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All the latest news from the Arts Council

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Shortlist for the 2022 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards

9th March, 2022

Selection of book covers shortlisted for the 2022 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards.

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Arts Council publishes Youth Music Strategy and Action Plan

8th March, 2022

Blue background with white text 'Arts Council of Northern Ireland Youth Music Audit for Northern Ireland'

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A statement on Ukraine

4th March, 2022

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Belfast to showcase some of the island’s brightest stars at St Patrick’s eve concert

3rd March, 2022

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The Waterways Storymaking Festival

21st February, 2022

Creative Writing Tutor Shelley Tracey, Maire Gaffney from the Waterways Storymaking Festival, Rhonda Glasgow (Photography Category Winner at the 2021 festival) and Sonya Whitefield, Arts Council of Northern Ireland sitting on a small bridge.

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Come on a ‘suit safari’ with Maiden Voyage Dance at Belfast Children’s Festival!

16th February, 2022

Dancers Maeve McGreevy & Adam Ashford performing wearing suits.

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Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection - Acquisitions 2020-21

11th February, 2022

This painting depicts a child being held by her father and uses a combination of figurative, abstract elements and vibrant colours to suggest a dream like state.

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Community Festival will Celebrate Stories of Life on the Water

9th February, 2022

Creative Writing Tutor Shelley Tracey, Maire Gaffney from the Waterways Storymaking Festival, Rhonda Glasgow (Photography Category Winner at the 2021 festival) and Sonya Whitefield, Arts Council of Northern Ireland sitting on a small bridge.

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Children’s Writing Fellow for NI honoured by Duchess of Cambridge’s CBeebies Bedtime Read

8th February, 2022

Children’s Writing Fellow Paul Howard sitting at desk with children’s author Kelly McCaughrain standing beside the desk.