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Some pics from our vision board workshop with Kitsch Sisters last Sunday!

Our next workshop is Creative Affirmation Cards on Sunday 23rd November

https://blickstudios.org/events/womenfolk-x-kitsch-sisters-a-creative-affirmations-workshop/

Nov 6

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Some pics from our vision board workshop with Kitsch Sisters last Sunday!

Our next workshop is Creative Affirmation Cards on Sunday 23rd November

https://blickstudios.org/events/womenfolk-x-kitsch-sisters-a-creative-affirmations-workshop/

Last month at Blick. We have loads of great things coming up this month too which you can find on our website

https://blickstudios.org/events/

Nov 3

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Last month at Blick. We have loads of great things coming up this month too which you can find on our website

https://blickstudios.org/events/

** SHARED CREATIVE WORKSPACE - 1 DEDICATED DESKSPACE AVAILABLE HILL ST CATHEDRAL QUARTER **

We have one dedicated deskspace available in our beautiful Hill St studios from 1st November

– £165 per calendar month

- All inclusive prices (rent, rates, utilities, broadband) no VAT

– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract

– 1 months rent required as a deposit

– Cathedral Quarter location

Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing or visit our website for more information. Link below and in profile

�https://blickstudios.org/locations/hill-street-belfast/

Oct 30

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**ISLANDS OF DESIGN - DESIGN TALKS **

As part of @irish_designweek we are working with @belfastdesignwk @onebite.design and @futureislandisland to showcase creative projects and stories from the islands of Rathlin, Ireland and Hong Kong at this evening of design talks.

Through the lenses of design, architecture and sustainability, they will share ideas on how islands could use design and creative thinking to innovate, collaborate and support people, place and our planet, and showcase projects from islands with populations of 150 people to those of 7.5 million people.

Future Island–Island is an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project supported by the Design Museum’s Future Observatory and led by Ulster University in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast, The Glasgow School of Art and the University of the Arts London.

A “pop-up design museum” of work from the Islands of Design projects will be shared throughout Irish Design Week from 17th – 21st November in the Belfast School of Art and Cathedral Quarter in Belfast alongside this evening of talks. It will be free of charge with no tickets required.

You can book tickets for the talk on the events page of our website or the Belfast Design Week website

https://blickstudios.org/events/islands-of-design-design-talks/

Oct 29

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**ISLANDS OF DESIGN - DESIGN TALKS **

As part of @irish_designweek we are working with @belfastdesignwk @onebite.design and @futureislandisland to showcase creative projects and stories from the islands of Rathlin, Ireland and Hong Kong at this evening of design talks.

Through the lenses of design, architecture and sustainability, they will share ideas on how islands could use design and creative thinking to innovate, collaborate and support people, place and our planet, and showcase projects from islands with populations of 150 people to those of 7.5 million people.

Future Island–Island is an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project supported by the Design Museum’s Future Observatory and led by Ulster University in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast, The Glasgow School of Art and the University of the Arts London.

A “pop-up design museum” of work from the Islands of Design projects will be shared throughout Irish Design Week from 17th – 21st November in the Belfast School of Art and Cathedral Quarter in Belfast alongside this evening of talks. It will be free of charge with no tickets required.

You can book tickets for the talk on the events page of our website or the Belfast Design Week website

https://blickstudios.org/events/islands-of-design-design-talks/

** ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND FINANCE FAIR - FULLY BOOKED **

We are delighted to be taking part in this exciting series of free Self-Care Workshops for Individual Artists being organised by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Taking place on the 7th November we will be delivering one-to-one 30 minute sessions helping artists to take steps to take control and be more confidenct about their business finances. The aim of the sessions is to take the the fear out of finances for artists with informative, but down to earth approachable financial information, resources and sign-posting. To make taking steps to understanding and taking control of your own finances less scary and stressful for artists.

The sessions are now fully booked, but do check out all the other great events as part of the program and thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for inviting us to be part of it, we are really looking forward to it

Oct 28

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** ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND FINANCE FAIR - FULLY BOOKED **

We are delighted to be taking part in this exciting series of free Self-Care Workshops for Individual Artists being organised by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Taking place on the 7th November we will be delivering one-to-one 30 minute sessions helping artists to take steps to take control and be more confidenct about their business finances. The aim of the sessions is to take the the fear out of finances for artists with informative, but down to earth approachable financial information, resources and sign-posting. To make taking steps to understanding and taking control of your own finances less scary and stressful for artists.

