News, updates & blogs from the black box.
Find out the latest Black Box news, projects, job & volunteering opportunities and regular features on exhibiting artists.
Volunteer Call Out for Black Moon Disco!
16•August•2022We are looking for volunteers! Are you interested in meeting people, having fun, building experience and skills, and making a difference to others? We are looking for volunteers to join our award-winning team to support Black Moon Disco. Black...
Online Artist TAKEOVER – Patrick Coulhoun
15•August•2022What’s your background? I have no formal art background to speak of. I did a Business Studies degree and working in the Construction industry in a Marketing capacity for many years. My interest outside of that was rugby but a...
We are recruiting a new Black Box Director!
29•July•2022Working with the Board of Directors and an established venue team, the Director will be responsible for leading the Black Box organisation with vision, delivering artistic excellence, organisational strategy, business development, funding partnerships and financial planning on local and international...
Fond Farewell Rachael!
26•July•2022After nine years, it is with great sadness that we will be wishing our inspirationally dedicated director Rachael a fond farewell when she moves on to pastures new in September. Rachael has had an instrumental impact since joining, with The...
Online Artist TAKEOVER: MMXX
20•July•2022We are MMXX, a collaboration between Francesca Vendramin (ceramicist, @fvceramics) & Stephen Dow (printmaker, @heraldblack). Francesca, from Italy, trained at Central Saint Martins (BA Hons) while Stephen is from Ireland and graduated from The Belfast School of Art. We started...
Open Call for Artists – The Green Room Exhibitions
28•June•2022The Black Box is looking for artists for our monthly exhibitions in The Green Room! Each month we feature a different artist through an in-person exhibition, as well as online through our website, blog, and social media platforms. The callout...
Online Artist TAKEOVER: Lenka Davidikova
30•May•2022Lenka Davidikova is a Slovakian artist, painter and drawer, born in 1980 in the small city of Dolny Kubin, which was then part of former Czechoslovakia. She moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2006, and in 2012 she graduated in...
Online Artist TAKEOVER: Alana Barton
18•May•2022Hi, I’m Alana Barton (@alanabartonart), a painter from the North coast of Ireland. I studied Fine art at the University of Ulster and graduated in 2016. I’m based at Vault Studios in East Belfast. My paintings explore childhood and family relationships...
Online Artist TAKEOVER: Hattie Godfrey
07•March•2022I’m Hattie Godfrey ( @hattiegodfrey ) and I’m a London born, Belfast based artist, writer and researcher. I studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths, London before completing an MSc in Psychological Science at Queen’s. I hold a studio within the @flaxartstudios Emerging Artist Programme,...
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