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Partnerships

All the latest news from the Arts Council about: Partnerships

Funding, Artists, Partnerships

35 UK music creators receive support to attend SXSW 2023

14th February, 2023

Collage of images featuring Robracobra Quartet, Wynona Bleach, Dea Matrona, Brighde Chaimbeul and Lemonade Shoelace who will be performing at SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas

Funding, Organisations, Partnerships

Beyond Skin, DU Dance & The MAC to collaborate with leading German arts organisations

18th January, 2023

A group of young musicians and dancers performing around a large tree.

Funding, Partnerships

Funding announced for 11 schools to place creativity at the heart of learning

28th November, 2022

Students Olivia Marcus and Dara Kerr from Mercy College holding a clapperboard and camera.

General, Partnerships

Third NI Writers Day Takes Place at the Lyric

28th September, 2022

Damian Smyth, Head of Literature at the Arts Council, Liam Hannaway, Chair of the Arts Council, Playwright/Author Bonnie Greer and Irenosen Okojie at the Lyric Belfast

General, Partnerships

Multi Award-Winning Screenwriter Declan Lawn Joins Line-up for Third NI Writers Day

23rd September, 2022

Declan Lawn wearing denim shirt.

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General, Partnerships

Jane Hirshfield appointed Seamus Heaney International Visiting Poetry Fellow at Queen’s University

23rd September, 2022

Jane Hirshfield

Funding, Artists, Partnerships

Comedian, Emer Maguire & Writer, Dawn Watson, to be showcased by the NI Office in Brussels

22nd September, 2022

Black and white image of artists Emer Maguire and Dawn Watson with her guitar.

General, Partnerships

Arts Council and Royal Society of Literature announce third NI Writers Day, Monday 26 September 2022

7th September, 2022

Collage of images of Bonnie Greer, Fionnuala Kennedy and Stacey Gregg.

Funding, Partnerships

Cultural Bridge announces new 2023 - 2024 programme of funding for organisations

27th July, 2022

Group of female dancers rehearsing in a spacious studio.