Category: News
European Heritage Open Day
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in NewsOur building will be included in this years European Heritage Open Day. Built circa 1875. Formally JF Haig’s Emerald Shirt Factory Warehouse. The building is now occupied by QSS charitable organisation. QSS is an artist studio provider, providing studio space for 23 visual artists.
Dougal McKenzie at The MAC International
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in NewsQSS Studios member Dougal McKenzie was shortlisted for The MAC International 2014 award. Exhibition open from Friday 31st October, through to Sunday 18th January 2015. “I think of painting not simply as a self-contained world of depiction, but rather as a surface that connects to other surfaces. I am interested in the proposition that if the…
The Place of Painting – A Painting Symposium
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in NewsThe MAC’s inaugural symposium for arts practitioners, students and artists will explore current conditions related to contemporary painting practice. There are markedly pluralistic approaches to how painting can be thought of today; new attitudes towards figuration and abstraction work alongside ever increasing methods of ‘expanded’ practice and new technological media. Narrative concerns, history, socio-political stances,…
Lord Mayor’s visits QSS
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in NewsThe Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, stopped by QSS Artists’ Studios & Gallery to take a look at our new location on Bedford Street and see the QSS Christmas Salon exhibition. The Lord Mayor also got a chance to chat with the QSS Board and a number of studio members! In regards to his visit…
Behind the Scenes at the New QSS Studios
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in NewsImage: The Moments of Inception Exhibition includes this piece by artist Grace McMurray Queen Street Studios have been home to a number of successful artists since its development in 1984 when it was set up to satisfy a growing need for artist studio spaces in Northern Ireland. Almost thirty years later Queen Street Studios are…
QSS is now at Bedford Street!
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in NewsAs of May 2013, Queen Street Studios is now located on Bedford Street! Be sure to stop by and say hello! Our new address is 31 – 33 Bedford Street Belfast BT2 7GH