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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Featured Event

The Living Skull

March 15, 2012 at 6pm to April 14, 2012 at 7pm – Fenderesky gallery The Living skull, selection from John Brown, Peter Burns, David Crone, Charles Cullen, Michael Cullen, Graham Gingles, Patrick Hall,Sharon Kelly, Paddy Mccann, Zoe Murdoch, Jack Packenham, Martin Wed… Organized by Fenderensky Gallery | Type: exhibition, opening

A brief History Of Art

February 12, 2011 at 6pm to April 2, 2013 at 7pm – Ulster museum Ever wondered if the ompressionists really starved in garrets? Or puzzled over what is romantic about Romanticism or new in Art Nouveau? Then this could be the course for you. Richly illustrated an… Organized by Ulster Museum | Type: course
ART AND SOCIAL DROP-IN

April 18, 2011 at 9am to June 27, 2012 at 9am – Jubilee Hall (green building) TSX the Art of Charity is running an Art and Social Drop-in every Wednesday 9am - 12, at Jubilee Hall (parking off Carrickfern Gardens) Greenisland. You don't have to be a budding Picasso to drop in… Organized by Rosetta Jallow | Type: art, and, social, drop-in
Shoreline

April 21, 2011 at 7pm to May 30, 2012 at 9pm – Strawberry fair an exhibition of new work by Joanna Martin. The title of this exhibition encompasses her passion for the wildlife found around the shores or Strangford lough and the north Antrim coast. Her main inte… Organized by sian maxwell | Type: exhibition, opening
Biospheres

April 23, 2011 to May 6, 2012 – Strangford Lough, Biospheres temporary sculpture floating on Strangford Lough commissioned by Strangford Lough and lecale partnerships. Artists Ngaire jackson and Clare lawson of Red apple arts. Viewable from Strangfo… Organized by *Ngaire Jackson and Clare lawson | Type: temporary, floating, sculpture
Entwined extended to 5th June

May 21, 2011 at 10am to May 5, 2012 at 5pm – Red Barn Gallery Final year Belfast Metropolitan College HND students Fine Art Extended to 5th June Organized by Red Barn Gallery | Type: fine, art, exhibition
a hand held

June 10, 2011 at 11am to June 13, 2012 at 5pm – Wild Strawberry Gallery, Strangford, Co Down Exhibition of Ceramics by Deirdre Hawthorne Delicate one-off sculptural vessels in paper-thin porcelain and red earthenware. My work and voice are rooted in the Irish landscape, in specific pla… Organized by Deirdre Hawthorne | Type: exhibition
JOKFACE SOLO EXHIBITION 'NOTHING FUNNY'

June 23, 2011 at 7pm to June 29, 2012 at 8pm – Creative Flux, First Floor Studio One week only. Organized by JOKFACE | Type: exhibition
Anything but a still life....

June 30, 2011 to July 16, 2012 – Red Barn Gallery Margaret Hamill’s dedication to bringing art into the community as a unifying force was as vibrant as her extraordinary paintings. A new exhibition of the late artist’s work at Belfast’s Red Barn Gal… Organized by Red Barn Gallery | Type: exhibition, of, paintings
nigel peake

July 16, 2011 at 11am to August 22, 2012 at 5pm – Srawberry fair Strangford Nigel Peake has a background in architecture. He creates drawings of everyday things that surround him. Most of his days are spent on commission work or self related projects and books. He provides i… Organized by sian maxwell | Type: exhibition, of, drawings
New part time HNC course in Fine Art Printmaking at BMC

September 19, 2011 to September 19, 2012 – Belfast Metropolitan College New Part time course in Fine Art Printmaking Starting 21st September at BMC CODE: C4056 / 101P This HNC in Fine Art Printmaking has been designed to meet the needs of those who wish to develop their… Organized by Dr. Josephine McCormick | Type: course
Catalyst Arts Membership

January 11, 2012 to December 31, 2012 – Catalyst Arts, Belfast Membership entitles you to: Attend and vote in our AGM’s – members input into the programming  and running of the organisation is welcomed and encouraged. Exhibit in the Annual Members Show. Join a… Organized by Rob Hilken | Type: membership
Blick Workshops and Courses

