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All the latest news from the Arts Council

Artists

NI writers to join Laureate na nÓg’s ‘Wild’ bus tour

12th April, 2024

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Funding

Arts Groups Can Now Apply for National Lottery Project Funding

8th April, 2024

What's On

What's on in the Arts

5th April, 2024

Three male musicians sitting at a pub table drinking pints of beer.

Funding, Organisations, Partnerships

Arts Council announces new award: Irish-language Theatre Production and Touring Award 2024

3rd April, 2024

Artists

Artist of the Month, April 2024 - Patricia McElroy

3rd April, 2024

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Organisations

Landmark show that places deaf artists centre stage set to open this weekend at The MAC

29th March, 2024

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Funding

Craft Makers encouraged to apply for £15,000 bursary

25th March, 2024

Visual Artist Sheena Devitt in her studio with Suzanne Lyle, Head of Visual Arts at the Arts Council.

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

22nd March, 2024

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What's On

What's on in the Arts

20th March, 2024