Craft NI

Macramé Wall Hanging Workshop
2021-10-03 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Boom Studios, 80 Main Street, Bangor, BT20 3AH, United Kingdom
Learn how to make your own beautiful Macramé Wall Hanging with Claire from NodoKnots.
This class is perfect for beginners. If you have never tried Macramé before it will help you master the basic knots, and create a stylish wall hanging.
The class includes all the materials you will need to complete the project, and you can choose from a range of beautiful cord colours to create a piece of Wall art that perfectly fits with your home!

Bounce Arts Festival
2021-10-01
Bounce Arts Festival is presented annually by University of Atypical to celebrate and showcase art created by d/Deaf, disabled and Neurodiverse creatives across the region.
On 1 to 3 October 2021, the programme brings together a dynamic mix of performance, workshops, music, dance, visual arts and lots of fun.
Now in its ninth year, it is pushing geographic boundaries with events in Belfast, Derry-Londonderry and Online.
Craft Highlight:
Craft:In workshop with artist Niki Collier brings together partners from all over Europe for a three day creative experiment in the craft of felting.
The Craft:In project aims to build inclusion through the sharing of traditional craft practices. During the workshop, Erasmus + participants will learn a range of techniques and share cultural practices while experiencing all that Belfast has to offer.

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2021
2021-09-28 - 2021-10-10 | Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, United Kingdom
Goldsmiths’ Fair is an annual selling event and exhibition showcasing a curated selection of work by some of the best fine jewellers and contemporary silversmiths creating and making in the UK today. It is widely regarded as an essential stop in the international fine jewellery and contemporary silver events calendar.
The Fair has taken place at the magnificent Goldsmiths’ Hall, one of London’s hidden treasures, since 1982. All Fair exhibitors use exceptional handmaking skills to create their pieces, applying techniques that have been passed down over hundreds of years. Visitors can expect to find beautiful, handmade pieces all containing an element of precious metal. Behind every piece is a unique story and a unique artist.
The emerging and established makers exhibiting at Goldsmiths’ Fair are chosen through a rigorous selection process which ensures the highest standards of both materials and craftsmanship. And each year up to ten graduate bursary places are awarded to support new talent.
This year’s event has both in person and online elements including some interesting (free) sessions in the Talks Programme.

Make a Hedge Chair
2021-09-25 10:00 - 17:30 | Green Woodwork Ireland, Minnowburn Wardens Office BT8 8LE, Belfast, BT8 8LE, United Kingdom
5 Day course with Green Woodwork Ireland
Sat 25th & Sun 26th Sept, Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd Oct, Sat 9th Oct
Stephen Ryan will teach you the skills needed to produce your own Hedge Chair, by using an ancient form of woodcraft that was once widespread across the country. Traditional tools and equipment such as the shave horse, cleaving break, drawknife, froe, spokeshave, tenon cutter, travisher and much more will be used to produce a chair to be used and admired in the home as well as being a focal point for visitors.
During this 5-day workshop, you will learn how to cleave and shape wood that will then be assembled using round mortise and tenon’s secured with Oak wedges, typical of old Irish furniture, completed with a finish of linseed oil and beeswax.
All tools and materials are supplied. This course is suited to all levels including complete beginners. Due to the use of sharp tools during the class, sturdy boots or shoes should be worn. Workshop times are 10.00am to 5.30pm.

Translating Linen
2021-09-25 - 2021-10-22 | R-Space Gallery, 32 Castle Street, Lisburn, BT27 4XE, United Kingdom
Exhibition showcasing the award winning Translating Linen project, which features a digital music piece created from the DNA structure of flax overlaid with the sights and sounds of Northern Ireland’s Linen Mills, and a large scale artwork on linen.
Visual Artist Robert Peters was invited to respond to Dr. O’Kane’s translation of Linen DNA pictorially. He created an image that attempts to encompass the historical use of flax and linen from neolithic times to its demise in post-industrial Ireland. This image has been printed onto linen to form a large scale wall hanging.

