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Activision Blizzard

Computer games company

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Alley Cats Films

Alleycats is a Derry based multi award winning TV and film production company, with offices in London and Belfast. We make a range of programming for the likes of the BBC, C4, and RTE, as well as selling internationally. We’ve just finished Helluva Tour, the biggest Advertiser Funded Project that C4 have ever undertaken, and are currently in production on a number of films, including Documentary Feature Project Children.

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Alex Synge / The First 47

The First 47 is the studio of Irish graphic designer and artist Alex Synge. The studio specialises in design for print, web and visual identity for a wide range of clients in the cultural, commercial and academic fields. As an artist, he has exhibited work in Dublin, London, Glasgow, Milan, New York, Chicago and LA. His work has been featured in publications such as Semi-Permanent and Faesthetic, as well as online on Booooooom, It’s Nice That and The Fox is Black. He also proudly runs collaborative illustration project Keep Sketch and is a founding member of the 100 Archive.

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Boulder Media

Animation and Production Studio

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C McKeown Copywriting & Editorial Services

A writer and editor with a broad range of skills and interests, Cormac specialises in explaining complicated subjects in straightforward language. His experience in the field began in 2001 with subediting shifts for the Irish edition of the Daily Mirror. Later, he spent five years as an editor and lexicographer at HarperCollins Publishers, where he was latterly head of content for English dictionaries, and five years as a financial copywriter at Martin Currie in Edinburgh. Since going freelance in 2014, Cormac has continued to focus on the financial-services sector but equally welcomes the opportunity to produce clear, engaging copy for clients in other industries.

Dot Projects

Architecture Studio

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Eoin O’Shea

Eoin O’Shea is a a Chartered Architectural Technologist and runs his CIAT Chartered Practice called PIM Smart.

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Farren Architects

Architecture Studio

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Francesca Biondi

Art consultancy & art gallery

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Joe Laverty Photography

Joe Laverty is a Belfast based architectural photographer, who’s understanding of the built environment and ability to capture the essence of space and place has seen him photograph Architecture & Interiors for a number of leading architects across the UK & Ireland.
A portrait photographer as well, Joe is a regular contributor to Freckle Magazine and The Thin Air and has portrait work published in the national press.

Joe also runs the portrait series ‘Humans of the Camino’.

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Komodo Learning

Komodo Learning developed and published an app for teaching young children maths and English.

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Magnetised

Magnetised is an internet design and technology company focussed on delivering beautiful solutions to difficult problems.

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Maureen Laverty

Inclusive designer and design researcher

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TechFoundHer

Events and training programmes to support women to innovate with tech and start tech companies

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This Sunday 8th March Blick resident @seasidebooksni have this great new course starting in our South Belfast Studios 

Pop Culture Poetics is a six-week workshop for writers, creators, and curious minds who want to explore how pop culture can serve as a powerful muse for poetic expression. Sessions start March 8, 2026 and will be held Sundays from 5-7pm GMT at Blick Studios. £40 per person.

Each week, we’ll unpack how the media we consume shapes our understanding of identity, authenticity, and art. From The Kardashians to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Instagram poetry, we will explore how culture is created and discuss poetry each week that utilises pop culture as a vehicle to examine race, class, gender, and sexuality. Prompts will be given each week to inspire participants to write poetry inspired by television, music, internet culture, and more. We’ll imagine the future of poetry through the lens of economic uncertainty, digital overload, and a search for authenticity in an age of constant performance, gaining a deeper understanding of pop culture as both mirror and muse. Whether you’re new to poetry or a seasoned writer looking to reignite your craft, Pop Culture Poetics invites you to bring your obsessions, your playlists, your timelines—and turn them into verse.

https://blickstudios.org/events/pop-culture-poetics/
- - NEXT WEEK - FINANCE ADVICE SESSIONS FOR ARTISTS - -

As part of the Arts and Mental Health Partnership Programme, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, National Lottery and the Baring Foundation we will be facilitating these 1-2-1 online Financial Advice Sessions for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. 

These sessions will be an opportunity for artists to talk through their art practice finances and the tailored financial resources we will put together ahead of the sessions. Registered artists will work with us in advance of the session to ensure the outcomes are personalised to meet the financial needs of each artist. All participants will receive personalised post-session goals and actions.

For more info and to book visit:

For more info and to book visit: https://blickstudios.org/events/13482/
What's coming up at Blick over the next couple of months!
Some great insights from @laurenkelsoillustrator 's creative talk for us back in May last year!
- - FINANCE ADVICE SESSIONS FOR ARTISTS - -

As part of the Arts and Mental Health Partnership Programme, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, National Lottery and the Baring 
Foundation, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland will be running 2 x online sessions and 5 x in-person Self-Care Workshops for Individual Artists in Derry/Londonderry this March. 

Including these 1-2-1 online Financial Advice Sessions we will be hosting for registered artists to talk through their art practice finances and the tailored financial resources we will put together ahead of the sessions. Registered artists will work with us in advance of the session to ensure the outcomes are personalised to meet the financial needs of each artist. All participants will receive personalised post-session goals and actions.

For more info and to book visit: https://blickstudios.org/events/13482/
- - BLICK CREATIVE RESOURCES - NESTA CREATIVE ENTERPRISE TOOLKIT - -

A great weekend exercise for anyone with an idea for a creative business!

The idea for Blick came during a NESTA https://www.nesta.org.uk/ creative enterprise program in Belfast School of Art in 2006.

We used this toolkit back then and it's still a great free resource to help you plan, build, test, communicate and launch your new creative business.

You can find this downloadable PDF on the resources section of our website. Link below and in profile 

https://blickstudios.org/resources/nesta-creative-enterprise-toolkit/