January 23, 2012 at 12pm to April 18, 2012 at 10pm – Blick Shared Studios Following on from the success of the Autumn semester of creative industry courses we can now offer you an exciting new line up of courses starting week beginning 23rd January. Industry professional… Organized by Blick Studios | Type: creative, courses
Drawing Together

February 8, 2012 at 6pm to March 30, 2012 at 4pm – Creative Exchange Studios, Portview Trade Centre, Belfast Description On Thursday the 2nd of February, Creative Exchange Artists present 'Drawing Together', a collection of new work by the collective, based on the concept of drawing, in it's widest sense. A… Organized by Creative Exchange Artist Studios | Type: drawing, exhibition
Interplanetary Revolution

February 16, 2012 at 6pm to March 24, 2012 at 4pm – Golden Thread Gallery The opening of Interplanetary Revolution may feature a cocktail bar, a chorus of ice cream vans, the introduction of another currency and a song by the factotum choir that they never quite cracked.… Organized by Golden Thread Gallery | Type: exhibition
Regressions

February 16, 2012 at 6pm to March 30, 2012 at 7pm – Belltable, Limerick Allan Hughes Exhibition opens Thursday, 16th February @ 5.30pm. Regressions For his solo exhibition Regressions at The Belltable, Belfast-based artist Allan Hughes presents two artworks, which invest… Organized by Allan Hughes | Type: exhibition
Rita Duffy, Arctic Circus

February 25, 2012 at 10am to April 28, 2012 at 5pm – F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studio This exhibition of new work’s by Rita Duffy is inspired by her three month residency in Norway and her travels to the Arctic Circle in 2010. The title of the exhibition, Arctic Circus, references bot… Organized by F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studio | Type: exhibition
Irish Writers

March 1, 2012 to March 30, 2012 – Cavan http://tp://www.cavanarts.ie/Default.aspx?StructureID_str=6&guid=34 Organized by Ursula Burke | Type: exhibition
Belfast/New Belfast: Past, Present and Emerging

March 1, 2012 at 6pm to April 28, 2012 at 5pm – PLACE, 40 Fountain Street, Belfast BT1 5EE A bird’s eye view of the regeneration of Belfast. This exhibition goes into detail on developments in the city, providing a fascinating overview of the work by both the public and private sector, and… Organized by PLACE Architecture Centre | Type: exhibition
Commemorate

March 1, 2012 at 6pm to April 28, 2012 at 4pm – Space CRAFT, 9b The Fountain Centre The Craft & Design Collective's Annual Exhibition 2012 at Space CRAFT The Craft & Design Collective presents COMMEMORATE the Craft & Design Collective's Annual Exhibition 2012, at Space… Organized by Space CRAFT | Type: exhibition
Loci of Memory

March 1, 2012 at 7pm to March 31, 2012 at 9pm – Ards Arts Centre Loci of memory is concerned with the preservation of memory within spatial environments, enabling the retention, recovery and [re] telling of individual and collective memory. This work is concerned… Organized by Ards Arts | Type: exhibition
I was here. I lived. I loved. - New paintings by Clinton Kirkpatrick

March 1, 2012 at 7pm to March 24, 2012 at 9pm – Waterfront Hall, Belfast A new exhibition of painting by Clinton Kirkpatrick relating to a research trip to Kenya in May and June 2011. Clinton's painting takes of two distinctly different styles. His abstract painting is a… Organized by Clinton Kirkpatrick | Type: painting, exhibition
f(t)=xy²

March 1, 2012 at 7pm to March 31, 2012 at 4pm – Belfast Print Workshop This collaboration between the artists Sarah Gordon and Sarah Crooks, explores systems of transferal between a series of objects. An initial concern with the function of fiction led to an investigati… Organized by Belfast Print Workshop Gallery | Type: exhibition, opening
Littoral Zone by Ards Arts Collective.

