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Our friends Open Arts have been shortlisted for the Inspiration award at the Royal Philharmonic Society awards. There is still time to place your vote before Monday 3 Feb! BBC News NI

FLOAT is coming to Brussels!🩷🫧 With Arts Council of Northern Ireland, we are pleased to present our annual play, Float at flagey studio. Tickets are available at flagey.be/en/activity/12…. Join us on the 18th February for an ode to young Belfast life. Be quick – tickets are selling fast!

Belfast will welcome in the Chinese New Year with a spectacular performance by the Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe at Belfast’s Grand Central Station this Wednesday 5th February at 3.30pm 🎊 Presented by the Chinese Consulate General in Belfast, in partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and

Six exceptional musicians from #NorthernIreland have been awarded the NI Young Musicians’ Platform Award, supported by The #NationalLottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and BBC Northern Ireland🎶 The six award recipients include three classical awardees, harpist, Rosie

Belfast welcomed in the #ChineseNewYear 🐍 with a spectacular performance by the Guizhou Acrobatic Troupe at Belfast’s Grand Central Station on Wednesday 5th February 🎊 Presented by the Chinese Consulate General in Belfast, in partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Translink, the

A play described as ‘an ode to #Belfast student life’ will make its international debut in Brussels this week, at the prestigious Flagey Arts Centre. Float, written and performed by emerging playwrights Orla Graham and Kirby Thompson, is the latest production to travel

Writer and Major Individual Artist awardee, Richard O'Rawe, joined Marie Louise Kerr on the latest episode of the Culture Café to chat about his new Arts Council #NationalLottery supported project. Richard was one of five artists recently honoured with a Major Individual Artist

The 'Here There and Them' exhibition continues at Flowerfield Arts Centre until 1st March 2025. This showcase exhibition, featuring work from the #ACNICollection, highlights a mix of emerging and established artists who are shaping the future of contemporary visual arts in

On Tuesday 11th March, the Arts Council will host a free public showcase of work by Northern Ireland’s leading artists working at the interface of cutting-edge technology and the arts. This is an opportunity to meet some of Northern Ireland’s most exciting digital and immersive

.Belfast Exposed has launched their ground-breaking conference exploring the mental health benefits of therapeutic photography 📸 The unique two-day event on 7th and 8th April 2025 is designed to inspire and equip attendees with practical tools and meaningful insights into the

.Circusful, Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre, UniversityOfAtypical and Brink! are set to benefit from the latest round of #CulturalBridge funding and will partner with four German organisations to deliver a series of projects in 2025-2026. Learn more 👇 artscouncil-ni.org/news/cultural-…

NI’s Winnie Ama, JC STEWART and Wynona Bleach set to receive support to attend SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, through PRS Foundation's International Showcase Fund. The International Showcase Fund is run by PRS Foundation in partnership with Arts Council of Northern Ireland,

Photographer David Copeland is our Artist of the Month for March 2025. David specialises in conceptual and documentary approaches and his photograph ‘Aeroplane’ is part of the #ACNICollection. The piece is part of a series called ‘a place to sleep’, examining the boundaries of

The UniversityOfAtypical has opened the 2025 D/deaf and Disabled Artists Support Fund, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The awards support d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent artists in any art form, to buy creative time or pay for a creative project. Visit

We have published our Annual Review for 2023-24 recounting many of the highlights of the Year in the Arts in Northern Ireland, supported by Arts Council exchequer funding from Communities NI as well as #NationalLottery funds. ➡️ artscouncil-ni.org/AR

Special Ticket Offer ✨🎭 Step into a world of magic, friendship, and childhood adventure with The Velveteen Rabbit at the Lyric Theatre Belfast! This #NationalLottery Open Week, 15th – 23rd March, all adults can relive the wonder of being a kid – and pay just £15, the price of a

.CAP is welcoming applications for the Anne O’Donoghue Award, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The #NationalLottery. Established in memory of the late Anne O’Donoghue, a trailblazer in participatory arts, the award is dedicated to supporting the

Our fabulous colleague, Siobhán, is here to highlight the Cultural Bridge Programme! Applications for the 26/27 programme will open on the 1st of October, but be sure to sign up and attend the info session on the 16th of September! Register for the info session:

Leading NI artists honoured with National Lottery Major Awards by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland: ✍️Writer, Brian McGilloway 👩‍🎨Visual artist, Gail Ritchie 📜Poet, Shelley Tracey 🪄Magician, Nicola McBride (aka Nikola Arkane) The four artists have each been presented with