Sarah McIntyre gets school kids bubbling with creativity
Tuesday 21st May 2019 at 11am 0 Comments Literature
From spider teachers to lion astronauts and beetle spies, children’s illustrator and writer Sarah McIntyre inspires children to get creative in primary schools across Northern Ireland
Image: Children’s illustrator and writer Sarah McIntyre inspires children to get creative in primary schools across Northern Ireland
New Creative Learning Fund will support fresh approach in the classroom
Friday 17th May 2019 at 10am 0 Comments Visual Arts , Northern Ireland Music , Dance , Drama , Literature , Craft , Film & TV
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Education Authority and the Urban Villages Initiative are backing a new three-year programme to inject more creativity into the classroom, in a bid to improve educational outcomes for students.
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Festival tackles role of photography in the era of fake news
Thursday 16th May 2019 at 3pm 0 Comments Visual Arts
Northern Ireland’s premier month-long visual arts festival, the Belfast Photo Festival, will take over art galleries and dominate outdoors spaces throughout Belfast this June with experiential and engaging exhibitions exploring the role of photography in the era of post-truth, alternative facts and fake news.
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Lyric Theatre announces six writers to take part in prestigious New Playwrights Programme
Tuesday 14th May 2019 at 10am 0 Comments
The Lyric Theatre and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2019 New Playwrights Programme, a six-month writing development programme, aimed at emerging playwrights to create new work. This year, following a high level of interest, six writers were awarded a place on the programme; Annie Keegan, Clare McMahon, Clare Monnelly, Rian Smith, Ross Wylie and Sarah Gordon.
Belfast to be transformed into a hub of traditional music, gigs and workshops for one week in 2019
Tuesday 7th May 2019 at 1pm 0 Comments
Traditional music fans are in for a treat as Belfast’s Trad Fest returns for its third incarnation this summer across all four corners of the city. A launch event at Bullitt Hotel, which brought together performers, music lovers and key sponsors, revealed a week-long series of events, sessions and masterclasses. The festival will be the only one of its kind in the North and brings together both the Irish and the Ulster-Scots musical traditions, in a shared celebration of culture and heritage.
First list of speakers announced as ‘the greatest literary show on Earth’ comes to Northern Ireland
Friday 3rd May 2019 at 10am
Ulster Orchestra rolls out the red carpet for five exceptional young musicians
Friday 3rd May 2019 at 9am
239 year old violin is presented to Ulster Youth Orchestra Leader, Samuel Kane, by the Arts Council
Thursday 2nd May 2019 at 9am