The sessions are now fully booked, but do check out all the other great events as part of the program and thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for inviting us to be part of it, we are really looking forward to it

Another chance to read our interview with BBC Radio Producer Owen McFadden ahead of his Creative Audio Workshop in our Hill St studios tomorrow morning

You can still grab a ticket to his workshop via the link below or in our profile

https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Oct 24

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Our latest roundup of local and international funding, support & opportunities for NI creatives

01. Individual Artists Digital Evolution Awards

Programme Objectives
Upskilling NI artists in the use of new, emerging and immersive technology
Creation of excellent Digital Art

Programme Priorities
Creation of digital arts
Creating opportunities for audiences to experience digital and immersive arts
Encouraging cross-sectoral collaboration

Closing date: Thursday 27th November, 12:00PM

02. Digital Arts Studios Home Residency

The DAS Home Residency provides four months for you to develop a project of your choice, expanding your skills and practice.

Open to artists across Ireland and the UK, we welcome proposals from artists whose work employs digital technologies to challenge artistic boundaries and reimagine the cultural landscape.

Closing date: Sunday 16th November, Midnight

03. Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics – Call for Events

The Imagine! Belfast Festival returns during 23–29 March 2026 and they are once again inviting you to send them ideas for an event as part of the festival.

Closing date: Friday 7th November

04. Vault Christmas Market Call For Stallholders

This year’s Christmas Market is taking place on the first weekend of December (Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th) in Carlisle Memorial Church.

Closing date: Monday 27th of October

05. Belfast City Council Social Economy Incentive Fund

Apply now if you have a new or early stage social economy or co-operative business and want support to grow your venture further. The
fund can provide between £1,000 and £10,000 to help with things like equipment, skills development, set-up costs and specialist support.

Closing date: Tuesday 11th November 2025, 4pm

06. Craft NI Call For Facilitators

Craft NI is seeking expressions of interest from practitioners or facilitators who can deliver professional development sessions for craft
makers across Northern Ireland.

Closing date: Sunday 2nd November

Full listings including links on our blog (link below and in profile)

https://blickstudios.org/blog/13044/

Oct 24

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Some pics from a fab workshop hosted by @homewerk.project for us earlier this year on Adventures in ChatGPT.

This Saturday morning they are back with us hosting a ‘Creative Audio Workshop’ with radio and audio producer Owen McFadden from WhyFi Productions, who’ll draw on his experience of creating award-winning audio for BBC Radio Ulster, Radio 4 and more, to give insights into the basics of recording, editing, and shaping audio into compelling listening.

Whether you’re curious about podcasting, oral history, or creative soundscapes, this session will give you time and inspiration to think about the potential and power of audio.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Event Date(s): Saturday 25th October

Event Time: 10.00 am - 12.15pm

Location: Blick Shared Studios, 46 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LB

Cost: £15.00

More info & booking: https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Oct 23

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Some pics from a fab workshop hosted by @homewerk.project for us earlier this year on Adventures in ChatGPT.

This Saturday morning they are back with us hosting a ‘Creative Audio Workshop’ with radio and audio producer Owen McFadden from WhyFi Productions, who’ll draw on his experience of creating award-winning audio for BBC Radio Ulster, Radio 4 and more, to give insights into the basics of recording, editing, and shaping audio into compelling listening.

Whether you’re curious about podcasting, oral history, or creative soundscapes, this session will give you time and inspiration to think about the potential and power of audio.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Event Date(s): Saturday 25th October

Event Time: 10.00 am - 12.15pm

Location: Blick Shared Studios, 46 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LB

Cost: £15.00

More info & booking: https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

A workshop I definitely want to sit in on! Audio content is such a powerful way to tell stories. Hoping to find new ways we can bring it into our projects at Blick. We’ve already seen the impact through past projects Small Town Big Dreams and Our Time is Now (https://blickstudios.org/our-time-is-now/

** DIGITAL BRUNCH WORKSHOP: CREATIVE AUDIO FOR BEGINNERS **

This Saturday morning in our Hill St studios as part of @homewerk.project, talented BBC radio producer Owen McFadden of @whyfiproductions will be sharing some of his secrets for audio creativity in this creative audio for beginners workshop.

Fresh from winning gold at the 2025 British Podcast Awards for a history podcast documentary on the Brighton Bomb, Owen is also the producer of The Ticket, BBC Radio Ulster`s most essential arts show.

