Golden Thread Gallery
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The Golden Thread Gallery claims to be Northern Ireland’s leading international contemporary art space, rooted in the local. The gallery offers residents and visitors to Belfast a programme of contemporary art exhibitions and participatory events. As one of Northern Irelands largest visual arts venues the Golden Thread Gallery acts as a platform for a mix of international and local artists, hosting six large-scale exhibitions in the main gallery spaces and twelve exhibitions in its project space.
Outreach is at the core of the gallery’s activities, working off-site and in partnership with a wide range of communities and groups, devising projects in addition to providing a range of contextual activities such as artists’ talks, gallery tours and workshops. The gallery also publishes exhibition catalogues and books exploring further contemporary practices.
Over the last ten years, the Golden Thread Gallery claims to have established an excellent reputation for creating exhibitions exploring art from the North Ireland, delivering exhibitions to international audiences through its touring programme. The gallery has delivered numerous curated exhibitions to venues across the UK and Ireland, Europe, North America, China and more recently Taiwan.
In recent years the Golden Thread Gallery has been working with a number of artists living and working in Northern Ireland to create a “not-for-profit” form of artists’ representation and has championed their work at national and international art fairs, such as the London Art Fair, Berliner Liste and Scope New York as well as establishing a dedicated in-house sales room.
Gallery Director: Peter Richards
The Golden Thread Gallery was established in 1998 by Gail Prentice in a former Linen Mill on an 'interface' in North Belfast. In 2001, the Golden Thread Gallery was reconstituted becoming the Golden Thread Gallery Ltd., a limited company recognised by the Inland Revenue as having charitable status. In 2002, Peter Richards and curator was appointed as the gallery's new director. The Gallery exhibits a blend of Northern Irish and international artists. It has also developed a program to facilitate exhibitions of Northern Irish art in other venues across the globe.
The Golden Thread Gallery is free to the Public and is funded By the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
; Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery; Belfast City Council and supported by RMI and ASHP YEHA. Many of the gallery's exhibitions have been reviewed by Circa Art Magazine and featured in the Visual Arts Ireland newspaper.
Outreach is at the core of the gallery’s activities, working off-site and in partnership with a wide range of communities and groups, devising projects in addition to providing a range of contextual activities such as artists’ talks, gallery tours and workshops. The gallery also publishes exhibition catalogues and books exploring further contemporary practices.
Over the last ten years, the Golden Thread Gallery claims to have established an excellent reputation for creating exhibitions exploring art from the North Ireland, delivering exhibitions to international audiences through its touring programme. The gallery has delivered numerous curated exhibitions to venues across the UK and Ireland, Europe, North America, China and more recently Taiwan.
In recent years the Golden Thread Gallery has been working with a number of artists living and working in Northern Ireland to create a “not-for-profit” form of artists’ representation and has championed their work at national and international art fairs, such as the London Art Fair, Berliner Liste and Scope New York as well as establishing a dedicated in-house sales room.
Gallery Director: Peter Richards
The Golden Thread Gallery was established in 1998 by Gail Prentice in a former Linen Mill on an 'interface' in North Belfast. In 2001, the Golden Thread Gallery was reconstituted becoming the Golden Thread Gallery Ltd., a limited company recognised by the Inland Revenue as having charitable status. In 2002, Peter Richards and curator was appointed as the gallery's new director. The Gallery exhibits a blend of Northern Irish and international artists. It has also developed a program to facilitate exhibitions of Northern Irish art in other venues across the globe.
The Golden Thread Gallery is free to the Public and is funded By the Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland....
; Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery; Belfast City Council and supported by RMI and ASHP YEHA. Many of the gallery's exhibitions have been reviewed by Circa Art Magazine and featured in the Visual Arts Ireland newspaper.