The Weekly on the 15th of July, 2025: The arts in your area

[Community Arts Partnership]

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

NOT SEEING THE FULL WEEKLY? CLICK HERE TO VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Tuesday, 15th of July, 2025 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 SECTOR NEWS 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 Matter NI – Invitation to discuss Department of Communities 25/26 Budget Allocations – ZOOM Meetings – 25 July and 1 Aug Community Arts Partnership seeks YOUR input about our information services (5-min Survey - Google form)  CAP’s Arts Resource Centre – Rooms available for hire in the centre of Belfast Peacemaking Podcast – Peace by Piece – Carole Kane Community Arts Partnership – Breathe Project and Online Resource Have you been published by the Poetry in Motion project? Find copies of our publications on our 'eBay for Change' store SECTOR NEWS Arts Council announces Annual Funding Programme awards for 2025-26 Arts Council of Northern Ireland – New Small Grants Programme – closing 18 July Musical Instruments Programme – Musical Instruments for Individuals – closing 28 July Musical Instruments Programme – Musical Instruments for Professional and Non-Professional Performing Groups – closing 1 Aug Musical Instruments Programme – Musical Instruments for Bands – closing 1 Aug National Lottery Artists’ International Development Fund (SIAP) – closing 14 Aug Small Capital Grants Programme – closing 28 Aug Central Good Relations Fund – Small Grants now open – closing 31 Jan 2026 Cultural Bridge Programme 2026-2027 – 1 Oct to 12 Nov New Fund to Combat Hate launched by CFNI Open PEACEPLUS Funding Call: Investment Area 1.2 Strand One: Empowering Communities to Embed Peace Arts Council: Rural Engagement Arts Programme Evaluation Arts Council Annual Review of the Arts, 2023-24 National Lottery Awards for All – Ongoing SECTOR NEWS The Arts Professional – Arts Pay survey 2025   Arts Council Client Satisfaction Survey results   July August 2025 issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet   Belfast TradFest – Grand Central Station Sessions – throughout July   Northern Ireland Screen – Creative Industries New Entrants programme (CINE)   Fighting Words NI – Calling all youth clubs – Now Recruiting! – Peace by Piece   Thrive – IMPACT – Arts attendance in Northern Ireland – Full report – 2024-25   NEW! Sticky Fingers Arts – Go wild at the Imaginarium this Summer with lots of activities, workshops and play – Tues to Sat   Young Film Enthusiasts Summer Opportunity – Film Consultants – 17, 23, 25 July   Luail Dance Intensive – University of Limerick – to 18 July   Arts Council of Northern Ireland – New Small Grants Programme – closing 18 July   ScottishPower Foundation Art for Climate Fund – open for applications – to 18 July   Craft NI – Craft & Design Mentorship Programme – closing 22 July   Eastside Arts Festival 2025 – Full Programme Announced – 24 July to 2 Aug   Cinemagic Call For Entries for 36th Annual Film Programme for October 2025 – closing 25 July   Northern Ireland Screen – Camera Trainee (CINE Programme) – closing 25 July   Arts Matter NI – Invitation to discuss Department of Communities 25/26 Budget Allocations – ZOOM Meetings – 25 July and 1 Aug   Home Residency – August to November ‘25 – closing 27 July   ÍOMHÁ – Open Art Exhibition – closing 27 July   Belfast TradFest 2025 line-up – 27 July to 3 Aug   Belfast Summer School of Traditional Music – 28 July to 1 Aug   The John Hewitt International Summer School – 28 July to 2 Aug   Craft NI – Scotland – Northern Ireland Exhibition Opportunity – Open Callout – closing 31 July   Craft NI – August Craft Month programme   Creative Peninsula 2025 to Celebrate Arts and Crafts Across Ards and North Down – throughout Aug   Source Photography Writing Prize 2025 – closing 1 Aug   Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Competition 2025 – Open for Submissions! – closing 1 Aug   NEW! Create. Collaborate. Change – Two €20K Artist Residencies Now Accepting Quotations! – closing 1 Aug   Grand Opera House – Grand Family Festival – 11 to 15 Aug   Submissions Sought for Gealán – Tionscnamh Drámaí fad Scannáin – Gealán – closing 22 Aug   Belfast City Council – Tools for Togetherness – Tender Opportunity currently open – closing 22 Aug   Visual Artists Ireland’s Get Together 2025 – 8 Sept   Northern Ireland Screen – Creative Animation Application Call Now Open – closing 19 Sept   NEW! Immersive Arts – UK-Based Artists – Funding Opportunity – closing 29 Sept   Bounce Arts Festival – 2 to 5 Oct   Call for entries “Surrounded By Sea” photography competition – closing 3 Oct   Belfast International Arts Festival – 15 Oct to 9 Nov   Governance Health Check Wednesdays – through to Nov   Belfast Media Festival announces theme ‘Future in Frame’ and an extra day – 11 to 13 Nov   The Nature Photography Contest 2025 – closing 15 Nov   NEW! Beyond Skin – We Care for Mozhgan – Blog   West Belfast youth theatre company performs at National Theatre   Ulster Orchestra education project comes to a Crescendo at the Ulster Hall   Fighting Words NI – Now Recruiting! Peace by Piece   Volunteer Now – Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults in the Arts and Culture Sectors   Seamus Heaney HomePlace – Summer 2025 Arts Programme   The Vault Artist Studio – Ken Fanning and Angelique Ross’ – Short Film “Hold Fast”n selected for film festivals   Beyond Skin – Persian, Kurdish Celtic Connection concert film – Available Now   Intergenerational Comic Book – Bridges of Unity   PS² – Let’s Talk – Last Friday of Every Month   Dumbworld and Ulster Orchestra – How We Stand, How We Breathe   Golden Thread Gallery – City of Stories   Bangor’s Seacourt Print Workshop launches exhibition of work by Pop Art Pioneer   The MAC – sustainability survey   KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards winners announced   Save Echo Echo Dance theatre Company – Letter Writing Campaign   Arts & Business NI and Belfast City Council – Supporting Creative Spaces That Shape Belfast   Beyond Skin – Persian, Kurdish Celtic Connection concert film   Open PEACEPLUS Funding Call: Investment Area 1.2 Strand One: Empowering Communities to Embed Peace   Verity La la – New Online Arts Magazine   Arts Care’s Here and Now Festival – ‘Into the Now’ short film   Beyond Skin blog – Afghan Women Solidarity Concert Belfast 2025   Millennium Court – Art, Empowerment, and Inspiration: Celebrating Women in the Arts   Circusful, Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre, University of Atypical and Brink! set to benefit from Cultural Bridge funding   Article on Arts and Afghan Women – by Bronagh Lawson – Belfast Media.Com   CIISA launches standards to keep Creative Industries safe   All In announces Subscription Rates ahead of Roll Out across UK and Ireland   Visual Artists Ireland publishes The Visual Artists' Bill of Rights   Major Awards to leading artists by Arts Council of Northern Ireland   Volunteer Now is evaluating its Safeguarding In the Arts Sector Project   RTE Lyric FM – Together We Sing – Forget Me Nots Choir   The Arts Council of Ireland joins ‘All In’ Access Scheme   Arts Council of Northern Ireland launches 10-year Strategic Plan, 2024-34   Evaluation for Arts, Culture and Heritage: Principles and Practice   Strand Arts Centre – Programme   Switchboard – A Booking Platform for the Performance Sector   Power NI - Brighter Communities Fund - Now Open - ongoing   Creative Tours Belfast – Belfast Walking Music Tour   RNIB NI Community Connection – updated bimonthly ONLINE COMMUNITY ARTS & EVENTS Arts & Business NI blog – Sustain & Grow-Artist Led Models – A Recap Arts & Business NI Northern Visions Television Northern Visions TV Please note: the following items are listed in chronological order. ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY menu / next WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Youth Creative Writing Workshop – Theatre at The Mill – 18 July Theatre at The Mill, Kids, Literature Bugs Hotel Decorating with Decoupage Crafting at Antrim Castle Gardens – 19 July Antrim Castle Gardens, Kids, Visual Arts Embroidered Book Bag at Sentry Hill – starts 18 Sept Sentry Hill Historic House & Visitor Centre, Visual Arts Weekend Writing at Sentry Hill – 20 and 21 Sept Sentry Hill Historic House & Visitor Centre, Literature ARDS AND NORTH DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Ards and North Down Borough Council Unveils Arts and Heritage Summer Programme Ards and North Down Borough Council New Exhibition Celebrates the Artistic Legacy