Whether you’re curious about podcasting, oral history, or creative soundscapes, this session will give you time and inspiration to think about the potential and power of audio.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Date: Saturday 25th October
Time: 10.00am – 12.15pm
Location: Blick Studios, Hill Street, Belfast
Cost: £15.00

(price includes light refreshments)

Booking link below and in profile

https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Oct 22

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Some pics from our last creative talk with Ciaran Crudden founder of @lastbrand.studio sharing his creative story!

Oct 22

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Some pics from our last creative talk with Ciaran Crudden founder of @lastbrand.studio sharing his creative story!

Some photos from our Retail Ready Fieldtrip for Ulster University Enterprise Placement Year students that we led on Friday 10th October. Starting in our Hill Street studios before visiting @wearebornandbred_ @hunterpaperco and @storyboxni

With the students all learning about how to get their creative products ready for retail with Linzi Rooney founder of Born and Bred, Emma Johnston founder of Hunter Paper Co and Rachel McIlgorm founder of Story Box NI all sharing their stories, thoughts and experiences.

Such a great day with loads of brilliant insights and tips that we will share in a blog in coming weeks!

Thanks to Linzi Rooney, Emma Johnston and Rachel McIlgorm for very kindly giving up their time to meet with the students and share their experiences and thanks to Jackie Smyth from Ulster University for inviting us to be part of their programme we loved it!

Oct 21

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Some photos from our Retail Ready Fieldtrip for Ulster University Enterprise Placement Year students that we led on Friday 10th October. Starting in our Hill Street studios before visiting @wearebornandbred_ @hunterpaperco and @storyboxni

With the students all learning about how to get their creative products ready for retail with Linzi Rooney founder of Born and Bred, Emma Johnston founder of Hunter Paper Co and Rachel McIlgorm founder of Story Box NI all sharing their stories, thoughts and experiences.

Such a great day with loads of brilliant insights and tips that we will share in a blog in coming weeks!

Thanks to Linzi Rooney, Emma Johnston and Rachel McIlgorm for very kindly giving up their time to meet with the students and share their experiences and thanks to Jackie Smyth from Ulster University for inviting us to be part of their programme we loved it!

Some pics from our `Creative Brunch With Innovate UK Business Growth` earlier this month, event writeup and resources coming soon!

Oct 20

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Some pics from our 'Creative Brunch With Innovate UK Business Growth' earlier this month, event writeup and resources coming soon!

* * Next Weekend - Digital Brunch: Creative Audio for Beginners * *

Are you curious about how to bring stories to life through sound? In this session we’ll be joined by radio and audio producer Owen McFadden from WhyFi Productions, who’ll draw on his experience of creating award-winning audio for BBC Radio Ulster, Radio 4 and more, to give insights into the basics of recording, editing, and shaping audio into compelling listening. Whether you’re curious about podcasting, oral history, or creative soundscapes, this session will give you time and inspiration to think about the potential and power of audio.

Workshop details
Date: Saturday 25th October
Time: 10.00am – 12.15pm
Location: Blick Studios, Hill Street, Belfast
Cost: £15.00

For more information or to book your place visit the events page of our website (link below and in profile)

https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Oct 19

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Some more weekend reading. This time an interview with radio and audio producer Owen McFadden from WhyFi Productions (Radio 2, Radio 4, Radio Ulster and more) who is facilitating our `Digital Brunch Creative Audio for Beginners Workshop` next Saturday morning

https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Oct 18

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Some more weekend reading. This time an interview with radio and audio producer Owen McFadden from WhyFi Productions (Radio 2, Radio 4, Radio Ulster and more) who is facilitating our 'Digital Brunch Creative Audio for Beginners Workshop' next Saturday morning

https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Hard to believe it has been a year since our trip to Hong Kong to create the Design Your Life interactive design installation with Belfast Design Week as part of the British Council Hong Kong Spark Festival. Sadly no international travel this year, but lots of great projects coming up including more @belfastdesignwk projects as part of @irish_designweek in November. We will be sharing more details on these over the next few weeks!

Oct 17

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Hard to believe it has been a year since our trip to Hong Kong to create the Design Your Life interactive design installation with Belfast Design Week as part of the British Council Hong Kong Spark Festival. Sadly no international travel this year, but lots of great projects coming up including more @belfastdesignwk projects as part of @irish_designweek in November. We will be sharing more details on these over the next few weeks!