'Beyond Darkness' exhibition by Susan Mannion
2021-09-18 - 2021-10-30 | Flowerfield Arts Centre, 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart, BT55 7HU, United Kingdom
A new exhibition by Boyle based visual artist Susan Mannion, Beyond Darkness features works of enamel on steel and copper in response to the past few months of living with COVID restrictions. The exhibition includes a large scale enamel work depiction of being contained in a small space and looking towards nature and the outdoors for emotional balance.
The elements of nature run through the exhibition, reflecting our dependency upon it as a means to escape from our enclosed spaces during lockdown. This body of work has grown out of a sense of restless energy and a need for change and adaption.
Originally from Omagh, Susan is now currently based in the west of Ireland where she is a printmaker and copper enamellist. Susan is influenced by landscape and patterns in nature, her work evolving from observed detail captured by sketching then laying down the image onto the block or copper surface creating intricate thread-like lines and fine textural incisions to create an atmospheric, surreal asthetic, distilling a sense of place, time and memory. Susan has exhibited work nationally and internationally with her work being held in several public and private collections worldwide. She has been awarded several commissions and residencies including The Dock, Cill Rialaig, Valerie Earley Award, Tyrone Guthrie Residency Award, Arts-Science Residency Award and the MI-Lab Mokuhanga six week residency in Japan.

Galleries are open Tues, 10-4 / Wed & Thurs, 10-4 & 7-9 / Fri 10-3 / Sat 10-1

Culture Night 2021
2021-09-16 08:00 - 17:00
Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir celebrates culture, creativity and the arts and seeks to actively promote the belief that this rich and varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day.
For 2021 Culture Night Belfast is centred on Writer’s Square, which will be transformed into a monumental, immersive cultural experience running from Friday September 17 to Sunday September 19. In addition, an intriguing interactive trail will help visitors to reconnect with, and explore the rich artistic environment of the Cathedral Quarter
The Ogham Grove invites the public to explore our relationship with our native woodland and environment through a totally innovative and spectacular artwork. Taking inspiration from the Celtic Ogham Tree Alphabet a monumental, immersive sculpture will be created within Writer’s Square as the centre piece to a trail of cryptic markers distributed throughout the Cathedral Quarter. Using QR codes linked to these inscriptions participants will be able to divine their own way through the Cathedral Quarter attempting to crack the secret code and discovering the rich cultural offering of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter along the way. The work can be explored both throughout the day or in the evening and will run from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th September to engage with the maximum number of visitors in a safe and socially distanced way.
Culture Night Belfast
Culture Night Derry invites visitors to COME TOGETHER AGAIN with a diverse programme running through the afternoon and evening on Friday 17 September.
Venues across Derry City and Strabane District have thrown open their doors or taken to the streets and invite you to enjoy an evening of diverse, Free entertainment for all ages
and interests.
Culture Night Derry and Strabane

Handmade Oxford Online
2021-09-15 - 2021-09-19 | Online, United Kingdom
From 15 – 19 September, Handmade Oxford Online will feature some of the UK’s most talented contemporary craft makers. Visitors will be able to browse and shop through an extensive catalogue of handmade products from a wide range of disciplines, including fashion and jewellery, glass and ceramics, prints and textiles, and sculpture and wood. In addition to this, visitors can expect to indulge in a full programme of interactive and informative activities such as live questions & answer sessions with the exhibitors, fascinating live sessions, craft demonstration videos, and interactive craft workshops.
Highlights for this third edition of the Interactive Virtual Craft Fair are undoubtedly the live sessions that will be held throughout the fair dates. In partnership with the illustrious Ashmolean Museum and Judith Blacklock Flower School, visitors will have the pleasure to attend two thought provoking sessions. Clare Pollard will discuss the thriving culture of art in Tokyo, the subject of Ashmolean’s current major exhibition, while Judith Blacklock herself will present a talk on the beautiful art of floral arrangements.
Those wishing to attend Handmade Oxford Online – The Interactive Virtual Craft Fair will be able to register their attendance in August. Visitors can attend the Virtual Craft Fair and participate in the activities available through their laptop, smart phone, or tablet. As Handmade in Britain strives to spread the ethos of handmade craft to as wide of an audience as possible, attendance will remain free and open to all, wherever you may be in the world.
URL- https://interact.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/
The Fair includes a series of Live Sessions which includes a presentation by Mallon Linen in which Helen and Charlie Mallon will explain the full process of taking flax from the field through to linen on their Co Tyrone farm.