of Ards and North Down North Down Museum North Down Museum Celebrates the Launch of the new ‘Little Historians’ Gallery North Down Museum 2025 ForM Sculpture Exhibition – Winners ForM Sculpture Exhibition Daughter of Modernist Master Colin Middleton Donates Works to North Down Museum North Down Museum Young Creators Bring Museum to Life in New Children’s Book North Down Museum, Young Creators Dragaoke – 21 July Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music All At Sea | Members Group Show at Seacourt Print Workshop – to 23 July Seacourt Print Workshop Next Generation Exhibition Celebrates Local Art Students’ Talents – to 23 July Ards Arts Centre Gilbert Giggles – Master of Disaster – 25 July Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Kids, Verbal Arts Seacourt Print Workshop – New Solo Exhibition by artist Craig Jefferson “The Print Effect” – 31 July (opening) to 19 Sept Seacourt Print Workshop, Visual Art Creative Peninsula 2025 to Celebrate Arts and Crafts Across Ards and North Down – throughout Aug Ards and North Down Borough Council, Creative Peninsula Gary Lightbody to Make Two Visits to Open House Festival this August – 1 to 31 Aug Open House Festival Emer Dunne Trio Presents ‘Folk Threads’ – 2 Aug Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Open House Festival – The Bangor Blues and Jazz Week – 18 to 26 Aug Open House Festival, Music North Down Museum – ‘Inspiration and Transformation’ An exhibition of the works of County Down artists – to 31 Aug North Down Museum, Visual Art Martin Harley – 19 Sep Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Jarlath Regan: In Bits – 20 Sept Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts ROCKET - Micky Bartlett - 3 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Dylan Moran: Dolla Ho – 4 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Sean Hegarty: Guess Who? – 10 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Paddy Raff: Here’s One For Ya! – 17 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Dirty Cello – 25 Oct Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Bjorn Identity – 15 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music NEW! The Illegals – 22 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music Neil Delamere – Reinventing The Neil – 29 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts The Christmassy Christmas Show of Christmassy Christmasness! – 30 Nov Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Verbal Arts Ryan McMullan – Friday Night Added – 19 dec Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Whistlin’ Donkeys – 16 Jan (17 Jan - SOLD OUT) 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music The Fureys – a Final Farewell – 1 Mar 2026 Portico Arts & Heritage Centre, Music ARMAGH, BANBRIDGE AND CRAIGAVON menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Reflections – Exhibition of photographs and poetry – to 19 July Marketplace Theatre, Photography The John Hewitt International Summer School – 28 July to 2 Aug Marketplace Theatre, John Hewitt International Summer Thin Place – Bob Speers – 28 July to 6 Sept The Market Place Theatre Armagh, The John Hewitt International Summer School, Visual Arts Stone Mirror – Pádraig Mac Cana – 28 July to 6 Sept The Market Place Theatre Armagh, The John Hewitt International Summer School, Visual Arts New Artisan Food & Craft Market set to tour Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough – to 23 Aug Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Barbara Freeman: A Retrospective – to 27 Sept F.E McWilliam Gallery Free Sunday Band Concerts in Scarva – Every Sunday – to 28 Sept Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Music Art, Empowerment, and Inspiration: Celebrating Women in the Arts International Women's Day, Millennium Court Community Arts Partnership Update – Good Relations Week Mural – “Diversity Tapestry” The Jethro Centre, Community Arts Partnership, Good Relations Week, Visual Arts Jethro Creative Dialogue – Thursday mornings The Jethro Centre OPPORTUNITIES The John Hewitt Summer School (28 July to 2 Aug) is Looking for Volunteers! John Hewitt International Summer School Exhibition Call Out at Millennium Court – closing 31 July, 31 Oct Millennium Court WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Creative