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Hill Street

Cathedral Quarter, Belfast

Our Hill Street Studios are housed in a converted warehouse with high ceilings, lots of natural light and original features in the creative Cathedral Quarter area of Belfast city centre.

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Cotton Court

Cathedral Quarter, Belfast

Our Cotton Court Studios are housed in a converted warehouse with original features, alongside a variety of creative organisations in the creative Cathedral Quarter area of Belfast city centre.

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Virtual Office Services

We offer virtual office services for creative industry businesses just starting out that can’t yet afford workspace or for those happy to work from home but seeking a professional public image for their business.

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Advice and Inspiration for New Creatives

Starting or growing a creative business? Here you can find some of our favourite resources for creatives that we will be adding to over time.

Resources for creatives

Blick’s Creative Industries Projects

Our Time is Now

A video podcast series sharing the stories of 5 Belfast creatives. Exploring how they have built their businesses, overcome challenges and navigated the shifts and changes throughout their creative journeys....
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Dig Deep

Dig Deep was a creative enterprise support program that brought young women (18 – 30) from different backgrounds NI & BAME together in a supportive and nurturing environment over a...
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Womenfolk Peer Mentoring

Monthly get-togethers for creative women to meet and connect with other like-minded women.
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What's New at Blick

An Interview With YEO Magazine Founder Saul Duffin

Saul is one of our current creative residents in our Hill Street studios and is sharing his creative story at our next Blick Academy Creative Talk on Wednesday 5th June. This interview gives a bit of an insight into Saul...
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What's New at Blick

Paul Boal’s Talk: What I Learnt

We had a big deadline at Blick earlier this month, so I am a bit late with this write up of the key things I learnt from our April Blick Academy event with Paul Boal founder of Clever Ghost. Clever...
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Malmo Creative Hubs Meet Up

Last week I was very lucky to get to attend this year’s Hubs Meet Up Bautopia 4 Metamorphosis organised by the European Creative Hubs Network with the support of STPLN , the hosting hub in Malmö, Sweden. [caption id="attachment_11955" align="aligncenter"...
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Events at Blick

We offer a variety of events for creatives in Belfast.
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WOMENFOLK JUNIOR.SENIOR.

Event Date(s):
WOMENFOLK JUNIOR.SENIOR. For this year’s Belfast Design Week we are hosting a very special Junior.Senior. breakfast event featuring some of the Mentors and Mentees from our mentoring program that has been running over the last 6 months. We will hear...
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Blick Academy Creative Talk: Saul Duffin

Event Date(s): June 5, 2024
Event Time: 7pm
Location: Blick Shared Studios, 46 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LB
Cost: Free
Our next Blick Academy Creative Talk with a local creative sharing their creative journey is coming up on Wednesday 5th June with Blick resident, designer and Yeo magazine founder Saul Duffin sharing his creative story, you can find out more...
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Applications are now open for our new creative incubation program offering 4 emerging creatives workspace and support to develop their creative idea over an 8-month period! for more info visit our website (link in profile)

Sep 6

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Applications are now open for our new creative incubation program offering 4 emerging creatives workspace and support to develop their creative idea over an 8-month period! for more info visit our website (link in profile)

We are very excited to announce a brand new project we have been working on called “Design Your Life”

An international collaboration between The Design ​Salon which we are a partner of alongside Karishma Kusurkar and Kylie Chan Illustration Design Your Life will feature an ​interactive installation at AIRSIDE Hong Kong and a ​series of design-led workshops to imagine, explore ​and create new habits and beliefs.

Design Your Life has been selected to be a part of ​the British Council’s SPARK 2024 Festival in Hong Kong ​which will take place this October.

More info coming soon!

Sep 5

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We are very excited to announce a brand new project we have been working on called “Design Your Life” An international collaboration between The Design ​Salon which we are a partner of alongside Karishma Kusurkar and Kylie Chan Illustration Design Your Life will feature an ​interactive installation at AIRSIDE Hong Kong and a ​series of design-led workshops to imagine, explore ​and create new habits and beliefs. Design Your Life has been selected to be a part of ​the British Council’s SPARK 2024 Festival in Hong Kong ​which will take place this October. More info coming soon!

NURTURE CREATIVE INCUBATION PROGRAM

An 8-month program to help 4 emerging creatives in Belfast establish their creative practice. Providing bespoke business support and free shared creative workspace in our new South Belfast studios. Each program participant will have 24/7 access to their own dedicated deskspace as well as use of shared communal facilities throughout the program. In addition they will benefit from the following support:

Monthly one-on-one mentoring sessions – for accountability with Blick founder Christine James

Monthly peer-mentoring group sessions with the other program participants – for peer support, learning, inspiration, community and accountability.

