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Shortlist for the 2022 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards

9th March, 2022

Selection of book covers shortlisted for the 2022 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards.

What's On

What’s on in the Arts

9th March, 2022

General

Arts Council publishes Youth Music Strategy and Action Plan

8th March, 2022

Blue background with white text 'Arts Council of Northern Ireland Youth Music Audit for Northern Ireland'

Artists

International Women’s Day 2022

8th March, 2022

General

A statement on Ukraine

4th March, 2022

Organisations

Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics 2022 returns with over 150 in-person and online events

4th March, 2022

Festival Director, Peter O'Neill, Nuala McKeever and Liam Hannaway, Chair of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in Belfast’s City Hall holding the programme for the 2022 Imagine Belfast Festival.

Artists

Lorcan Vallely - Artist of the Month, March 2022

3rd March, 2022

Charcoal and oil artwork by Lorcan Vallely who was artist of the month for March 2022. The work is entitled Colin Morgan and is part of the ACNI art collection.

General

Belfast to showcase some of the island’s brightest stars at St Patrick’s eve concert

3rd March, 2022

Artists

Exceptional Young Musicians land leading role in BBC Ulster Orchestra concert

25th February, 2022

Young Musicians’ Platform Awardees, Andrew Irwin, Angus McCall, Justine Gormley, Jack Warnock, Rose Connolly, Roisin Donald (ROE) and Stephen McCauley (BBC) on the balcony at the Ulster Hall Belfast.

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