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Creative Roundup – Opportunities for Creatives
Our latest roundup of local and international funding, support & opportunities for NI creatives 01. Golden Wolf Internships 2025 Golden Wolf and Doodles are on the lookout for 8 incredible interns to join their teams across London, New York,...
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One Bite Studio Visit to Belfast
We had a lovely few days touring around different creative projects in Belfast last week with Alan and Sarah from One Bite Design who we met in Hong Kong last October when we were visiting for our British Council project....
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An Interview with Illustrator Lauren Kelso
Ahead of her creative talk for us on Wednesday 9th April, upcoming illustrator Lauren Kelso has very kindly done a short interview with us, sharing some of her experiences working as a freelance illustrator since she graduated including her journey...
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An Interview with Graeme and Katya Founders of Homewerk
Ahead of their workshop for us on Wednesday 2nd April on ChatGPT for creatives we have done an interview with Homewerk founders Katya and Graeme to find out a bit about them and their new business Homewerk! Can you...
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An Interview with Juliette El Fouly Founder of Le Contour Contemporary Candle Company
Can you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your business Le Contour? My name is Juliette, I am the founder behind my small business, Le Contour. I am half Egyptian and half Belgian - born & raised in...
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An Interview with Laura Whitehouse Founder of Mighty Fine Design
Can you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your design studio Mighty Fine Design? Hello, I’m Laura! I own and run Mighty Fine Design, a one-women agency (often with contracted help) that works mostly with small brands looking...
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Belfast Design Week Sustainable Pop Up Museum Exhibition Great Northern Street
We are delighted to have a mini exhibition space in our new Great Northern Street Studios, which allows us to exhibit the work from the Sustainable Pop Up Design Museum we helped organise in collaboration with Belfast Design Week for...
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An Interview with Ian Pitt Founder and Creative Director of Me,Him&Her Design Studio
Can you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your design studio Me,Him&Her? My name is Ian. I’m originally from London, but I’ve been living and working in Belfast for the past two and a half years. I’ve been...
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2024 An Overview
2024 a year of change, travel, hard work and exciting new opportunities! 2024 really was a year of change for us at Blick, we left our first studios on the Malone Road after 15 years and moved to new premises...
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Meet Our Nurture Program Participants: Vera Hylands
Can you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your creative work? My name is Vera Hylands, and I’m a self-taught artist with a background in business and a lifelong passion for creative work. Although I grew up in...
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Meet Our Nurture Program Participants: Grainne Mullan
Can you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your creative work? I am a freelance textile designer specialising in embroidered textiles. I also have experience in teaching and facilitating creative community workshops. I recently started a CIC called...
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Meet Our Nurture Program Participants: Bethany Millican
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your creative work? I'm a Belfast-based artist and illustrator, working across a range of traditional and digital mediums. I completed my foundation at Belfast School of Art in 2015, specialising in...
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Stéphanie Heckman’s Talk – Key Lessons
Stéphanie Heckman, a graphic recorder and visual communicator and one of our Hill St residents gave a wonderful talk earlier this month. Sharing her creative journey with her business and some tips and insights for other creatives starting their own...
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Managing Your Creative Business’s Finances
As part of our finance resources week, we thought we would put together some techniques we have used to manage our costs at Blick over the years 1. Analyse all of your expenditure and think about what value it adds...
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The Sustainable Pop-up Design Museum
This week we have been thrilled to have been able to help with Design Week and The Design Salon's Sustainable Pop-up Design Museum as part of the RE(act) Festival for a sustainable Belfast in the Europa Hotel today and tomorrow!...
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An Interview with Stéphanie Heckman Graphic Recorder and Visual Facilitator
Ahead of her creative talk next Wednesday evening we thought we would re-share this interview we did with Stéphanie Heckman one of our Hill St residents earlier this year! Tell us a bit about yourself and your creative work? I’m...
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Design Your Life
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 and Kylie Chan Illustration Design Your Life will...
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Creative Hubs Meetup Bangor
Some photos from the 3rd NI Creative Hubs Meetup, hosted this time in Bangor, where we visited the following Creative Hubs Boom Studios Seacourt Print Workshop The Courthouse
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Meet The Resident: Digital Marketer Syed M. Noman
In our latest Meet the Resident we get to know self-employed digital marketer Syed M. Noman one of our newist creative residents in our Hill St studios. Tell us a bit about yourself and your creative work? My name is...
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Key Lessons From Founder Of YEO Magazine Saul Duffin’s Blick Academy Creative Talk
Due to an insanely busy period of work and travel this is a very belated event writeup of our last Blick Academy Creative Talk on 5th June with Saul Duffin founder of YEO Magazine! Saul began the talk by speaking...
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Meet the Resident: Video Editor Ben O’Neil
Here we meet and get some advice and insights one of our newist creative residents at Blick video editor Ben O'Neil Tell us a bit about yourself and your creative work? I’m a video editor who predominantly works in...
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Womenfolk JUNIOR.SENIOR June Event Pics
After a week away at a conference then catching up with day to day work, here are some slightly belated pics from our Womenfolk June JUNIOR.SENIOR event on Saturday 15th June with two amazing local creative women sharing their stories...
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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. This year’s...
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Pics Blick Academy June with Saul Duffin Founder of Yeo Magazine
Some pics from our latest Blick Academy creative talk with Saul Duffin founder of Yeo Magazine full event write up to come shortly!
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Creative Roundup
Our latest roundup of funding, support, opportunities, events, exhibitions and festivals for NI creatives. Sailortown Festival Smartphone Photography Exhibition Closing date: 1st June Design Academy Adapt The Design Academy is developed in collaboration between VORN - The Berlin Fashion Hub...
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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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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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An Interview With Designer Paul Boal
Ahead of sharing his creative story with us at our next Blick Academy Creative Talk on Wednesday 17th April we thought it would be nice to ask Paul some questions and get to know him a bit better. Here he...
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Creative Roundup April
Our latest roundup of funding, support, opportunities, events, exhibitions and festivals for creatives £575,000 Augment the City Challenge Fund As part of Augment the City Challenge, Belfast City Council is looking for creative technology innovators to develop concepts and proposals...
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Calling Creative Women Business Owners
Are you a local creative woman with your own creative business? If so, we would love to feature you on our Womenfolk website! This is free of charge and aims to celebrate local creative women. Get in touch with Christine...
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Alana McDowell’s Talk: What I Learnt
Thanks to everyone who joined us last Wednesday evening to hear multidisciplinary designer Alana McDowell share her creative journey at our first Blick Academy creative talk of the year. Alana imparted so much wisdom during her talk in a really...
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An Interview with Multidisciplinary Designer Alana McDowell
Ahead of sharing her creative story with us at our next Blick Academy Creative Talk this Wednesday evening we thought it would be nice to ask Alana some questions and get to know her a bit better. Here she shares...
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Creative Roundup
Our latest roundup of funding, support, opportunities, events, exhibitions and festivals for creatives CQAF Creative Bursary Scheme The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, which has presented the best in local and international arts for over 20 years, has announced new Bursary...
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