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Activision Blizzard

Computer games company

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Alley Cats Films

Alleycats is a Derry based multi award winning TV and film production company, with offices in London and Belfast. We make a range of programming for the likes of the BBC, C4, and RTE, as well as selling internationally. We’ve just finished Helluva Tour, the biggest Advertiser Funded Project that C4 have ever undertaken, and are currently in production on a number of films, including Documentary Feature Project Children.

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Alex Synge / The First 47

The First 47 is the studio of Irish graphic designer and artist Alex Synge. The studio specialises in design for print, web and visual identity for a wide range of clients in the cultural, commercial and academic fields. As an artist, he has exhibited work in Dublin, London, Glasgow, Milan, New York, Chicago and LA. His work has been featured in publications such as Semi-Permanent and Faesthetic, as well as online on Booooooom, It’s Nice That and The Fox is Black. He also proudly runs collaborative illustration project Keep Sketch and is a founding member of the 100 Archive.

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Aoife Ni Thuama Keogh

Product Designer, mainly working on digital products across multiple airlines. In addition to her product design role Aoife co-owns an online magazine store called Iris

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C McKeown Copywriting & Editorial Services

A writer and editor with a broad range of skills and interests, Cormac specialises in explaining complicated subjects in straightforward language. His experience in the field began in 2001 with subediting shifts for the Irish edition of the Daily Mirror. Later, he spent five years as an editor and lexicographer at HarperCollins Publishers, where he was latterly head of content for English dictionaries, and five years as a financial copywriter at Martin Currie in Edinburgh. Since going freelance in 2014, Cormac has continued to focus on the financial-services sector but equally welcomes the opportunity to produce clear, engaging copy for clients in other industries.

Cecilia Gialdini

Research, writing and publishing

Eoin O’Shea

Eoin O’Shea is a a Chartered Architectural Technologist and runs his CIAT Chartered Practice called PIM Smart.

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Jobs 4 Students

Jobs 4 Students is a free weekly newsletter which helps over 10,000 students find jobs around campus, internships, graduate jobs and student news along the way.

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Joe Laverty Photography

Joe Laverty is a Belfast based architectural photographer, who’s understanding of the built environment and ability to capture the essence of space and place has seen him photograph Architecture & Interiors for a number of leading architects across the UK & Ireland.
A portrait photographer as well, Joe is a regular contributor to Freckle Magazine and The Thin Air and has portrait work published in the national press.

Joe also runs the portrait series ‘Humans of the Camino’.

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Magnetised

Magnetised is an internet design and technology company focussed on delivering beautiful solutions to difficult problems.

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Malachy McKenna

Enablement Architect (Learning Designer)

Pauline McCallion

Writing & publishing

Stéphanie Heckman

Stéphanie Heckman is a creative professional with an academic background in liberal arts psychology, anthropology, sociology, and an MSc degree in strategic leadership for sustainable development. She works internationally as an independent graphic recorder, visual facilitator and illustrator.

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YEO Magazine

Belfast-based music magazine and supporter of creative culture

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After a bit of a break following the pandemic, we are delighted this International Women's Day to bring back our @womenfolk.co project for creative women. New events and opportunities coming soon!

https://www.womenfolk.co/
Tired of working from home? We have just this one lovely desk available in our Hill St studios for £165 per calendar month all inclusive 

Send us a DM or email christine@blickstudios.org for more information or to arrange a viewing or visit the Hill St workspace page on our website (link in profile)
Feels like spring on Hill St today. Blue skies, 🌞 queues for🍦and 🚲 

#cathedralquarterbelfast #cathedralquarter
Our second Blick Academy Creative Talk of 2024 with a local creative sharing their creative story is coming up on Wed 17th April at 7pm. Speaker details coming soon...

Booking details on our website 

#eventsforcreatives
#creativebusiness
#creativeinspiration #nicreatives ##creativesupport
As we move into a new month and new season, here's a quick recap of February for us here at Blick and the new resources on our website for creatives starting out in NI.