Writing Workshops at the John Hewitt International Summer School 2025 – 3 day courses – start 28 July The Market Place Theatre Armagh, Creative Writing, The John Hewitt International Summer School Workshop on Independent Publishing: How to Self-Publish eBooks and Paperbacks – with Jo Zebedee – 2 Aug The Market Place Theatre Armagh, The John Hewitt International Summer School Kids Fused Glass Summer Bunting Workshop – 9 Aug Millennium Court, Kids, Visual Arts Kids Origami – 9 Aug Millennium Court, Kids Leather Belt Workshop – 16 Aug Millennium Court, Visual Arts Introduction To Weaving, Wall Hanging Workshop – 23 Aug Millennium Court, Visual Arts BELFAST #SaveCQ menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Arts & Business NI and Belfast City Council – Supporting Creative Spaces That Shape Belfast Arts & Business NI, Belfast City Council Belfast Filmmaking Club – Meet ups, Film Challenges, Workshops & Courses – July Belfast Filmmaking Club Healing through Photography: Trauma and The Art of Recovery – Conference Videos Available Now Belfast Exposed How We Got To… | Group Exhibition at Linen Hall Library – to 17 July Linen Hall Library, Golden Thread Gallery NEW! A Map of Soft Resistance – Recent works by Promise O’nali – to 19 July room2, Visual Art Arts Across Belfast Bus Tour – 20 July Creative Tours Belfast Bring Your Own Art Show Show 2025 – Black Box – 20 July Black Box Belfast, Bring Your Own Art Show Show Free Summer Arts Classes – 21 to 25 July Arts for ALL NEW! Golden Thread Gallery – Belfast Pride: Banner Making – 24 and 25 July Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast Pride Commedia of Errors – Rose+Bud – 24 to 26 July The Lyric Theatre, Commedia of Errors Eastside Arts Festival 2025 – Full Programme Announced – 24 July to 2 Aug Eastside Arts Festival The Culture Night Belfast Open Call for Submissions is now LIVE! – closing 25 July and 1 Aug Culture Night LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Photo Exhibition – 25 July to 8 Aug Photography, Ulster University HAPANI – Free Summer Event – 26 July and 23 Aug Ormeau Park, HAPANI: Horn of Africa People’s Aid Northern Ireland Dervish + NOTIFY, The Irish Concertina Orchestra, Cormac McCarthy and the MGCE Concert Orchestra – 27 July Belfast TradFest, Music Belfast TradFest 2025 line-up – 27 July to 3 Aug Belfast TradFest, Music NEW! Calling All Artists & Makers – Cathedral Quarter Art Market – Every Sunday – 27 July to 28 Sept Cathedral Quarter, Urban Events Art is Collective – Inner Space, Outer Place | Sarah McConnell and Jeffrey Roberts – University of Atypical – to 30 July University of Atypical for Arts and Disability NEW! Theatre Networking Night! – Belfast Playwrights – 30 July Sunflower Public House, Belfast Playwrights Silent Conversations by Niamh Mooney – to 31 July An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art Forbair | Evolve by Brenda Morgan – to 31 July An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Arts The Strand – Silver Screenings – Every Thurs at 2pm – to 31 July Film, Strand Cinema Central Photographic Association Annual Exhibition and Prize Giving – to 31 July Belfast Central Library, Central Photographic Association, Photography With Pipe & Drum – 31 July Stormont, Belfast TradFest, Eastside Arts Festival, Strand Arts Centre New Lodge Arts Festival – 31 July to 10 Aug New Lodge Arts The Tunnel | Brassneck Theatre Company & Seamus Productions – 31 July to 16 Aug The Lyric Theatre Arts Ekta’s ‘Mela Month’ at Olive Tree House – August Arts Ekta Glow & Grow – Summer Party – 1 Aug Oh Yeah Music Centre, Glow & Grow NI, Music Source Photography Writing Prize 2025 – closing 1 Aug Literature, Source Photographic Review NEW! Exhibition: Uisce Salach agus Dríodar by Anna Marie Savage – 7 Aug (launch) to 11 Sept An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art NEW! Exhibition: Turais Taibhsí by Rónán Ó Raghallaigh – 7 Aug (launch) to 11 Sept An Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Visual Art NEW! Golden Thread Gallery – Artist Talk: Clare Gallagher on Sophie Calle – 7 Aug Golden Thread Gallery Grand Opera House – Grand Family Festival – 11 to 15 Aug Grand Opera House, Kids In The Name Of The Son | Green Shoot Productions – 19 to 31 Aug The Lyric Theatre Come From Away | St Agnes Choral Society – 19 to 31 Aug The Lyric Theatre Beyond the Gaze – Shared Perspectives | Sophie Calle at Golden Thread Gallery – to 27 Aug Golden Thread Gallery Representing Nature – An Exhibition by Colin Watson RUA – to 30 Aug Artisann Gallery Flax Art Studios – ‘All in Colour’ an exhibition of new paintings by Louise French – to 31 Aug Flax Arts Studios, Visual Art NEW! All in Colour | Louise French at Shankill Road Library – to 31 Aug Shankill Road Library Hothouse Flowers to Headline Live Music gig at the Belfast Maritime Festival (6-7 Sept) – 6 Sept Belfast Maritime Festival, Music Northern Ireland Opera – Follies – 13 to 20 Sept Northern Ireland Opera The Snapper | Bardic Theatre – 17 to 20 Sept The Lyric Theatre "Dear Arabella" - Patrick Talbot Productions and Rathmore Productions – 24 Sept to 12 Oct The Lyric Theatre The Pitch | Moya Jane Productions – 2 to 4 Oct The Lyric Theatre Bounce Arts Festival – 2 to 5 Oct Bounce Arts Festival, University of Atypical Belfast International Arts Festival – 15 Oct to 9 Nov Belfast International Arts Festival Belfast Media Festival announces theme ‘Future in Frame’ and an extra day – 11 to 13 Nov The MAC, Belfast Media Festival Write Club – group-writing session – every Thursday Paperxclips Books, Write Club Queer Yarn – every other Sat Paperxclips Books, Designed To A Tee Translating Age: Celebrating the resilience and creativity of older migrant women in NI Queen's University Belfast 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 Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour – every first Thursday of the Month Belfast Art Gallery Walking Tour ASCERT Recovery choir – every Thursday Ascert, Music Scribe Writing Group – meeting monthly Belfast Playwrights, Literature, Voicing the Void Sing Happy Choir – Thursday mornings Sing Happy Choir JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES NI Science Festival – Project Co-Ordinator Maps and Memories – closing 18 July NI Science Festival Ulster Orchestra – Head of Finance and Business Management – 20 July Ulster Orchestra Young at Art is recruiting for the post of Education & Engagement Assistant – closing 21 July Young at Art The Crescent – Customer Services Team Member (Part Time) – closing 31 July Crescent Arts Centre NEW! Northern Ireland Screen – Virtual Art Dept Trainee – closing 4 Aug Northern Ireland Screen NEW! CEO: Arts & Business NI – closing 6 Aug Arts & Business NI Tools for Togetherness – Tender Opportunity currently open – closing 22 Aug Belfast City Council WOMEN’STEC – Call-Out for Freelance Tutors WOMEN'STEC OPPORTUNITIES FolkDeep – Fundraising FolkDeep Seeking proposals for PS³ PS² Gallery Volunteer with us at the Bounce Arts Festival 2025! Bounce Arts Festival, University of Atypical for Arts and Disability NEW! Platform Arts – Last Minute Opportunity – Open Call! – closing 18 July Platform Arts Home Residency – August to November ‘25 – closing 27 July Digital Arts Studios NEW! Calling All Artists & Makers – Cathedral Quarter Art Market – Every Sunday – 27 July to 28 Sept Cathedral Quarter, Urban Events POST MAR EAGARTHÓIR FAOI OILIÚINT AR FÁIL – closing 29 July Clean Slate Television, Irish Language Broadcast Fund, Northern Ireland Screen Join the Board of Outburst Arts – closing 8 Aug Outburst Arts Open Call: Expressions of Interest for Craft Showcase within the RUA 144th Annual Exhibition – closing 8 Aug Craft NI, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts NEW! Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choirs – Chamber Choir Open Rehearsal – 3 Sept Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choirs, Music NEW! Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choirs – Youth Choir Open Rehearsal – 3 Sept Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choirs, Music Vault Artists Studios – Space for Hire The Vault Artist Studios Creative Influencer – iWill Volunteer Programme WheelWorks Arts University of Atypical’s Ledger Studio on Royal Avenue is available for bookings Ledger Studio, University of Atypical for Arts and Disability WORKSHOPS & TRAINING New Lodge Arts – Guitar Lessons – Wednesdays New Lodge Arts Flamenco Belfast – Flamenco Dance Classes Flamenco Belfast, Dance Ashton Centre – Guitar Lessons – Wednesdays Ashton Centre, New Lodge Arts New Lodge Arts – Arty Kids – Wednesdays