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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...
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...
Latest News
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.
‘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.
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’.