Name: Array Say Relax: Artist Talk with Sarah Clancy
Start: 2025-02-27T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-27T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Rua Red

Array Say Relax: Artist Talk with Sarah Clancy

Following the launch of 'The Goose and the Common' by Array Collective at Rua Red, we are pleased to present a new publication featuring a critical response by acclaimed poet and activist Sarah Clancy.
To celebrate the launch of the publication, join us for an engaging discussion between members of Array Collective and Sarah Clancy, followed by an audience Q&A.
This event is free and open to all, come be part of the conversation!
About Sarah Clancy:
Sarah Clancy has published three poetry collections, 'Stacey and the Mechanical Bull' (Lapwing Press 2011), 'Thanks for Nothing, Hippies' (Salmon Poetry 2012) and 'The Truth and Other Stories' (Salmon Poetry 2014) and has had her work published in ‘Queering the Green’ (The Lifeboat 2022) and ‘The Art of Place – People and Landscape of County Clare’ (Liffey Press 2021).
In 2021 her poem 'Cherishing for Beginners' was the subject of a poetry-film collaboration between the Aidan Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation and IMMA and was shown as part of the Ghosts from the Recent Past Exhibition. Her work has been published and anthologised in Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Slovenia, Spain, Poland and the USA.
She works in community development and has been involved in many campaigns including those concerning socio economic rights, marriage equality, reproductive and migrant rights.
About Array Collective:
Array Collective formed in 2016 taking part in the almost weekly rallies and protests in Belfast in solidarity around the issues of abortion rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, the Irish Language Act, Palestine, NHS cuts and climate change. The group devised ways of making a scene and using humour and irony to subvert the language of oppression and containment.
Although there has consistently been a need to speak up against atrocities, over the past 18 months there has been a rise in tensions resulting in more than weekly demonstrations. With the increasing threat to public protest and assembly the need for community and coming together is more prominent than ever.