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QSS artist Jane Rainey recently completed a commissioned artwork in Meta Open Art’s headquarters in Dublin. Meta Open Arts are an organisation who empower artists and build community through creativity by collaborating with organisations, artists and designers to offer new ways of thinking. Jane created a panoramic mural that immerses the viewer in a painted…

QSS wishes to express much sadness at the recent passing of artist, educator and friend Bill Penney. Bill was a well known and loved figure within the art world in Belfast and beyond.  He taught in the print department at the Belfast School of Art,Ulster University for many years and was a respected artist/printmaker within…

Creative residency Sport & Art, Dublin  Since January QSS artist Sharon Kelly has been involved in an exciting new project: Creative Residency in Sport & Art in Dublin, which will continue through til June. Working with Women Boxers and their coaches in Corinthians Boxing Club, North Dublin. The last few months Sharon has been travelling…

QSS artist Gerard Carson work is showing in an online exhibition called “Exquisite World” hosted by Schemata and Corsica Studios, London.  Schemata present their latest virtual group exhibition, “Exquisite World”. Showcasing artists and curators working with sound and technology whose work comes together to speculate on the potential of virtual space to imagine future worlds. The…

QSS artist Clare French is the subject of a new documentary by Peter Bromley from 1968 Film Group. 1968 Film Group are an independent collective who’s films are focused on various figures from counter culture.  ‘The Clare French Film’ highlights French’s unique working art practice beginning in her Thamesmead based studio and ending in her…

QSS artist Sharon Kelly has recently been awarded The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant which will support the creation of new work / projects. Kelly’s practice explores ideas around resilience, focusing on the mind-body synergy and incorporates drawing, video, installation and sculpture. Kelly is currently working with female boxers from Corinthians Boxing Club, north Dublin, as part…

QSS artist Grace McMurray is among the members of Array Collective who were crowned the winners of the 2021 Turner Prize at last nights ceremony. Judges praised the group for addressing social and political issues in Northern Ireland, and for translating their activism into artwork. Their work includes a mock Irish pub adorned in banners…

On 23rd November the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, in collaboration with Future Screens NI, announced funding of £85,688 to support nine individual artists from Northern Ireland in the creation of a number of exciting, high-quality arts projects using innovative digital technologies. The Individual Artists Digital Evolution Awards aims to support those artists who are…

We are delighted to share the news that QSS artist Amanda Coogan has been elected as one of the five new members of Aosdána. Aosdána was founded in 1981 to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland, it also assists it’s members in devoting their energies fully to…

On Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th December 2021 we will be launching our annual Members Christmas Exhibition and Sale. The show continues until 16th December, open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10am – 5pm. Following the success of last year’s show we are sticking with the #artistsupportpledge brief and all artworks will be priced at £200…

Qss artist David Haughey has been in residency at Art Arcadia where he was invited to consider the 700-year commemoration of Dante Alighieri, who died on the 14th of September, 1321 – and his Divine Comedy. To see the progression of his work during his time at Art Arcadia and for further details on the exhibition…

QSS artist Amanda Coogan premieres a new and exciting, live durational performance at the Rua Red Gallery next week (16th, 17th and 18th September), marking the final days of her exhibition ‘They Come Then, The Birds’. The performances, which have been created in collaboration with the Dublin Theatre of the Deaf, create a rich immersive…

WATCH Joy Gerrard share the process behind her latest work, Precarious Freedom: Crowds, Flags, Barriers on exhibit at Galway International Arts Festival until 18 September 2021. Tickets can be booked to visit the gallery here: https://www.giaf.ie/…/joy-gerrard-precarious-freedom…   This exhibition was curated by Aoife Ruane, with special thanks to the Highlanes Drogheda and Butler Gallery as touring…

QSS Studios & Gallery seek to recruit an experienced, part-time ‘Membership & Development Officer’ who will be based in their office at Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast. Following some internal restructuring to divide responsibilities, this post will be funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) and will be renewed annually subject to funding being available.…

Jennifer Trouton RUA’s ‘Mater Natura: The Abortionist’s Garden’, has joined the National Collection at Crawford Art Gallery. Trouton spoke with the Crawford Art Gallery about this work earlier in the year and what the purchase meant to her: “‘Mater Natura: The Abortionist’s Garden’ forms part of a larger body of work entitled ‘One of Many’:…

QSS invite applications for two studio sublets, one for 12 months (Studio 26 – available from 3rd August 2021) and one for 6 months (Studio 25 – available from 1st September 2021). Our studios are located on the second floor of The Arches Centre, 11-13 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AA and are accessible during the…

Belfast’s Array Collective has recently been nominated for the 2021 Turner Prize.  The collective includes Sighle Bhreathnach-Cashell, Sinead Bhreathnach-Cashell, Jane Butler , Emma Campbell, Alessia Cargnelli, Mitch Conlon, Clodagh Lavelle, Grace McMurray [QSS], Stephen Millar, Laura O’Connor and Thomas Wells. These artists join together to create collaborative actions in response to the sociopolitical issues affecting Northern…

Congratulation to QSS artist Amanda Coogan on the purchase of ‘YELLOW’ for the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s collection. In October 2020, the Irish Government committed €1m to IMMA and the Crawford Art Gallery to fund the purchase of artworks by artists living and/or working on the island of Ireland. This investment enabled the two…

QSS artist Gail Ritchie, is taking part in an online roundtable discussion called ‘The Power of Creative Methods when Doing Political Analysis’ tomorrow – 5th March 2021, 2 -4 pm GMT. The aim of this roundtable is to discuss why it matters to include creative and visual methods when doing political analysis; how creative methods…