The Five Lamps Arts Festival

The Five Lamps Arts Festival, located in the heart of the community in Dublin’s North East Inner City, was founded in 2007 by Roisin Lonergan, a former teacher from Marino College.

We are a smart and resourceful community–based team working year-round with local people and professional artists to put culture, creativity and diversity at the heart of the area’s regeneration.

Since its first edition, the Festival has grown to become a center for the creation and presentation of locally relevant, artistically ambitious works and is a highly regarded and much-loved part of the community.

We believe that everyone should be able to experience and participate in arts and creativity.

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Our Vision

All residents of Dublin’s North East Inner City should be able to
access and participate in arts, culture, and creativity.

A crowd of people, mainly children, looking at a circus perfomance in a community garden.

Our Mission

To foster widespread appreciation of and participation in arts, culture and
creative activity throughout Dublin’s North East Inner City.

THE TEAM

Photo portrait of Roisin Lonergan by Paula Nolan. She is wearing glasses and a black top with a colourful neckerchief

Róisín Lonergan

Artistic Director

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Marcela Parducci

Project Manager

Róisín set up the Five Lamps Arts in 2007 while working as a teacher at Marino College. As well as curating the Festival, she is the Artistic Director who nurtures relationships with the local community.

Marcela is a Brazilian professional driven by community development and the arts, leads The Five Lamps Arts Festival. She fosters community engagement, connecting artists, volunteers, and participants to celebrate cultural diversity and create meaningful connections.

Photo of Maria Valencia

Maria Valencia

Communications

With a background in Graphic Design, working as part of the Five Lamps Arts Festival Marketing Team. She lives locally, her children go to a local school, so her investment in the Festival is personal as well as professional.

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Eduardo Nogueira

Media Producer/ Graphic Designer

Eduardo has been a part of The Five Lamps Arts Festival team for the last eight years, and is the creative force behind the visual design of the festival. An inspired professional with a Bachelor’s degree in design and film production, Eduardo’s work is driven by his love for cinema, music, photography, and diverse cultures.

THE BOARD

CATHERINE FLANAGAN Chairperson

CLAIRE MACGOWRAN

MAEVE FOREMAN

BRIAN O’NEILL

FIONA KERR

PATRICK O’TOOLE

KAREN AGUIAR

MICHAEL SHELLY

MAIREAD HUGHES

 

OUR FUNDERS

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