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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...
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...
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...
Latest News
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.
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...
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.
Art & Learning
Exquisite Corpse with Sophie Daly
Artist Sophie Daly presents this fun and imagination-sparking art technique and an insight into Surrealism, part of our series of online workshops exploring important techniques in the history of contemporary art, supported by Halifax Foundation NI.
The Art of Ebru or Paper Marbling with Sophie Daly
Thanks to funding from Halifax Foundation NI, we're delighted to bring you a new series of online art workshops by local artists Sophie Daly, Paul Mulgrew and Sinead O'Neill-Nicholl. Each artist has chosen two themes for workshops from influences or moments in the...
Draw like Yayoi Kusama with Chloe Morrison
In this workshop artist Chloe Morrison explores the fantastical, colourful art of iconic Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama the ‘princess of polka dots’.
Contact Details
Golden Thread Gallery
84- 94 Great Patrick Street,
Belfast
BT1 2LU
Tel. +44 (0)28 90 330920
Email: info@gtgallery.co.uk
Opening Times:
Tuesday – Friday
11am – 5pm
Saturday
11am – 4pm
Free Admission