Category: News

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…

The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) is facilitating a virtual visit to Joy Gerrard’s studio space at QSS on Thursday 4th February @ 1pm over Zoom. There will be an opportunity to view some of Joy’s recent work and to ask her questions about her practice and inspirations. Visit: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/lunchtime-studio-visit-with-joy-gerrard-arha-tickets-138786836163 to book your ticket. Joy Gerrard lives…

To mark the beginning of a New Year and look forward to an era post-COVID-19, the Centre Culturel Irlandais has commissioned 40 artists to address the world with their reflections on the times in which we live: choreographers, theatre makers, writers, musicians, visual artists and filmmakers convey their values, their preoccupations, their anger and frustrations…

Congratulations to QSS artist Jane Rainey on receipt of the K+M Evans Painting Prize (for Icy Moon) at the RHA’s 190th Annual Exhibition. Jane has shown work across Ireland. Recent solo shows include The Horizon Is Never Still, Molesworth Gallery, 2019 and Ridges, Rathfarnham Castle, 2018. Group shows include: VUE Art Fair, RHA, 2019; Futures Series…

Congratulations to QSS artist Jennifer Trouton on winning the Watercolour Prize at the Royal Ulster Academy’s 139th Annual Exhibition. The prize was sponsored by the Errigle Inn Belfast and selected by this year’s adjudicator, Glenn Patterson. Jennifer’s work has featured in group exhibitions both nationally and internationally since graduating from the University of Ulster in…

QSS is delighted to announce that Belfast School of Art graduate Kwok L Tsui has been awarded our 2020-21 Graduate Bursary. The bursary takes the form of free studio provision (1 December 2020 – 31st August 2021) and aims to relieve an emerging artist from financial pressure whilst easing the transition from university to professional…

QSS artist Amanda Coogan took part in Visual Carlow’s celebration of Culture Night 2020 on Friday 18th September. This celebration, entitled ‘When I’, took the form of a 30-minute programme of newly commissioned works and performances for screen, bringing together some of Ireland’s leading artists. Amanda’s piece, ‘Above the Starry Canopy’, was a collaboration with…

The MAC is exhibiting a selection of work from the Ulster University BA and MFA Fine Art Class of 2020, across their three galleries until 11th Ocober 2020. Included in the class of 2020 is QSS artist and MFA graduate Vasiliki Stasinaki. To hear about Vasiliki’s work click on the video below. You can also pre-book your…