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All the latest news from the Arts Council

Organisations, Partnerships

Kabosh hosts gardening and arts therapy project to support older people in the community

6th June, 2024

An older leady in a pink cardigan sitting beside Carol Moore, both smiling.

Funding, Organisations

Arts Council re-opens £80,000 National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution Awards

3rd June, 2024

Female in orange top and male in blue shirt using virtual reality headsets.

Funding

PRS Foundation reveals the 21 artists and 7 early career industry professionals receiving the pioneering PPL Momentum Music and targeted PPL Momentum Accelerator support in latest round

3rd June, 2024

Funding, Partnerships

New £600,000 Mental Health and Arts Progamme launched

31st May, 2024

David, Roisin and Alice stand smiling at the camera. Behind them trees can be seen through a large bay window.

Organisations

Young people from Craic Arts Centre perform theatre piece highlighting the value of the Arts to Communities Minister at Stormont

30th May, 2024

A group of smiling people in black t-shirts standing and sitting outside Stormont's Parliament Buildings.

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30th May, 2024

Promotional poster for Carnival of Colours, Circus and Street Art Festival

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Gerald Dawe (1952-2024)

30th May, 2024

Gerald Dawe wearing a blue shirt and standing with arms crossed.

Funding, Artists, Partnerships

NI visual artists invited to apply for artist residency in Frac Grand Large/ Hauts-de-France Dunkirk, as part of Magnetic 3

21st May, 2024

Organisations

Belfast Photo Festival marks milestone 10th edition with Broken Spectre premiere

20th May, 2024

Group of people observing a spherical digital art installation that is suspended from the ceiling in the centre of a gallery.