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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Blick Academy: Instagram for your Creative Start-Up

Blick Academy is an ongoing series of events and workshops for creative industry start-ups, freelancers and small businesses all about sharing skills and knowledge within the creative community. Join us...
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The Faculty: Events Management with Adam Turkington (6 week course)

Events Management with Adam Turkington £75 Monday 21st October – Monday 25th November 2019 Each Monday 7-9pm Venue: Blick Shared Studios, 46 Hill Street (Cathedral Quarter), Belfast BT1 2LB,  UK Running...
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Blick Academy: Pitching Workshop

Pitching allows you to stand out from the crowd and will help you get people excited about your creative business. Pitching is an essential necessity for any business to thrive....
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The Time is Now // 4 Week Course

We are excited to announce our first 'The Time is Now' 4 week course in collaboration with Womenfolk, Blick Studios & Creating A Space. OVERVIEW This course will help you...
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The Time is Now // Womenfolk

Womenfolk, Creating A Space & Blick Shared Studios have teamed up to create a unique interactive event with a panel of female design entrepreneurs based in Belfast talking about their...
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The Time is Now // Life After University

Creating A Space & Blick Shared Studios have teamed up to create an event that will be an interactive panel discussion. The phrase ‘The Time is Now’ came from noticing...
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Blick Academy : Squarespace Course

4 week Squarespace Workshop led by Ronan Lunney from Two Digs Studios. Anyone can build a website with Squarespace, that's the joy and the curse of it. In fact, it...
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SME’s Survival – Unlocking Your Business Potential With Your Customers Perspective

SME’s face significant challenges today. Accessing new customers and retaining existing customers is hard work. This is because customers today are spoiled for choice and have more options to choose...
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LinkedIn for Creatives

If you are looking to better understand how to use LinkedIn to help your creative business grow and develop, come to our LinkedIn workshop hosted by Alastair Cameron. Alastair is...
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Faculty: Creativity and The Architecture of Risk

A day long workshop with Adam Turkington who will examine how risk works and how we can manage it in such a way to allow you to take confident steps...
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Faculty: The Rise of the Mobile Content Creator

A 6 part workshop in partnership with Seedhead Arts facilitated by Dillon Osborne looking into the world of self creation for a fast evolving industry, showing you how you can...
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The Design Salon: Designing Experiences

The Design Salon: Designing Experiences: A talk by Adobe XD's Anita-Mai Goulding Adobe XD's Anita-Mai Goulding (XD Strategic Development, EMEA) will be talking about designing experiences for users and telling...
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call for speakers

Women Who Code x Womenfolk

Shouting out to all women! Women Who Code and Womenfolk are throwing open the Vault doors for an evening of community gathering, career insights and story telling (and so much...
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Blick Academy: Setting up a website for your creative startup

Do you have a creative start-up or small business and need a website? Come along to this workshop to find out what you need to think about before getting started....
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ten financial commandments

Blick Academy: The Ten (Financial) Commandments… for the self-employed creative…

Have you thought about retiring early to sunnier climes? Of course you have, who hasn’t? But have you ever thought practically how to plan for your sun-soaked dream? Do you...
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womenfolk meetup

International Women’s Day: Womenfolk Meetup

Friday 8th March 2019 11am Blick Studios 51 Malone Road Belfast BT9 6RY For International Women’s Day 2019 Womenfolk will be hosting a meet up to launch their new online...
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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

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

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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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/

* * 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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* * 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/

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!

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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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/

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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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/

Our next Creative Talk is this Wednesday 15th October at 7pm in our Hill St studios with Ciaran Crudden founder and creative director of The Last Brand a creative studio committed to crafting brands that capture imaginations and inspire meaningful consumer interactions.

Ciaran is a senior creative with over 15 years’ experience across branding, experiential, art direction and motion design. His work focuses on uncovering the visual and verbal threads that connect and resonate with audiences. Known for bold ideas and thoughtful execution, Ciaran blends strategy with creativity to craft brand communications and experiences that are both distinctive and authentic.

In this talk, Ciaran will reflect on his creative journey, offering insights into different projects, valuable lessons learned, and the real-world experience of running an independent creative studio. You can find out more about Ciaran and see his work on his website The Last Brand https://www.thelastbrand.co.uk/

Here we are also sharing some examples of his design and branding work for the drinks industry. If you would like to come along to hear Ciaran share his creative story you can sign up for free on the events page of our website link below and in profile

CREATIVE TALK DETAILS

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

More info & booking: https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-creative-talk-ciaran-crudden-creative-director-of-the-last-bra...

Oct 13

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Our next Creative Talk is this Wednesday 15th October at 7pm in our Hill St studios with Ciaran Crudden founder and creative director of The Last Brand a creative studio committed to crafting brands that capture imaginations and inspire meaningful consumer interactions. Ciaran is a senior creative with over 15 years’ experience across branding, experiential, art direction and motion design. His work focuses on uncovering the visual and verbal threads that connect and resonate with audiences. Known for bold ideas and thoughtful execution, Ciaran blends strategy with creativity to craft brand communications and experiences that are both distinctive and authentic. In this talk, Ciaran will reflect on his creative journey, offering insights into different projects, valuable lessons learned, and the real-world experience of running an independent creative studio. You can find out more about Ciaran and see his work on his website The Last Brand https://www.thelastbrand.co.uk/ Here we are also sharing some examples of his design and branding work for the drinks industry. If you would like to come along to hear Ciaran share his creative story you can sign up for free on the events page of our website link below and in profile CREATIVE TALK DETAILS Date: Wed 15th October Time: 7pm - 8pm Venue: Blick Hill St Cost: Free More info & booking: https://blickstudios.org/events/blick-creative-talk-ciaran-crudden-creative-director-of-the-last-bra...

In 2 weeks on Saturday 25th October!

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

Oct 11

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In 2 weeks on Saturday 25th October! * * 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: https://blickstudios.org/events/digital-brunch-creative-audio-for-beginners/

On the final day of his interview with us ahead of his talk next Wed 15th October Ciaran shares with us how he copes on the days he doubts himself and his creative work

If you want to sign up for the talk just visit the events page of our website!

Oct 8

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On the final day of his interview with us ahead of his talk next Wed 15th October Ciaran shares with us how he copes on the days he doubts himself and his creative work If you want to sign up for the talk just visit the events page of our website!
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