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Buy Local Art 2020 – thank you for making it a success!
Over the eight weeks of our Buy Local Art campaign we shared work by 53 artists from across Northern Ireland and Ireland! That's only a small sample of the incredible array of artists creating work on this island - artists whose talent and creativity should be...
Foundation Stones for Holocaust Memorial Day 2021: Painting Workshop
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2021, the Golden Thread Gallery is joining with schools, community groups, museums and galleries across the UK by taking part in the Foundation Stones project. On Wednesday 20th January, the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation invites you...
GTG is taking part in Foundation Stones to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
This year the Golden Thread Gallery will join with schools, community groups, art galleries and museums across the UK taking part in the Foundation Stones project, a very special art project to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Foundation Stones invites you to paint a...
GTG Workshop: Mini chest of drawers with Sophie Daly!
This week’s workshop will show you how to make your own miniature chest of drawers out of a cardboard box. We probably have lots of these left over from the holidays, so it would be great to make them useful again! The most fun part of making your own mini furniture...
GTG Workshop: Festive and fierce present wrapping!
Our wonderful GTG elves know that everyone wants their Christmas presents to look extra special this year. So they've created this fun workshop to show you how to make gift wrapping into an artform, using sustainable, planet-friendly materials! Including a potato....
GTG Blog: Reflecting on our diversity conversations in 2020 by Esther Andare
As the year is quickly drawing to a close, it is only right to reflect on it. It goes without saying that 2020 has been one to remember for a lot of reasons (particularly an eleven-letter word on everyone’s mind that starts with a C and ends with an S). And it would...
Bonus GTG Junior Gallery Christmas Workshop!
Our GTG elves Katharine and Esther have filmed a bonus workshop for our Junior Gallery artists! Watch this video to learn how to make a beautiful and festive Christmas Tree mobile. https://vimeo.com/491179944 You'll need: A paper plate or circle of cardboard (you can...
Not Alone in Amsterdam!
Our exhibition in a bottle has left Italy after four months and travelled across Europe to the Netherlands. Last week it arrived at the University of Amsterdam, and the wonderful UvA Kunstgeschiedenis, or Department of Art History. Art historian, curator and Professor...
GTG Workshop: Fly the Flag 2020
Today is #HumanRightsDay2020 marking the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year the focus is Article 25 of the Declaration: “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his...
GTG Reopening Friday 11th December! Book your visit now!
We're delighted to announce that the Golden Thread Gallery will re-open to the public on Friday 11th December, with our wonderful exhibitions Put It To The People and What al-Nadeem Knew. In order to keep all our visitors and staff safe, and follow government...
GTG Blog: Show Us Our Culture
Our Community Foundation NI New Needs intern Esther Andare reflects on the discussion that she led in our first GTG Improving Diversity & Inclusion in the Arts online session, which invited individuals to share their experiences as audience members. On the 24th of...
GTG Workshop: Drawing Inspired by Outburst!
In response to this year's Outburst Arts Festival exhibition What al-Nadeem Knew, Gallery Assistant Katharine has created a fun drawing workshop for our Junior Gallery artists, exploring how we might imagine and draw a person differently if we take away pronouns that...
GTG Workshop: Drawing inspired by Outburst!
We've been lucky to see this year's Outburst exhibition What al-Nadeem Knew here in the gallery, but unfortunately we haven't been able to share it with the public yet, as we are still closed under Covid-19 restrictions. We hope we can re-open in time to welcome you...
GTG Junior Gallery Christmas Workshop!
IT’S CHRIIIIISTTTTMASSSSSS!!!! Come join us as we show you how to make your own Christmas Decorations from paper plates and paper from around the house! You will learn how to make a hanging Christmas tree decoration and a Christmas wreath in our fun, creative festive...
GTG Christmas Workshop for Grown Ups!
Grab a drink, stick on your Christmas jumper and come make some glittery Christmas decorations with us! To kick off the festive season and get you feeling a bit merry and bright on a dark December night, the GTG team are going to show you how to make your own...
GTG Reopening Postponed
GTG REOPENING POSTPONED In line with the decision made by the Assembly tonight to extend Covid-19 restrictions, we must unfortunately postpone our re-opening & gallery launch of Outburst Arts Festival 'What al-Nadeem Knew' exhibition. We're all disappointed, but...
Exploring the GTG Gallery Archive: Juno Calypso
Continuing our re-cataloguing of GTG Exhibition Archive material, Gallery Assistant and artist Katharine Paisley writes about one of her favourite (re)discoveries so far! Recently, we’ve been sorting through old archive material - as a new(ish) member of the GTG team,...
GTG Gallery Talks: Joy Gerrard
Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions the wonderful exhibition 'Put It To The People' by Joy Gerrard is currently closed to the public. In lieu of being able to see the artworks in real life, we are delighted to bring you this unique and in-depth interview with the...
GTG Online Forum Series: Session 3 Moving From Talk into Action
Golden Thread Gallery's series of online discussions about diversity in the arts and exploring what improvements are needed in striving for more inclusivity and engagement for people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background continues on Thursday 10th...
GTG Online Forum Series: Session 2 Addressing Diversity in Arts Organisations
Golden Thread Gallery invites you to a series of online discussions about diversity and inclusion in the arts, supported by the Community Foundation NI New Needs fund. These three discussions online are part of a series of events that will encompass webinars, talks...