March 2, 2012 to March 31, 2012 – Down Art Centre, The Ards Arts Collective have taken the littoral zone, an inter-tidal area of the shore affected by both water and light, as a subject for this exhibition. These twenty artists are all local to Stran… Organized by Sally Houston | Type: group, show
International Women's Day

March 8, 2012 at 7pm to March 22, 2012 at 1pm – Eden Arts Centre A Bird's Eye View, Eden Arts Centre, Derry Exhibition Opening March 8th Closing March 22nd Showcasing Women Artists Organized by Pilots Row | Type: exhibition
Inside Art

March 9, 2012 at 3:30pm to March 30, 2012 at 5pm – The Playtrail Now taking Bookings for our next Comic Book Programme! Iniside Art will continue into March with a BaSH!...BooM!...and BaNG!... with some more exciting comic strip creation! Throughout the month of M… Organized by Claire Heaney-McKee | Type: comic, book, creation....
ReFound Pop-up Shop #6

March 9, 2012 at 6pm to March 31, 2012 at 6pm – 9 Wellington Place, Belfast Description The 6th ReFound pop-up shop returns to Belfast after a run in Glasgow and the environs of NI! Showing the latest collection of our unique brand of restyled found pieces & 'works of fu… Organized by Jill O'Neill | Type: shop, -, exhibition
Carol Graham- Studio secrets

March 13, 2012 at 5pm to April 2, 2012 at 5pm – Tom Caldwell gallery The second an the at home series creating the artists studio in the art gallery. Open Mon - sat 10-5pm Sunday 2-5pm Organized by Tom Caldwell gallery | Type: exhibition, opening
Array Studios

March 15, 2012 at 6pm to March 25, 2012 at 7pm – London Lydia Holmes is exhibiting her work in the exhibition Female Irish Artists at Five Years Gallery, London from 15th - 25th March and then the show is touring to the Irish Cultural Centre. The exhibit… Organized by Array Studios | Type: exhibition
Castleward movie night

March 16, 2012 at 6pm to April 18, 2012 at 7pm – Castleward Estate £12 per car watch on the big screen call for details 02844881204 Organized by National Trust | Type: outdoor, movie, night
Ulster Festival of Art & Design

March 17, 2012 at 10am to March 25, 2012 at 5pm – University of Ulster A week of events with international and local practitioners across a broad range of disciplines, from architecture to ceramics, photography, graphic design, etc Organized by Tim Kerr | Type: talks, workshops, performances, around, art, &, design
Interactive Interfaces

March 20, 2012 to March 26, 2012 – Red Barn Gallery Interactive Interfaces is a project borne out of Public Achievement’s Away from Violence programme where young people are supported to address the issues of violence affecting their lives. Groups of… Organized by Red Barn Gallery | Type: art, photography, and, film, exhibition
An Introduction to Digital Filmmaking- Ben Jones

March 20, 2012 at 1pm to March 22, 2012 at 4:45pm – Digital Arts Studios This course will the cover the basics of digital filmmaking including camera operation, sound recording, lighting setups with a brief introduction to digital editing with Final Cut Pro. Participants… Organized by Digital Arts Studios | Type: workshop
'A glimpse of Nature'

March 21, 2012 at 7pm to April 18, 2012 at 5pm – Castle Espie Art Gallery Lorna Hamilton has over 15 years of experience in the art world, graduating in 1995 from the University of Ulster. Lorna began painting wildlife in 2006 gaining recognition for her work in 2007 by… Organized by maeve curran | Type: art, exhibition
Face to Facebook

March 22, 2012 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm – Fountain Street Belfast What is your friendship worth on social networking sites? Come along on Thursday and like Shirley Knotts face to facebook page in the real world. Part of Paul Guzzardo workshop: a hackerspace for myt… Organized by Alice Burns | Type: workshop, presentation, performance
Thursday Talks – Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh

March 22, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – Golden Thread Gallery 22nd March 2012 1pm – 2pm Co-Directors Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh in conversation. Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, or CCA Derry~Londonderry, has grown out of Context Gallery. Whe… Organized by Golden Thread Gallery | Type: talk
Thursday Night Event – Michael Hanna

March 22, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm – Golden Thread Gallery 22nd March 2012 6pm – 7pm Audio presentation by Michael Hanna, identifying and exploring the psychological themes raised in the Interplanetary Revolution exhibition. Michael Hanna graduated with… Organized by Golden Thread Gallery | Type: screening
V I C I N I T Y

March 22, 2012 at 7pm to April 13, 2012 at 5pm – Catalyst Arts Bbeyond Jean-pierre Bertrand Fiona Larkin Shiro Masuyama Jim McCracken Seamus Nolan MA art in public zones of response Catalyst Arts presents VICINITY, a group exhibition investigating temporary, ad… Organized by Catalyst Arts | Type: exhibition