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All the latest news from the Arts Council

Poets are pictured with Her Majesty the Queen

Paul Muldoon, Frances Tomelty and Ian McElhinney lead The Queen’s Reading Room’s debut poetry performance in Northern Ireland

22nd March, 2024

What's on in the Arts

20th March, 2024

Colourful oil painting on canvas.

Artist of the Month, March 2024 - Eimhéar Atkinson

20th March, 2024

A group of people in smart attire smiling towards the camera.

Arts Council NI Chair attends North West Cultural and Business Partnership celebration at the Millennium Forum

14th March, 2024

Three people standing in the exhibition space at Ulster University.

Organisations

Dumbworld presents multi-media exhibition, Whales, Bats & Anarchy, at The MAC, Ulster University and Artcetera Studios

11th March, 2024

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A group of students and adults are pictured outside Stormont Castle.

General, Funding, Partnerships

Students invited to Stormont Castle to discuss value of Creative Learning

7th March, 2024

A group of children in a line holding a letter each of lit up letters spelling circus. The children are wearing circus coats.

What's on in the Arts

7th March, 2024

The photo shows young female artist Alina Gawhary in a grey hoodie standing beside a piano and her colourful artwork of a piano that she painted. She is standing in a church with stained glass windows in the background and the light is shining in.

Organisations

The artist who painted in secret, Beyond Skin celebrates International Women’s Day with inspirational Afghan artist Alina Gawhary

6th March, 2024

A picture of the author can be seen pictured in the cloisters at Queen's University Belfast. She is holding a book.

Funding, Artists, Partnerships

Shirley-Anne McMillan announced as the new Children’s Writing Fellow for NI at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s

5th March, 2024