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Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. Promoting human rights, equality and diversity through the arts. Dublin, Ireland. RCN: 20033927 https://smashingtimes.ie
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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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#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.

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November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Great day delivering the #ActingForTheFuture programme for 5th and 6th year students at Ard Scoil na nDéise and CBS Dungarvan in Co Waterford. Thanks to Samaritans Waterford and South East Rory, John and Graham, counsellor Eimear Burke and actor Ben Waddell. #TheArts #TheSamaritans #MentalHealth
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#ST10WeAdmire American musician Xenia Rubinos crafts sonic landscapes with both political and emotional urgency. Her music is a vibrant mix of R&B, punk, jazz, that examines themes of bodily autonomy, mental health, and resilience

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November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Don't miss the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show - today at 6pm on Dublin South FM. Enjoy an engaging hour of in-depth discussions focused on all things arts, culture and human rights. Hosted by Mary Moynihan & Freda Manweiler #SmashingTimes #podcast #radioshow
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
⚡ Want to get published in the next issue of #Tintreach? Join the likes of poets Jessica Traynor and Fady Joudah; Senator Lynn Ruane; 2023 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Narges Mohammadi; rapper-singer Saint Levant, and more!

🟥 Submissions open now: smashingtimes.ie/tintreach/su...
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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‘Art holds the power to ignite the flame in our hearts and transform our minds. Art reveals the beauty as well as the horror of the human condition. Through art we are given the key to connect to a higher purpose.' – Renée Phillips

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November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
‘Art holds the power to ignite the flame in our hearts and transform our minds. Art reveals the beauty as well as the horror of the human condition. Through art we are given the key to connect to a higher purpose.' – Renée Phillips

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November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join us for the #TREESProject Final Online Conference on 19 November 🌳 🌳 🌳

Register now to explore how performative arts can address climate change, environmental awareness, and our relationship with nature: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal – get your submissions in now! Articles, photographs, paintings, prose submissions and more all welcome. See our website now for full details:
Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal Submissions for January 2026
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 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Don't miss the Irish in Resistance During World War II Multidisciplinary Installation, running at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery and Centre for the Arts and Human Rights, Sandycove, until 30 November! smashingtimes.ie/event/irish-...
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#ST10WeAdmire Áine O’Hara is an Irish interdisciplinary artist whose work critiques healthcare and advocates for accessibility. Identifying as disabled and queer, O’Hara’s practice interrogates the absurdity, violence, and bureaucracy embedded within Ireland’s public health system.

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November 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal – get your submissions in now! Articles, photographs, paintings, prose submissions and more all welcome. See our website now for full details:
Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal Submissions for January 2026
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 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Don't miss the Irish in Resistance During World War II Multidisciplinary Installation, running at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery and Centre for the Arts and Human Rights, Sandycove, until 30 November! smashingtimes.ie/event/irish-...
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Get published in Tintreach to join the likes of poets Jessica Traynor and Fady Joudah; Senator Lynn Ruane; 2023 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Narges Mohammadi; and rapper-singer Saint Levant. Submissions accepted until midnight on Sunday, 30 November 2025
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 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Have a read of the November 2025 edition of the Smashing Times Newsletter #STNewsletter, featuring Grants and Opportunities, information on the latest Tintreach submissions call, Spotsolas: Smashing Times News, and more!

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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 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 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Don't miss the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show - today at 6pm on Dublin South FM. Enjoy an engaging hour of in-depth discussions focused on all things arts, culture and human rights #SmashingTimes #radioshow

🟥 Tune in to Dublin South FM 93.9, or listen online at www.dublinsouthfm.ie
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Have a read of the November 2025 edition of the Smashing Times Newsletter #STNewsletter, featuring Grants and Opportunities, information on the latest Tintreach submissions call, Spotsolas: Smashing Times News, and more!

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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality would like to invite submissions to the January 2026 edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal. Tintreach publishes creative work from across the artistic spectrum.

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Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal Submissions for January 2026
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 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Running until Sunday 30 November 2025 at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery in Sandycove. The Irish in Resistance during World War II is a multidisciplinary installation featuring visual art, photography, film, poetry, and storytelling.
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 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
People in Resistance is a unique project telling stories of citizens who stood up for the rights of others during World War II. We are sharing these stories as we bring diverse communities together to build connections through theatre, film & art.

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People in Resistance: Building Creative Connections
PEOPLE IN RESISTANCE: BUILDING CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality promote equality, human rights and diversity through the arts. People in Resistance…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Submissions are open to the January 2026 edition of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal. Submissions are open until we reach capacity, or until midnight on Sunday, 30 November 2025 – whichever comes first. This edition is unthemed.
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 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Don't miss Irish in Resistance During World War II Multidisciplinary Exhibition – Runs until Sunday 30 November 2025, Wednesday to Friday 1-6pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-6pm, at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery

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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 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Out now! The November edition of the #STNewsletter – themed The Art of Health – is out now. Have a read of it in full here: smashingtimes.ie/wp-content/u...

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November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Closing this Sunday! Open Call for Artists for the Smashing Times Winter Exhibition. Solstice Light: Art in Winter – smashingtimes.ie/open-call-fo...
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM