The Weekly on 2nd of July 2024: The arts in your area

[Community Arts Partnership]

The Weekly offers links to events and online offerings from arts organisations and community groups in Northern Ireland.

NOT SEEING THE FULL WEEKLY? CLICK HERE TO VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Tuesday, 2nd of July 2024 The Weekly offers links to offerings, in person, virtual and online, from arts organisations, community groups and artists. *If you have an item to submit for inclusion, email us at: in...@capartscentre.com CAP AT THE ARC ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY ARDS AND NORTH DOWN ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON BELFAST CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS DERRY AND STRABANE FERMANAGH AND OMAGH LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH MID AND EAST ANTRIM MID ULSTER NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN FUNDING DEADLINES MORE OPPORTUNITIES Submit an event to the Weekly (Deadline: 3pm sharp each Tuesday) CAP NEWS NEW! Arts, Culture and the Creative Industries in Northern Ireland and party policies for the 2024 UK election CAP Update – National Gallery Art Road Trip – Enniskillen u3a – (Photos) CAP Update – Shared Island Choir project – “This is Me”, “Silver Linings” and “Forget Me Nots” Choirs (Photos) CAP Update – Sandholes Community Group with artist-facilitator Gwen Stevenson CAP Update – Lisburn Downtown Centre with artist Maria Teresa Ruiz Cala Calling all Community Artists! Available workshop spaces in Cathedral Quarter, Belfast Have you been published by the Poetry in Motion project? Find copies of our publications on our 'eBay for Change' store NEWS Open Call | Artist Studios Organisational Grants 2024/25 from Belfast City Council – applications close 4 July WOMEX 2024 Bursaries – closing 16 July National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution Awards – closing 16 Aug Rural Engagement Arts Programme – closing 21 Aug Arts Council of Northern Ireland launches 10-year Strategic Plan, 2024-34 Funding supports musicians to purchase new instruments Arts Council of Northern Ireland announces £77,599 for innovative Digital Arts projects, supported by The National Lottery and Future Screens NI Arts Council responds to DfE consultation on Draft Tourism Strategy for Northern Ireland Sustaining international cultural exchange Understanding the Working and Living Conditions of Artists in Northern Ireland National Lottery Awards for All – Open Now National Lottery Community Funds Offering New Grants to Strengthen Community Connections – Open Now The National Lottery Support for Individual Artists Programme – Travel Awards – Rolling programme National Lottery Small Grants Programme – Rolling programme The Arts Council of Northern Ireland response to the Consultation on Approach to 10X Technologies and Clusters Investing in Creative Delivery – A report from the Culture, Arts & Heritage Strategy Taskforce SECTOR NEWS Applications for the 2024 EIB Artists Development Programme open   Open Call Seeking New Presenters for Series Celebrating Ulsters Musical Heritage   Access to Resilience – Funding Support – closing 4 July   WOMEX 2024 Bursaries – closing 16 July   NEW! Irish Writers Centre Evolution Programme 2024-2025 – closing 17 July   Belfast Pride Festival 2024 – 19 to 28 July   The 37th John Hewitt International Summer School – 22 to 27 July   Save the Date – Eastside Arts Festival 2024 – 25 July to 4 Aug   NEW! Source Writing Prize 2024 – closing 1 Aug   Féile an Phobail – 1 to 11 Aug   Consultation – Registration Threshold for Charities – closing 11 Aug   NICVA – Response to Public Consultation on a charity registration threshold – closing 11 Aug   Rural Engagement Arts Programme – closing 21 Aug   Colin James Woods – “I just called” – Library Tours – through to Sept   SHIP Showcase Festival 2024  - 12 to 15 Sept   The Nature Photography Contest 2024 – closing 15 Nov   Visual Arts Ireland – Get Together – 19 Nov   NEW! International Page and Stage – Third Anniversary Event – June 2024 - Video   NEW! THRIVE Audience Development – IMPACT research report   NEW! Kabosh – “The Occasional Gardner” – Video   NEW! The Lagan Lighter: A PS2 commission for WATER WORKS by Paddy Bloomer   NEW! Irish Traditional Music Archive – Cathal McConnell   Gary Lightbody argues for more funding for the arts sector on Sunday Politics   Volunteer Opportunity at the Strand Arts Centre – Apply Immediately   KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2024   New Lodge Arts – The Agency Belfast   New Lodge Arts – Adult Art Class   Fine Art Workshops at University of Ulster – applications open now   Arts Council of Northern Ireland launches 10-year Strategic Plan, 2024-34   Oh Yeah Centre wins UK Music Week Award   The Women’s Prize Trust announces the Winner of the 2024 Discoveries Writing Prize   Grand Opera House wins Belfast Telegraph Business Award 2024   Celebrating 21 years of New Lodge Arts   New musicians join Live Music Now Northern Ireland   DU Dance – North Belfast residents intergenerational dance project   John Price – Local Artist – latest work   National Lottery – Funding News   Opera director Kate Guelke presented with award to help vulnerable people in NI rebuild their lives through the arts, supported by The National Lottery   Rogue Encounters 24 – photographs   Thrive: IMPACT Survey Report   Golden Fleece Shortlist announced 2024   The MAC and Brink! awarded Cultural Bridge funding for UK-Germany arts projects   New funding supports UK artists to work with immersive tech   New project creates international opportunities for disabled artists   Vault Artists Studios – Space for Hire   New funding supports UK artists to work with immersive tech   Creative partnerships take centre stage at A&B NI Awards   Eleven schools receive funding to support landmark educational programme   National Lottery Awards for All – Open Now   Thrive launches 100 untold stories emphasising why arts and culture is crucial for society   Evaluation for Arts, Culture and Heritage: Principles and Practice   RSL Jerwood Poetry Awards   Arts Infopoint UK   School Governors recruitment campaign   Abstract Arts Academy – 2 Royal Avenue – Every Saturday – 11am to 12 Noon   General Population Survey shows majority support increased funding for the arts in NI   Strand Arts Centre – Programme   Enniskillen Youth Arts Project helps Support Mental and Emotional Wellbeing   Switchboard – A Booking Platform for the Performance Sector   Arts Council of Northern Ireland – Government’s lack of investment in the arts is affecting those most in need   Maximising the potential of the Creative Industries   Mapping Creative Talent in Newry Mourne and Down    Arts Council NI publishes consultation report on Access Scheme for disabled audiences at arts venues   Playhouse training scheme is helping support a new generation of theatre makers   Arts & Business NI Blueprint Programme   Arts Council highlights cost of living crisis for NI arts sector   Building Capacity for Cultural Industries: Towards a Shared-Island Approach for Dance and Theatre   Power NI - Brighter Communities Fund - Now Open - ongoing   Vacant to Vibrant Capital Grant Scheme – Updated Application Pack   Creative Tours Belfast – Belfast Walking Music Tour   RNIB NI Community Connection - updated bimonthly ONLINE COMMUNITY ARTS & EVENTS Open Arts – Living in a Box – Video with audio description Community Arts Northern Visions Television Northern Visions TV Please note: the following items are listed in chronological order. ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY menu / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Colin James Woods – “I just called” – Library Tours – through to Sept Colin James Woods, I Just Called OPPORTUNITIES Boost your mood with a song! The Pick Me Up Choir calls for singers of all abilities Community Choir, Glenlough Community Choir ARDS AND NORTH DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE The 2024 Open House Festival – July to Aug Open House Festival Dragaoke with Lady Portia – 15 July Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music NEW! Creative Peninsula – August 2024 Ards and North Down Borough Council, Creative Peninsula Elvis Spectacular – 3 Aug Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Seán Donnelly – 13 Sept Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Spring Break – 14 sept Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Kilkennys – 15 Sept Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Andrew Ryan: Let Me Know How You Get On – 21 Sept Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts More Our Jimmy – 22 Sept Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Paddy Raff: Gimme A Minute! – 27 Sept Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Micky Bartlett: THICC! – 11 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts DIONA DOHERTY: GOT MILF? – 18 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Simon & Garfunkel Through The Years – 19 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music This Flight Tonight: The Songs of Joni Mitchell – 25 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music THUNDER ROLLS – 26 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Colin Geddis: G.O.A.T. (Geddis On Another Tour) – 8 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts The Bjorn Identity – 16 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music William Thompson: Scumbag Millionaire – 22 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts The Illegals – 23 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Neil Delamere: Achilles Neil – 30 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts The Henry Girls and Lore – 6 Dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Tim McGarry’s Ridiculous – 13 Dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Comedy Goldilocks and the Three Bears – 15 Dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Theatre, Kids The Fureys – 9 Feb 2025 Music, Portico Arts & Heritage Centre Legends of the 60s Show – 16 May 2025 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Ards and North Down Launches Exciting Arts and Heritage Spring 2024 Programme! Ards and North Down ForM Sculpture Exhibition 2024 Winners Announced ForM Sculpture WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Rock School – Seniors – 5 to 9 Aug Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Rock School – Juniors – 5 to 9 Aug Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Sing Happy Choir – Weekly Sessions Sing Happy, Music Traditional Heritage Crafts – ongoing Welig Heritage Crafts ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE SHED | Bridge Street Studios Group Exhibition at Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre – to 6 July Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Millennium Court Presents: Clarity of the Stars – A Retrospective on the Work of Jordan Howe – 6 to 25 July – opening 6 July Millennium Court, Visual Arts NEW! ‘A Place Apart’ ‘The Road To Dungannon’ exhibition – 6 to 30 July – opening 6 July Millennium Court, Visual Art Submissions open for Flash Fiction Autumn events – closing 21 July and 25 Sept Flash Fiction Armagh, Literature The 37th John Hewitt International Summer School – 22 to 27 July Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, John Hewitt International Summer School NEW! Congruent | Sara Cunningham-Bell at F.E. McWilliam Gallery + Studio – to 2 Sept F.E McWilliam Gallery, Sara Cunningham-Bell, Scuplture Millennium Court – ‘People of Portadown’ teens graffiti exhibition Kids, Millennium Court, Visual Arts Jethro Creative Dialogue – Thursday mornings The Jethro Centre JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES Debutots – Call out for Storytelling / Drama Practitioners Debutots OPPORTUNITIES The John O’Connor Writing School and Literary Arts Festival – Call out for board members John O'Connor Writing School BELFAST #SaveCQ menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE The Guild of Library Writers LIVE: ‘Journeys’ – 3 July Belfast Central Library, Verbal Arts Pantomime Island – An Exhibition by Rosie McGurran RUA – 3 July to 31 Aug ArtisAnn Gallery, Visual Art Star Wars Trilogy – 4 and 5 July Film, The Strand Arts Centre NEW! Inklings | Jonny McEwen and Sally O’Dowd at Vault Artist Studios Gallery – 4 to 8 July The Vault Artist Studios NEW! ‘Chasing Ghosts’ – Linda McBurney – 4 to 25 July Belfast Print Workshop, Visual Arts NEW! Degrowth Utopia – 4 to 27 July Belfast Exposed NEW! Sanctuaries – Queer Artist Forum – 4 to 27 July Belfast Exposed NEW! August Craft Month exhibition call out – closing 5 July August Craft Month, Craft NI soft listings – to 6 July Catalyst Arts Art For Change Youth Summer Programme – 6 July to 10 Aug Art For Change, eduSOIL CIC Freebird’s M.C.C Project | Brigid Mulligan at QSS Gallery – to 11 July QSS Artists Studios NEW! A Free Intergalactic Adventure for Complex Needs Audiences Aged 5-18 in Belfast – 15 and 19 July East Belfast Network Centre, The MAC,  Replay Theatre Company, Kids Visual Arts Ireland – Belfast Peer Support – Group 2: Artist Talk and Show and Tell – 16 July Visual Arts Ireland Belfast Pride Festival 2024 – 19 to 28 July Belfast Pride mother tongue – to 21 July Exhibition, The MAC Moya Brennan | Zoë Conway & John McIntyre – 21 July Belfast TradFest, Music About Belfast – Ed Reynolds –  to 22 July 2 Royal Avenue, Visual Arts Flutopia – 22 July Belfast TradFest, Music Ceol na nGael – 22 July Áras Mhic Reachtain, Belfast TradFest, Music Na Máistrí / Masters of Traditional Music – 23 July Belfast TradFest, Music Sean Maguire – Ómós – 23 July Belfast TradFest, Music Scaredy Fat – 23 to 27 July Grand Opera House, Theatre Pride Céilí – 24 July Belfast TradFest, Music Bow Brothers – Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor & Neil Martin – 24 July Empire Music Hall, Belfast TradFest, Music Empty House – Solo exhibition by Christine Kernohan – to 24 July University of Atypical for Arts and Disability Lúnasa | Lumiere – 25 July Empire Music Hall, Belfast TradFest, Music Niall Hanna | Damian McKee – 25 July The Black Box, Belfast TradFest, Music With Pipe & Drum – 25 July Titanic Hotel Belfast, Belfast TradFest, Music Seamie O’Dowd – 25 July Sunflower Public House, Belfast TradFest, Music ‘Torsos: Vulnerability and Resilience’ with Janice Cherry, Dillon Award recipient – to 25 July Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art ‘What Held You Back?’ with Dominic McKeown – to 25 July Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art Save the Date – Eastside Arts Festival 2024 – 25 July to 4 Aug Eastside Arts Festival Jiggy | Tara Breen, Pádraig Rynne & Jim Murray – 26 July Belfast TradFest, Music Céilí with the Abbey Trio – 26 July The Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast TradFest, Music Belfast Stitched – to 27 July Belfast Exposed Gallery Biird | Pólca 4 – 27 July Mandela Hall, Belfast TradFest, Music Cherish the Ladies – 27 July Mandela Hall, Belfast TradFest, Music Kabosh Theatre – Three Pay Days – 31 July to 4 Aug Kabosh Theatre Company, The Felons, The Playhouse Yallaa Cultural Mosaic – to Aug Yallaa Féile an Phobail – 1 to 11 Aug Féile an Phobail NEW! Anthem for Dissatisfaction – 1 to 11 Aug Brassneck Theatre Company, Theatre NEW! Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays Belfast Book Launch – 2 Aug Queen's Film Theatre, Irish Pages Press, Literature NEW! Anthem for Dissatisfaction – 3 Aug Brassneck Theatre Company, Theatre Uppa Duff – 6 to 8 Aug An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Theatre Beat Carnival – Arts Summer Scheme 2024 – register now – 12 to 16 Aug Beat Carnival Northern Ireland Opera Presents – Eugene Onégin – 14, 17, 19, 21 Sept Northern Ireland Opera Beach of Dreams - to June 2025 Beat Carnival Proximity Arts for ALL Smoke Leopold Kessler and Shiro Masuyama – Project Space PS² Gallery BX Archive Retrospective – Various – Gallery II – ongoing Belfast Exposed Arts for All – Creation Arts for ALL Meet-up Event | Let’s Talk at PS² – 3 to 5pm – last Friday of every month PS² Objects and Echoes, sculptures and paintings by Leanne McClean Engine Room Gallery Belfast Extraordinary Times: an Innovative Novel by Rosemary Jenkinson Linen Hall Library, Literature WOMEN’STEC – Women’s Wellbeing programme WOMEN'STEC Falls Road Mural for Mental Health support Suicide Awareness Support Group Parents and Toddlers – Drop in Coffee Morning – every Monday 10am to 12 noon Arts for ALL Seamus