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Team representing Liverpool Michael Hanna
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Michael Hanna
Crossing the Park
05 Oct 24—21 Dec 24
Past
​​REHEARSING BODIES
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Lucie McLaughlin, Francis Whorrall-Campbell, Ebun Sodipo
REHEARSING BODIES
05 Oct 24—05 Nov 24
Past
Strata
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Dorothy Hunter, Marie Farrington, Amy Stephens
Strata
20 Jul 24—21 Sep 24

Public Programmes

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Show and Tell
Join us for a unique and informal Show and Tell experience with artist Johanna Leech. Embrace the tradition of sharing c...
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Window Text: Turn the Tide
29 Oct 24—11 Nov 24
The next in our series of window text commissions is Turn the Tide by Shannon Delores O’Neill and Tara O’Conno...
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Indigo Azidahaka
Derry Halloween 2024
28 Oct 24—30 Oct 24
Monday 28 October 2024, 1–3pm  Tuesday 29 October 2024, 1–3pm Wednesday 30 October 2024, 1-3pm For Derry Hallo...
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Danderball Tournament
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CCA DLD Seed Library
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Testing Ground: Johanna Leech
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CCA Introducing: Lily O’Shea

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CCA Derry~Londonderry is pleased to announce the artists selected for URGENCIES (2025): Aidan O’Neill, Cara Donaghey, E...
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🧑‍💻 We’re Hiring: Two positions 🧑‍💻 👋 Marketing Coordinator & Gallery Administrator 👋 📅 Deadline: Wednesday 4 December 2024, 23:59pm 🤝 JOB OPPORTUNITY: Marketing Coordinator CCA is recruiting a part-time Marketing Coordinator (0.2 FTE) to work with the Director and Public Programmes Curator. SALARY : £5000 per annum (£25,000 pro rata) DURATION OF POST: Permanent, subject to funding and successful completion of a six-month probationary period
 PLACE OF WORK: Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, 10–12 Artillery Street, Derry~Londonderry, BT48 6RG RESPONSIBLE TO: Director The full job description and person specification will be available at the CCA website on the Opportunities page. 🖥 JOB OPPORTUNITY: Gallery Administrator CCA is recruiting a part-time Gallery Administrator (0.4 FTE) to work with the Director and Public Programmes Curator. SALARY : £10,000 per annum (£25,000 full time equivalent) DURATION OF POST: Permanent, subject to funding and successful completion of a six-month probationary period PLACE OF WORK: Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, 10–12 Artillery Street, Derry~Londonderry, BT48 6RG RESPONSIBLE TO: Director ~~~ 🔗 Check out the link in our bio for more information. ~~~ HOW TO APPLY: Please apply by submitting your CV, completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and a covering letter stating how you meet the person specifications and why you are applying for this role to Info@CCADLD.org by 4 December 2024, 23:59 GMT. Interviews 16 December 2024 for start date in January 2025. #ACNISupported #JobFairy #JobsNI #JobsNorthWest #CharityJobs #CCAdld #LotteryFunded #HEREforartsandculture #DerryCreatives #Jobs 📣 Announcing the artists selected for: URGENCIES (2025) 📣 📅 Launching: Saturday 18 January 2025 📍CCA Derry~Londonderry CCA Derry~Londonderry is pleased to announce the artists selected for URGENCIES (2025): Aidan O’Neill, Cara Donaghey, Emily Waszak, Hannah Casey Brogan, James Mooney/Alex Pollock/Rodhlann Mossop/Sadhbh Sheehan, Katrina Cobain, Kelly Ewing, Leah Corbett, Niall McLaughlin, Sgàire Wood. Selected by CCA Director Catherine Hemelryk and Artist Jennifer Trouton, the URGENCIES (2025) artists represent a snapshot of some of the concerns and interests held today by early-career artists connected to our region. Working across a wide range of media, the topics covered include ecological breakdown, mental health, toxic masculinity, conflict, privilege, power, preservation and healthcare. Many of the works have been