Quarterly finance mentoring sessions – to help with financial planning and advice with Blick and freelance finance manager Rosy James

Monthly industry specific skillshare training workshops for program participants – with current and past Blick residents and team members, sharing their skills and experiences with the program participants

Monthly online business resources, worksheets and exercises – to help you refine your idea, improve your skills and knowledge and for accountability and to establish your creative practice

Quarterly creative talks – by local creatives sharing their creative journey for inspiration and peer learning

Quarterly industry specific skillshare workshops – by local creatives sharing their expertise to improve skills and knowledge

Showcasing and promotional opportunities – on our website and social media and through presenting your work at a showcase event at the end of the project

 

Program dates:

1st October 2024 – 31st May 2025

For more info visit our website (link in profile) or get in touch!

Sep 4

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NURTURE CREATIVE INCUBATION PROGRAM An 8-month program to help 4 emerging creatives in Belfast establish their creative practice. Providing bespoke business support and free shared creative workspace in our new South Belfast studios. Each program participant will have 24/7 access to their own dedicated deskspace as well as use of shared communal facilities throughout the program. In addition they will benefit from the following support: Monthly one-on-one mentoring sessions – for accountability with Blick founder Christine James Monthly peer-mentoring group sessions with the other program participants – for peer support, learning, inspiration, community and accountability. Quarterly finance mentoring sessions – to help with financial planning and advice with Blick and freelance finance manager Rosy James Monthly industry specific skillshare training workshops for program participants – with current and past Blick residents and team members, sharing their skills and experiences with the program participants Monthly online business resources, worksheets and exercises – to help you refine your idea, improve your skills and knowledge and for accountability and to establish your creative practice Quarterly creative talks – by local creatives sharing their creative journey for inspiration and peer learning Quarterly industry specific skillshare workshops – by local creatives sharing their expertise to improve skills and knowledge Showcasing and promotional opportunities – on our website and social media and through presenting your work at a showcase event at the end of the project   Program dates: 1st October 2024 – 31st May 2025 For more info visit our website (link in profile) or get in touch!

In this month’s Meet the Resident we get to know self-employed digital marketer Syed one of our newist creative residents in our Hill St studios

Aug 13

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In this month’s Meet the Resident we get to know self-employed digital marketer Syed one of our newist creative residents in our Hill St studios

We finally got the keys for our new South Belfast space! Now, for the fun bit of transforming the space!

Aug 6

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We finally got the keys for our new South Belfast space! Now, for the fun bit of transforming the space!

Creative Hubs Meetup #3 Bangor

This is the third meetup for creative hubs in Northern Ireland to come together, connect, share ideas and support each other. This time in sunny Bangor where we will be visiting:

-Boom Studios @boom.studios

-Seacourt Print Workshop @seacourtprints

-The Courthouse @courthousebangor

If you are involved with running or working in a creative hub in Northern Ireland, we would love for you to join us at this our third meetup.

Meetup Details
Date: August 6, 2024
Time: 2.30pm
Location: Boom Studios 80 Main Street Bangor BT20 5AE

Book your ticket on our website (link in profile) ✨️

Aug 5

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Creative Hubs Meetup #3 Bangor This is the third meetup for creative hubs in Northern Ireland to come together, connect, share ideas and support each other. This time in sunny Bangor where we will be visiting: -Boom Studios @boom.studios -Seacourt Print Workshop @seacourtprints -The Courthouse @courthousebangor If you are involved with running or working in a creative hub in Northern Ireland, we would love for you to join us at this our third meetup. Meetup Details Date: August 6, 2024 Time: 2.30pm Location: Boom Studios 80 Main Street Bangor BT20 5AE Book your ticket on our website (link in profile) ✨️

Another chance to see some of the pics from our @womenfolk.co JUNIOR.SENIOR event we hosted last month!

Jul 23

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Another chance to see some of the pics from our @womenfolk.co JUNIOR.SENIOR event we hosted last month!

Here we meet and get some advice and insights one of our newist creative residents at Blick video editor Ben O’Neil

Jul 22

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Here we meet and get some advice and insights one of our newist creative residents at Blick video editor Ben O’Neil

Happy holidays to anyone lucky enough to get a few days off work ✨️

Jul 11

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Happy holidays to anyone lucky enough to get a few days off work ✨️

NI CREATIVE HUBS MEETUP #3 BANGOR

This is the third meetup for creative hubs in Northern Ireland to come together, connect, share ideas, and support each other. This time in sunny Bangor, where we will be visiting:

Boom Studios @boom.studios

Seacourt Print Workshop @seacourtprints

The Courthouse @courthousebangor

If you are involved with running or working in a creative hub in Northern Ireland, we would love for you to join us at this our third meetup.

This series of events is a collaborative project between Blick Shared Studios and Boom Studios

�Book your ticket on our website (link in profile) ✨️

Jul 2

Open
NI CREATIVE HUBS MEETUP #3 BANGOR This is the third meetup for creative hubs in Northern Ireland to come together, connect, share ideas, and support each other. This time in sunny Bangor, where we will be visiting: Boom Studios @boom.studios Seacourt Print Workshop @seacourtprints The Courthouse @courthousebangor If you are involved with running or working in a creative hub in Northern Ireland, we would love for you to join us at this our third meetup. This series of events is a collaborative project between Blick Shared Studios and Boom Studios �Book your ticket on our website (link in profile) ✨️