British Ceramics Biennial
2021-09-11 10:00 - 2021-10-17 17:00 | Spode Factory, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1QQ, United Kingdom
British Ceramics Biennial returns to Stoke-on-Trent with a vibrant five-week festival of new artist commissions, exhibitions and hands-on events that celebrate the life, character and creativity that ceramics bring to the city.
The post-industrial Spode factory site in the heart of Stoke Town will be transformed and animated by the UK’s leading ceramic artists and emerging talents, many of them taking inspiration from the city’s industrial heritage and transforming tradition in a contemporary way. For the first time BCB will also curate an online programme of films, tours and events for those unable to visit in person. Spode’s iconic China Hall is the focal point of the festival, with AWARD and Fresh exhibitions taking centre stage. Fresh will bring together up to 25 early career ceramic artists, while AWARD will feature work from 10 of the UK’s most innovative ceramic artists. You can read more about the festival highlights here.

Michael Moore: Intersect
2021-09-10 - 2021-10-23 | Marketplace Theatre and Arts Centre, Armagh, United Kingdom
Intersect presents a collection of sculpture made by Michael Moore since January 2018. It researches mapping of locality. It examines how clay forms interplay and balance, exploring precarious constructions. Grid forms reflect journeys around places of personal importance. Clay forms explore movement and contortion, seeking out unusual, abstracted structures.
Michael Moore is Reader in Fine and Applied Arts at Ulster University. He has works in the permanent collections of the Ulster Museum, National Museum of Ireland. He is an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics and a registered maker with Craft NI and the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland.
Image © Jim Maginn – Intersect 2018 – Hand built Ceramics

Spinning Yarns 2021
2021-09-05 10:00 - 17:00 | Mossley Mill, Carnmoney Road North, Newtownabbey, BT36 5QA, United Kingdom
SPINNING YARNS is a one-day Festival celebrating the wonderful world of all things associated with wool & linen where we will showcase the colour, creativity and craft associated with these homespun yarns in all their forms.
Highlights include:

Market Place with a wide range of traders, both local and from further afield
Craft and Gift Stalls
Displays, Workshops and Demonstrations

Every aspect of the wool and linen journey will be represented, from the woolly animals themselves, through the various stages of production, to beautiful finished products. As well as artisans and retailers of the highest quality exhibiting and selling products, visitors will be able try their hand at all sorts of textile based skills.
Set in the grounds of the Mossley Mill Complex, including Theatre at The Mill, Museum at The Mill, and the beautiful Civic Square – Spinning Yarns is a great day out.

Sculpture in Context 2021
2021-09-02 - 2021-10-15 | National Botanic Gardens, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Ireland D09 VY63, Dublin, Ireland
Sculpture in Context is celebrates its 35th anniversary and 20 years exhibiting in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin in Dublin.
Bringing together the work of over 140 artists using a wide range of media, the works represent the diverse character of Irish and International contemporary sculpture today. From the smallest, most intricate ceramic works to stone sculptures of a monumental scale, visitors to the exhibition will be enriched by the experience of viewing such inspiring works in one location.
Sculpture in Context was established in 1985 to raise the profile of sculpture and provide a platform for artists outside the normal gallery context. It is a not for profit organisation run by sculptors. The exhibition was founded by Cliodna Cussen, Colm Brennan and Gerard Cox and originated in Fernhill Gardens where it ran for 10 years. Since then it has been hosted in the Conrad Hotel, Malahide Castle, Kilmainham Gaol, the Irish Management Institute, Dublin Castle, Farmleigh House and since 2002 has been held in the magnificent National Botanic Gardens.
Sculpture in Context promotes artists and creates opportunities for practicing artists to exhibit their works in a wider public arena. The organisation has provided much needed opportunities for Irish and Non-Irish sculptors in Ireland.

