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BelfastTrad

Belfast Trad are a cross-community society delivering over 40 classes a week in traditional arts in a neutral location in the south of the city. They supplement their weekly programme with special events such as masterclasses, workshops, lectures, sessions etc. with the leading practitioners in the field of traditional arts.

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Crossplatform Sweden AB

Building crossplatform mobile applications using React

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Derry Products Ltd

Screenwriting for film and tv

Didactic Systems Ltd

Didactic Systems design, install and program training systems for the Education sector. We operate in both UK & Ireland.

 

Forever Social

Wedding Photography and Cinematography

A high quality wedding visuals supplier for five years now having shot weddings throughout Ireland, the UK and abroad

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Francesca Biondi

Art Director & Curator at Gallery 545

Gallery 545 is a unique online and pop-up gallery specialising in contemporary art of Northern Ireland and offering a special selection of affordable artworks. The gallery strives to celebrate, showcase and support emerging and more established artists across the region, and to make it easier for art lovers to access, discover and collect art.

Visit the gallery for art online, curated exhibitions online and at venues, private viewings of artworks and free art advisory services.

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Fred Loves Ginger

Precious beaded and woven jewellery

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Gareth McCullagh

Gareth is a self-taught sculptor of miniature figures, mainly working in the model making industry, specialising in very small-scale items. His work is better known by his online name “Clibinarium”. Most of his clients require historical subjects carefully researched to a high degree of historical accuracy. Working mostly by making physical models by hand, he has recently begun to work in digital design in order to take advantage of recent developments in 3D printing.

Jewel Parties

Jewel Parties host party experiences with a difference! They offer an afternoon, or evening, creating real jewellery taught by a professional jewellery designer.

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Next Level Media

Next Level Media create video content for businesses and organisations all over the UK. They specialise in documentary style content and aim to tell stories which raise empathy throughout the world.

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Out of Orbit

OUT OF ORBIT are a Belfast based production company who focus on live action drama. Previous productions include the 2016 Royal Television Society Award Winner We Are You and the 2015 BAFTA Winning and Academy Award® Nominated Boogaloo and Graham.

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OverSimplified Media, Inc.

OverSimplified Media creates the YouTube channel OverSimplified.  We make animated videos about history.

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Platform Media

Platform Media create bespoke marketing strategies to build and grow businesses through inspired creative experiences.

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Seaside Books

Curated selection of books from Irish authors and publishers alongside writing workshops and supporting authors in bringing their books to life.

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Will Thornton Architects

Thornton Architecture Studio was set up in Belfast by Will Thornton in 2010. Is it a practice that believes that good design and sustainability should be accessible to all.

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Another chance to see some of the pics from our @womenfolk.co JUNIOR.SENIOR event we hosted last month!
Here we meet and get some advice and insights one of our newist creative residents at Blick video editor Ben O’Neil
Happy holidays to anyone lucky enough to get a few days off work ✨️
NI CREATIVE HUBS MEETUP #3 BANGOR

This is the third meetup for creative hubs in Northern Ireland to come together, connect, share ideas, and support each other. This time in sunny Bangor, where we will be visiting:

Boom Studios @boom.studios

Seacourt Print Workshop @seacourtprints

The Courthouse @courthousebangor

If you are involved with running or working in a creative hub in Northern Ireland, we would love for you to join us at this our third meetup.

This series of events is a collaborative project between Blick Shared Studios and Boom Studios

�Book your ticket on our website (link in profile) ✨️
Thanks again to everyone who came to our last Blick Academy talk last Wednesday evening. We have our Womenfolk JUNIOR.SENIOR event this Saturday then will be taking a little break from events over the summer while we get ourselves organised for Autumn/ Winter when we are hoping to also introduce some more practical workshops. Let us know if there is anything you would like us to cover!
Just over a week to go until our Womenfolk JUNIOR.SENIOR event on Saturday 15th June with two amazing creative women sharing their stories! 

SENIOR SPEAKER: ESTABLISHED CREATIVE - NUALA CONVERY - @wee.nuls 

Wee Nuls (Nuala) is a multi-disciplinary artist and creative director based in Belfast. She works in a number of mediums including spray paint, hand drawn and digital illustration, and printmaking. Wee Nuls street art murals can be seen across Belfast and have become a part of the visual identity of the city over the past few years. She is inspired by challenging gender inequalities, beauty ideals, sexism, and raising awareness for feminist issues in a playful way. 

JUNIOR SPEAKER: EMERGING CREATIVE - MAJA SZOTKIEWICZ - OWNER OF MAJUKOOO - @majukooo 

Maja Szotkiewicz is the founder of Majukooo (selling her illustrated stationery, prints and jewellery online) , and is currently in her final year of her Graphic Design and Illustration undergraduate degree at Ulster University. Maja's work is inspired by everyday, imperfect moments, as she believes finding beauty in the mundane is the key to true happiness. Maja has been featured in Belfast Telegraph's 30 under 30 list in 2024, was a finalist at the NI Social Media Awards in the 'Entrepreneurial Student of the Year' category in 2023 and has her products stocked in 49 stockists in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada. 

EVENT DETAILS 

Event Date(s): June 15, 2024
Event Time: 11.30am
Location: Blick Shared Studios, Hill Street, Belfast BT1 2LB
Book through website (link in profile) 🌼 🌸 ♥️ ✨️
A quick summary of the month of May at Blick! you can find details on everything on our website! Link in profile 🌟 🌟 🌟
Happy Monday! Start the week by checking out our latest roundup of funding, support, opportunities, events, exhibitions and festivals for NI creatives. 

Read the full listings including links on our blog on our website (link in profile)
Another chance to find out a bit more about Saul Duffin founder of YEO magazine who is speaking at our next Blick Academy event next Wednesday evening at 7pm in our Hill St studios!

You can read the full interview on our blog or get your free tickets on our website!
Less that a week to go until our next Blick Academy Creative Talk with Saul Duffin, founder of YEO Magazine, sharing his creative story and only a couple of tickets left!

EVENT DETAILS:

Event Date(s): June 5, 2024
Event Time: 7pm
Location: Blick Shared Studios, 46 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LB
Cost: Free

Book on our website ✨️ (link in profile)

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Off for the bank holiday and wanting to work on your creative business idea? The next exercise on our resources for creatives section on our website is now available to view and download

Exercise 4 - Understanding Your "Why" or Your purpose

Your “Why” or purpose is the reason you have formed your creative practice boiled down to a single sentence (or two). This exercise will help you to understand your purpose and communicate it to the world.

Downloadable PDF and Word Versions available on our website ✨️ (link in profile)