Void welcomes new team members: Cecelia Graham and Shakira Nelis

Join us in welcoming two new members of the Void Art Centre team:

 

Cecelia Graham, Curator of Civic Engagement

 

Cecelia Graham (she/her) is a curator based between Derry and Belfast, whose work often considers modes of working that emerge from collaborative and slow methods within ecology, agriculture and participatory knowledge gathering. Cecelia joins us from CCA Derry~Londonderry, where she was Marketing and Digital Programmes Coordinator, and she has previously been a co-director of artist-led organisation Catalyst Arts and Curator in Residence at Pssquared. Cecelia is a previous Jerwood Curatorial Accelerator Fellow and recently was part of British Art Networks Emerging Curators Group.

 

Shakira Nelis, Facilities Assistant

 

Shakira Nelis is Void’s Facilities Assistant. With a background in graphic and interactive design, Shakira had a media development business in Dublin, whilst lecturing and mentoring students at DIT Dublin and the University of Ulster at Magee. In 2006 she started travelling around the world with her family and recently returned to Derry. She will be assisting the Co-ordinator of Production and Dynamics with the Art Centre’s day-to-day running, and supporting the team with Void’s ongoing projects, including website development, brand identity and archiving. In her own time Shakira creates digital and analog collage that coalesces her long held interests in photography and typography.

 

Photo (left): Eslam Abd El Salam

Four women stand together - two on either end of the row hold their arms out in a gesture of enthusiasm - and each smiles at the camera. One woman in the middle holds a blue t-shirt indicating a charity walk. They stand in front of a glass-fronted building with the word Void in white lettering to their left. Behind and to the right is a large white building with several windows and a tree. The scape depicts an urban area.

Mourne Madness charity walk!

Void team embark on Mourne Mountains walk in support of Autism NI!

 

Sunday 6 August 2023

 

Help us support Autism NI as we take part in the charity’s Mourne Madness walk this summer!

 

On 6 August, Void staff will embark upon the epic trek up one of Northern Ireland’s most beautiful mountains, Slieve Donard, as we aim to raise £500 for the Autism NI.

 

Help us to raise money for this great cause – you can donate by clicking here.

 

You can also scan the QR code below:

 

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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.

 

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