Heaney Centre at Queens – Wednesday Poetry Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour – every first Thursday of the Month Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES Beat Carnival – Freelance Communications and Marketing Officer – applications close – 3rd July Beat Carnival Recording Studio Digital Engineer – Freelance Position – closing 10 July New Lodge Arts Musicians Union – Northern Ireland Regional Officer (part time) – closing 15 July Musicians Union NEW! Arts & Business NI – Arts Administration Support – closing 4 Aug Arts and Business NI Lyric Theatre – Housekeeper (Fixed-Term Contract) The Lyric Theatre Volunteer Opportunity at the Strand Arts Centre – Apply Immediately Strand Arts Centre WOMEN’STEC – Call-Out for Freelance Tutors WOMEN'STEC OPPORTUNITIES NI visual artists invited to apply for artist residency in Frac Grand Large/ Hauts-de-France Dunkirk, as part of Magnetic 3 – closing 15 July Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Magnetic Cinemagic Young Film Programmers’ Summer Scheme Launches for 2024 – 18 and 19 July, 20 and 21 July, 23 and 24 July, 25 and 26 July Cinemagic Digital Arts Studios – Home Residency – Aug to Nov – Applications close 28 July Digital Arts Studios Consultation – Registration Threshold for Charities – closing 11 Aug Department for Communities Physical Graffiti – Physical Theatre Programme for ages 12-18 Kids in Control, Theatre Fine Art Workshops at University of Ulster – applications open now Arts for ALL Let’s Talk – Last Friday of Every Month PS² Gallery VOLUNTEER at Stendhal Festival Stendhal Festival of Art Vault Artists Studios – Space for Hire The Vault Artist Studios New project creates international opportunities for disabled artists University of Atypical for Arts and Disability Creative Influencer – iWill Volunteer Programme – Applications Open Now WheelWorks Arts University of Atypical’s Ledger Studio on Royal Avenue is available for bookings Ledger Studio, University of Atypical for Arts and Disability Flax Art Studios – Studios for emerging artists available Flax Art Studios Kids in Control – New Skills Workshops Kids in Control Arts for All – bespoke art for sale Arts for All Platform Arts – Call out for Volunteers – ongoing Platform Arts FUNDING Artist Studios Organisational Grants 2024/25 – closing 4 July Belfast City Council NI visual artists invited to apply for artist residency in Frac Grand Large/ Hauts-de-France Dunkirk, as part of Magnetic 3 – closing 15 July Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Magnetic Vacant to Vibrant Capital Grant Scheme – to end of July Belfast City Council WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Circusful’s Bitty and Youth Circus Summer Programme Circusful Physical Graffiti – Physical Theatre Programme for ages 12-18 Kids in Control, Theatre Acrylic Painting Workshop – 5 July Arts for ALL Junior Drama Summer Camp – 29 July to 2 Aug New Lodge Arts Tinderbox’s Summer Play School – Applications Open – closing 2 and 9 Aug Tinderbox Theatre Company Beat Carnival – Arts Summer Scheme 2024 – register now – 12 to 16 Aug Beat Carnival Foundation Degree Journalism & Documentary Production Validated by The Open University – starts Sept 2024 Belfast Metropolitan College Water Works – Castle Court – Here’s one I made earlier. – ongoing PS² New Lodge Arts – Arty Kids – Wednesdays New Lodge Arts Inspire – Art project working with adults with learning disabilities – apply now Arts for ALL Figure This: Life Drawing – every week Figure This, Visual Arts Abstract Arts Academy – 2 Royal Avenue – Every Saturday – 11am to 12 Noon Abstract Arts Academy Beat Carnival – Youth Classes – Places Available Beat Carnival Flamenco Belfast – Fridays and Sundays – ongoing Flamenco Belfast, Dance Yallaa Youth Art Project - every Thursday Yallaa, Kids Kids in Control – New Skills Workshops Kids in Control Beat Carnival – What’s the Story – 6-8 pm Wed evenings Beat Carnival Crochet Classes for Adults – Tuesday Mornings New Lodge Arts Accidental Theatre - Streaming & Digital Production Training - ongoing Accidental Theatre Arts Academy – Youth Theatre – Wednesday