News
GTG SHORTLISTED FOR MAJOR CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION ARTS AWARD
31st January 2023 Golden Thread Gallery is delighted to be able to share the news that we have been shortlisted for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Award for Civic Arts Organisations 2023. We are one of 10 organisations from across the UK shortlisted for the...
St Patrick’s Day Online Shamrock Collage Workshop
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate our Gallery Assistant, Katharine Paisley, will show you how to create your very own collage shamrock.
JANUARY WORKSHOPS AT THE GTG!
We are starting the New Year off with plenty of colour and fun! Join our free family workshops on Saturday 7th to make firework paintings, using materials that might otherwise just be thrown away. On Saturday 14th January we have a teens and adults workshop for ages...
I CAN NEVER NAIL THE DAYS DOWN – Phillip McCrilly
7th January – 18th February 2023
We’re excited to present Phillip McCrilly’s first solo show in our Project Space in January 2023. Curated by Mary Stevens.
FRIDAY VOLUNTEER NEEDED!
ARE YOU AVAILABLE ON FRIDAYS? JOIN OUR VOLUNTEER TEAM!
DECEMBER WORKSHOPS AT THE GTG!
We have lots going on this month for all ages! Join our free family workshops on Saturday 3rd to make Polar Bears and on Saturday 17th December you can design your own Snow Globe. We have a second Christmas workshop on Saturday 17th in the afternoon for ages 13 and...
NOT ALONE COMES HOME
Project Space 1st – 21st December 2022
GTG is delighted to revisit one of our most popular exhibitions, which travelled all over Europe yet has never actually been seen in the gallery!
HOLD ON TIGHT – Sinéad O’Donnell | Jayne Parker | Katherine Nolan | Hollie Miller | With text by Angela Halliday
Saturday 19 November – Saturday 14 January 2023
Hold on Tight is a provocative exhibition of corporeal artworks by four artists working in performance and moving image.
Anticipated Nostalgia – DAS Home Residents
Thursday 3rd to Saturday 12th November. DAS is delighted to present Anticipated Nostalgia, an eclectic exhibition showcasing works from the recent cohort of DAS Home Residents.
DASH Arts presents a new film celebrating WAIWAV 2022
GTG was proud to be the Belfast venue for We Are Invisible We Are Visible on 02 July 2022, thirty different interventions by artists who identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent staged simultaneously at galleries across the UK. We hosted artist Porcelain Delaney...
Bon Voyage! Free art and music workshops for older people
Throughout autumn and winter, Golden Thread Gallery will continue to bring the joy of visual art to older people, thanks to an #ArtsAndOlderPeople funding award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Our new programme Bon Voyage will explore colourful summer...
FREE ART WORKSHOPS FOR TEENS AND ADULTS IN OCTOBER!
Thanks to support from the Prince of Wales Charitable Fund, we’re delighted to announce a new series of art workshops for teenagers (13+) and adults. Beginning on Saturday 8th October, we’ll host a workshop every Saturday from 1.30-3pm this month!
SPOOKTACULAR FREE FAMILY WORKSHOPS FOR OCTOBER!
We LOVE Halloween and throughout October our free family Saturday workshops will celebrate all things ooky, kooky and spooky.
GTG appoints new Development & Fundraising Officer with support from Dormant Accounts Fund NI
Thanks to supports from the Dormant Accounts Fund NI, delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund in conjunction with the Department of Finance, GTG has appointed Liz Byrne as Development and Fundraising Officer.
ARTEFACTS & ENCOUNTERS Elvira Santamaría Torres
24 September – 5 November 2022 A solo exhibition by acclaimed performance artist Elvira Santamaría Torres.
VOLUNTEER AT THE GTG!
WE NEED YOU! Volunteers are an intrinsic part of the gallery team and help with tasks spanning greeting visitors at Front of House, invigilation of exhibitions, event facilitation, archiving, workshop assistance and much more. If you are interested in volunteering...
ROOT AND BRANCH Catherine and Simon McWilliams
20 August – 15 October 2022 Opening Sat 20 August 1-4pm Catherine and Simon McWilliams, mother and son artists, present work together in the Golden Thread Gallery’s Project Space. Taking Betty McCord’s sculpture ‘Rook’ as a starting point, the exhibition is a...
WELCOME TO THE TEAM JENNIFER ALEXANDER!
Thanks to support from the Department for Communities via the Art Work Scheme administered by Future Screens NI, the Golden Thread Gallery is delighted to welcome Jen Alexander to the team as our new Audience Development Assistant. Jennifer will work closely with our...
WE’RE HIRING: Development & Fundraising Officer
Thanks to support from the from the Dormant Accounts Fund NI, delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund in conjunction with the Department of Finance, the Golden Thread Gallery is seeking applications for the role of Development & Fundraising Officer.
GTG awarded funding support from Dormant Accounts Fund NI
Wednesday 6th July 2022 Golden Thread Gallery is delighted to be able to share the news that we have been awarded funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund NI. We are one of 18 organisations from the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Northern...