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Obituary: Michael Longley CBE, Poet (27 July 1939 - 22 January 2025)

23rd January, 2025

Poets Michael Longley and Frank Ormsby seated beside Arts Council Chair Liam Hannaway in a hotel lobby

General

Review of the Year 2024

21st January, 2025

Review of the Year 2024

General, What's On

Emerging and established talent shines in Flowerfield’s ACNI Collection exhibition ‘Here There and Them’

9th January, 2025

Abstract painting created using acrylic and oil on canvas.

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Obituary: Brian Connor

9th January, 2025

Brian Connor

General, Funding, Artists

Christmas comes early for 204 artists across the region who are set to benefit from £1.2m Arts Council NI funding

23rd December, 2024

A group of people standing outside in St Anne's Square in Belfast smiling towards the camera.

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Obituary: Gearóid Ó Cairealláin

23rd December, 2024

Male with beard wearing a striped top and a black hat.

General, Organisations

Swing into 2025 with new creative classes at The Crescent

13th December, 2024

A guitarist is seen on stage. He wears a hat and the stage is lit in purple

General, Funding, Artists, Organisations

Financial boost for musicians as £823,000 of funding announced through Arts Council Instruments Scheme

12th December, 2024

The Minister is pictured with a group of young people holding instruments

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