We are delighted to have our birthday celebrations featured on the Arts Council NI website! This feature includes interviews with three of our studio members (Reuben Brown, Gerry Devlin and Jennifer Trouton), all currently showing in our ‘We are QSS at 40’ exhibition (continues until 12th December 2024).
Clare McComish, Visual Arts Officer at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, commented: “QSS has been at the very centre of visual arts development in Northern Ireland for four decades, a place where artists are nurtured and supported and where they have space to dedicate themselves to their practice. It has always been a place where we have seen established artists supporting other emerging artists, as they start to carve their own promising careers for themselves. This exhibition is a fitting tribute to QSS, as it was and as it is today, and a reflection of its artists, from its beginnings, to present day who have achieved local, national and international acclaim.”
Exhibition curator Eamonn Maxwell said: “Working on the 40th anniversary show for QSS was a real honour and joy. The exhibition celebrates the incredible artists who make the organisation that it is today, whilst celebrating the many artists involved in the history of QSS. This is one of the largest exhibitions I’ve ever curated. At times it was a challenge to incorporate the work of almost 70 artists in a cohesive way, but I think the quality of the works lent by the artists made that challenge a lot easier. I think the exhibition really captures the energy of contemporary art working in Belfast.”
For further info visit: https://artscouncil-ni.org/news/qss-marks-40th-birthday-with-special-exhibition