May 26, 2023
“I feel like I’m One, Here, Now. But I know that this was the invitation to everybody.”
Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes is leading Sirius Arts Centre's 2023 summer school, on the practice of visionary Irish American artist Brian O'Doherty.
"His practice was a social practice, something that really doesn’t stop with...
Apr 8, 2023
In 2011, Holly Marie Parnell's family emigrated to Canada in search of a reasonable standard of living: Holly's younger brother David is quadriplegic and has complex care needs. Against a backdrop of Irish post-crash austerity, the Parnells felt they had no choice but to leave.
"Families were given the choice of...
Jan 25, 2023
After years raising her family, Pakistani-born artist Amna Walayat has been building a powerful art career in Ireland: her miniatures subvert an art form traditionally seen as decorative and feminine and turn them into a conversation about sexual politics and power dynamics. In October 2022, she was finishing up...
Nov 9, 2022
UK artists Mel Jordan and Andy Hewitt, founders of the Partisan Social Club, have been on the trail of 19th century Cork philosopher and radical social reformer William Thompson, who not only inspired Marx, founded the idea of social science and wrote the first ever feminist text by a man in the English language,...
Oct 5, 2022
“In an ideal world, I’d like them to have a moment of solace.”
In this final instalment in the three-part conversation at SIRIUS with artist Marie Brett, recorded live for Culture Night 2022, learn about the large scale artwork Ritual of Stone and Water: Pilgrimage to the Ninth Wave Multiverse, commissioned by...