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We believe in placing "Art at the
Heart" because we know that art
makes a difference.
We distribute public money and
National Lottery funds to develop and
deliver a wide variety of arts
projects, events and initiatives
across Northern Ireland. |
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BBC NI & Arts Council Young Musicians' Platform Award
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The Arts Council has announced the five talented young musicians from Northern Ireland who have been awarded the Young Musicians' Platform Award by the Arts Council and BBC Northern Ireland.
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The biennial funding awards showcase and support the development of young musicians from the region by providing individual funding awards of £5,000. This funding enables the recipients to spend a sizeable amount of time learning from a master musician, mentor, teacher or composer, either in Northern Ireland or abroad.
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Martha Guiney (traditional flute), Andrew Douglas (flute), Katharine Timoney (singer), William Curran (clarinet). Brian McAlea (baritone), not pictured, is the fifth winner.
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| Arts Council Funding News |
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Annual Funding Programme 2019-2020. Deadline for Application: Thursday 13th December 2018 at 4pm
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Small Grants Programme. Deadline for Application: Ongoing programme.
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Arts Council closes applications to its Travel Awards Scheme
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The scheme will re-open next financial year.
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Note to Musicians: Artists, bands and managers who have been invited to play at an international showcasing festival or conference in North America or Europe (for example, SXSW, WOMEX, Folk Alliance International, Classical: Next or Jazz Ahead) should apply to the International Showcase Fund (ISF), delivered by the PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Invest Northern Ireland.
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International Visiting Poetry Fellow
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Award-winning American poet and the inaugural Seamus Heaney International Visiting Poetry Fellow, Mark Doty, concluded his month-long fellowship with a special 'in conversation' reading event last week at Queen's University Belfast. The fellowship was created as part of Queen's and the Arts Council's joint ten-year Seamus Heaney Legacy project and is offered to a distinguished poet of international repute. Throughout November Mark Doty presented public readings, workshops and masterclasses for students at the University and participated in outreach activities at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace in Bellaghy, the John O'Connor Literary Arts Festival and the Outburst Queer Arts Festival.
Watch the short film
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A Year in the Arts 2017-18
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The Arts Council has published its Annual Review 2017-18, recounting many of the highlights of the Year in the Arts in Northern Ireland, supported by Arts Council exchequer funding from the Department for Communities as well as National Lottery funds. 2017-18 represented another outstanding year of accomplishment by artists and arts organisations, working hard against a backdrop of increasing funding pressures to continue to provide the full range of creative activities, from large-scale festivals to local-level community projects.
Watch the short video roundup of 2017-18.
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National Lottery distributers across the UK are celebrating the amazing things that have been achieved with the help of National Lottery funding, and we would like you to get involved. From 3rd-9th December we are asking artists and arts organisations to post your images and messages relating to the wonderful programme of work and creative projects that you have delivered this year, supported by National Lottery funding. We'd love you to say thank you to National Lottery players in your own words on social media by using the #ThanksToYou hashtag.
Here are some social media posts to get you started:
• #ThanksToYou #NationalLottery players each time you play you're helping to support projects like ours!
• #ThanksToYou #NationalLottery players we are able to bring great art within the reach of everyone!
• #NationalLottery players we're saying a big #ThanksToYou for your funding support.
You can download the #ThanksToYou social media templates here. The Arts Council will also be posting on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram throughout the week. Please share our content and tag us in your posts. We look forward to seeing your posts!
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Funding boost for Youth Arts
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Stage Beyond Theatre Company
Twenty-one youth groups are set to benefit from a funding investment from the Arts Council and the Public Health Agency to develop bespoke arts projects which promote positive health and wellbeing. The investment of over £180,000 through the ARTiculate programme will support projects in communities across Northern Ireland. Many of the arts projects will work with vulnerable young people and will focus on mental health issues.
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| North Antrim Christmas Crafts Trail |
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Three acclaimed craft studios in north Antrim are joining together to host a day of coordinated open studios on December 8th from 10.30am-5pm. The participating studios include the ceramics studio of Adam Frew, the studios of Benefield Spencer Glass and the mixed media
workshop of Sharon Adams. The artists will be present to demonstrate their crafts for the public, answer questions about their practice, and offer examples of their work for sale. All members of the public are welcome to visit.
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| TYANI Scratchworks Strand: Call out for Artists and Companies |
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TYANI (Theatre for Young Audiences NI) presents a showcase platform of the best work for children and young audiences from Northern Ireland as part of the TYANI Showcase on 8th-12th March 2019. The showcase will raise the profile of performance work for young audiences within NI, offer development opportunities for artists and local companies, and provide a showcase of the best NI work for young audiences currently available for international touring. TYANI is seeking submissions from individual artists to present a scratch idea for a performance piece for children and young people aged 0-18 years at the ScratchWorks platform on Saturday 9th March 2019. Deadline for submissions is 5pm Friday 7th December 2018.
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| Fantastic for Families Awards 2019 |
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| There is one week left to submit your entry for the Family Arts Campaign 'Best Age-Friendly Welcome Award'. Judged by a panel of experts and leaders in arts and culture, the Fantastic for Families Awards celebrate the wealth of outstanding performances, activities, and events for young and old taking place across the UK. The winner will be presented with their award at a ceremony in Liverpool on 11th February 2019. Deadline: 12pm Friday 7th December 2018. |
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| Artist appointed to design and create award pieces for the Allianz Arts & Business NI Awards 2019 |
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| Arts & Business Northern Ireland is working with local artist, Claire Mooney, who has won the commission to design and create the Awards pieces for the Allianz Arts & Business NI Awards 2019. Claire, who graduated in the summer 2018 from Ulster University's Ceramics, Jewellery and Silversmithing degree course, has also recently had a piece selected for the prestigious annual Royal Ulster Academy exhibition currently showing at the Ulster Museum Belfast. Claire Mooney's design and final Awards pieces for the Allianz Arts & Business NI Awards 2019 will be unveiled at the Awards ceremony which will take place in January 2019. |
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| Creative Europe Brexit update |
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| The Creative Europe Desk UK had issued advice about the UK's future participation in the Creative Europe funding programme in the event of a deal being reached between the EU and the UK, and in the event of a 'no deal' between the EU and the UK. |
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| Voluntary Arts is running its annual survey of your experiences in the creative sector. Last year 1,000 people responded in its first large-scale survey to gauge the scale, mood, ambitions and needs of the participatory arts sector. This research was extremely insightful and played a vital role in helping evidence the size and diversity of the sector, as well as providing a clearer picture of how best to support creative groups. Voluntary Arts asks you to take 6 minutes to fill in the 2018 survey and share it with your own network to help ensure they have a diverse range of views again this year. The deadline is 11th December and each respondent can enter a draw to win a Google Home Mini smart speaker! |
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