Join us at Void Art Centre on Tuesday 12th September from 6-7pm for a volunteer information and get together evening where you will get a private tour of Banu Cennetoglu’s exhibition right? before gaining more information about the opportunities available for volunteers. This will then be followed by an open discussion, aiming to address your wants as volunteers, finishing with an overview of what we can provide.
Refreshments will be provided.
Join artist Cara Donaghey and model Mel Bradley for an exploratory life drawing session using Banu Cennetoğlu’s exhibition right? as a backdrop on Thursday 7th September, 7-8:30pm.
No prior experience required – just come along and give it a try!
£8 per participant.
Materials and refreshments will be provided.
Acknowledgements
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Arts Council National Lottery Fund, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
These relaxed, fun sessions with artist Sinead Crumlish are always a hit with children aged 1-3 years old. Come along and get messy with your little ones!
For our current exhibition (4 March-3 June), we will be running our two Tots sessions from the slightly earlier time of 9:30-10:15am and 10:30-11:15am; we hope that this will better accommodate little ones’ nap times. Please do let us know what you think and if you would prefer us to retain these times going forward.
Please note that, due to space restrictions, one parent per child is advised. Parents or guardians are welcome to take other children along but they will be asked to remain seated in the gallery foyer or they can visit the exhibition. We also have our popular Drawing Booklets which older children can sit and engage with – just ask one of our staff.
We also ask that the attending parent please ensure both adult and child are wearing old clothes! We provide large shirts for parents to put over their clothes and we also have a large bathroom with changing facilities if you need to change clothes for baby and parent afterwards.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
These relaxed, fun sessions with artist Sinead Crumlish are always a hit with children aged 1-3 years old. Come along and get messy with your little ones!
For our current exhibition (4 March-3 June), we will be running our two Tots sessions from the slightly earlier time of 9:30-10:15am and 10:30-11:15am; we hope that this will better accommodate little ones’ nap times. Please do let us know what you think and if you would prefer us to retain these times going forward.
Please note that, due to space restrictions, one parent per child is advised. Parents or guardians are welcome to take other children along but they will be asked to remain seated in the gallery foyer or they can visit the exhibition. We also have our popular Drawing Booklets which older children can sit and engage with – just ask one of our staff.
We also ask that the attending parent please ensure both adult and child are wearing old clothes! We provide large shirts for parents to put over their clothes and we also have a large bathroom with changing facilities if you need to change clothes for baby and parent afterwards.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
Mujeres Disruptivas arpillera exhibition, on display in three locations: Ulster Museum Belfast; Ulster University Magee Campus Library, Derry; and Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, introduces us to women who have pushed the boundaries and challenged human rights abuses. It is a collaborative initiative between Conflict Textiles and Fundació Ateneu Sant Roc, Catalonia.
In this workshop you will gain an insight into some of these arpilleras (three dimensional textiles originating from Latin America which became a tool for Chilean women to stitch their lived experiences of the Pinochet dictatorship – 1973 – 1990). The workshop will start with a short visit to the arpilleras on display. You will then have an opportunity to make an arpillera doll in response to the arpilleras viewed.
Facilitators: Arpilleristas, Manoli and Pilar from the Fundació Ateneu Sant Roc group will facilitate the workshop. This is part of their wider visit to Northern Ireland to share their expertise in arpilleras and visit the ‘Mujeres Disruptivas’ exhibition venues where arpilleras from the Fundació Ateneu Sant Roc and Conflict Textiles collection are on display. They will also facilitate a workshop in Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Basic materials will be provided and the emphasis is on working with scraps/recycled material.
Please bring a scrap of fabric which has a special significance to you.
No sewing experience is needed.
Details: 2-4.30pm, Thursday 27th April, Void Gallery, Derry/Londonderry
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Arts Council National Lottery Fund, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
As part of our overall Void Engage programme, we can create bespoke programmes for schools, colleges, universities and community groups through workshops, guided tours and resources.
Teachers, lecturers, youth workers or community leaders, email Zoë at learning@derryvoid.com or phone 028 7130 8080 to plan a visit.
Wednesday 15 March 5-6pm
Are you a teacher, lecturer, youth worker or community leader? Would you like to hear more about Void Gallery and what it can offer for your class or group?
Come along to our next Teachers Preview event on Tuesday 14 March from 5-6pm!
During this event, you will gain an introduction to Void Gallery, a private tour of our current exhibition, Re_sett_ing_s, by Locky Morris and Jaki Irvine, have the opportunity to engage an example explorative drawing activity and chat to our team about what is available for your class or group.
Booking can be made via our website at www.derryvoid.com.
