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Check out the first ever Rialto Community Arts Festival

This week, Dublin 8 welcomes a new community-driven arts festival. It aims to shine a light on the area’s wealth of talent, which includes poets, musicians, artists and community film-makers.

Centre, the F2 Centre and some local businesses.   There will be poetry event (Viva Palestine), film screenings and art installations where you can check out some of Rialto’s local artists.

Attend the unveiling of a new mural on the D8mens shed or take a look at the freshly painted art on the Fatima Lift Shaft. There will also be musical performances, studio visits and even a Mad Hatter’s Pride Picnic.

For those who want to take part in the creativity, a wide range of workshops will also allow visitors to try their hand at all sorts, from song writing and drama through to gardening and dancing.

“The festival is a testament to the rich cultural fabric of our community,” said Roisin Ryder, Rialto Community Arts Festival Coordinator. “It offers a platform for local talent to showcase their work and for residents to engage with the arts in a meaningful way.”

Highlights include:

– Memory Lane Breakfast: An art and photo exhibition with breakfast from Café Number 44.

– The History of Dolphin’s Barn: A talk by historian Catherine Scuffil.

– New Mural Unveiling: A collaboration with local artist Alan Long.

– Open Studio: Meet theSchool of Thought art collective in Studio 468

– Drama Workshop: Led by Fatima Drama Group.

– Music Events each evening – Marble Hall, Ritz Brothers, Local Performers

– Film Festival Night: Featuring community-made films like “Anima Fatima” and “The Blocks”.

– Summer Solstice Dance Workshop: With award-winning choreographer Mia Di Chiaro.

– Songwriting Workshop: Led by musician Mark Ellison.

Join us in celebrating the rich, cultural heritage of Rialto.

For more information and the full schedule, visit Rialto Community Arts Festival (https://rialtocommunityarts.com) or contact Vawn Corrigan 0894145771  or Roisin Ryder 0876143344

During the Regeneration at Fatima Mansions the social housing was first to be built. The balcony of Gemma McKenna’s new apartment presented the perfect opportunity for photo panoramas of the ongoing build to be recorded from.

Today Gemma has lived and worked in this community for 38 years and this exhibition includes sometimes hard, sometimes fantastic memories from Gemma, accompanied by Chris Maguire’s photographs.   

A film made by Fatima’s Women’s Education Group.

Based on the stories and history of Fatima Mansions from 1949 to the mid

1990’s

The group engaged in process call Dig Where You Stand, which was a framework designed and used by the Labour History Museum to gather the stories of women employed in the labour force in the early part century.

A wide variety of women from all ages participated and from this process.

The stories were ones of great hardships coming from the Tenements to the hope of a new beginning in the Fatima Mansions- finally families had their own toilet and owned their front door.

One of the stories was of a women’s football team in 1970’s who struggle to get jerseys, football boots and someone to mind the kids.

The women wanted the freedom of doing something for themselves.

Women with Balls is a short fun film loosely based on this story.

A lively performance of classic hits and local ballads by Joe Kavanagh and his array of stringed instruments in Dolphin House Community Centre on June 20th at 1pm

Join us as the D8 Men’s Shed unveil the new mural on the actual shed. A collaboration between residents, local artist Alan Long, DHCDA and Donore credit union

Join us for a collection  of short films made by Rialto locals , community groups and individuals. Many were filmed in Rialto.

The collection of shorts will uplift you make you laugh and make you cry.

This is also an invitation for the makers and actors involved in the films to meet up again. The film line up and times up will be published on our social media.

Rialto Community Arts Festival

 ✨ Sound Bath ✨ Sunday 23rd June @ 6.30pm ✨

Relax – Reset – Restore

💜 Wind up your weekend with this deeply soothing and relaxing sound bath. Let your cares just ease and drift away

💜 All you have to do is lie on your back and relax while beautiful sounds are made by instruments played live. Sounds that will bring you to a whole other level of connection and nourishment

💜 St Andrews Community Centre Rialto, Sunday 23rd June 6.30 – 7.30pm, D08 H51F

💜 Places are limited and booking is essential

What is a Sound Bath?

In a sound bath you are ‘bathed’ in the soothing sounds and vibrations of different instruments that are played live in the room.

It is a passive form of meditation – all you have to do is lie back and absorb the sound.

Because the instruments are tuned to different brain waves, they bring about a sense of calm, clarity and peace.

The mind and the body feel relaxed.

When is a Sound Bath not recommended?

Because of the power of the subtle vibrations, there are some circumstances in which a sound bath is not recommended:

– the first trimester of pregancy

– if you have a pacemaker fitted or large metal plates in your body

– if you are sensitive to sound or have sound sensitive epilepsy

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