Location: QSS Gallery 2

Things seems harder now than in living memory: our working lives are riddled with concerns of precarity, hustling and burnout, and our newsfeeds reflect the horrors of global genocide, political unrest, wealth inequality, gender-based violence, and environmental collapse. And yet we persist. QSS studio members Meadhbh McIlgorm and Gail Ritchie join Jane in conversation to collectively explore what we…

McKenzie has pin-pointed in the work of McKeown, Clarke and Conlon an interrogation of imagery that is at once both graphic in tendency yet foregrounded in the materiality of the studio. The essays in Ranciere’s book all originated in the very early years of the 21st century; the internet was still in its infancy and…

She will explore the art world’s infrastructure at the time, examining the exhibition and funding opportunities available to visual artists. Una will also highlight the key connections between arts organisations such as the Art and Research Exchange and the Artists Collective of Northern Ireland, which laid the groundwork for establishing collective studios. Using archival documents…

At the start of the evening Una will reflect on the political and cultural landscape of early 1980s Northern Ireland, the period in which Queen Street Studios (QSS) was founded. She will explore the art world’s infrastructure at the time, examining the exhibition and funding opportunities available to visual artists. Una will also highlight the…

“This show is not meant to act as celebration of the past 40 years of QSS, but seeks to acknowledge the many great artists who have helped create the organisation and to highlight the huge talent that exists in the current membership.” We Are QSS At 40 Exhibitors Current Members Alana Barton, Mollie Browne, Reuben Brown,…

Schedule for Guided Tours We can take a maximum of 15 people on each tour. Please book your place to avoid disappointment. Guided Tour 1  Time: 12.30pm Led by: Susan Connolly Artist Studios: Niamh Clarke/Sharon McKeown (shared studio), Catherine Davison, Dan Ferguson, Kate O’Neill and Sinead McKeever. Guided Tour 2 Time: 2pm Led by: Sharon…

In 2023, President Michael D. Higgins said, “We have to reject the suggestion that war is the natural human condition or indeed that xenophobia is a natural human condition, or that people of different religions or cultures cannot reconcile (and) live harmoniously…We have to pursue a new symmetry. Our very species’ survival depends on that,…

‘Freebirds M.C.C. Project’ will bring a motorcycle rally exhibition to the Gallery combining film, artwork, and motorcycles. A motorcycle rally themed event, held on Saturday 8th June, will feature live music from Lazarus Brother playing heavy metal classics, followed by a screening of the short film co-created with Bruno Pierucci ‘Freebirds’, inviting the audience to…