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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/

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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.

New sign! By the talented @szuszusignco.bsky.social

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Commissioned by 9ft in common for Rainbow Alley - engraved by me and constructed beautifully by Chris Campbell-Palmer.

Vault has 2 swanky events spaces available for public and community use! In Shankill Mission - a purpose built dance studio with giant windows, natural light and a mirror wall. In the centre - Vault Gallery & Project space which is perfect for screenings, meetings, talks, workshops & more #vault

Our Belfast based arts studios has a newsletter. We are trying to beat the bloody meta algorithm by bypassing the thing altogether. If you want art news from the bestest art studio in the land the Vault Newsletter is the place to be.

Drawing away in @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social in beautiful grey Belfast. I am trying to take all my old videos off instagram so I'll slowly upload them here.

My Anti AI Propaganda is up on @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social website! www.vaultartiststudios.com/news/free-an...

My review of Red Sky at Night appears in this month’s Visual Artists’ News Sheet @visualart

Hello Blue Sky! We're an indie rock duo who releases music like this ⬇️ We also have a music studio in Belfast as part of @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social collective. Give us a follow for music creative good times, excited to be part of the sky ✨️🤘

Join us! #vault #newsletter

I’ll be reading at this tonight. Poetry, prose, drama, criticism, show-and-tell, original work, or something revisited - responding to the theme of ‘Flow’ in 7 minutes or less. January 23, 2025 Seamus Heaney Centre 18:00 - 19:30 Free #literature #seamusheaney #belfast #rivers #travelogue

Want to help run a VR experience? 'In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats' comes to Carlisle Memorial 14th-23rd March. Check out our latest 'Creative Belfast' internship opportunity and apply at: forms.gle/FqoiVVcJQGTS...

WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos. Satire has literally died. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

New, but overdue (my fault) collaboration ‘Amergin’ with @dylanbrennan.bsky.social will see the light of day very soon… some stills for now!

🙏 Many thanks to everyone who attended the Christmas Card Linocut class. More to come in the new year ✨

Linocut Christmas Card-making Workshop tonight with @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linocut-ch...

🎥✨ Animation Screening & Zoetrope Workshop. Fundraiser to Support the work of Haneen Muhammad Koraz in Gaza, an animator and educator working with displaced children and women in Gaza. 📅 When: Wednesday 18th December, 7pm 📍 Where: Vault Studios, Marlborough House www.eventbrite.com/e/animation-...

Fresh Goods Belfast pop-up is coming to an end but I’ll be going out with a bang. I’ll be opening the shop for 3 days this week (details below) Shop final week opening times: Wednesday 12-5 Thursday 12-5 Friday 12-9 (drinks and vibes from 6pm)

🧵 My experience yesterday at @vaultartiststudios.bsky.social Christmas market! First of all, I want to say a huge thank you to Vault for putting it on -organising this kind of thing cannot be easy and I'm forever grateful and amazed by the folks who do it. They really are pillars in creative comms

🧵 Enormous and humongous thanks to everyone who made it to our market yesterday. Your support and goodwill saved the day!

I'm running a Linocut Christmas Card-making Workshop! Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linocut-ch...