Late Night Art Belfast

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A new addition to the Late Night Art programme is a guided coach tour of the various galleries, leaving the Ormeau Baths Gallery at 6.30pm. Tickets for the coach tour cost £5 and are available from either www.belfastgalleries.com or the Belfast Welcome Centre in Donegall Place.

Featured exhibitions for November are:

• Belfast Exposed (Donegall Street) - ‘A Century of Spin', an exhibition of PR photography over the years, from Factotum;

• Belfast Print Workshop Gallery (Waring Street) - ‘Revisioning Australia', works by a number of Western-trained and urban-based indigenous Australian artists;

• Catalyst Arts (College Court) - 2008 Student Show, showcasing the best work in photography, sculpture, drawing and other multi-disciplinary practices by artists from across the British Isles;

• Engine Room Gallery (Newtownards Road) - a collection of abstract art from the collection of the Fenderesky Gallery;

• Gerard Dillon Gallery (An Culturlann, Falls Road) - a selection of bronze and Irish bog oak sculptures, and selected seascapes and landscapes, by Philip Goss;

• Golden Thread Gallery (Great Patrick Street) - the main gallery hosts a major new solo exhibition of Paul Seawright's photographic works, with a particular focus on his Northern Irish series, while the project space offers a rare opportunity to view an important body of new work by the intriguing Ian Charlesworth;

• Naughton Gallery at Queen's - ‘Inside Stories - Memories from The Maze and Long Kesh', directed by Cahal McLaughlin;

• Ormeau Baths Gallery (Ormeau Avenue) - ‘Wonderland', a collaborative project between artist/designer Helen Storey, scientist Tony Ryan and textile designers from Interface at the University of Ulster;

• PLACE (Fountain Street) - ‘Greenprint: Design for Sustainable Living', a exhibition looking at how to design sustainable housing, with practical examples from England; and • Space Craft (Fountain Centre, College Street) - ‘It's A Ring Thing', an exhibition of 50 rings by the Craft and Design Collective, showcasing the work of 30 artists, designers and ring makers. A special ‘Late Night Art' party will be held afterwards in the Black Box, starting at 9pm.

For full details of all the galleries and exhibitions, visit www.belfastgalleries.com, where you can also download maps and podcasts, enter competitions and sign up for regular email bulletins. This month you can win two specially commissioned sculptures by Belfast artist Anto Brennan when you subscribe to the free newsletter.

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