Vault Artist Studios are delighted to invite you to our Shankill Mission Studios Open Day on Saturday 4th May between 2pm - 5pm.

After 18 months of hard work the building is finally just about ready to welcome visitors! While there’s still a lot of work to be done and the place remains rough around the edges, we’re now got over 20 artists settled in their studios, along with a dozen international artist educator students from ArtEZ university, a dance studio, Belfast Tool Library, a 22 foot boat build in progress and loads more.

On the day we’ll have open studios where you can meet the artists along with some performances.  But we won’t give too much away yet.

We’ve been overwhelmed by the interest in and support for our work in this building and we can’t wait to let you all for a look around.

We’re indebted to Argyle Business Centre for their generosity, help and trust in us. By making this beautiful and historic building available to us and by being willing to make a long-term investment in arts based regeneration the team at Argyle have shown themselves to be genuine forward thinkers at a time when grassroots arts organisations in the city are under constant threat. 

Poster illustration by Ruth Crothers.