Annual Review 2024-25

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Annual Review 2024-25 looks back at the many of the highlights of the (financial) Year in the Arts across Northern Ireland, supported by Arts Council Exchequer funding from the Department of Communities and National Lottery funds.

Some highlights of 2024-25 include:

• Cahoots NI brough their Broadway success The Vanishing Elephant to local audiences at Belfast International Arts Festival.
• The region’s longest-running artists’ studio, Queen Street Studios, marked their 40th anniversary with a major exhibition of works from past and present members.
• Northern Ireland’s Winnie Ama, JC Stewart and Wynona Bleach received support to attend SXSW 2025 through PRS Foundation’s International Showcase Fund, supported by the Arts Council.
• Maiden Voyage Dance became a foundational partner in Luail, the first all-island contemporary dance company, which will transform dance for practitioners
  and audiences, across the island of Ireland.
• Seacourt Print Workshop relocated to new premises in Bangor, placing them at the centre of the city’s ongoing cultural regeneration.
• Northern Ireland’s leading contemporary art gallery, the Golden Thread Gallery, celebrated their 30th anniversary with the opening of their new gallery
  space at the heart of Belfast City Centre.
• Belfast Photo Festival marks milestone 10th edition.
• North Belfast’s Cumann Cultúrtha Mhic Reachtain celebrates their 25th Scoil Samhraidh Mhic Reachtain festival, supported byThe National Lottery
• The National Lottery Celebrates 30 years of Game Changing Funding in Northern Ireland.
• The Arts Council invested £18,627,099 to support the full range of creative activities across Northern Ireland in 2024-25, based on the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Exchequer and National Lottery Accounts for 2024-25.