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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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Looking back at 2023 as we plan for the year ahead!
As we approach the end of January and make plans for the year ahead we wanted to take some time to look back and reflect on the previous year. To learn from and have gratitude for all of our experiences...
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Meet the Resident: Stephanie Heckman
Stephanie is one of our newest creative residents in our Hill St studios. Here she tells us a bit about her creative practice, her journey with her business so far as well as some of the things that have helped...
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‘Art500’ Online
Gallery 545 Group Exhibition 2 December 2023 – 2 January 2024 Gallery 545 online - always open Private viewings on request in Belfast (in person of selected artworks) Blick Resident Gallery 545 presents a new edition of ‘Art500’. This is a...
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Christmas Creative Roundup
It's December! Christmas is coming, one of the most important seasons for many local creatives who sell direct to consumers! fortunately there are loads of amazing ways you can buy local this year and make it a successful season for...
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Creative Roundup of Funding, Support, Events & Opportunities for Creatives
Worth Partnership Project - Open Call for Creatives WORTH invites creatives to share their ideas on tech innovation, circular game changer solutions, social impact, or a creative business idea in the lifestyle industries. WORTH Partnership Project II creates and supports...
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Creative Skills Week Vienna 2023: Things to Think About
Thanks to the European Creative Hubs Network I was fortunate to get the opportunity to attend Creative Skills Week 2023 in Vienna last week. What an amazing few days in a beautiful city! Here are some of the bits I...
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Blick Resident Gallery 545: Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #4
Gallery 545 one of our current Blick Malone residents has a new exhibition starting this Saturday 9th September in the Island Arts Centre see details below Group Exhibition Gallery 545 at the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn 9 – 30 September...
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Insights from our Blick Summer Meet
On Wednesday 23rd August we hosted our Summer Meet on the theme ‘Courage’ we had two brilliant local creatives sharing their stories. Caroline McHugh owner of Little Fox Events. Since she set up Little Fox Events, three years ago, Caroline...
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10 Things we Learnt at this Weekend’s Creative Workshops
We had a lovely weekend with all of our different workshops with different groups of creatives. It was great just to have so many different people back in our space. There is always so much to learn from the different...
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Blick Summer Meet: Some Photos
We were too busy chatting and listening at our Summer Meet on Wednesday night to post any pics. So here are a few belated pics from a wonderful evening. Thanks to all who came and most importantly to our two...
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Kerry Whelan X Pure Dirt Exhibition Opening
Here are some pics from last Friday's Kerry Whelan and Pure Dirt collaborative exhibition opening in our Malone Studios.
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Belfast Design Week Research Trip to Vietnam
2023 got off to an exciting start for us at Blick, with a research trip to Hanoi Vietnam for Belfast Design Week. In 2015 we co-founded Belfast Design Week and for the next 5 years it was one of our...
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Meet the Resident: Artist Kerry Whelan
We are delighted to introduce you to artist Kerry Whelan a new resident in our Malone Studios Tell us a bit about yourself and your creative work? My name is Kerry and I am an oil painter. I paint primarily...
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Meet the Resident: Artist Michael Winchester
We are very excited to introduce you to one of our newest residents talented artist Michael Winchester Tell us a bit about yourself and your creative work? I am an artist living in Belfast, currently just focusing on making as...
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Meet Our Community: Blick Graduate Resident Hannah Griffin
Meet Hannah Griffin our second graduate resident Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your creative business idea? My name is Hannah Griffin, I am an illustrator from Belfast and I graduated last year, in Graphic design...
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Our Time is Now Exhibition
Our Time is Now is a video podcast series we created in collaboration with Creating A Space sharing the stories and exploring the creative journeys of 5 Belfast creative entrepreneurs. The exhibition features a series of behind the scenes and...
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Our Time is Now – What we Learnt from all the Creatives
We've come to the end of our first 'Our Time is Now' video podcast series sharing the stories of 5 different successful Belfast creatives. We have tried to showcase a diverse range of creatives from different backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, ages,...
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It Might Take Longer Than You think, But That Doesn’t Mean it Won’t Work
From 15 years observing creatives on their creative journey it takes longer than most people think to be financially sustainable and confident of long term success. It usually seems to take about 5 years and certainly that was true for...
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Our Time is Now Exhibition Opening
On Friday 28th April we hosted a small opening for our new Our Time is Now podcast series exhibition. Our Time is Now is a video podcast series exploring how 5 local creatives live and thrive in Belfast. Sharing their...
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Our Time is Now Tony McGaharan – What we Learnt
Tony is a learning designer and founder of People Playbook a global learning and development consultancy that crafts and facilitates learning experiences which are fresh, engaging and interactive. Tony is our fifth and final interviewee for this series of ‘Our...
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Our Time is Now Tanice Samuels – What we Learnt
Tanice is an Irish-Jamaican, Belfast based content creator who focuses on aesthetics, fashion, beauty and lifestyle. Tanice offers content creation, social posting and events services. Tanice is the fourth Belfast creative to share her journey with us for ‘Our Time...
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Our Time is Now Mel Carroll – What We Learnt
Mel Carroll is an illustrator and designer and the founder and director of Usfolk Illustration agency. Usfolk is a Belfast based illustration agency, hosting 30+ illustrators from all corners of the globe. As well as running multiple projects in the...
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