1845: Memento Mori
2021-08-27 - 2021-10-07 | Ulster American Folk Park, 2 Mellon Rd, Omagh, BT78 5QU, United Kingdom
1845: Memento Mori is a famine memorial and glass installation of 1,845 blown glass potatoes dedicated to the 19th-century Great Irish Famine, created by Seattle-based Irish artist Paula Stokes.
1845 is significant as it references the year that the potato blight came to Ireland, marking the beginning of a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration. Between 1845 and 1852, over 1.5 million people died, and 1 million emigrated to Australia, Canada and America. The form of the installation differs in response to specific locations, changing shape and volume depending on light, accessibility and exposure of each site.
At the Ulster American Folk Park it will be installed in the Single Room Cabin, which dates from the late 1700s to early 1800s and is an example of the type of dwelling occupied by many poor tenant farmers. It will be the only venue for the installation in Northern Ireland.
The fragility of the glass potatoes is representative both of the vulnerability and of resilience of those who died and those who survived the famine. Paula Stokes was born in Ireland butmoved to Seattle in 1993 to pursue a career in glass. Her glass work has been shown extensively both nationally and internationally. As a modern-day member of the Irish diaspora, Stokes’ glass installations reflect on her own history as an immigrant to examine historical events that have shaped the present.
She believes that ‘1845: Memento Mori will resonate with a wide variety of audiences as it reminds us of our own fragile humanity and serves as a connection between shared human experiences in the past and present’.
This project has been generously supported by the Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust and is displayed in partnership with Craft NI for August Craft Month.

Pinned on Linen
2021-08-07 - 2021-09-03 | R-Space Gallery, 32 Castle Street, Lisburn, BT27 4XE, United Kingdom
Selected jewellery exhibition by 21 ACJSNI members (and invited guest makers) featuring variations on the idea of a brooch.
ACJSNI (Association for Contemporary Jewellery and Silversmiths NI) is a regional branch of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery, whose members include those who make jewellery, associated designers and craftspeople, educators, students, galleries, museum curators, retailers, critics, collectors, and people who want to learn more about contemporary jewellery.
The ACJSNI mission is to showcase and support the jewellery and Silversmithing community who live and work in Northern Ireland.
‘Pinned’ was first shown in Craft NI in November 2020.
For this second showing at R-Space Gallery, there are some new makers with new work, while some jewels now reside with new owners!
‘PINNED – on Linen’ at R-Space also showcases images of work produced during lockdown by Year 11 pupils from Lagan College and Antrim Grammar School.
Opening reception Saturday 7 August

Conjuring Form Portfolio Critical Selection 2021-22
2021-07-30 - 2021-09-12 | Doneraile Court, Doneraile, Co. Cork, P51 XR66, Ireland
Design & Crafts Council Ireland’s PORTFOLIO programme is a select group of Ireland’s most talented designers and craftspeople. Inclusion is recognition of practitioners creating work to a standard to be considered worthy by museums, renowned galleries, and discerning collectors. DCCI’s PORTFOLIO programme has been instrumental in building the international reputations and commercial potential of Ireland’s best designer‐makers of contemporary craft.
From the PORTFOLIO membership, a distinguished group of exceptional makers are chosen for Critical Selection 2021–2022. The benchmark for this elite group is achievement of excellence in contemporary craftsmanship and design by comparative international standards.
Scott Benefield | Roger Bennett | Paul Bokslag | Emma Bourke | Max Brosi | Cathy Burke | Úna Burke | Anne Butler | Edmond Byrne | Hugo Byrne | Mike Byrne | Stuart Cairns | Mary Conroy | Jack Doherty | Sara Flynn | Jennifer Hickey | Joe Hogan | Alison Kay | John Lee | Antonio Julio Lopez Castro | Alan Meredith | Cecilia Moore | Sadhbh Mowlds | Cara Murphy | Mary Nagle | Nuala O’Donovan | Nigel O’Reilly | Helen O’Shea | Annemarie O’Sullivan | Annemarie Reinhold | Michael Rice | Emer Roberts | Peter Sheehan + Cathal Loughnan | Matt Smith | Sasha Sykes | Joseph Walsh Studio | Kathleen Walsh | Gráinne Watts | Zelouf & Bell