New Lodge Arts New Lodge Arts – Ballet Classes – Thursdays North Queen Street Community Centre, New Lodge Arts Belfast Filmmaking Club – Meet ups, Film Challenges, Workshops & Courses – July Belfast Filmmaking Club Circusful Summer Classes – Itty Bitty and Youth Circus – in July and August Circusful, Kids Circusful Adult Summer Classes – in July and August Circusful Drop-in Summer Choir Sessions – throughout July and Aug Sing Happy Choir NI Free Summer Arts Classes – 21 to 25 July Arts for ALL Intro to Screen Printing with Kathryn Graham at QSS – 24 July Queen Street Studios, Visual Arts Playwriting & Dramaturgy – 4-Week Summer Course – starts 24 July The Crescent, Belfast Playwrights, Literature Mutual Flux – Printmaking with recycled materials – 25 July The Vault Artist Studios, Visual Arts Belfast Summer School of Traditional Music – 28 July to 1 Aug Belfast TradFest, Music Bruiser Theatre Company – Graduate Academy – 28 July to 9 Aug The MAC, Bruiser Theatre Academy Fighting Words NI – Word Warriors for 8 to 11 Yrs – starts 6 Aug Fighting Words NI, Seamus Heaney Centre Grand Opera House – Grand Family Festival – 11 to 15 Aug Grand Opera House, Kids Beat Carnival – Arts Summer Scheme 2025 – 11 to 15 Aug Beat Carnival NEW! Belfast Philharmonic Society – Phil Kids Choir Taster Sessions – 2 Sept Belfast Philharmonic Society, Music Belfast Exposed Photography Courses – to Nov Belfast Exposed Governance Health Check Wednesdays – through to Nov NICVA Funding Resilience: The Fundamentals of Arts Fundraising – 6 Nov Arts & Business NI CAUSEWAY COAST AND GLENS menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE The Darkling Air – 26 July Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Music August Children’s Month Launch – 2 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Kids Pooka Party & Other Stories Exhibition Launch – 2 (launch) to 30 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre Wicked Singalong – 4 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Film, Music The BFG – 11 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Film Makey Uppers Present Granny D’s Treehouse – 14 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Theatre I Am Exhibition Launch – to 30 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre Interrupted (Journeys) Exhibition Launch – to 30 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre Puffin Rock Habitats – Launch Day Fun! – to 6 Sept Flowerfield Arts Centre, Kids FUNDING 2025-26 Arts Grant Programmes open Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Summer Mural Making Workshops – ages 8-12 – 16 and 17 July Flowerfield Arts Centre, Kids, Visual Arts Pooka Party Illustration for 7-11 yrs – 2 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Kids, Visual Arts Wizard of Oz Science for 6-11 yrs – 5 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Kids Magical Marbling for 6-11 yrs – 6 Aug Kids, Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Visual Arts Jelly Cat Ceramics for ages 8-11 yrs – 8 Aug Ceramics, Kids, Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre Harry Potter Science for 6-11 yrs – 12 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Kids, Visual Arts Fused Glass Bunting for 8-12 yrs – 15 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Kids, Visual Arts Lego Workshop – 19 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Animation, Kids, Visual Arts Mixed Media Collage for 8-11 yrs – 20 Aug Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Kids, Visual Arts DERRY AND STRABANE menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Save Echo Echo Dance theatre Company – Letter Writing Campaign Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company 2025 Walled City Music International Academy – to 18 July Walled City Music Festival InterAct Youth Arts Festival – to 18 July InterAct Youth Arts Festival, Millennium Forum Moves and Melodies – 24 July and 21 Aug Millennium Forum Contrasts by Malachy and Declan McGonagle – to 26 July The Playhouse, UV Art Gallery NEW! North West Creative Network session – 30 July Holywell Trust, Derry Print Workshop, Fuse Arts NI Dementia Friendly Tea Dances – 31 July and 28 Aug Millennium Forum Artists on the Walls | Bishop Street Artists Group Exhibition at Echo Echo Dance Theatre – to 15 