Today’s the day! A hoorah… 12–4pm, 28-32 Victoria Street, Belfast! Vid by @leoprints.bsky.social

Our art studio is moving to a different bit of Belfast city centre so I organised a small paste up outing with some of the artists on a wall I have been pasting on for the last while. It pissed down with rain but everyone came very colourfully dressed and for a minute we beat the terrible weather.

The time has come when Everyone Must Go (from our Marlborough House building). But before we do we're having a sale! Come and grab some bargains and giveaways on Sunday 1 Feb from 12pm — 4pm. Free city centre parking. Open to all. Good dogs are always welcome. 28-32 Victoria Street!

Members’ meeting.

Belfast city Hospital Tower block is celebrating 40 years of being a weird brutalist erratic on the Belfast skyline and I was commissioned to make some art for the exhibition in the hospital. The exhibition is called 40 never looked so good and runs until April. @belfasttrust.bsky.social

A constant…

Vault Artist Studios presents... A comic in 5 pages. In little more than two weeks, Vault at Marlborough House will be no more as our tenancy in this home for the last 2 years and 8 months comes to an end. Marlborough House was a temporary building for us as the site is due for redevelopment…

Some snaps of today’s ‘Belfast Pop Shop’ by @leoprints.bsky.social - more again tomorrow at Vault Marlboro House - 23-32 Victoria St Belfast!

A story in 5 Jpegs. Belfast Pop Shop is back and for the final time in @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social gallery as we have to move out in February. Who knows where (or who) we will be next year :) #belfast #art #ireland #popart #printmaking

I'll be up at the Vault Xmas Market again today. Hoping for more conversations like: 'Can I pay you in Euro?' 'OK. How come you're paying in Euro?' 'I won in a casino in Dublin' And: 'Do you know anyone who does mime in Belfast' 'Yeah, there's a guy called Grant doing mime behind you.'

Today is the last day of @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Christmas Market in Carlisle church which means its the last chance to catch Godzilla Santa in the house of God :) #belfast #godzilla #belfastchristmasmarket

Some shots from Day 1 of our Christmas Market by our talented member and co-chair and professional photographer Kristi McHenry. We're doing it all over again today from 11am-5pm at Carlisle Memorial thanks to @bbtbelfast.bsky.social Food, drink, 80+ stalls, music, and no-AI generated 'art'. C U !

@vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Christmas Market opens this weekend we got in the paper due to our anti AI stance. I know its not the New York Times but it is something. :) #belfast #noai

So pleased @markxa.com flagged up @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social show at Carlisle Memorial today & tomorrow. And v pleased to be buying from talented local artists

The Legendary Vault Christmas Raffle is already underway with dozens of super generous donated goodies.This year we have 6 enormous hampers of handmade art, crafts, textiles, food, theatre tickets and vouchers from all local independent businesses to be won.

We bumped into Mrs Claus in a shopping centre in the North Pole where she was trying to do a spot of Christmas shopping. She didn’t seem particularly impressed and is coming to the Vault Christmas Market to get her gifts made by human hands instead. Hurrah!!!!!!

When we founded @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social in the deep past of 2017 we did so with the idea that art could improve things, that art could build and enrich communities and make radical creative change to our home city of Belfast. #belfast #aislop #antiai

It is @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Christmas Market this weekend and I have to build a Godzilla Santa Grotto in the Church for the event because I said I would but also building Godzilla Santa grottos is my calling... except I have a cold/flu and feel generally terrible :(

Some details from ‘All Welcome’ at Vault Marlborough House (28-32 Victoria St, Belfast). Show runs until the 12th of November — get down before 6 pm tomorrow.

‘All Welcome’ is open until 6pm today and tomorrow 12 November — the final day (12–6pm).

Every year I design the @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Christmas Market poster and this year I was going to go with an abstract torn paper design like you might find on a billboard in Europe but as soon as I started the design it sent this way and there was nothing I could do to stop it. #belfast

Don't forget, Dragos Musat and J SHIELDS' immersive and interactive show continues today, Wednesday and Thursday from 12–3pm daily. Don't miss it! @jshieldsxoxo.bsky.social @dragosm.bsky.social

Did you go to Culture Night? Let Belfast City Council know how it went by filling in this short survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CNB25PART

LATE NIGHT ART is back at the Vault in Marlborough House. This month the wonderful Dragos Musat and J SHIELDS have created an immersive durational art piece combining visual art and ambient music inspired by natures beauty and resistance to decay. @jshieldsxoxo.bsky.social @dragosm.bsky.social

TODAY!

