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Urban Art Gallery in Derry to open “Movement” show on Culture Night 2022
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th September 2022
Artist John Kerr set to exhibit a series of personal paintings at The Spot, the urban-art focused gallery in Derry as part of Culture Night 2022.
Opening Friday 23rd September as part of the annual Culture Night celebrations, UV Arts will host local artist John Kerr in an urban-art focused gallery in Derry with his solo show entitled “Movement”.
John Kerr, artist and current Head o...
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Registrations open for Junk Kouture 2022
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th October 2021
Junk Kouture opens registrations for its 2022 competition and continues its partnership with RTÉ to showcase Ireland's young creatives
We recently shone a light on the fabulous Junk Kouture, the Irish platform that's on a mission to unleash the creative brilliance of young people and we’re delighted to share the good news that registrations are now open for their Junk Kouture 2022...
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Roots - Street Art Festival looks to celebrate the growth of street and urban arts
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st September 2021
UV Arts, a local not-for-profit creative social enterprise and the team behind the Derry Girls, Factory Girls and Dalai Lama murals, announces the return of a street art and contemporary mural festival to Derry City, renamed and rebranded as Roots Street Art. The festival’s return coincides with the launch of a brand new urban arts gallery this September. (2021)
Taking place between Thurs...
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Junk Kouture - empowering young people through creativity and sustainability
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th July 2021
The lowdown on Junk Kouture, the Irish-based global platform that's on a mission to unleash the creative brilliance of young people
We live in a society that is often lacking tolerance for the creative, that thinks that rather than painting or writing, we should all get a ‘proper’ job. We only need to look at the UK government’s adverts trying to get more people to train in c...
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Makematic raise £1m to help brands connect with education through bitesize content
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th March 2019With the aim of reaching 1 million classrooms and kitchen tables by 2021, Derry-based EdTech startup Makematic have raised £1m to help brands connect with education through bitesize educational animations and live action videos.
Founded in 2016, educational media company, Makematic, whose clients and partners include Adobe, Microsoft, Crayola and the BBC, have secured a £1,000,000 see...
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