May 2020

Date/Time Event
20/05/2020 - 02/06/2020
All Day 		LOCAL ART BY LOCAL ARTISTS: John Baucher
Whilst primarily known as a photographer John has been exploring sculpture and assemblages creating work which incorporates found, gifted and retrieved flags along with other ephemeral items. The resulting sculptures are nuanced observations of identity. 

Jun 2020

Date/Time Event
08/06/2020 - 22/06/2020
All Day 		LOCAL ART BY LOCAL ARTISTS: Jacky Sheridan
Jacky Sheridan is an Irish illustrator based in Belfast who specialises in bold editorial work, fun typographic pieces, & illustration for branding & advertising. Her distinct Pop Art influenced style has led to her working with clients such as Facebook, Jameson Whiskey, Tesco, VICE and Culture Trip amongst many others.
Build Each Other Up by Jacky Sheridan
08/06/2020
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm 		‘Dear John’ – The Loyalist News and John McKeague, with Gareth Mulvenna
The second instalment of the ‘NIPC Series’ will present a number of curios from writer and researcher Gareth Mulvenna’s examination of the Loyalist News, including an open letter from the mysterious Jimmy McKenna to Cardinal Conway and McKeague’s commentary on his incitement to hatred charge.  
22/06/2020
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm 		Middle-class life in Victorian Belfast, with Alice Johnson
This online talk will focus on the middle-class elite who shaped the fastest-growing UK city in the nineteenth-century - the place that was known as Linenopolis. Based on extensive primary material, Alice Johnson's research offers new, interesting and original insights into the bourgeoisie in nineteenth-century Ireland. 
29/06/2020 - 08/07/2020
All Day 		LOCAL ART BY LOCAL ARTISTS: Laura Atkinson
Laura Atkinson is an undergraduate student of Fine Art at Ulster University, and most of her work explores the relationship between architectural, man-made  and organic forms, between abstract and figurative shapes, using mixed media; photography, acrylic paint, paper stencils, linocuts and digital manipulation, to create wall based collages that challenge perspectives and create an escape from the paradigm of reality, allowing the viewer to share the sense of relief that she encounters while creating the work.