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Grow Your Own Workshops

We are very excited this June to be collaborating with Belfast Design Week and VentureFolk to bring you this series of free workshops all about growing and design within an...

Blick Creative Club

Event Date(s): August 5, 2023

Event Time: 10.00am - 2.00pm

Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY

The first 3 Saturdays in August we are inviting a small group of NI creatives to come to our Malone studios to work together on developing an idea they have...

Blick Summer Workshops

3 x ½ day workshops for creatives in Belfast to help you to develop, define and put your creative story into words Workshop 1 - Developing and Defining Your Creative...

EXHIBITION: KERRY WHELAN X PURE DIRT

Event Date(s): August 11, 2023

Event Time: 7 - 10.00pm

Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY

Blick Summer Meet

Summer get-together for creatives to gain inspiration and connect with other like-minded creatives Theme: Courage Having the courage to start something. It always takes courage to start something. To do...

BLICK SUMMER THINK

Event Date(s): August 4, 2023

Event Time: 3.30 - 5.30pm

Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY

An afternoon of thinking, idea sharing and development and connecting with other creatives. Know you want to do something creative, but you aren’t sure exactly what? Have a creative idea,...

BLICK ANIMATION CLUB

These mini animation master classes by Can Do Academy are a great introduction for children to the colourful world of Lego animation! The workshop will allow participants to make a...

REGULAR YOGA CLASSES

This is a timetable for the regular yoga classes taught in our South Belfast studios by various facilitators. MONDAY CLASS: Katonah Yoga TIME: 6.00 - 7.15pm FACILITATOR: Helena Lavery BOOKING...

WOMENFOLK PEER MENTORING GROUP

WE ARE EXCITED TO BE BRINGING BACK OUR WOMENFOLK PEER MENTORING GROUP FOR 2023 … It’s very simple, but also very effective. Starting in January 2023 on the last Tuesday...

BLICK SUMMER MAKE

Event Date(s): August 6, 2023

Event Time: 3.00 - 5.00pm

Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6RY

An afternoon of making and connecting with other creatives hosted by jewellery designer Lynda Thompson-Spack owner of Fred Loves Ginger This workshop is all about connecting with other creatives and building...

BLICK GRADUATE RESIDENCY

Graduate Residency Program for recent graduates (2020 – 2022). We will be offering 9-months free workspace and bespoke business support including monthly mentoring and business support resources to help two recent graduates on the path to...

A DIY GUIDE ON SALES & SELLING WITH EMMA JOHNSTON AND LISA SMYTH

Do you struggle to know how to get paid for your creative work? Do you struggle to know how to pitch for new opportunities? Do you find it hard to...

CREATIVES DURING CORONAVIRUS: ONE YEAR ON

Join us online with Black Box next Monday 26th April at 8pm for "Creatives During Coronavirus: One Year On" with a selection of our fabulous guests from 2020! During the...

A DIY GUIDE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING WITH EMMA GRIBBEN

Do you struggle with knowing how to create ads on Instagram & Facebook? Do you struggle to know what is the right platform for you to promote your creative business?...

GROW YOUR OWN WAY DESIGN WORKSHOP

We are very excited this June to be collaborating with Belfast Design Week and VentureFolk to bring you this series of free workshops all about growing and design within an...

A DIY GUIDE ON LINKEDIN WITH EMMA GRIBBEN

Are you a young professional or a creative business owner struggling to build your network? We are excited to introduce our next event - ‘A DIY guide on LinkedIn’ with...

A DIY GUIDE ON WRITING FOR YOUR BUSINESS WITH HEATHER MCGARRIGLE

Do you struggle with knowing how-to-write content for your creative business? As creative business owners, it can be hard to know how to write for your business. It can be...

Small Town Big Dreams Guide to DIY Podcasting

Have you been dreaming of starting your own podcast? Are you a beginner looking for tips from those who know? Join us for this special event as part of the...

The Time is Now: Diversity in the Creative Industries Panel

We are delighted to be part of the Nerve Centre's Spring Into the Creative Industries Programme with A Time is Now panel discussion on diversity in the creative industries for...

A DIY GUIDE TO INSTAGRAM WITH LAUREN TAYLOR & DANNI SIMPSON

AIMS The aim of this event is to help you gain knowledge of how to build a brand or business on Instagram through hearing the story & journey of Lauren...

