Armagh seeks local views on City of Culture bid
Residents of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough are being asked to contribute their opinion on the local City of Culture…
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Arts Council NI and British Council extend partnership
Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the British Council have extended their partnership to 2024. Now in their tenth yea…
Older women dancing
What is it like to perform as an older woman in an industry obsessed with youth? Sandy Cuthbert shares her experience of returning…
City of Culture 2025 a ‘springboard’ regardless of longlist
The challenge now for some of the latecomers will be completing years' worth of planning in weeks.
Northern Ireland’s arts engagement drops to 12 year low
The number of adults engaging in arts and culture in Northern Ireland has fallen once again. Continuous Household Survey data for&…
Northern Ireland drops social distancing in arts spaces
Northern Ireland is set to remove a one-metre social distancing rule in all settings bar hospitality. The move will be welcom…
NI venues press Executive for full reopening date
Music and theatre venues are calling for Northern Ireland's Executive to end its one-metre social distancing rule. The restric…
Dormant accounts invested in arts development scheme
£500,000 of unclaimed money has been granted to a development programme for Northern Irish arts organisations. Arts & Bu…
Northern Ireland opens £5m recovery programme
A recovery funding programme for Northern Irish creatives has been opened by Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) and the…
£50k for Northern Ireland ethnic artists
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has made £50,000 available for a new programme supporting artists from a minority ethni…
Brexit is erasing Northern Irish arts, report warns
Northern Ireland's arts sector is feeling the effects of Brexit more than most. A report by the Arts Council of Northern Irela…
Visa fast track only for elite of the elite
Home Secretary Priti Patel says the system aims to attract "the best and brightest", but there are fewer options for&nbs…
Emergency funding lifelines for Northern Irish and Scottish arts
Northern Irish organisations' coronavirus deficits will be eliminated by new grants as Scotland offers new support for events…
Northern Irish arts sector left in limbo as funding is delayed
Organisations clamouring for support have released a five-point recovery plan amid a projected £16m funding shortfall.
Northern Ireland opens £7.75m emergency fund
The long-awaited grants scheme is focussed on the sector's renewal as much as its immediate survival.
£29m emergency funding for Northern Irish arts
Emergency funding has finally been approved. Will it reach the sector in time to ensure its survival?
Northern Irish arts at ‘brink of devastation’
Organisations are pleading with politicians to urgently release £33m funding that was allocated months ago.
Announcement of reopening brings little cheer to music and theatre
Although museums and galleries in England and Scotland can prepare to reopen, the performing arts remain in lockdown and fea…
Covid-19: Funders reveal plans for the survival of the sector
£11m for Scotland, £7m for Wales and £1m for Northern Ireland as their arts councils announce plans to support o…
Northern Irish arts organisations earn more as grants fall
Organisations visited more neighbourhoods, worked with more schools and made more money last year – but attendance is still…
Arts Councils won’t enforce minimum pay
The Arts Council of Wales has said it won’t fund projects that don’t budget minimum pay rates for artists. We asked th…
Making the impossible possible
Last month, weekly arts group participants with sensory impairments, physical disabilities and mental illnesses came together to p…
Price hikes will restrict access, Northern Ireland sector warned
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has reported that average ticket prices have risen above the rate of inflation over the last…
Arts attendance in Northern Ireland falls by a quarter as cuts bite
Annually Funded Organisations are suffering “damage to long-term sustainability”, having slashed marketing budgets in…