Aug Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company, Visual Art Sensory Musical Theatre Group – 11 to 18 years – Sept to Dec Millennium Forum Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership – Creative Youth Meetups – First Thursday of Every Month Fuse Arts NI JOBS & PAID OPPORTUNITIES NEW! Create. Collaborate. Change – Two €20K Artist Residencies Now Accepting Quotations! – closing 1 Aug Hawk's Well Theatre, Millennium Forum OPPORTUNITIES POST MAR CHEAMaRADÓIR FAOI OILIÚINT – closing 23 July Dearcán Media, Irish Language Broadcast Fund, Northern Ireland Screen Call for Quotations – Socially Engaged Artist (Residency) – closing 1 Aug Millennium Forum OPEN CALL: Artist Information Area Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry WORKSHOPS & TRAINING InterAct Youth Arts Festival – to 18 July InterAct Youth Arts Festival, Millennium Forum Fundamentals of Arts Board Membership – 17 Sept Arts & Business NI Energy Train DJ Workshop – Sept to Dec Millennium Forum FERMANAGH AND OMAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Moving Through and Around Exhibition – to 26 July Strule Arts Centre, Dance, Exhibition WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Pottery with Anna McGurn (8yrs – 12 yrs ) – 3 day course – starts 16 July The Ardhowen, Ceramics Fermanagh Art Club Summer  – Children’s Workshop – 19 July The Ardhowen, Kids, Visual Arts NEW! Make Your Own Ceramic Plant Pot – 19 July Strule Arts Centre, Ceramics NEW! Tyrone Summer Art Club 2025 – 21 to 25 July Strule Arts Centre, Visual Arts Comic Masterclasses with Kev F – 7 to 11yrs and 12 to 16yrs – 23 July The Ardhowen, Illustration, Visual Arts NEW! Comic Masterclass with Kev F – 24 July Strule Arts Centre, Visual Arts Ardhowen Dance Academy – 7 – 11 yrs – 28 to 31 July The Ardhowen, Dance Maurice Shannon Art Exhibition of Botanical Watercolours – to 31 July Omagh Library, Visual Art NEW! Play with Clay: Pottery Wheel Funfair with Shauna McCann - 2 Aug Strule Arts Centre, Ceramics NEW! Hip-hop Summer Camp – 12 Aug Strule Arts Centre, Music Rural Heritage Summer School – 3 day residential – starts 21 Aug An Creagán NEW! Make Your Own Sculpture with Anna McGurn – 23 Aug Strule Arts Centre, Ceramics, Visual Arts LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Lisburn Creatives’ Arts Fest 2025 – Last week in July Lisburn Creatives Hub A Minecraft Movie – 2 Aug Film, ISLAND Arts Centre That Knave, Raleigh – 16 Oct ISLAND Arts Centre, Theatre WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Handprinted Linen Cushion - 2 Aug ISLAND Arts Centre, Textiles Glass Handkerchief Vase – 9 Aug ISLAND Arts Centre, Visual Arts Pointed Nib Calligraphy – 23 Aug ISLAND Arts Centre, Visual Arts Hand-Dyed Silk Scarf – 30 Aug ISLAND Arts Centre, Textiles MID AND EAST ANTRIM menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Journeys Artshow – A Plusworlds Event | Francis J – Larne Museum & Arts Centre – to 25 July Larne Museum and Arts Centre NEW! Recent Drawings and Paintings by Kim (Montgomery), Peter and Mary McCausland – 5 to 26 Sept Larne Museum & Arts Centre, Art History Festival 2025 MID ULSTER menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE Afternoon Tea at HomePlace – Culture & Scones – to 20 July Seamus Heaney HomePlace Paul Lynch In Conversation – 26 July Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Seamus Heaney HomePlace – Early Bird – to 31 July Seamus Heaney HomePlace HomePlace Book Club – 3 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Kabosh Theatre Company presents: Julie – 10 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Kabosh Theatre Company, Theatre Nicola Sturgeon In Conversation With Susan McKay – 19 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature, Verbal Arts Gary Lightbody In Conversation With Jan Carson (matinee) – 21 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature, Verbal Arts Seamus Heaney HomePlace – Open Ground Guided Experience – to 27 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace Seamus Heaney HomePlace – A Bite and Sup – to 29 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace The HomePlace Storytelling Brunch: Cloak of Wisdom – 30 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Literature Brian Kennedy – 18 Oct Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Music WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Creative Zone Kite Wall Hanging – 26 and 27 July Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Kids NEW! Summer Creative Writing Programme – Colours Of Bellaghy – 4 days – starts 29 July Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Creative Writing Children’s Acrylic Painting Workshop – 2 Aug Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Kids, Visual Arts The Art of Memoir Workshop with Kathy Donaghy – 23 Aug Literature, Seamus Heaney HomePlace NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN menu / prev / next NEWS, EVENTS & ONLINE NEW! Go wild at the Imaginarium this Summer with lots of activities, workshops and play – Tues to Sat Sticky Fingers Arts, Kids, Visual Arts ‘Elegiac Residue II’ – SEVEN International (Exhibition) – to 25 July Down Arts Centre, Visual Arts Magical Sounds Experience: Story, Sound & Family Sound Bath Ages 4-12 – 4 Aug Down Arts Centre, Kids, Music Down Community Arts – Person and Place Programme in Dundrum with Creative Village Dundrum  Down Community Arts WORKSHOPS & TRAINING Arts & Crafts Week for 8 – 12 Year Olds – starts 21 July Down Arts Centre, Kids Mourne Stars Performing Arts Academy 12 – 16 Year Olds – starts 21 July Down Arts Centre, Kids FUNDING DEADLINES ScottishPower Foundation Art for Climate Fund – open for applications – to 18 July ScottishPower Arts Council of Northern Ireland – New Small Grants Programme – closing 18 July Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Department for Communities Musical Instruments Programme – Musical Instruments for Individuals – closing 28 July Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Music Musical Instruments Programme – Musical Instruments for Professional and Non-Professional Performing Groups – closing 1 Aug Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Music Musical Instruments Programme – Musical Instruments for Bands – closing 1 Aug Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Music National Lottery Artists’ International Development Fund (SIAP) – closing 14 Aug Arts Council of Northern Ireland, British Council, National Lottery Small Capital Grants Programme – closing 28 Aug Arts Council of Northern Ireland British Council – Biennials Connect Grants – closing 14 Sept British Council Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Screen – Creative Animation Application Call Now Open – closing 19 Sept Northern Ireland Screen NEW! Immersive Arts – UK-Based Artists – Funding Opportunity – closing 29 Sept Immersive Arts, Nerve Centre Central Good Relations Fund – Small Grants now open – closing 31 Jan 2026 The Executive Office New Fund to Combat Hate launched by CFNI Community Foundation for Northern Ireland 2025-2026 Arts Grant Programmes open Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Northern Ireland Committee Chair Paul Sweeney launches Strengthening Communities programme – ongoing The National Lottery Community Fund National Lottery Awards for All – Open Now The National Lottery Community Fund Grants for physical activity providers – applications open Parkinsons UK MORE JOBS, NEWS, EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES menu / prev Luail Dance Intensive – University of Limerick – to 18 July Luail, Dance NEW! Coast – Where Land Meets Sea | Group Exhibition at Artlink – to 27 July Artlink - Fort Dunree NEW! And So I Watch You From Afar | Aindreas Scholz at Artlink – to 27 July Saldanha Gallery ÍOMHÁ – Open Art Exhibition – closing 27 July ÍOMHÁ, Irish Cultural Centre Moments to see wonders in the grass | John Price at Round Tower Church, Inniskeen & Carrickmacross Civic Centre – to 11 Aug Carrickmacross Civic Centre, Round Tower Church Inniskeen Submissions Sought for Gealán – Tionscnamh Drámaí fad Scannáin – Gealán – closing 22 Aug Irish Language Broadcast Fund, Northern Ireland Screen Visual Artists Ireland’s Get Together 2025 – 8 Sept TU Dublin, Visual Arts Ireland Damien B Donnelly’s “Eat the Storms” Poetry Podcast – Season 8 – Episode 10 Eat the Storms Poetry Podcast Reawakening – New Collection – Adam Pomeroy Kilbaha Gallery ‘All In’ UK-wide creativity and culture access scheme All in 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. 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