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#5lampschats – Breda Jackson
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
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
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
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
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...
Drag Storytime
Drag Storytime is a storytelling session facilitated by drag performers: Drag Queens, Drag Kings and queer performers. The phenomenon began in the...
Wrap It Up Workshop – One Scarf, one thousand possibilities.
The Brazilian fashion designer Thaís Muniz from Turbante-se project will be teaching simple & nice techniques on how to use a scarf in 4...
Dancing in Dublin 1: Home Edition with Emily Kilkenny Roddy
We invite the young people of Dublin 1 between the ages of 10-18 to be part of ‘Dancing in Dublin 1: the Home Edition. Over the next 3 weeks...
A day for children and young people
Next Saturday, on June 23rd, young Dubliners from 0 to 18 can see, make and do creative activities developed specially for them, in their...
Dancing in Dublin 1 – Film + Dance Workshop
Resident artist with Five Lamps Arts Festival Emily Kilkenny Roddy will lead children from Scoil Chaomhin, Marlborough St, St Laurence O'Toole's...
Women in Real Life (Wirl) – 3 evenings in May
Are you at that point in your life where you have learned to laugh at life’s dramas and stresses?, need and appreciate the company of other...
Gala Fundraising Concert – Thursday 10th May at 8pm
A Gala Fundraising Concert featuring artists from the Royal Irish Academy of Music will take place on Thursday 10th May in Clontarf & Scots...
Contract for Festival Director for Big Scream Festival 2018
Following the highly successful Halloween Festivals in 2016 and 2017 drawn from Ballybough, Sheriff Street and Sean McDermott Street, a Festival...
Five Lamps Arts Festival 2018 launch party
Five Lamps Arts Festival 2018 launch party yesterday in Belvedere House was a great success. Thank you to all the artists, volunteers, sponsors,...
Dreaming and Clowning at FLAF
The Five Lamps Arts Festival is big on events for children. I had the pleasure of going to see two events provided free of charge to local primary...