Obituary: Will Chamberlain (1965-2017)
Friday 20th October 2017 at 12pm 0 Comments Circus & Carnival Arts , Community Arts
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has learned with great sadness that Will Chamberlain, Director of the Belfast Community Circus School, died yesterday evening, aged 52. He had been suffering with cancer.
Image: Will Chamberlain (1965-2017)
Own Art makes buying art easier and more affordable than ever
Friday 20th October 2017 at 10am 0 Comments Visual Arts
Starting or growing your very own art collection has never been easier thanks to ‘Own Art’, an interest free loan scheme supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, which aims to make buying art more accessible. For the first time, the scheme is available at the 136th Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Annual Exhibition at the Ulster Museum, featuring over 300 artworks as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival.
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Arts Fair run by An tOireachtas in County Derry
Thursday 12th October 2017 at 10am 0 Comments Language Arts
On Thursday 12 October the Irish language community and the arts community will come together in An Carn, Carntogher, in County Derry to discuss opportunities to promote the arts through Irish in the north.
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The Tempest: Ireland. Memory. Identity.
Wednesday 11th October 2017 at 4pm 0 Comments
Proudly standing as a gateway to North Belfast, the beautiful Carlisle Memorial Church in Belfast, which towers over the busy Carlisle Circus intersection, is perhaps one of oldest venues to play host to excellence, in this years’ Belfast International Arts Festival.
Children’s Writing Fellow Launches Creative Writing Project for Schools across NI
Wednesday 11th October 2017 at 12pm 0 Comments
The first Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, based at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s University Belfast and supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, has launched a new creative writing project for primary school children entitled, ‘Head over Heels’.
Magherafelt school launches mental health awareness campaign
Tuesday 10th October 2017 at 11am
Making a New Pathway for Craft in Northern Ireland
Tuesday 3rd October 2017 at 2pm
Anna Cheyne Visual Art Award 2017 winners announced
Friday 29th September 2017 at 4pm
