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All the latest news from the Arts Council

General

Arts Council publishes Business Plan 2022-23

1st June, 2022

General

Arts & Business NI Awards 2022 opens for entries

31st May, 2022

General, Funding, Organisations

Young Ballet Dancers Aim to Hit the High Point for Queen’s Jubilee

31st May, 2022

Ballet dancers from High Points Youth Ballet posing wearing white tutus during a rehearsal for Swan Lake.

in rehearsals for Swan Lake

Funding, Artists

New £150K disabled-led programme to improve digital technology skills for artists

30th May, 2022

A female in a pink blazer and a male in a blue checked waistcoat holding a selection of digital equipment including a camcorder and a dictaphone.

General, Organisations

lrish Pages Press named “Small Publisher of the Year 2022 (Island of Ireland)”

30th May, 2022

Book cover of Kilclief and Other Essays by Irish Pages.

General, Artists

Q&A with writer Angela Graham

25th May, 2022

General

Winners announced for the 2022 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards

24th May, 2022

Kpmg childrens books ireland winners

Funding, Organisations

£200,000 Arts Council programme promoting positive health and wellbeing of older people now open

23rd May, 2022

Participants from the Heart of the Sperrins Arts and Older People Programme supported project enjoying a clay workshop with artist Leona Devine.

General

Applications for Boardroom Apprentice 2022 are open

20th May, 2022

Collage of people that have taken part in the Boardroom Apprentice scheme.

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