Latest Dublin Arts News | The Five Lamps Arts Festival

‘In the Vicinity of the Sun’: the new work choreographed by John Scott

Jun 18, 2021 | Dance, Film

‘In the Vicinity of the Sun’ is a new work choreographed by John Scott, filmed and edited by award winning filmmaker Luca Truffarelli with music by...

#FiveLampsArtsChats – Jeanette Lowe – Photographic Artist

Jun 18, 2021 | Five Lamps Chats

Jeanette Lowe is a visual artist from Dublin who works mainly in photography. For the past 10 years, she has worked as a full-time artist, but prior...

Intercultural Ambassador Programme launched

Jun 18, 2021 | Local

On May 28th Dublin City Council and the North East Inner City Initiative launched their ‘Intercultural Ambassador Programme’ in Mountjoy Square...

A Celebration of International Women’s History

Jun 18, 2021 | Event Archive

We celebrated International Women's History Month this year (2021) with a unique event, ROCK HARD WOMEN, which celebrates female artists working in...

Winners of the “Short Story Competition” announced!

Jun 18, 2021 | Literature

The winners of the “Short Story Competition” have been announced! CONGRATULATIONS! Well done and a big thank you to all the keen young writers that...

#5LampsChats – John Scott – Irish Modern Dance Theatre

Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized

“I wanted to show the variety of Irish Dance and to Challenge what Irish identity was. Irishness is more than just the red hair, freckles and pale...

#5lampschats – Gemma Dunleavy

Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized

Gemma Dunleavy is an artist and musician from Dublin’s North Inner City. She is mainly working in music, songwriting and performance. She was very...

#5lampschats – Breda Jackson

Nov 4, 2020 | Five Lamps Chats, Uncategorized, Visual Arts

Breda Jackson is an artist who studied in NCAD and Trinity College Dublin before getting involved in multimedia design. In the last few years, Breda...

#5lampschats – Tara Kearns

Oct 14, 2020 | Five Lamps Chats

Five Lamps Chats is a new series of conversations between the Five Lamps team and local artists that we carried out over lockdown. We chat about...

Ann Cullen appointed Poetry Ireland’s Poet in Residence

Sep 29, 2020 | Community, Literature

Ann Cullen has been appointed the first Poetry Ireland’s Poet in Residence. For the next two years she will be working with community groups in the...

The Five Lamps Arts for Heritage Week

Aug 12, 2020 | Community, Explorations, Walk

We will take part to Heritage Week with our project Mapping the North Inner City. Some of last published booklets will be presented this and next...

Shortlisted for an EPIC Award

Aug 10, 2020 | Community, Five Lamps Festival in the Press

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for a Voluntary Arts Epic Award! The full shortlist is published today at bit.ly/epicshortlist Our project...