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The Arts Council announces Annual Funding of £12.8 million for 97 key arts organisations
Thursday 4th April 2019 at 12pm 0 Comments Youth Arts, Visual Arts, Northern Ireland Music, Literature, Community Arts, Craft, Dance, Drama, Circus & Carnival Arts
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) today (4 April 2019) announced annual funding of £12.8 million for 97 key arts organisations from its exchequer and National Lottery resources. Government funds of £8.4million will maintain the core costs of 97 arts organisations while £4.3 million of National Lottery funding will support their programming costs. The Arts Council’s Annual Funding Programme (AFP) is the most significant allocation of public funding for the arts in Northern Ireland each year.
Image: Pictured are dancer, Vasiliki Stasinaki, Gilly Campbell, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Emma McEvoy and Ciara Lyttle
Arts Council hosts creative careers event to inspire future creative workforce
Thursday 28th March 2019 at 3pm 0 Comments Craft, Dance, Drama, Film & TV, Literature, Northern Ireland Music, Traditional Arts, Visual Arts
An event aiming to inspire young people to take up a career in the creative industries took place at the Lyric Theatre Belfast, hosted by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and supported by the Department for Communities. The event gave over 200 school children, careers advisors and further education students the opportunity to hear from professionals working in theatre, music, fashion & design, animation and digital technology.
Read MoreBelfast Children’s Festival turns 21!
Thursday 10th January 2019 at 12pm 0 Comments Comedy, Literature, Northern Ireland Music, Visual Arts, Youth Arts, Dance, Drama, Craft, Circus & Carnival Arts
Belfast Children’s Festival has launched its 2019 festival programme. Now in its 21st year, this year’s theme is ‘Our Place in the World’.
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