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Cosy up this Christmas with a good book!

Gift The Arts

Christmas book guide 2024

Artists

Artist of the Month, December 2024 - Nina Oltarzewska

2nd December, 2024

Various types of mobile phones attached to an upright steel structure.

What's On

What's on in the Arts

29th November, 2024

Male wearing top hat and victorian suit and holding a candle in a holder.

Artists

Leading artists, Ruth McGinley, Richard O’Rawe, Derek Keilty, Ian Cumberland and Darragh Morgan, honoured with Major Awards by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland

27th November, 2024

Collage featuring headshots of 5 people. One female and four male.

General, Funding, Artists, Partnerships

Funding boost for local musicians as 20 professional artists awarded grants

22nd November, 2024

The artists are pictured with the Minister in front of paintings and sculptures in a white gallery space

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Organisations

18th Outburst Queer Arts Festival now on, supported by The National Lottery

20th November, 2024

People on stage smiling directly at the camera.

General, Funding, Organisations

Golden Thread Gallery’s New Premises Mark Fresh Era for Visual Art in Belfast

19th November, 2024

Three people stood outside the Golden Thread Gallery. The building is glass fronted with the name above in yellow and black

Partnerships

Baring Foundation release a report celebrating the UK’s longest running creative ageing programme

18th November, 2024

Two older participants from the project dancing with staff from the Arts Council and the Millennium Forum. One lady is holding a tea cup whilst another pours milk into her tea.

General, Artists, Organisations, Gift The Arts

Northern Ireland’s Longest Running Artists Studio Marks 40th Birthday with Special Exhibition

15th November, 2024

Four people standing in a white gallery space. Art works surround them.

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