Evenings New Lodge Arts Developing Women in Community Programme – Ongoing New Lodge Arts Call for ArtCart Artists/Creative facilitators - ongoing Wheelworks CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Stendhal Festival 2024 – Chapter 14 – 4 to 6 July Stendhal Festival, Music Birds with No Passports – John Brown – to 27 July Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre WORKSHOPS & TRAINING My Cardboard Coast Town | the Big Build – 5 – 7yrs and 8 – 12yrs – 3 to 4 July Flowerfield Arts Centre, Kids, Visual Arts Clay Summer Scheme | Summer Sea Creatures for 8-12yrs – to 4 July Flowerfield Arts Centre, Kids, Ceramics Art in the Park – My Cardboard Coast Town – 6 July Flowerfield Arts Centre, Kids, Visual Arts NEW! My Cardboard Coast Town | the Big Build – 5 – 7yrs and 8 – 12yrs – 9 to 11 July Flowerfield Arts Centre, Kids, Visual Arts NEW! Art in the Park – My Cardboard Coast Town – 13 July Flowerfield Arts Centre, Kids, Visual Arts DERRY AND STRABANE menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE InterAct Youth Festival – throughout July Interact Youth Festival Strata – launch 20 July to 21 Sept Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry Kabosh Theatre – Three Pay Days – 31 July to 4 Aug Kabosh Theatre Company, The Felons, The Playhouse Nyctalopia | Adrián Balseca at Void Art Centre – to 21 Sept Void Arts Centre The Common Sky Project - Wednesdays Sole Purpose Productions, Theatre Millennium Forum -  bringing isolated older people together to enjoy the Arts Millennium Forum The Triumph of Art The Playhouse Theatre & Peacebuilding Academy Void Visionaries - youth arts programme - sign up Void Gallery Spill the Tae youth led Podcast Studio2Derry Verbal Arts Centre are looking for Volunteers Verbal Arts Centre OPPORTUNITIES CCA Derry~Londonderry are seeking to invite new members to join its Board of Directors Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry Foyle O-bon, bringing communities closer together with music Foyle O-Bon, Music WORKSHOPS & TRAINING NI Film Scoring Summer School – to 6 July Dumbworld Ltd FERMANAGH AND OMAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Join Fermanagh & Omagh Council 's Arts & Culture Database Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Longing For Home | Selection from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection at Strule Arts Centre – to 27 July Strule Arts Centre, Visual Art WORKSHOPS & TRAINING CodeCraft: Design Your Own Retro Computer Game – 16 July Strule Arts Centre, Kids Fused Glass Flower Pot Stakes Adult Workshop – 18 July The Ardhowen Fused Glass Sun Catcher Kids’ Workshop – 18 July and 15 Aug Kids, Strule Arts Centre Fused Glass Candle Holder Adults’ Workshop – 18 July and 15 Aug Strule Arts Centre NEW! Comic Art Masterclass with Kev F – 7-11yrs and 12-16yrs – 24 July The Ardhowen, Illustration, Kids, Visual Arts LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Exhibitions: Angela Burns ‘Fashion Victims & Alacoque Davey – to 6 July ISLAND Arts Centre, Visual Arts 41st Annual Schools’ Arts Competition Exhibition – to 25 July ISLAND Arts Centre ISLAND Arts Centre – Summer Arts Festival 2024 – July to Aug ISLAND Arts Centre August Craft Month | Workshops | Exhibition | ISLAND Retail ISLAND Arts Centre Debutots – Call out for Storytelling / Drama Practitioners Debutots MID AND EAST ANTRIM NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE NEW! Alayah’s Monkey School | at Larne Museum and Arts Centre – 3 July to 27 Aug Larne Museum and Arts Centre NEW! Monochrome Realms | Cormac Dennis at Larne Museum and Arts Centre – 5 to 20 July Larne Museum and Arts Centre menu / prev / next MID ULSTER menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Bardic Theatre – working with young people from ethnic minority backgrounds Bardic Theatre Join in with community craft group ‘Crafty Connections’ Buttermarket, Craft, Textiles NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE NEW! 2024 Fiddler’s Green Festival – 24 to 28 July Fiddler’s Green Festival, Music Wake the Giant Festival – 17 and 18 Aug Wake the Giant Festival Congruent – to 2 Sept F.E McWilliam