A DIY GUIDE ON PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR WORK WITH CARRIE DAVENPORT

Aims The aim of this event is to help you get valuable tips and tools to be able to photograph your own work straight away. Whether you are shooting products...

A DIY GUIDE TO SETTING UP A WEBSITE WITH KARISHMA KUSURKAR & EMMA JOHNSTON

AIMS The aim of this event is to help you become knowledgeable in getting started with understanding how to set up your own website DIY style. We will be covering:...

A DIY GUIDE ON CREATING YOUR OWN BRAND WITH KARISHMA KUSURKAR

AIMS The aim of this event is to help you become knowledgeable in getting started with understanding how to set up your own brand DIY style. We will be covering...

Audio Documentary The World Turned Upside Down: Episode 4 – Staying Sane

Audio Documentary The World Turned Upside Down: Episode 4 - Staying Sane With the world having been turned upside down, many people have struggled to make sense of the new...

Audio Documentary The World Turned Upside Down: Episode 3 – Connection Lost?

Audio Documentary The World Turned Upside Down: Episode 3 - Connection Lost? The restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic have escalated the adoption of digital communication technologies into almost everyone’s work...

Audio Documentary The World Turned Upside Down: Episode 2 – Together, Apart

Part 2 of our new Small Town Big Dreams 4-part audio documentary ‘The World Turned Upside Down’ sharing stories of how the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic has impacted upon the lives and livelihoods...

Latisha Reihill – ‘Ways of Seeing’ Solo Exhibition

Francesca Biondi, Art Director of Gallery 545 will be having a solo exhibition at their new premises in Blick Shared Studios, Malone Road. The exhibition, ‘Ways of Seeing’ features award-winning...

Audio Documentary The World Turned Upside Down: Episode 1 – The Great Disruption

Part 1 of our new Small Town Big Dreams 4-part audio documentary The World Turned Upside Down sharing stories of how the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic has impacted upon the lives and livelihoods...

The World Turned Upside Down

Funded by Future Screens NI and Northern Ireland Screen as part of their ‘Rewriting the Narrative’ project, Small Town Big Dreams presents a 4-part audio documentary exploring personal stories of...

DIG DEEP

‘DIG DEEP’ is Womenfolk's new free creative enterprise support program that brings women from different backgrounds together in a supportive and nurturing environment over a 9 month period to help...

WOMENFOLK JUNIOR.SENIOR.

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...

Belfast Design Week: Big Design Day Out

A whole day of design activities for the whole family on Saturday 9th November. Free children's and adults digital and making workshops including: - - Poster Design - Games Design...

Share 6: Power

Join us for our first Share 6 event of 2019 - "POWER" over Belfast Design Week on the 4th of November from 7:30- 9:30 PM. We'll be joined by 6...

Some Monday Motivation from our latest `Meet the Resident` interview with portrait artist Rachael Armstrong @rachaelpaintsweddings

You can read Rachael`s full interview on our blog link in profile ✨️

Sep 8

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BLICK BUSINESS ADDRESS SERVICE

As well as offering physical workspace we also offer virtual office space for creative businesses. You can use our Hill St address for your creative business giving your business a professional public image and keeping your home address private.

We offer 2 different services:

Monthly Business Address Service
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At the start of each month we will redirect up to 15 items of regular and standard large letter-sized business mail to the address of your choice. Post beyond the 15 letters will be charged at the price of postage, and the cost will be added to your following bill.

Prices below show the Monthly Rate which is paid quarterly and the Yearly Rate

UK Based Creative Business
£22.50
£200

UK Based Non-Creative Business
£30
£300

EU Based Creative Businesses
£30
£300

EU Based Non-Creative Businesses
£40
£400

Weekly Business Address Service
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We will redirect business mail to the address of your choice weekly. Up to 25 items of regular and standard large letter-sized mail per calendar month. Post beyond the 25 letters will be charged at the price of postage, and the cost will be added to your following bill.

Prices below show the Monthly Rate which is paid quarterly and the Yearly Rate

UK based Creative Business
£30
£300

UK based Non-Creative Business
£40
£400

EU based Creative Businesses
£40
£400

EU based Non-Creative Businesses
£50
£500

For more info email rosy@blickstudios.org or visit our website: https://blickstudios.org/virtual-services/

Sep 5

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BLICK BUSINESS ADDRESS SERVICE

As well as offering physical workspace we also offer virtual office space for creative businesses. You can use our Hill St address for your creative business giving your business a professional public image and keeping your home address private.