Ceramics Summer Class at Befast Met
2021-07-26 14:00 - 2021-08-21 16:00 | Belfast Met, Millfield Campus 125–153 Millfield, Belfast, BT1 1HS, United Kingdom
This workshop is designed with both the beginner and the more experienced ceramics student in mind. Those with no experience of clay will be taught the basics of clay working to include the main hand building methods such as coiling, slab-building and press-moulding. Those students returning to ceramics will be given individual attention as required, and self-directed projects can be discussed with the tutor.
Students will also gain valuable experience in the safe use of decorating techniques such as glazing, decorating and texture as well as the correct handling of materials and equipment.
You do not require any previous experience for this course and there are no formal assessments.

Ceramic Tall Vase Workshop
2021-07-24 10:30 - 13:00
The Designerie in Bushmills have resumed their workshops and they’re booking up fast! Click here to see a list of their upcoming events.

In this workshop you will create a tall ceramic vase for your sunshine cut flowers by using clay slabs / slips and glazes. All ceramics will be taken away to be fired and available for collection 2/3 weeks after the workshop date.
This workshop is suitable for beginners or intermediates in ceramics. All materials are provided along with an apron.
The workshop will take place in The Designerie’s 1st floor Workshop Studio (please note there is no lift available) and you will need to wear a mask or visor for the workshop unless you are medically exempt.
Social distancing will be in place and numbers in the class will be reduced as a result.
Hand sanitiser, hand washing facilities & sealed refreshments will be provided.

Macramé Deckchair Workshop
2021-07-23 18:30 - 21:30 | Project 24, Bangor, Project 24, Queens Parade County Down, Bangor, County Down, BT20 3BH, United Kingdom
In partnership with Seaside Revival Vintage Festival, this is a rare chance to make your very own deckchair over the course of two workshops.
During the first workshop on 23rd July Claire Dunwoody from Nodo will introduce you to the traditional maritime textile knotting method of macramé, and you will spend the evening beginning the seat cover. You will then take your work home and complete the length, returning to a second workshop on Friday the 30th July where Claire will demonstrate how to attach your work, and you will build your chair.
Your finished deckchair will be the envy of onlookers on the beach, in the park or wherever you’re setting up your picnic – and is sure to become a family vintage heirloom! Each workshop will last for 3 hours.

Spooncarving 1 day workshop
2021-07-18 10:00 - 17:30
During this 1 day spoon carving workshop you will be using traditional tools to shape green wood. The beauty of green wood lies in its ability to be shaped easily as it is soft and easily worked with hand tools. Stephen Ryan from Green Woodwork Ireland will teach you the skills needed to become a traditional spooncarver. Each participant will learn axe, straight and hook knife carving skills to produce their own cooking spoon from locally sourced, freshly cut wood.
All tools and materials are supplied. This course is suited to all levels including complete beginners. Due to the use of sharp tools during the class, sturdy boots or shoes should be worn. Workshop times are 10.00am to 5.30pm.

Birdy Wordy Workshop Bullitt Belfast
2021-07-04 02:00 - 16:00
Throw your OWN ceramic bird feeder for your garden this summer using a potters wheel.
Designed and made by yourself to keep or to give as a handcrafted present to somehow who has helped you through this last year.
Get throwing on the wheels and then refine your feeder to your taste . The feeders will then be fired in the kiln to be collected in 4-6 weeks time. Places are limited to 4 people.

