Culture Night 2022 - various events
We warmly invite you to celebrate Culture Night at Solstice on Friday 23rd of September! Our programme for the day is filled with visual arts, music, dance and screenings. All events are free, but please note that advance booking is required for the 'Story Time & Interactive Dance Performance' event.
ORDER OF EVENTS
Lucy McKenna: A Dormant Light Resides In The Eye
When: 11am - 10:30pm
Where: Gallery on level 3
Visual Arts Exhibition
Lucy Mc Kenna’s solo exhibition will be open throughout the day.
This exhibition comprises a new body of work including drawing, painting, photography, sculptural acrylic and light installations. McKenna developed a new interest in plants and gardening recently, as the world changed tempo and shifted focus. The process of planting, curating by colour, texture, size and time has inspired a new body of photographic works which are featured in the exhibition.
Moving Words (FULLY BOOKED)
When: 5pm - 5:45pm
Where: Solstice Studio
For: families with children aged 2-6, free, booking required
Celebrate the joy of storytelling and contemporary dance in this inclusive early year’s family event. Selma Daniel from Little Lion Dance Theatre together with a dance performer, will guide you in an immersive experience, exploring a picture book in a unique and fun way.
No dance experience necessary. Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times.
Creative Corner
When: 6pm - 7pm
Where: Gallery on level 3
For: families, free, no booking required
Explore the works of Lucy McKenna in the gallery and create your own artwork together from a selection of colourful materials such as paper, plastics and fabric. This area in the gallery foyer on level 3 is self-directed, and must be supervised by a parent or guardian at all times.
Live Kurdish & Irish Music
When: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Gallery on level 3
For: all ages, free no booking required
Join us for a cultural mix of live, acoustic music in the gallery. Compare the emotional Kurdish sounds of the bouzouki, played by Kurdish-Syrian musician Mohommad Hasan, with a range of traditional Irish instruments played by local musician Ruairi Somers and guest. This relaxed coming together of musical traditions will arouse emotions and introduce the ear to sounds from near and far.
Live Ukrainian Folk Song & Dance Performance and Demo
When: 8:30pm (duration 25 mins)
Where: Gallery on level 3
For: all ages, free no booking required
Join Inna and Aleksand who will perform a short Ukrainian folk dance followed by a dance demonstration of some well known traditional Ukrainian folk dance. This is relaxed performance and a chance to sample a new culture!
This will be followed by artist Anna Diakova, who will perform Ukrainian songs of modern stylized folklore. In these songs you will hear the melodiousness of the Ukrainian language in a contemporary take of a folk song.
Ronan Leahy – Screenings of ‘Shakespeare at Solstice: A year in the making'
When: 8:15pm – 10:30pm
Where: Solstice Studio
For: all ages, free no booking required
Marking 1 year since the premiere of the first sonnet during Culture Night 2021, Ronan Leahy’s project concludes with a screenings of all twelve sonnets.
About the project: “It started with a question. Could I vlog Shakespeare on YouTube and get people who are unfamiliar with his poetry interested in his language? This led me to taking a deep dive into the sonnets and I have chosen a number of my favourites. I have approached them like little plays in which the character is trying to communicate an idea to you, the viewer. Learning the new skill of filmmaking has brought some rough and ready results that I’ve chosen to include as part of the process.” – Ronan Leahy
Supported by Meath Arts Office.
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