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🎉🗣️🎭 FESTIVAL LAUNCH! Smashing Times, together with Front Line Defenders, are delighted to officially launch the 2025 Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival #IAHRFestival

🔴 Expect performances, exhibitions & conversations that push boundaries & spark dialogue about justice, equality & freedom.

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With artworks from Gillian Lambe, Jessica Rodrigues, Avril Murphy Allen, Mary Cullen and more, we are delighted to present Solstice Light: Art in Winter multidisciplinary exhibition.

Join us for the launch of the exhibition on Wed 10 December at 7pm as part of our celebration of #HumanRightsDay
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
▶️ Read the Smashing Times December newsletter now! The theme is Paganism, and highlights include information on our current winter exhibiton, Solstice Light: Art in Winter, 10 We Admire profiles on Damien Dempsey, Huartan; Irish Language News; + Grants

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December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Visit Solstice Light: Art in Winter multidisciplinary exhibition, Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery. Join us for the launch of the exhibition on Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 7pm as part of our celebration of Human Rights Day.

🟥 View more on our website now: smashingtimes.ie/solsticeligh...
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Do you want to find out about all the latest grants available for writers, playwrights, screenwriters, artists, creators and much more?

Visit our Grants & Opportunities page, regularly updated with the latest offerings! smashingtimes.ie/fundingoppor...
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Out now! Have a read of our December 2025 edition of the Smashing Times Newsletter. This festive month, our theme is Paganism. Read it in full here: smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/u... #STNewsletter
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📰 Out today! Keep an eye on your inbox for our December newsletter – this month with the theme of Paganism #STNewsletter

You can sign up for free and see past editions here: smashingtimes.ie/media/newsle...
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🆕 Solstice Light: Art in Winter Multidisciplinary Exhibition. 3 December 2025 – 26 January 2026. Launch: Wed 10 Dec 2025, 7pm. Human Rights Day. All welcome.

🌒 Celebrate the turning of the seasons at Solstice Light: Art in Winter — a curated exhibition illuminating the creativity of artists.
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Have you visited the Smashing Times Virtual Arts Hub? This unique space is an online centre dedicated to sharing artworks that promote equality, human rights and diversity! Explore it now! smashingtimes.ie/virtual-arts-centre
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Today at 6pm: the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and WAVE 4Ever, a powerful dance celebration by UMAKOKO, with interviews with artists Vithoria Escobar & Favour Oluwaseunla Odusola.

Listen live on Dublin South FM: dublinsouthfm.ie/show/smashin...
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A great event at Dublin Mansion House with Lord Mayor of Dublin Ray McAdam and boxer Kellie Harrington. Great work by all the young boxers!
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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#ST10WeAdmire Karolina Balcer (born 1992) is a Polish artist whose work combines personal narrative, mental health advocacy, and a distinct visual language grounded in textiles and installation.

See more like this in our monthly #STNewsletter: smashingtimes.ie/media/newsle...
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📰 Our December newsletter comes out this Thursday! Our theme this month is Paganism #STNewsletter

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Newsletter
The Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality circulates a monthly newsletter, sharing a variety of artworks and artistic recommendations, and detailing activities, news, and…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Smashing Times are delighted to bring #PeopleinResistance to Northern Ireland with the National Lottery through The Arts Council of N. Ireland Rural Engagement Arts programme. The aim is to use the arts to bring people from diverse communities together.

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December 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do you want to find out about all the latest grants available for writers, playwrights, screenwriters, artists, creators and much more? Visit our Grants & Opportunities page, regularly updated with the latest offerings!
Grants and Opportunities
Grants and Opportunities
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December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Check out our podcast! Catch up on all episodes of the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio as a podcast! The show is hosted by Mary Moynihan and Freda Manweiler, Producer, Smashing Times. Get listening now: open.spotify.com/show/0d8wGvc...
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Last chance! Running until tomorrow Sunday 30 November at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery – the Irish in Resistance during World War II, a stunning multidisciplinary installation featuring visual art, photography, film, poetry, and storytelling.

More info: smashingtimes.ie/event/irish-...
Irish in Resistance During World War II Multidisciplinary Installation
Irish in Resistance during World War II is a multidisciplinary installation featuring visual art, photography, film, poetry, and storytelling. The installation reflects on stories of Irish people in…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A big thank you to everyone who submitted for the January 2026 edition of #Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal. We were delighted with the huge response!

Have a read of past issues and sign up to receive the next edition for free here:
Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal
Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality publishes Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal, which appears…
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November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Running until this Sunday 30 November at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery! Last chance to see Irish in Resistance during World War II, a stunning multidisciplinary installation featuring visual art, photography, film, poetry, and storytelling.

More info: smashingtimes.ie/event/irish-...
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Check out Sharon Clancy’s powerful new Christmas charity single ‘’Eire is Ainm Dom’’. Sharon has joined forces with Tiglin and The Lighthouse Café to raise awareness and vital funds for homelessness in Ireland through her newly released charity single 👏
Sharon Clancy’s Christmas Charity Single – “Éire Is Ainm Dom”
This Christmas, Irish singer and songwriter Sharon Clancy has joined forces with Tiglin and The Lighthouse Café to raise awareness and vital funds for homelessness in Ireland through her newly release
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November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
⚡ Submissions are now CLOSED for the January 2026 edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted; we will be in touch shortly with our decisions! 😊

Sign up to receive #Tintreach here: smashingtimes.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today at 6pm: the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and WAVE 4Ever, a powerful dance celebration by UMAKOKO

Listen live on at 6pm!

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November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Do you want to find out about all the latest grants available for writers, playwrights, screenwriters, artists, creators and much more? Visit our Grants & Opportunities page, regularly updated with the latest offerings!
Grants and Opportunities
Grants and Opportunities
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our deepest condolences on the death of Margaretta D'Arcy, an incredible supporter of the arts and human rights in Ireland and around the world and a powerful activist for peace. May her soul rest in peace.
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Death Notice of Margaretta D'Arcy (Woodquay, Galway) | rip.ie
The death has occurred of Margaretta D'Arcy of Woodquay, Galway Ireland, on 23/11/2025. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Submission for the January 2026 edition of #Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal are almost full! There are just 7 places left, so submit your work while you still can. Submissions guidelines:
Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal Submissions
Submissions Call for January 2026 Edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality would like to invite submissions to…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#ST10WeAdmire Karolina Balcer (born 1992) is a Polish artist whose work combines personal narrative, mental health advocacy, and a distinct visual language grounded in textiles and installation.

See more like this in our monthly #STNewsletter: smashingtimes.ie/media/newsle...
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM