Webinars / Podcasts

Webinars

Here are some recordings of our recent Online Events.
This content is only available to VAI Members based in Northern Ireland, you will be asked for your email address and members password.

Curator Talk with Claire Gilman (NI)

Recorded on 8 October 2020 Claire Gilman (Ph. D. Columbia University) is Chief Curator at The Drawing Center in New ...
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Sustaining Your Practice; a practical guide to staying connected and visible online (NI)

Recorded on 24 September 2020 Do you feel that being online has become essential but don’t know where to begin? ...
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Reducing Our Carbon Footprint with Paddy Johnson (NI)

Recorded on 10 September 2020 What can we, as a community, do to reduce waste and lower our carbon footprint? ...
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Visual Artists Café – Focus on Climate Change (NI)

Recorded on 29 September 2020 In this Visual Artists Café Brenda McParland introduces the exhibition 'New Era' that opened at ...
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Visual Artists Café – Pakistani Artist Community in Ireland (NI)

Recorded on 15 September 2020. This Visual Artists Café introduces the artists that took part in an online exhibition - ...
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Planning festivals & adapting to a changing landscape (NI)

Recorded on 1st of September 2020 This event is designed to help festival organisers adapt to a rapidly changing world ...
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Managing Your Accounts with Gaby Smyth (NI)

Recorded on 30th of September 2020. Please note: The information presented in the webinar was correct at the time of ...
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Support for Individual Artists Programme (SIAP)

Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Information on SIAP Funding for Artists Online Information Session via Zoom. Recorded on the 1st ...
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Visual Artists Café | Show & Tell – Northern Ireland (NI)

This Visual Artists' Café put Northern Ireland in the spotlight. It features Show & Tell presentations from six artists based ...
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How to Photograph Your Art with Simon Mills (NI)

Recorded 25 June 2020. How To Photograph Your Art aims to develop photography and video skills that artists need to ...
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Project Planning with Noel Kelly (NI)

Recorded on 18 June 2020. Project Management has been described as peering into the future and looking for the best ...
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Visual Artists Café – Kiera O’Toole & Miguel Martin (NI)

At our weekly Visual Artists Café on Tuesday the 16th of June, we were joined by artists Kiera O'Toole and ...
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Digital Marketing and Communications with Emma Dwyer (NI)

Recorded on 11 June 2020 The internet is making it easier for artists to network and reach new audiences both ...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of a Studio Visit with Marco Antonini (NI)

Recorded on 4 June 2020. Making the most out of a studio visit can send a lot of us into ...
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How to Apply for Funding with Neva Elliott (NI)

Recorded 28 May, 2020 Among the many challenges that exist in the career of every artist is the need for ...
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Going Viral with Haley Morris-Cafiero (NI)

Recorded 21 May, 2020 In this webinar, Haley discusses ways to present your work to mainstream media outlets for publication ...
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Assessing the Landscape of Opportunities with Catherine Hemelryk (NI)

Recorded 14 May This webinar gives your practical advice on assessing how different opportunities might be right for you. If ...
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Finances & Tax for self-employed artists with Louise Gorman (NI)

Recorded 7 May 2020 Delivered in partnership with Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council This webinar considers the elements of tax ...
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Curator Talk with Sarah Perks (NI)

Recorded 7 May 2020 Sarah Perks is an international curator and writer, currently Professor of MIMA School of Art & ...
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Visual Artists Café – Galway Focus (NI)

This Visual Artists Café recorded on the 5th of May has a Galway focus. We welcomed artists and representatives from ...
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‘The Unseen Shows’ Podcast

‘The Unseen Shows’, is a new podcast series with Joanne Laws, Features Editor of the Visual Artist News Sheet. It features interviews with artists whose exhibitions are currently sealed behind closed doors. These podcast interviews will be published every two weeks on Soundcloud, the Visual Artists News Sheet Online and here in our Members Area.

Episode 1 | Mark Garry ‘Songs and the Soil’ at The MAC

The first podcast in this series features an interview with Mark Garry, whose solo exhibition ‘Songs and the Soil’ opened ...
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Episode 2 | Neil Carroll ‘In Pursuit of the Brocken Spectre’ at The RHA

The second podcast in this series features an interview with Neil Carroll, whose solo exhibition ‘In Pursuit of the Brocken ...
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Episode 3 | Áine Phillips ‘Buttered Up’ at MART

The third podcast in this series features an interview with Áine Phillips, whose exhibition ‘Buttered Up’ opened at MART Gallery, ...
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Episode 4 | Austin Ivers ‘Threads’ at The Dock

Our fourth podcast features an interview with Austin Ivers, whose solo exhibition, ‘Threads’, was due to open at the end ...
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Episode 5: Gary Coyle ‘Dreaming Different Dreams’ at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery

Our fifth podcast features an interview with Gary Coyle, whose solo exhibition, ‘Dreaming Different Dreams’ ran at at Kevin Kavanagh ...
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Episode 6: Ursula Burke ‘A False Dawn’ at the Ulster Museum

Our sixth podcast features an interview with Ursula Burke, whose solo exhibition, ‘A False Dawn’ was due to run at ...
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Episode 7: Róisín White ‘These Dark Shapes’ at Pallas Projects/Studios

Our final podcast in this series features an interview with Róisín White, whose solo exhibition, ‘These Dark Shapes’ was due ...
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Get Together Recordings

Get Together is Ireland’s National Day for Visual Artists. This annual event is geared towards all visual artists and offers the chance to meet other practicing artists and curators, engage in discussions on what impacts artists and make new connections with people working in galleries and arts organisations all over Ireland.

Organised by Visual Artists Ireland the programme includes Keynote Speeches and Panel Discussions on a rage of topics, Artists Speak with artists speaking about their work, the development of their careers and their own personal experience as professional visual artists, Speed Curating where artists can book meetings with curators to introduce them to their work, Clinics with experts to discuss a wide range of issues on a one-to-one basis. All of this surrounding the Visual Artists Café, where arts organisations and artists support agencies gather to provide information about their services as well as a place to perch and catch up with friends old and new.

Get Together 2020 has been postponed due to Covid-19 and we hope to reschedule the event in Spring 2021. In the mean time you can listen to some recordings of Keynote Speeches and Panel Discussions from previous events below.

Curating Ireland: New Ways of Working | GT 2018

In this panel discussion from Get Together 2018 (21 May), Mary Cremin (Director of Void Gallery, Derry) chairs a panel ...
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Artistic Freedom – a human right with many obstacles | GT 2017

Marie Korpe and Ole Reitov are the co-founders of Freemuse, the world’s leading organisation defending artistic freedom. For Get Together ...
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Sustaining Your Practice | GT 2017

In this panel discussion, chaired by Mary A. Kelly, established Irish artists Geraldine O'Reilly, Nick Miller and Susan MacWilliam discuss ...
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Illustrating A Point | GT 2019

This recording is from Get Together 2019 that took place at TU Dublin Grangegorman on Friday the 14th June. Curator ...
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