Some weekend reading! An interview we did with our friends Graeme and Katya founders of @homewerk.project back in the spring who are now working with us on a new series of Saturday morning workshops for creatives!

The next workshop is on creating Audio Content which is next Saturday 25th October at 10am with radio and audio producer Owen McFadden from WhyFi Productions, who’ll draw on his experience of creating award-winning audio for BBC Radio Ulster, Radio 4 and more, to give insights into the basics of recording, editing, and shaping audio into compelling listening.

https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Oct 17

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Some weekend reading! An interview we did with our friends Graeme and Katya founders of @homewerk.project back in the spring who are now working with us on a new series of Saturday morning workshops for creatives!

The next workshop is on creating Audio Content which is next Saturday 25th October at 10am with radio and audio producer Owen McFadden from WhyFi Productions, who’ll draw on his experience of creating award-winning audio for BBC Radio Ulster, Radio 4 and more, to give insights into the basics of recording, editing, and shaping audio into compelling listening.

https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

Last chance to book for tonight`s creative talk by Ciaran Crudden founder and creative director of The Last Brand creative agency

CREATIVE TALK DETAILS
Date: Wed 15th October
Time: 7pm - 8pm
Venue: Blick Hill St
Cost: Free

More info & booking (link below and in profile)

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-creative-talk-ciaran-crudden-creative-director-of-the-last-brand/

Oct 15

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Tonight Ciaran Crudden founder and creative director of The Last Brand is sharing his creative story with us at our creative talk.

Ahead of his talk we have done a short interview with Ciaran which we have been sharing in bits over the last week or so. Here`s the full interview and you can also find it on the blog on our website!

We still have a couple of free tickets left for tonight which you can also sign up for on our website if you would like to join us!

https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-creative-talk-ciaran-crudden-creative-director-of-the-last-brand/

Oct 15

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** Blick Resident Gallery 545 – Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #6 **

25 October – 22 November 2025

Blick resident Gallery 545 @gallery545online in collaboration with the Island Arts Centre @islandartscentre presents this annual showcase of contemporary art of Northern Ireland, presenting over twenty accomplished artists and a diverse selection of exciting artworks.

Featuring Lisa Ballard, Justė Bernotaitė, Majella Clancy, Craig Donald, Ray Duncan, Emma Fitzpatrick, Karl Hagan, Elham Hemmat, Eamonn Higgins, Ashely B. Holmes, Sharon Kelly, Louise Lennon, Judith Logan, Alison Lowry, Rosie McGurran, Sinead McKeever, Sarah McWilliams, Maria Perry, Frances O’Reilly, Latisha Reihill, Katherine St Angelo and Anushiya Sundaralingam.

See the events page of our website for more info or @gallery545online on Instagram

https://blickstudios.org/events/contemporary-art-of-northern-ireland-6/

Oct 14

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** Blick Resident Gallery 545 – Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #6 **

25 October – 22 November 2025

Blick resident Gallery 545 @gallery545online in collaboration with the Island Arts Centre @islandartscentre presents this annual showcase of contemporary art of Northern Ireland, presenting over twenty accomplished artists and a diverse selection of exciting artworks.

Featuring Lisa Ballard, Justė Bernotaitė, Majella Clancy, Craig Donald, Ray Duncan, Emma Fitzpatrick, Karl Hagan, Elham Hemmat, Eamonn Higgins, Ashely B. Holmes, Sharon Kelly, Louise Lennon, Judith Logan, Alison Lowry, Rosie McGurran, Sinead McKeever, Sarah McWilliams, Maria Perry, Frances O’Reilly, Latisha Reihill, Katherine St Angelo and Anushiya Sundaralingam.

See the events page of our website for more info or @gallery545online on Instagram

https://blickstudios.org/events/contemporary-art-of-northern-ireland-6/

An Interview with Ciaran Crudden Creative Director and Founder of The Last Brand who is sharing his story at our next Creative Talk on Wednesday evening at 7pm in our Hill St studios

Ciaran runs The Last Brand, a small branding and digital design studio in Belfast that works across brand identity, web, experiential and motion.

You can find details and sign up on the events page of our website for Ciaran`s talk!

You can also read Ciaran`s full interview on our website blog: https://blickstudios.org/blog/an-interview-with-ciaran-crudden-creative-director-and-founder-of-the-...

Oct 14

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