We offer 2 different services:

Monthly Business Address Service
———————————

At the start of each month we will redirect up to 15 items of regular and standard large letter-sized business mail to the address of your choice. Post beyond the 15 letters will be charged at the price of postage, and the cost will be added to your following bill.

Prices below show the Monthly Rate which is paid quarterly and the Yearly Rate

UK Based Creative Business
£22.50
£200

UK Based Non-Creative Business
£30
£300

EU Based Creative Businesses
£30
£300

EU Based Non-Creative Businesses
£40
£400

Weekly Business Address Service
-——————————

We will redirect business mail to the address of your choice weekly. Up to 25 items of regular and standard large letter-sized mail per calendar month. Post beyond the 25 letters will be charged at the price of postage, and the cost will be added to your following bill.

Prices below show the Monthly Rate which is paid quarterly and the Yearly Rate

UK based Creative Business
£30
£300

UK based Non-Creative Business
£40
£400

EU based Creative Businesses
£40
£400

EU based Non-Creative Businesses
£50
£500

For more info email rosy@blickstudios.org or visit our website: https://blickstudios.org/virtual-services/

Meet our newest creative resident in our Great Northern Street studios Portrait Artist - Rachael Armstrong @rachaelpaintsweddings

You can also read her full interview on our blog on our website (link below and in profile) 🎨 🖌

https://blickstudios.org/blog/meet-the-resident-portrait-artist-rachael-armstrong/

Sep 3

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- - 1-3 PERSON PRIVATE STUDIO AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER IN OUR COTTON COURT STUDIOS - -

We have one private 1 - 3 person studio available in our Cotton Court studios from October

– £325 per calendar month all inclusive (rent, rates, utilities, broadband) no VAT

– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract

– 1 months rent required as a deposit

– Industrial style building full of creative organisations

– Cathedral Quarter location opposite the Merchant hotel

– Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing

Link in bio and here https://blickstudios.org/locations/cotton-court-belfast/

Sep 1

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- - 1-3 PERSON PRIVATE STUDIO AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER IN OUR COTTON COURT STUDIOS - -

We have one private 1 - 3 person studio available in our Cotton Court studios from October

– £325 per calendar month all inclusive (rent, rates, utilities, broadband) no VAT

– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract

– 1 months rent required as a deposit

– Industrial style building full of creative organisations

– Cathedral Quarter location opposite the Merchant hotel

– Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing

Link in bio and here https://blickstudios.org/locations/cotton-court-belfast/

Love this space in the afternoon sun!

Aug 29

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Love this space in the afternoon sun!

A summary of some of our recent impact at Blick! We operate as a non-profit social enterprise and put any profits we make from our workspace and services back into supporting the creative community in Belfast 🪴 🌱 🌿

Aug 28

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A summary of some of our recent impact at Blick! We operate as a non-profit social enterprise and put any profits we make from our workspace and services back into supporting the creative community in Belfast 🪴 🌱 🌿

- - AVAILABLE CREATIVE WORKSPACE SOUTH BELFAST - -

�We have one dedicated deskspace coming available from the 1st September in our South Belfast shared creative coworking space:�

– South Belfast location close to the Lisburn Road with lots of shops, coffee shops and bars within walking distance

– £150 per dedicated desk with allocated storage all inclusive (rent, rates, utilities, broadband) no VAT

– 24 hour access

– Breakout area

– Minimum 3 months contract then on a rolling monthly contract

– 1 months rent required as a deposit

Email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing or visit the Great Northern Street Studios page of our website for more info (link below and in profile)

�https://blickstudios.org/locations/great-northern-street/

Aug 27

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Did you know Blick is set up as a non-profit social enterprise? We put the profits generated from our workspace and services back into supporting the local creative community! Here is a summary of some of the impact of our work from March 2024 - February 2025

You can read more about our impact on our website link below and in profile:

https://blickstudios.org/the-team/our-impact/

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Aug 26

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A summary of our story at Blick from when we started way back in 2007, over 17 years ago. A steep learning curve that`s for sure!

Aug 21

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A summary of our story at Blick from when we started way back in 2007, over 17 years ago. A steep learning curve that's for sure!

- - THE STORY OF BLICK- -

It`s hard to believe, it seems like only yesterday, but we started Blick 17 years ago way back in 2007 with a group of other creatives who wanted to come together to create a great workspace for creatives in Belfast.