Luckily, we do not have to be perfect
2021-07-03 11:00 - 2021-07-30 17:00 | R-Space Gallery, 32 Castle Street, Lisburn, BT27 4XE, United Kingdom
Originally a stand-out submission for the 2020 Linen Biennale (which was unable to happen) this exhibition features mixed media linen-based sculptural pieces by Dutch artist Birgit Schoenaker
Birgit says: “The artworks are a mix of materials and objects, composing a new image, to tell a story, my story. With the form and shape, having something which can be recognized, it makes it easy to have your own thoughts. The title of the work is sometimes the introduction to the story, to give a little bit of humor.
My story is a search to the why, being fragile, searching for patterns in which our brain finds something to hold on. In which the delusion of the day seduces us. Where we forget to enjoy the small things we already have. Without shouting for attention, in its being simple and respectful. Nothing taken for granted, trying to see the things from another perspective.”
Opening event 3 July 2pm in person and online via the website link below.
R-Space is open Tuesday to Saturday
11am to 5pm
Free Admission

Art & Soul
2021-06-26 11:00 - 2021-07-18 19:00 | Culloden Estate and Spa, Bangor Road, Holywood, Belfast, BT18 OEX
Gormleys Fine Art will host Ireland’s most prestigious arts and sculpture event ‘Art & Soul,’ at the 5* Culloden Estate and Spa, Belfast.
Held over 3 weeks, a number of exhibitions and artworks will be on display throughout the hotel and its grounds by leading Irish and International
artists.
Included will be a sculpture exhibition of over 150 artworks from large outdoor pieces to smaller indoor sculptures. Within the hotel there will be
feature exhibitions by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Patrick O’Reilly, Patrick Hughes, Peter Monaghan, Julian Opie and Stephen Forbes.
The show includes works by NI artists Eamonn Higgins and Chris Wilson.
The Culloden offers the perfect setting for the event, and we hope you will enjoy the vast array of art on view, in beautiful surroundings.

Launchpad Exhibition
2021-06-24 10:00 - 2021-07-22 17:00 | Craft NI Gallery, 115 - 119 Royal Ave, Belfast, BT1 1FF, United Kingdom
The Launchpad Exhibition features work from the four participants in Craft NI’s professional Development Programme, Launchpad 2020-21: Anne Butler (Ceramics), Anna Smyth (Ceramics), Claire Skelton (Jewellery and Metals) and Claire Mooney (Jewellery and Metals).

The Craft NI programme was developed with funding from Arts Council of Northern Ireland and aimed to equip selected makers with the necessary skills to develop a sustainable, creative craft business in Northern Ireland.

Full details, including our interactive online viewer will be live by early July.

174 Vessels by Ellie Niblock
2021-06-21 - 2022-06-20 | FE McWilliam Gallery, 200 Newry Road, Banbridge, BT32 3NB
174 Vessels by Ellie Niblock consists of a collection of unique, handmade sculptures, representing 174 vessels built for the Royal Navy by Harland & Wolff, acting as a reminder of the Belfast Shipyard’s importance through thought-provoking, colourful scupltures.
Open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm.
Free Admission

Sew Far So Good: Online talk with Selvedge Magazine
2021-06-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Stitching as a form of artistic expression, a subversive stitch or embellishment.
Join Selvedge Magazine for a discussion of the different forms stitching and sewing can take as we follow the journeys stitching can take us on.
Includes: Rebecca Devaney, Takashi Iwasaki, Pascal Monteil, Sophie Carr, Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone
Virtual Event, hosted on Zoom.

Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition
2021-06-05 09:30 - 2021-06-26 16:30 | Rathfarnham Castle, 153 Rathfarnham Rd, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14 F439, Ireland
The Selected Members Exhibition from Ceramics Ireland is now open in the historic setting of Rathfarnham Castle.
The exhibition is open daily: 9.30am-4.45pm until 26 June.
Admission is free, but booking is advised as places are restricted. Ring +353 1-493 4962 or email rathfarnhamcastle@opw.ie
Image shows work by Co Down artist Patricia Miller

Liminal...[in Review]
2021-06-04 10:00 - 2021-07-24 16:00 | Ards Arts Centre, Town Hall, Conway Square, Newtownards, BT23 4NP, United Kingdom
This group exhibition, curated by visual artist Meadhbh McIlgorm, presents a selection of artworks and event documentation from two temporary, outdoor ‘alleyway exhibitions’ which took place in Belfast within the past year.
Liminal – “relating to a transitional stage” or “occupying a position at both sides of a boundary”.
Within the past year artist Meadhbh McIlgorm has programmed two temporary, ‘alleyway exhibitions’ in Belfast. The city’s alleys are ‘liminal’, transitional sites – their ownership and function is often unclear but they hold much potential for development.
The exhibition concept was piloted with ‘Liminal [Space] Belfast’ in October 2020, supported via the Arts Council Northern Ireland’s ‘Artist’s Emergency Grant’. The project then grew in partnership with research team 9ft in Common and the Imagine Festival of Ideas and Politics to present ‘Limin-Alley’ as part of the festival in March 2021.
This group exhibition in Ards Arts Centre, will bring a selection of artworks and event documentation from both exhibitions back into a traditional gallery setting. It will provide a space to reflect on the project’s development and review emerging themes.
Participants
9ft in Common (Aisling Rusk, Amberlea Neely);
Aaron Dickson
Anna Donovan
Cathy Scullion
Charys Wilson
Dónall Billings
Joe Laverty
Jonathan Brennan
Laura Nelson
Meadhbh McIlgorm
Neal Campbell
Patrick Colhun
Pauline Clancy
Raquel Amat Parra
Susan Hughes
www.liminalspacebelfast.com

ForM Sculpture Exhibition
2021-06-01 10:00 - 2021-06-30 18:00 | Walled Garden Bangor Castle, Valentine Rd, Bangor, BT20 4BT
ForM is one of the highlights of Ards and North Down Borough Council’s annual Arts exhibition programme, giving visitors the unique opportunity to experience art in a different context, outside the traditional gallery setting.
This year’s exhibition showcases over 20 sculptures created by artists from across the island of Ireland.
The works are inspired by the beautiful surroundings of the garden and include ceramics, glass, stone carving and metal work
An exhibition map and brochure will be available to download from the Visit Ards and North Down website once the exhibition is open to the public.
More information on Bangor Castle Walled Garden

Traditional Woodturning
2021-05-30 10:00 - 17:30
Stephen Ryan from Green Woodwork Ireland will guide you through all the processes of the ancient craft of traditional pole lathe turning, from cleaving, shaving and turning freshly cut green wood, with the use of the shave horse and pole lathe.
During this one-day workshop, each participant will learn lots of new skills, through the use of the drawknife, roughing gouge, square chisel, spindle gouge and skew chisel to produce items of treen, such as a garden dibber, potato masher, toy sword, rounders bat, rolling pin or woodcarving mallet. All tools and materials are supplied.
This course is suited to all levels including complete beginners. Due to the use of sharp tools during the class, sturdy boots or shoes should be worn. Workshop times are 10.00am to 5.30pm.
Book tickets here: https://www.greenwoodworkireland.com/workshops/traditional-woodturning-2nd-sep-5b694

REMEMBER at R-Space Gallery
2021-05-29 11:00 - 2021-06-25 17:00 | R-Space Gallery, 32 Castle Street, Lisburn, BT27 4XE, United Kingdom
Six artists based in Northern Ireland have been selected from an open call as part of the Materials, Messages and Meaning series at R-Space Gallery.
Now in its ninth year, these exhibitions explore artists’ different approaches to materials, methods of production and messages within their work.
This year selected artists have responded to the theme ‘Remember’, including ceramics, mixed media, super 8 video, film, text, and drawing.
The artists are Hannah Magill, Niamh Clarke, Patrick Colhoun, Rita Duffy, Susan Hughes and Zara Lyness.
Opening Reception: 29 May 2021 (subjuct to prevailing Covid restrictions).
R-Space is open 11am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday. Free Admission.