Following her amazing creative talk for us at the start of Feb we have the following blogs on our website

An Interview with Alana McDowell - https://blickstudios.org/blog/an-interview-with-multidisciplinary-designer-alana-mcdowell/

Alana McDowell Creative Talk What I Learnt - https://blickstudios.org/blog/11749/

We also have our latest Creative Roundup featuring events, funding & support for creatives - https://blickstudios.org/blog/creative-roundup/

And our second exercise ‘Getting to Know Your Creative Idea’ for new creative businesses available to download as a word document or pdf - https://blickstudios.org/resources/developing-and-defining-your-creative-idea-getting-to-know-your-creative-idea/

We are currently planning more workshops & talks for creatives.

What would you like to learn? What do you need help with? Or who would you like to hear talk?

Let us know and we will do our best to make it happen

Links all in our bio
For anyone involved or working in a creative hub in Northern Ireland there's still time to join us tomorrow morning at 11am at the Innovation Factory!

Book via our website (link in profile)

#creativehub #nicreativehubs #creativehubs #creativespace #creativespaces #creativeworkspace
A recap of some of the key things I took away from multidisciplinary designer Alana McDowell’s creative talk earlier this month.

You can read the full event write-up on the blog on our website: (link in profile)

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#creativejourney #creativebusinessowner #creativebusiness #creativebusinesstips
Our next Blick Animation Club lego animation workshop for children is on Saturday 18th May from 2 - 4pm

WORKSHOP DETAILS

These mini animation master classes by Can Do Academy are a great introduction for children to the colourful world of Lego animation!

The workshop will allow participants to make a complete animated Lego film on an iPad, using sound effects, visual effects, titles and lots of imagination!

Your child will learn to use special iPad apps and they will receive a copy of their film at the end of the session! They can bring their own Lego characters or use the ones supplied by us.

More info at candoacademy.co.uk

Please note that these workshops are suitable for children aged 7+

Event Date: May 18, 2024

Event Time: 2pm – 4pm

Location: Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road Belfast BT9 6RY

Cost: £15 + Booking Fee

Book your place on website (link in profile)
Our lovely Cotton Court studios in the cathedral quarter where we have a private studio for 1-3 people coming available from the start of March for £325 per calendar month all-inclusive. Visit our website, send us a dm or email christine@blickstudios.org for more info or to arrange a viewing
NI CREATIVE HUBS MEETUP #2

Following a successful get-together in August, this is the second meetup for creative hubs in Northern Ireland to come together, connect, share ideas and support each other.

If you are involved with running or working in a creative hub in Northern Ireland we would love for you to join us at this our second meetup.

This event is a collaborative project between Blick Shared Studios, Boom Studios with the kind support of the Innovation Factory providing a venue for the meetup.

EVENT DETAILS

Event Date: February 29, 2024

Event Time: 11am

Location: Innovation Factory, 385 Springfield Road, Forthriver Business Park, Belfast, BT12 7DG

Cost: Free

Book your place on our website (link in profile)
Here's Exercise 2 again. This one's all about getting to know and understand your creative idea. What problem you are solving, what your solution to that problem is, why your idea will appeal to your audience and how you can get them to find out about it. This exercise is a great one to get you to start thinking about your idea and getting your ideas down on paper. Downloadable PDF and Word versions can be found in the creative resources section of our website (link in profile)
The first two exercises on our new resources for creatives section on our website are the perfect way to spend some quiet weekend reflection time for anyone working on a new creative business idea, looking to refine their current creative practice or thinking about starting a new creative venture in the future. Here's Exercise 1 one again. You can find downloadable Word and pdf versions on the creative resources section of our website (link in profile)
Some Monday inspiration and motivation from one of our residents, visual practitioner Stephanie Heckman

You can read her full Meet the Resident Interview on our website blog (link in profile)