Our ambition was to create beautiful but affordable spaces for creatives to work in. Spaces for like-minded creatives to meet and share resources, ideas and inspiration. Spaces to build a sense of community and encourage, support and inspire each other.

Blick now operates as a non-profit creative workspace in Belfast, Northern Ireland offering dedicated desks, private studios, and business address services. Spread across three beautiful buildings, we also provide events and tailored support to help creatives thrive.
Blick now provides creative shared workspace and private studio space to more than 65 creatives across 3 different buildings in Belfast as well as virtual office services to over 90 creatives.
We are currently busy settling into our new Great Northern Street studios and we have a whole variety of talks and workshops happening for local creatives which you can see over on our Website events page. We also have different projects and programs, as well as regular blogs including links to funding and opportunities for creatives and lots of downloadable resources to help you start and grow your own creative business which you can find on our website (www.blickstudios.org)

Here`s a summary of some of the major parts of our story over the last 17 years, you can also read it on our website

https://blickstudios.org/the-team/the-blick-story/

Aug 18

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- - THE STORY OF BLICK- -

It's hard to believe, it seems like only yesterday, but we started Blick 17 years ago way back in 2007 with a group of other creatives who wanted to come together to create a great workspace for creatives in Belfast.

Our ambition was to create beautiful but affordable spaces for creatives to work in. Spaces for like-minded creatives to meet and share resources, ideas and inspiration. Spaces to build a sense of community and encourage, support and inspire each other.

Blick now operates as a non-profit creative workspace in Belfast, Northern Ireland offering dedicated desks, private studios, and business address services. Spread across three beautiful buildings, we also provide events and tailored support to help creatives thrive.
Blick now provides creative shared workspace and private studio space to more than 65 creatives across 3 different buildings in Belfast as well as virtual office services to over 90 creatives.
We are currently busy settling into our new Great Northern Street studios and we have a whole variety of talks and workshops happening for local creatives which you can see over on our Website events page. We also have different projects and programs, as well as regular blogs including links to funding and opportunities for creatives and lots of downloadable resources to help you start and grow your own creative business which you can find on our website (www.blickstudios.org)

Here's a summary of some of the major parts of our story over the last 17 years, you can also read it on our website

https://blickstudios.org/the-team/the-blick-story/

- - Blick Resident Gallery 545 - ‘Re-imagined Places’ Group Exhibition - -

Dates: 20 -24 August 2025

Location: Gallery 545 at La Roche House, Belfast & online

Cost: Free

Blick resident @gallery545online presents ‘Re-imagined Places’, an exhibition of original artworks inspired by landscapes created by accomplished artists based in Northern Ireland. A diverse art selection will be on display at La Roche House, from beautiful views of Northern Ireland to evocative imaginary lands, exquisite foliage motives, vibrant abstract paintings, and colourful glass pieces.

Featuring Justė Bernotaitė, Lisa Ballard, Louise Lennon, Alison Lowry, Rosie McGurran, Maria Perry, Latisha Reihill, and Anushiya Sundaralingam.

Visit the Gallery 545 Instagram page: @gallery545online

Or website for full details: https://gallery545.com/blogs/exhibitions/re-imagined-places-group-exhibition

Aug 13

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- - Blick Resident Gallery 545 - ‘Re-imagined Places’ Group Exhibition - -

Dates: 20 -24 August 2025

Location: Gallery 545 at La Roche House, Belfast & online

Cost: Free

Blick resident @gallery545online presents ‘Re-imagined Places’, an exhibition of original artworks inspired by landscapes created by accomplished artists based in Northern Ireland. A diverse art selection will be on display at La Roche House, from beautiful views of Northern Ireland to evocative imaginary lands, exquisite foliage motives, vibrant abstract paintings, and colourful glass pieces.

Featuring Justė Bernotaitė, Lisa Ballard, Louise Lennon, Alison Lowry, Rosie McGurran, Maria Perry, Latisha Reihill, and Anushiya Sundaralingam.

Visit the Gallery 545 Instagram page: @gallery545online

Or website for full details: https://gallery545.com/blogs/exhibitions/re-imagined-places-group-exhibition

Our latest roundup of opportunities for creatives in NI

01. Techstart Proof of Concept Grant Fund
The Techstart Proof of Concept Grant Fund is a pre-commercial grant awarding fund. On a competitive basis, the fund supports entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland with grants to explore the viability and commercial potential of an innovative concept.