Print + Protein is a peer-led philosophy reading group organised by Aphra Hill responding to the Void Gallery programme, using diverse theory to expand alternative understandings of contemporary art. It takes its name from Virtual Bodies and Flickering Signifiers by Katherine Hayles which explores immaterial media and the affinity between books and bodies.
For its first edition, the group will discuss the essay The Intertwining by phenomenological philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, selected to refract the collaborative exhibition Re_sett_ing_s by Locky Morris and Jaki Irvine running at Void Gallery from 4 March – 3 June 2023. The text considers sentient experience in relation with objective existence as a system of mutual expression. Attendees will have the opportunity to read the text in advance, with readings also taking place on the day.
The event takes place on Friday 14 April 2023, 6pm-7.30pm, is free and open to the public but advance booking is required.
Aphra Hill is a writer, researcher and recent graduate of Visual Culture at NCAD.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
Join artist Cara Donaghey and model Mel Bradley for an exploratory life drawing session using Re_sett_ing_s as a backdrop.
No prior experience required – just come along and give it a try!
Thursday 13 April, 7-8:30pm.
All materials will be provided.
£3 to secure space.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
As part of our Void Explorers programme; a series of bookable workshops at Void Gallery aimed at children and young people aged 4-14 years old.
Children aged 4-8 and young people 9-14, join Grace Fairley, this April, to explore the process of animation!
Saturday 22 April 2-4pm (aimed at ages 4-8 years old)
To celebrate Earth Day we will be making stop-motion animations of nature inspired characters. Create the craziest flower, the tallest tree, or the longest worm and then bring them to life through the basics of stop motion animation!
Saturday 29 April 2-4:30pm (aimed at ages 9-14 years old)
During this workshop, we will be learning 2-D animation! Using Void’s current exhibition Re_sett_ing_s to gain inspiration, we will create a short 2-D animation by using the digital illustration app, Procreate!
Grace Fairley is a Belfast based illustrator with a passion for everything weird, wonderful, and colourful.
Courtesy of Grace Fairley.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
Discover and create your own layered images with our Learning & Outreach Officer and artist, Zoë McSparron, by responding to aspects in Void’s current exhibition, Re_sett_ing_s, by Jaki Irvine and Locky Morris, through various different explorative drawing and composition techniques before coming together as a group to create a collaborative artwork.
6-7:30pm.
All materials will be provided.
Booking can be made via our website at www.derryvoid.com.
£3 to secure space
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
The Curiosity Club is a self-directed creative space in Void Gallery which is filled with various materials, activity prompts and mediums, inspired by our current exhibition, seasonal holidays and public programming for all ages to use freely, experiment with, and enjoy. It is open at various points throughout our exhibitions.
The Curiosity Club is open for families to call in and use from 12-4pm on the following dates throughout Locky Morris and Jaki Irvine’s exhibition Re_sett_ing_s:
Thursday 16 & Friday 17 March (St Patrick’s Day themed)
Activities include: leprechaun mask making, pot of gold hanging mobiles, giant rainbows and make your own leprechaun lookers.
Saturday 1 April (Krunal Gohil inspired)
Activity: Respond to Krunal Gohil’s exhibition through collaborative scroll drawing.
Thursday 6 & Friday 7 April (Easter themed)
Activities include: DIY Easter egg basket making, hatching Easter chick hanging mobiles, Easter Bunny mask making and pebble painting.
Saturday 13 May (Jaki Irvine and Locky Morris inspired)
As part of NI Mental Health Arts Festival
Activities include: Expand the image drawing, storyboard creations, large scale imaginary scene painting and imaginative story writing, using the Make it up! card game as a starting point (Make it up! was created by The Playtrail and Kippie productions in collaboration with Void in 2022).
Saturday 20 May (Jaki Irvine and Locky Morris inspired)
As part of NI Mental Health Arts Festival
Activities include: Expand the image drawing, storyboard creations, large scale imaginary scene painting and imaginative story writing, using the Make it up! card game as a starting point (Make it up! was created by The Playtrail and Kippie productions in collaboration with Void in 2022).
No need to book, just pop along to Void – 10 Waterloo Place, Derry, BT48 6BU.
Stay tuned to our social media @derryvoid on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for details of what’s in store for each session closer to the time.
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, All Island Fund, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund, Community Foundation Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enkalon Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation.
Join artist Cara Donaghey and model Mel Bradley for an exploratory life drawing session using Isabel Nolan’s exhibition as a backdrop on Thursday 8th December and Thursday 13th April from 7-8:30pm.
All materials will be provided.
£3 to secure space
Void Gallery is supported using public funding from Arts Council Northern Ireland, Austin and Hope Pilkington Foundation, Arnold Clarke Foundation, Derry City and Strabane District Council, The Ireland Funds, Ragdoll Foundation, Art Fund, Halifax Foundation, The Arts Society.
