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The Arts Council is the official funding and development organisation for the arts in Northern Ireland.
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General Population Survey shows majority support increased funding for the arts in NI

General, Funding

Public investment in the arts infographic sept23

Group of people holding the programme for the 2023 Bounce Arts Festival

Organisations

Bounce Arts Festival returns with extraordinary celebration of diversity

19th September, 2023

A figure of a soldier is silhouetted against a building

What's On in the Arts

18th September, 2023

Pupils in school uniform display self portraits which together create a colourful stained glass window

General, Funding, Partnerships

Good Relations Week 2023 – The Creative Schools Partnership Programme

15th September, 2023

A person, dressed in orange wig and a brightly coloured cloak, sits upon a sparkling silver sequin toilet. They are surrounded by blue feathers on a silver circular backdrop.

Funding, Organisations

Belfast drag star’s remarkable story set to open at the Lyric Theatre

12th September, 2023

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What's on in the Arts

7th September, 2023

Promo graphic for NI Opera's new production of Tosca.

Organisations

Northern Ireland Opera presents Puccini’s masterpiece Tosca at The Grand Opera House this September

5th September, 2023

A man in a living room dusting curtains at a window looking over at a woman who is on the phone smiling.

Arts Council announces £400,326 for 63 rural arts projects

4th September, 2023

General, Partnerships

Michael Hofmann appointed Seamus Heaney International Visiting Poetry Fellow at Queen’s

4th September, 2023

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