02. Creative Boom launches Boom Briefs
Need to update your portfolio? Or looking for your next challenge? Push yourself out of your comfort zone with Creative Boom’s monthly creative prompts: Boom Briefs.

03. Call for Applications: CIRCLE Fiction Orbit 2025
CIRCLE Fiction Orbit is an intensive one-week workshop designed to support filmmakers—directors, writers, and producers—developing their second, third or fourth fiction feature, and this year it’s going to Montenegro in November. This opportunity comes with a participation fee.

Closing date: 15th August 2025

04. China Artists Residency Programme
Up to a 30 days residency in Beijing. For the pilot year, Digital Arts is the selected artform for the residency. This year’s Residency Programme is for Digital Artists working within the arts sector in Northern Ireland.

Closing date: 21st August

05. Art Breakfast Club Belfast
Meet-up in Pottinger’s Cafe in the City Centre

Date: Saturday 16th August, 10.30am

06. CraftNI ‘THE GIFT’ (Christmas Selling Exhibition) Callout
Craft NI Gallery are inviting applications from makers across a variety of craft disciplines to take part in ‘THE GIFT’, a curated Christmas exhibition celebrating both the accomplishments of local craft makers and elegance of artisan gifting.

Application Deadline: Friday 5th September, 5pm

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

https://blickstudios.org/blog/creative-roundup-opportunities-for-creatives-3/

Aug 12

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Some words of wisdom to start your week from our latest Meet the Resident interview with Sarah Baecher, an artist from the U.S. and one of our newest Cotton Court residents!

You can read her full interview on our website link below and in profile https://blickstudios.org/blog/12724/

Aug 11

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- - RESOURCES FOR CREATIVES - TOOLS TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS - -

Here are some tools and methods to help you set goals for your creative business and achieve them.

1. Journalling
Use a journal for tracking your goals and smaller daily achievements.

2. Use Your Mobile Phone
Use your mobile phone to set daily reminders or use goal setting apps.

3. Goal Setting Apps and Software
Use goal setting and project management software, tools and apps such as:
• Monday - (this is what we use at Blick and we couldn`t survive without it)
• Clickup
• Wrike
• Hubspot
• Asana
• Trello

4. Motivational Notes and Images
Place motivational notes and posters around your home or work desk.

5. Visualisation Activities
Use visualisation activities e.g. mindfulness, affirmations and meditation.

6. Friends and Family
Accountability can help, tell friends and family what you’re working towards so they can offer support and keep you accountable.

6. Networking Groups and Meet Ups
Join groups or meet-ups with like-minded people trying to achieve similar goals

You can find all our goal-setting resources on the resources section of our website link below and in profile

https://blickstudios.org/resources/

Aug 10

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- - RESOURCES FOR CREATIVES - GOAL SETTING TEMPLATE - -

Today we are sharing a goal-setting template to help you set realistic achievable goals to help you start or grow your creative business. You can use this template as a journal prompt or download as a pdf or word document from the creative resources section of our website! (Link below and in profile)

https://blickstudios.org/resources/goal-setting/

Aug 6

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“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.” Scott Reed

A quote on the value of setting goals ahead of us sharing different resources later this week.

You can find all our goal setting resources on our website (link below and in profile) https://blickstudios.org/resources/goal-setting/

Aug 5

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Ahead of sharing some new goal-setting resources next week, we are looking back on our strategic goal-setting workshop with Stephanie Heckman. By sharing some pics that we ran out of time for earlier this year.

It was such a great workshop, provoking great insights and reflections as well as providing practical actions to help attendees move towards future goals.

Aug 1

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Ahead of sharing some new goal-setting resources next week, we are looking back on our strategic goal-setting workshop with Stephanie Heckman. By sharing some pics that we ran out of time for earlier this year.

It was such a great workshop, provoking great insights and reflections as well as providing practical actions to help attendees move towards future goals.

Loving these summer evenings in our South Belfast Studios 🌞 ☀️ 🌤

Jul 29

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Loving these summer evenings in our South Belfast Studios 🌞 ☀️ 🌤

Late afternoon sun 🌞 ☀️ 🌤

Jul 28

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Late afternoon sun 🌞 ☀️ 🌤

New Hill Street Sunday Art Market right outside our Hill Street Studios from 10am - 3pm each week!

Jul 27

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New Hill Street Sunday Art Market right outside our Hill Street Studios from 10am - 3pm each week!