive design community, Curator was created by General Paints Group as they recognised the creativity and talent in Ireland. They set out to celebrate the vibrancy and colour of Irish Design and bring this to life in homes through the form of a designer paint brand that was yet to exist in the Irish market. Having travelled across Ireland, sourcing and collaborating with Irish artisans - from potters and milliners to jewellers - colours were identified from their designs to produce a carefully curated original colour palette off 144 colours with each telling a tale of Irish culture and inspiration. Two Sligo based designers; John Ryan and Matt Jones are amongst the 29 talented designers.
Based in his studio in the rural heartland of Sligo, master craftsman, John Ryan, makes contemporary, functional and decorative stoneware ceramics. John draws inspiration from the simplicity and beauty of the surrounding landscape of the west of Ireland. “The stone-grey colour of the beautiful Horseshoe Mountain was the inspiration of my Curator colour, Horseshoe. This grey tone is often infused in my hand-thrown work.”
Matt Jones designs beautiful handmade wooden items out of his workshop in Sligo, which is surrounded by hills, woods and the wild Atlantic sea. This dramatic landscape plays a major part in Matt’s work. “Paring Down is a natural wood tone which is inspired by my craft. Paring down wood reveals its natural beauty and character.”
DARKTOWN WOUND ALBUM LAUNCH
Part post-punk anthropology, part neo-psychedelica, Darktown have seeped into the ether like a dayglo feverdream. They launch their new album at the Glens Centre on Thursday, November 29 th.
To date, Darktown have released three albums and an EP. They scored and performed in the short film The Date directed by Selina Cartmell of the Gate Theatre, which has been screened internationally and won an award at the Galway Film Fleadh. They have performed at Sligo Live and Vantastival. Their current album ‘ Wound ‘ is available on multiple platforms and the tin box limited edition exclusively at Liber Sligo.
Declan Drohan - lead vocals, guitar; Donal Adams - keyboard, vocals, guitar bass, mandolin;
John Daly - guitar, vocals, effects, drum programming.
CIAN NUGENT AND SEAN CARPIO
Rising Tide and The Model present Cian Nugent and Sean Carpio at The Model on December 8th. Cian Nugent is a guitar player and composer from Dublin, Ireland who combines personal passions, such as suburban/coastal blues, traditional musics, late 1960s & ’70s singer-songwriters, jazz ambitions, 20 th century composition and the Takoma school into a deeply personal style. His music boasts an orchestrated and fully instrumented sound that is playful and eerie at the same time.
Sean Carpio is a multi-instrumentalist and prolific collaborator who has appeared on over twenty recordings, including his own full-length debut WoWos (2013) – described by DIY Mag as “a determinist streak of nature loving excitability”. A constant traveller, Carpio has performed and held residencies at numerous venues – the Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh; the Serpentine Gallery, London; the MAC, Belfast; Netwerk Centre for Contemporary Art, Aalst; the Banff Centre, Alberta; and The Model, Sligo, to name a few – and recently featured on A Winter Light (2018).
Tickets €10 (on the door), €8 (advance from The Model Box Office – 071 9141405 or themodel.ie) (€6 concession at the door). Doors 8:30pm, start 9pm.
MOY SINGERS
A chance encounter at a music festival in Italy between members of the Moy Singers and the Mayo Youth Orchestra has set audiences in Ballina up for a musical treat this Christmas.
Now in its 32 year, The Moy Singer’s annual Carols by Candlelight Christmas Concert is taking place on Saturday the 1st of December in the Great National Hotel Ballina. Audiences can expect an amazing evening of music and song as the choir are joined by special guests, The Mayo Youth Orchestra and Sligo based soloist Katelyn Ressler.