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All the latest news from the Arts Council

General

ACNI commissions research for new disability access scheme

4th April, 2022

Row of empty seats in a theatre.

Artists

Anna Smyth – Artist of the Month, April 2022

4th April, 2022

Ceramic scultpures by Anna Smyth who was artist of the month for April 2022. The work is entitled Linen Legacy and is part of the ACNI art collection.

Artists

Working Class Voices in Literature Celebrated at the Launch of The 32

31st March, 2022

Riley Johnston, Dr Michael Pierse, Lucy Caldwell, Marc Gregg with Paul McVeigh holding his book, The 32.

Funding, Artists

Sound artist Una Lee takes a unique approach to storytelling

31st March, 2022

Sound artist Una Lee during a performance holding a megaphone.

General

Belfast Exposed & Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, explore institutional racism

28th March, 2022

Female with long dark hair and a blue top partially submerged in cloudy water.

General

Children’s Writing Fellow encourages children to share their stories through pictures

15th March, 2022

Rosetta Primary School pupils in the school yard holding their drawings with Children’s Writing Fellow Paul Howard.

Artists

Future stars of jazz tune up with jazz supremo, David Lyttle

11th March, 2022

Jazz Juniors group in rehearsals at The MAC with Jazzlife Alliance Artistic Director and jazz musician, David Lyttle.

Organisations

Women’s Aid and Spark Opera join forces

9th March, 2022

Kate Guelke, Artistic Director at Spark Opera and Bronagh O’Boyle, Reconnect Worker at Women's Aid NI holding a painting created during the Reconnect Project and a sign for Women's Aid NI.

General

Latest research shows 900 older people in NI care homes benefitted from art during the pandemic

9th March, 2022

Gillian Mason of Bradley Manor Nursing Home, Grainne Kielty, Arts Care’s Artist in Residence and Jenny Elliott, CEO of Arts Care outside Bradley Manor Nursing Home holding the Arts Boxes that were delivered to residential and nursing care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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