Ulster Museum

Calling all Key Stage 3 educators! Do your students enjoy gaming, creating, problem solving, and learning new digital skills? We’re now accepting expressions of interest for STEAM Studio workshops for the 26/27 academic year!

STEAM Studio is a digital skills initiative developed by Liberty IT in partnership with National Museums NI and the Nerve Centre, immersing students in the Ulster Museum’s Applied Art collection and empowering them to become Digital Makers by designing, coding and creating their own arcade game.

Today’s #OnlineArtExchange theme ‘gold, silver & bronze’ Horses first appeared in Elisabeth Frink’s work when she moved to Camargue in France, known its for herds of semi-wild horses. It was the anatomy and wildness of the Camargue horses that she returned to for inspiration in her work.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'rural' for The Argyll Collection on Tour 🖼️ This view was painted by Dermod O'Brien near his birthplace, Mount Trenchard, in Co. Limerick. O'Brien depicts a rich landscape of cornfields with newly-harvested stooks stretching down to the wide grey Shannon.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'reflections' 🪞 Sir John Lavery’s full-length portraits usually have an air of theatrical formality - however, the warm firelight and Hazel’s unadorned shoulders make 'The Green Coat' a tender and intimate study of his wife.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ‘forms of portraiture’ for "Who am I to you?" at @lulgalleries.bsky.social! Margaret Clarke was a highly skilled portraitist and artist. Born in Co. Down, she was the second woman to be elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'Scottish art' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Agnes Miller Parker was born in Ayrshire & studied at the Glasgow School of Art. Skilled at painting and drawing, she became interested in printmaking and taught herself wood engraving - the medium in which she would find acclaim.

"We Should All Be Feminists" Newly on display, this t-shirt featured in Maria Grazia Chiuri's debut collection as the first female creative director at Dior. It was inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay and TEDx talk of the same name.

'A Tale about a tail—a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.' This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'nature and animals' for 'An A to Z of Beatrix Potter' at The Armitt 🦔

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is sacred symbols, chosen with Liverpool Cathedral. Colin Middleton (1910-83) is one of NI's most treasured painters. 'Christ Androgyne' (1943) uses Surrealism to express his deep unease at the events of the Second World War & the suffering of those caught up in it.

⚽ Who's ready for the #FIFAWorldCup? Who's your team? This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'football for the FIFA World Cup' 🏆 To celebrate, we've taken a deep dive into our archives to find some of our favourite football related photographs. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

It's #WorldOceanDay, let's look at sponges! 🧽 It's hard to identify species of sponges by eye. Spicules, which make up the sponge's skeleton, are the most accurate indicator of species.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'wallpaper' to mark 'The Art of Wallpaper' at the Watts Gallery. This painting's use of pointillism brings an incredible vibrancy, from the wallpaper to the carpet to the clothing, that reflects the excitement of the titular arrival.

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is myths and legends to celebrate 'Cornish Myths & Legends' at Cornwall Museum! Dhruva Mistry was born in India & spent illustrious years in the UK. Much of his work has been concerned with the idea of animal-human hybrids to suggest creatures of fabulous power.

"If you had 30 seconds to sum up your whole time as a nurse, what do you think you would say?" Today is #InternationalNursesDay ❤️‍🩹🩹🩺 Curator of Modern History, Rebecca Laverty, spent time with nurses who spent their careers at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, Co. Down.

🖼 This week's #OnlineArtExchange is ‘urban landscapes’ for the exhibition 'Underground (And Surface)' @ Guildhall Art Gallery. 🏗 'Cranes, Baker Street' was drawn and painted by Kenneth Shoesmith, who travelled the world and designed travel posters for the Royal Mail Line and for Southern Railways.

'Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art' opens today at penleehousegallery.bsky.social, and to celebrate, this week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'women artists'. What an excellent opportunity to share 'I Overslept Until the Evening' (2014) by Makiko Kudo!

On this day 85 years ago, Belfast suffered the second of four air raids that have come to be known as the Belfast Blitz. In 1941, Belfast played an increasingly important role in the war effort - but it was not well defended against an attack from the air.

The Blitz left its mark on the memories of the people of Belfast. You can listen to oral histories on our website dedicated to the Second World War and Northern Ireland → bit.ly/4mw0gWv

On this day 85 years ago, Belfast suffered the second of four air raids that have come to be known as the Belfast Blitz. In 1941, Belfast played an increasingly important role in the war effort - but it was not well defended against an attack from the air.