SWANKY SHANKY! Sunday 31 Aug 1—4pm! A great, free, fun day for all ages - all invited. Workshops in: Gargoyles & Grotesques sculpture; Table-top mosaic; Family Crest Design and Modern Set-Dancing; all with a backdrop of eclectic live music. Just turn up! www.facebook.com/events/18281...

Massive thanks to everyone who attended the opening of ‘Arts or Storage’. The exhibition continues daily from 12-6 until Mon 11 August, and we'd love to see you. Vault Gallery & Project Space | Marlborough House Many thanks to Neil Hainsworth for the incredible photos.

New work: experimental photographs comprising multiple shots taken at regular intervals on a walk. A journey condensed into a single image. A3 Giclée print. 1: ‘Sunset off Boyd Street’ 2: ‘Sugarhouse Entry (Night) 3: ‘Victoria Park’ 4: ‘Ghost Trees’ jonathanbrennanart.com/shop/

Yep… www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Upcoming Exhibition: 'Shopwork' Late Night Art / Late Night Vault Opens: Thurs 3 July (6–9pm) Exhibition continues: Fri 4–Wed 9 July (12–6pm daily) Vault Gallery | Project Space. 28–32 Victoria St. BT1 3GG Find out more: www.vaultartiststudios.com/shopwork

Thanks to everyone who visited our Art Car Boot Fair on Sunday! @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social

Portrait taken by Laura Kelly ( www.instagram.com/5degreeswest ) at @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social market!

It's nearly time! *** vAuLt ArT cAr BoOt FaIr!! *** 22 June (12–5pm) 39 Corporation Street, Belfast City Centre. www.vaultartiststudios.com/artcarbootfair

The excellent 'RAW - Vault in Focus' continues today at Vault Artist Studios from 12-5pm. Part of Belfast Photo Festival, featuring work from Vault artists, and curated by Rob Hilken. @robhilken.bsky.social Find out more: www.vaultartiststudios.com/raw-vault-in...

My latest publication 'Bag of Excuses: Exploring Femicide Through Art' considers Gemma Mae Halligan and Sinéad O’Neill-Nicholl's exhibition @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social. Article available via: www.wimbelfast.com/voices/bag-o... #FemicideinIreland #DomesticAbuse #LawAndArt

Delighted that ‘Amergin’ has been awarded the top ‘Director’s Choice’ award at the International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles 2025! See the film for yourself in Dublin as part of Bloomsday Film Festival - 13 June, 3pm: @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social ! @dylanbrennan.bsky.social

📣 REMINDER 📣 An opportunity to join our vibrant creative and growing community. Deadline 5pm today!

Vault is hiring a new Studio Manager. Could this be you? Deadline 22 May. Find out more: www.vaultartiststudios.com/vacancy-stud...

Vault is hiring a new Studio Manager. Could this be you? Deadline 22 May. Find out more: www.vaultartiststudios.com/vacancy-stud...

Short video of my piece at DAS Belfast - thanks to everyone who came. Exhibition continues: 7th – 22nd May , Tues – Fri, 12 – 4pm.

Back to the drawing wall today and I will be here most of the time even though I have is an insanely busy week. This mural is just opposite @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Hit the North start now so if you are into Street art in Belfast then this is the week for for you!

ALINE* in full swing today. A unique, informal public event for people to come and find out what goes on in the artist-led scene in Belfast and why artist-led initiatives are fundamental to the arts and creative industries. *Artist-Led Initiative Networking Event!

I have a website and webshop where I sell all kinds of paintings and silk screen prints and some digital prints. I also blog on there a bit which is probably the most fun part of having my own website. Have a read over here: www.leoboyd.com/read-all-abo...

Work in progress for group show at DAS Belfast for Late Night Art 1 May 2025.

An @fgb.bsky.social spotted in the wild this evening.

ALINE - A networking event for artists. Meet Belfast's artist-led galleries, collectives, studios and initiatives. Find out more about how you can get involved on our website: www.vaultartiststudios.com/aline

What a day to host a spray paint workshop at @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social

Delighted to announce that ‘Amergin’ has been selected for the International Poetry Film Festival in L.A. this year. A film by @dylanbrennan.bsky.social and @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social

I am running this artist development event in @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social where aspiring creatives can chat to 5 professional Belfast based artists to pick our brainz on how we got to where we are. Please share if you can. www.vaultartiststudios.com/pick-our-bra...

A visit to @arraycollective.bsky.social “The Goose and The Common” at @ruaredgallery.bsky.social yesterday.