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A group of young musicians and dancers performing around a large tree.

Funding, Organisations, Partnerships

Beyond Skin, DU Dance & The MAC to collaborate with leading German arts organisations

18th January, 2023

Cover Image of the Arts Council's Annual Review featuring an Opera Singer performing in Northern Ireland Opera's 'Old Friends and Other Days' film.

from Northern Ireland Opera's 'Old Friends and Other Days'.

General, Artists, Organisations

Arts Council publishes Review of ‘A Year in the Arts’, 2021-22

10th January, 2023

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General, Artists, Organisations

Review of the Year 2022

6th January, 2023

A choir performing on stage. All participants are dressed in black and holding music books.

Funding, Organisations

Arts Council awards £85,000 to fund community projects

4th January, 2023

Blue background with text: Arts Council commissions 21 new works thanks to £200,000 of National Lottery funding

Funding, Organisations

Arts Council commissions 21 new works thanks to £200,000 of National Lottery funding

23rd December, 2022

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Male in blue shirt using virtual reality headset.

Funding, Organisations

Quotidian, Big Telly Theatre, Armstrong Storytelling & Void to share in £40,000 Lottery funding

20th December, 2022

Three males and one female wearing virtual reality headsets.

Funding, Organisations

Two-day RENDR festival explores nexus between creativity and tech

19th December, 2022

Staff at Glenowen Court with Benjamin Gould and Clare McMahon from Commedia of Errors, Lorraine Calderwood, Arts Council of Northern Ireland with Glenowen Court residents and musicians Dan Leith and Adam Dougal beside a Christmas tree.

Funding, Organisations

Older people to benefit from £209,000 National Lottery funding for 29 creative projects

15th December, 2022

Sarah Williams, Executive Director, Outburst Arts, Lois Weaver of Split Britches, Ruth McCarthy, CEO/Artistic Director, Outburst Arts, Peggy Shaw, Split Britches, with Mícheál McCann, poet and editor of Outburst Arts’ publication, Catflap in St Joseph's Church, Sailortown, Belfast

General, Organisations

The 16th Outburst Queer Arts Festival bringing queer magic to Belfast, supported by National Lottery

16th November, 2022