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GTG is closed for Christmas from Thursday 23rd December to Wednesday 5th January
All of us at the Golden Thread Gallery would like to thank our visitors, subscribers, followers and friends for their continued support over the past twelve months. It has not been an easy time for anyone, but we've been so heartened by the collective goodwill and...
God is Meditating: Still – a new exhibition by Edy Fung
GTG is delighted to present a new solo exhibition by Edy Fung in the Project Space, curated by Sarah McAvera. Saturday 15th January to Saturday 19th February 2022
Artist Opportunity: Elmer’s Big Belfast Trail!
GTG is always delighted to share opportunities for artists in Northern Ireland and this one is mammoth! Next summer, Elmer's Big Belfast Trail will bring David McKee’s popular children’s character Elmer the Patchwork Elephant to life across Belfast and Northern...
We’re Hiring with JobStart NI!
Golden Thread Gallery seeks applications from 16-24 year olds on the JobStart NI Scheme for a new part-time role: Gallery Front of House Assistant.
GTG shortlisted for Aisling Culture & Arts Award!
Golden Thread Gallery are delighted that we have been shortlisted in the Arts & Culture Rebuilder category, sponsored by Movie House Cinemas. The award seeks to recognise those who have sustained the Arts sector, which was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic.
GTG is celebrating World Children’s Day on 20th November with our biggest ever art giveaway!
We're marking World Children's Day on Saturday 20th November by giving away HUNDREDS of free art packs to enable children across Northern Ireland to create art representing their fundamental rights. Just email us to request yours! World Children’s Day is celebrated on...
GTG is hosting Belfast Potter’s Market Christmas 2021!
On Saturday 11th December from 12pm to 7pm we’ll host Belfast Potter’s Market, just in time for Christmas!
FREE FAMILY WORKSHOPS IN NOVEMBER!
Our free Saturday art workshops for families this month take place on the 13th and 20th November. As always it’s free to take part, and we’ll supply all the art materials and light refreshments! We have our new Covid-19 safety measures in place too. For safety...
Outburst Arts Festival: The Rebel Dykes Art & Archive Show
Friday 12th Nov – Saturday 4th Dec. We’re delighted to welcome Outburst Arts Festival back to the Golden Thread once again!
Lighthouse by Donovan Wylie
From Saturday 27th Nov 2021 to Saturday 12th Feb 2022, explore photographer Donovan Wylie’s Lighthouse series.
GTG at the Family Friendly Museum Awards 2021!
On Monday 11th October the GTG team attended the virtual Family Friendly Museum Awards 2021, where Golden Thread Gallery was nominated for Best Small Museum! The prestigious awards were created by Kids in Museums in 2004, and have been growing every year, with a new...
Farewell from Esther Andare!
We're very sad to be saying goodbye to Esther Andare, our wonderful Community Foundation NI and VSB intern. She's off to finish her Masters degree, and we have no doubt she will do so brilliantly! GTG has gained so much from our time working with Esther; from learning...
‘Portrait of Northern Ireland’ exhibition opens Tuesday 12th October
The exhibition features over 100 artists who have explored perspectives of Northern Ireland’s people and landscapes from the 1920s until the present day.
GTG is going the extra mile for refugees this month!
This month the GTG team is going to be making every mile we go count for refugees - we're taking part in the British Red Cross Miles for Refugees fundraising event! We will be walking, running, rowing, cycling and swimming a target distance of 72 miles - that's the...
FREE FAMILY WORKSHOPS IN SEPTEMBER!
Our free Saturday art workshops for families this month take place on the 11th and 18th of September! As always it’s free to take part, and we’ll supply all the art materials and light refreshments! We have our new Covid-19 safety measures in place too. For safety...
Seen as it’s made = Made as it’s seen: Lennon
Golden Thread Gallery presents ‘Seen as it’s made = Made as it’s seen’, a solo exhibition by Lennon, ‘one of the most important Irish painters currently working in the field of non-objective art’. The exhibition in Gallery One and Gallery Two includes a new appearance of Folded/Unfolded, a work with a fifty-year legacy, which will be made in the gallery space itself in August 2021.
GTG ‘one of the best places to visit in Belfast’, says Clayton Hotels!
We are delighted to be featured as one of the best places to visit in Belfast by our city centre neighbours at the Clayton Hotel in their Belfast Weekend Guide! The Gallery is an easy ten minute walk from the hotel, with a choice of routes that take you past some of...
Portrait of Northern Ireland Centenary exhibition at the Golden Thread Gallery announced
Secretary of State Brandon Lewis has announced a major art exhibition to showcase Northern Ireland’s creative talent as part of the Northern Ireland Office’s Centenary programme. The Portrait of Northern Ireland: Neither an Elegy nor a Manifesto exhibition, which will...
SATURDAY FAMILY WORKSHOPS ARE BACK IN AUGUST!
Our free Saturday art workshops for families are back from August! Workshops will take place in the gallery on the first and third Saturdays of every month, with new Covid-19 safety measures in place. As always it's free to take part, and we'll supply all the art...
The Bystander Effect: Alison Lowry
Golden Thread Gallery are delighted to share Alison Lowry’s new exhibition The Bystander Effect in the Project Space. The culmination of two years of research, The Bystander Effect examines the role that we, as a society, had in allowing an ‘architecture of containment’ to develop in Northern Ireland; the physical infrastructure and systems used to incarcerate women and children in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland, including Industrial Schools, Children’s Homes, Mother and Baby Institutions and Magdalene Laundries.