Gallery Terry Christian: Songs & Stories – 5 Sept Down Arts Centre, Music Wasted – 6 Sept Down Arts Centre, Bruiser Theatre Company, Theatre Sex in the City Hall – 21 Sept Down Arts Centre, Comedy Tim McGarry ‘Ridiculous’ – 23 Nov Down Arts Centre, Comedy Down Community Arts – St Oliver Plunkett Youth Club Down Community Arts Down Community Arts – Bus Shelter Mural Down Community Arts Down Community Arts – Heather Mcdermott Willow Craft Down Community Arts Down Community Arts – Killyleagh Community Association Down Community Arts Down Community Arts – St Patrick’s Day Parade Down Community Arts Sticky Fingers Arts – Imaginarium – “Paint the town all around” Sticky Fingers Arts Down Community Arts – Youth Initiative Downpatrick Down Community Arts JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES Call for Expression of Interest – Artists for Down Community Arts Down Community Arts WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Short Film Development Week – starts 22 July Down Arts Centre Arts And Crafts week for 4-6 year olds – starts 29 July Down Arts Centre, Kids STEM Coding Week for 8 -12 years – starts 5 Aug Down Arts Centre, Kids FUNDING DEADLINES Access to Resilience – Funding Support – closing 4 July The National Lottery Community Fund Artist Studios Organisational Grants 2024/25 – closing 4 July Belfast City Council NI visual artists invited to apply for artist residency in Frac Grand Large/ Hauts-de-France Dunkirk, as part of Magnetic 3 – closing 15 July Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Magnetic WOMEX 2024 Bursaries – closing 16 July Arts Council of Northern Ireland NEW! Beyond Borders opens for applications – closing 29 July PRS for Music Foundation Vacant to Vibrant Capital Grant Scheme – to end of July Belfast City Council National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution Awards – closing 16 Aug Arts Council of Northern Ireland Rural Engagement Arts Programme – closing 21 Aug Arts Council of Northern Ireland, National Lottery Foyle Foundation – Small Grants Scheme – closing 31 Jan 2025 Foyle Foundation Foyle Foundation – Main Grants Scheme – closing 31 Jan 2025 Foyle Foundation National Lottery Awards for All – Open Now The National Lottery Community Fund The National Lottery Support for Individual Artists Programme – Travel Awards – rolling programme Arts Council of Northern Ireland, National Lottery National Lottery Small Grants Programme – rolling programme Arts Council of Northern Ireland, National Lottery MORE JOBS, NEWS, EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES menu / prev Open Call Seeking New Presenters for Series Celebrating Ulsters Musical Heritage BBC Gaeilge, Sonas Productions NEW! Irish Writers Centre Evolution Programme 2024-2025 – closing 17 July Irish Writers Centre NEW! Source Writing Prize 2024 – closing 1 Aug Source Photographic Review, Literature, Photography SHIP Showcase Festival 2024 – 12 to 15 Sept SHIP Showcase Festival Anthology Art/Photography Competitions 2024 – to Nov Anthology Magazine Anthology Writing Competitions 2024 – to Nov Anthology Magazine The Nature Photography Contest 2024 – closing 15 Nov  Photography Visual Arts Ireland – Get Together – 19 Nov Visual Arts Ireland NEW! International Page and Stage – Third Anniversary Event – June 2024 - Video International Page and Stage ‘All In’ UK-wide creativity and culture access scheme All in School Governors recruitment campaign Department of Education, Education Authority The Arts Council of Ireland Announces Over €2.8M Funding to Artists Through Agility Awards Arts Council of Ireland Anita Young Bursaries for Mid Career Painters The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary Share on facebook Tweet forward by email Disclaimer: Community Arts Partnership cannot be held responsible for the content of externally linked sites. Community Arts Partnership aims to ensure that all information contained in the Weekly is valid at the time of posting.   Community Arts Partnership supports and promotes artistic activities taking place in the 11 Northern Ireland Councils. 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