£2.3m arts centre opens in Northern Ireland
A £2.3m arts and culture centre has opened in Derry/Londonderry as part of an initiative funding projects in five urban area…
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Belfast Council votes to contest arts cuts
Belfast City Council has voted in favour of a motion to support a campaign calling for a reversal of arts cuts in Northern Ireland…
Arts projects in Northern Irleand get £170k boost
Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has announced funding for 22 arts organisations across the country to deliver a series of…
Calls for increased sector investment in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Culture, Arts & Heritage Strategy Taskforce says a cross-government approach to investing in the sect…
Belfast set for ‘biggest ever creative celebration’
Belfast City Council is investing £5.9m to deliver a programme of cultural events and community-led activities billed as the…
Support for increased arts funding in Northern Ireland
An independent survey commissioned by Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has found widespread support for continued and incre…
Cultural renaissance in Bangor
Alison Gordon believes culture is vital to the regeneration of Northern Ireland's seaside towns, but ongoing cuts to the…
Rural arts in Northern Ireland receive £400k
A total of 63 rural arts projects will share £400,000 of funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, it has been anno…
Northern Ireland: Resisting the cuts
In April, artists and supporters were galvanised to sign a petition, eventually numbering more than 12,500 signatures, resisting c…
Belfast City Council invites applications to cultural grants scheme
Belfast City Council is inviting applications to its Cultural Multi-Annual Grants scheme, part of its Cultural Strategy for Belfas…
Belfast arts centre at risk amid funding uncertainty
The future of the Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) in Belfast is in doubt over concerns that Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ANCI)…
Dual theatre complex planned for Belfast
Belfast theatre company Bright Umbrella has announced plans for a £2.6m two-theatre complex in the east of the city. The 150…
Arts projects in Northern Ireland get £2.25m boost
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) is investing £2.25m of National Lottery funding in a series of arts projects acr…
Arts Council of Northern Ireland adds to art collection
Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has published a catalogue of the latest acquisitions to be added to its contemporary art c…
Equity NI launches Safe Home campaign
Equity's Northern Ireland National Committee has announced a new Safe Home initiative. The announcement took place at EquityFe…
ACNI says government funding ‘simply not enough’
Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Chief Executive and Chair speak out on the impact of a 5% reduction to the level of gover…
How to curate a festival
Belfast Book Festival is celebrating its 13th edition this week, bringing together Ireland's storytelling talent. Sophie Hayle…
Northern Ireland arts organisations lose regular funding
Arts Council of Northern Ireland reveals arts organisations in the country have been informed of their annual funding decisions, w…
New funding round for Northern Ireland’s rural arts programme
Rural arts organisations in Northern Ireland are being invited to apply for funding as part of a programme to increase access to a…
Unions campaign against Arts Council Northern Ireland cuts
Trade unions are criticising plans to reduce Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s (ACNI) budget by 10% ahead of a rally in Bel…
Arts Council Northern Ireland warns of 10% cuts
Expected cuts to the 2023-24 Northern Ireland budget, which are still to be announced by NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, have pr…
Arts Council Northern Ireland awards £110,000 to community projects
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has awarded £110,000 to 22 projects through its Small Grants funding programme. The ini…
AHRC announces new hosts for Creative PEC
Centre producing research and policy recommendations on arts, culture and the creative industries will be split across two hubs in…
Bid to secure Northern Ireland’s first Cultural World Heritage site
Northern Ireland is hoping to secure its first Cultural World Heritage site through a joint bid with the USA and Germany. The prop…
