Artist Development
Mutual Flux – An exciting year of Artist Development and Peer learning
Check out upcoming Mutual Flux events below. Or click ‘Find Out More’ to read what it’s all about…
Mutual Flux. Upcoming:
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THROUGHLINES
July 28th. 6 - 8pm
Come and join a new group of writers and artists to brainstorm and write their own new work.
A regular monthly meet-up open to anyone who wants to spend some silent creative thinking time in company.
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Coaching Sessions for Creatives
MUTUAL FLUX
Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd August
Niamh Scullion uses a range of coaching techniques to help artists who feel stuck or blocked in some area of their work, including the GROW model (goals, reality, options and way forward). The sessions can help you work through issues, set achievable milestones and feel more motivated to move forward. Perfect timing for funding application season.
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STENCIL CUTTING WITH LEO
MUTUAL FLUX
Join Leo Boyd, street art enthusiast and print making obsessive for this 3 hour workshop where you will learn from the beginning how to cut an A3 stencil from your own design or photograph.
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DO WEIRD STUFF IN TOWN
MUTUAL FLUX
Saturday 23rd August
Meet at Vault Marlbrough House at 12pm
This is an interactive workshop taking place on the streets of Belfast led by Sound Artist Cameron Clarke. During the surreal wander around town we will look at ways to interact with the city using sound including; field recording, electromagnetic detection; temporary installations and micro speaker interventions.
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PERFORMANCE ART FOR BEGINNERS
MUTUAL FLUX
Friday 29th August
Join us for an introductory workshop in Performance Art facilitated by artist Sinéad O'Neill-Nicholl. This workshop offers an insight into performance art for beginners, for those considering developing this approach in their practice or those interested in expanding their creative practice.
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REVOLUTIONARY CLOWNING
MUTUAL FLUX
Postponed. New date coming soon.
Join a gang of like minded people interested in devilment
Get clowned up
Have a crash course in Revolutionary Clowning (no expertise is needed!)
Lunch
Storm the streets of Belfast with oversize shoes and rubber hammers
Avoid being arrested……….
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ARTSPEAK
Regular multi-disciplinary group meet-ups. A space to talk about what we’re working on, our projects and our ideas.
Previous events. Mutual Flux:
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PRINTING WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS
Mutual Flux
Friday 25th July
Join visual artist and Belfast Print Workshop's current artist in residence, Wilhelmina Peace for a one day workshop exploring the vast and surprising creative potential of Tetra Pak printing.
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Creating Video Content & Engaging Fans
Mutual Flux
JULY 19th
As self-releasing musical artists - Beauty Sleep, we know that the best way to get your music heard, gain opportunties and build an online community is content creation!
Join us for a fun-filled day of leaning how to do it with ease.
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ANYONE CAN DIE
Mutual Flux
Thursday 26th June, 6pm - 9pm
My my, what a squeak and gibber in our northern streets... A fist through the face of every clock would not stop the march, not now. Silent now, tickless and limbless we move, always onwards.
We have toiled and toiled and toiled, but soon... And this is the kicker... We will toil no longer...
All this to say it's nearly over...
All this to say, we approach the last hurrah...
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3D Digital Modelling & Animation
Curious about 3D art? Join Dragos Mușat on 21 June (10am–4pm) Vault Artist Studios Gallery on 28-32 Victoria Street Belfast for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn the fundamentals of 3D modelling, sculpting, and animation. This session will cover essential techniques like extrusion, beveling, and sculpting, plus a crash course in bringing your creations to life through animation.
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Linocut for ALL!
Mutual flux
JUNE 4th. 10am - 4pm
Join Jonathan Brennan on this one-day workshop for artists new to printmaking where you will explore the technique of linocut.
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ANYONE CAN
CYANOTYPE
MUTUAL FLUX
Thursday 29th M
ay
Workshops by and for young creative types 18+
Vault Gallery|Project space
This month we’re making Cyanotypes…”You can make a blue print of anything! Incredible! Just bring the thing! We don’t have all the things so you need to bring the things - that part’s IMPORTANT. But we’ve got the blue, and we’re having workshop stew, too. I think this will do. Very nice, indeed…”
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ALINE
Monday APRIL 28th 3pm - 5pm
ALINE stands for Artist Led Initiative Networking Event!
What is it?
An informal public event for people to come and find out what goes on in the Artist-Led scene in Belfast, and how they can get involved.
Who is it for?
Anyone who wants to find out what the Artist-Led scene is all about, and who might want to get involved. It's also for artists the people that make the scene happen, to hang out and get to know each other better.
Where?
Vault Artist Studios, Marlborough House.
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ANYONE CAN ZINE
THURSDAY 24th APRIL 6pm - 9pm
Vault Gallery | Project Space
Workshops by and for young creative types 18+
For the next edition of 'Anyone can' we're making zines. I have no idea how to make a zine. Is 'Anyone Can' built upon a lie? Some people can't. I can't. I can't zine. Orientations and pages and stuff, never mind the content. Impossible. I suppose I can try...
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PICK OUR BRAINZ
Thursday 17th April 6pm – 8pm sharp!
FREE/DROP IN
18+
What is it?
Pick Our Brainz is your chance to sit down with artist Brainz to get some advice on your creative journey.
Open to: young creative types, art students, recent grads, young people who haven’t studied art but are interested in working in the arts.
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ANYONE CAN CLOWN
THURSDAY 27th MARCH 6pm - 9pm
Vault Gallery | Project Space
Workshops by and for young creative types 18+
What does the clown feel when painting their face on the egg? Is that egg suddenly a reflection? Is it a new you or the true you? What would you do? And would you see it through? Would you wear that red nose? And honk it too? How comically large is your comically large shoe? And when is it next going to flop?
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Whats stopping you? Making live work.
March 21st. 10.30am - 4.30pm
This session is for practicing artists and will be a deep dive into making live performance work. Looking at what stops us, what we're afraid of, and how to over come creative barriers.
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ANYONE CAN...PRODUCE PROPAGANDA
FEBUARY 27TH. 6pm - 8pm
Anyone Can... Produce Propaganda - Workshops by and for young creatives.
18+
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ARTS FACILITATION TRAINING FOR ARTISTS
FEBUARY 27TH. 10am - 1.30pm
This facilitation training is a step by step guide for individual Artists from all disciplines in designing and delivering Arts Workshops.
Artists will leave the session with a complete 'Taylor Toolkit' for planning, designing and delivering workshops in the Arts and be offered the opportunity to join the Anann's Arch team to include further mentorship, experience and future paid work.
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Anyone can... write a poem
JANUARY 30TH. 6 - 8pm
Did you know this? You, in fact, can write a poem. Would you like to write a poem? Would you like to meet the finest young people in Belfast? Consume the finest tea and biscuits in Belfast? You can!
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Finance for Creatives
JANUARY 10TH
The first workshop in our Mutual Flux Programme, just in time for Tax-Return season!
This workshop is tailored to those working in the creative sector particularly those who are beginning or considering their self employed journey.
The workshop will cover:
- Practical use of financial templates for record-keeping
- Registering as a self employed artist/practitioner and practical information on financial record keeping
- How to submit a tax return online
The workshop will be a supportive environment for individuals to learn and gain confidence in managing their self employed finances.