inspired by personal experience and specific issues but speak to wider national and global contexts such as medication shortages, violent attacks on identity, library closures, flooding, and the toxic blooms of Lough Neagh. URGENCIES (2025) is the fourth edition of the biennial group exhibition selected through open call. The project will launch on Saturday 18 January 2025 at 7pm and will take place in CCA’s galleries and offsite until 15 March 2025. ~~~ 📷 Hannah Casey Brogan, seeds (2024). Drawing on paper. #ACNISupported #NationalLottery #URGENCIES #CCAdld #WhatsOnDS #HERENorthWest #HereForArtsAndCulture #EmergingArtists 📣 Final days of: 🚾 REHEARSING BODIES 📅 05 October–05 November 2024 📍CCA Derry~Londonderry 🤝 Guest Curated by Lucy Grubb REHEARSING BODIES is an exhibition curated by Lucy Grubb taking over CCA’s bathroom with artworks by Lucie McLaughlin, Ebun Sodipo and Francis Whorrall-Campbell. The exhibition reimagines the WC as a space for remaking, practising and rehearsing. Lucie McLaughlin's work, 'quite distant, flat, but surging' combines fragments of text and drawing gathered in response to exhibitions visited during one calendar month. Exploring the atmosphere of art spaces and the resonances felt when encountering art, the work questions what comes to the surface during the performance of ‘looking’. Amplifying a sense of observation, lines of writing contribute to the unfolding sounds, dissonances and silences reciprocated between viewer, art, and the site in which they are found. Ebun Sodipo's work reveals how queerness and the 'angry Black woman' stereotype intersect across generations through linking work that spans over two decades. The artist links Goldie Williams, a 19th-century American arrested for sex work, with Amanda Seal in 21-st century America. In doing so, Ebun captures defiant expressions between two public-rehearsing bodies that resist and perform disgust, and reveals how a persistent trope can become a powerful act of resistance, binding their strength through repeated performances of defiance. In 'Promise of a Better Perversion,' Francis Whorrall-Campbell engages with transmasc aesthetic theory through the precise imagery of a dart flight. Hand-drawn stills from a 1990s top surgery gif, explores the tradition of representing the human body, using the nude as a 'ground zero' subject. The dart’s trajectory embodies the tension between fixed paths and the fluidity of transmasculine expression, reflecting both the resilience and vulnerability in asserting one’s identity - marking a new point of departure in self-representation. Read more via the 🔗 link in our bio. 🗺️ Testing Ground: Johanna Leech 📅 24 October-23 November 2024 📍CCA Derry~Londonderry, 10 Artillery Street, BT48 6RG Artist Johanna Leech is taking over CCA’s Project Space for a month as part of Testing Ground, to try out new ideas and take risks with her practice. Johanna aims to create a fun and immersive display in CCA’s project space showcasing her discoveries of the often bizarre spectacles of ‘World’s Fairs’. She will blend humour with analysis, showcasing archive film, mockups, objects and images to create a growing installation. The World’s Fairs were meant to showcase the pinnacle achievements of societies and revolutionary technologies, but these imagined futures and grandiose structures were temporary constructs, often just smoke and mirrors. These massive spectacles wowed the World and inspired the public’s imagination, only to crumble months later - how do they hold up today? Drop in to CCA to meet Johanna this Saturday anytime between 1-5pm! @bipgirl 🌊 The next in our series of window text commissions is Turn the Tide by Shannon Delores O’Neill and Tara O’Connor to coincide with Sister Ghost's debut album launching on Halloween 2024, Beyond the Water. Ten artists/writers were invited to create one page of text; a completely open brief. The texts range from dense, deeply personal accounts to bold slogans, personal, political, observations or a call to action, each capturing the different thoughts and feelings of the author. The texts have been designed by different artists and designers and printed in a risograph edition by Derry Print Workshop. 🪟 The texts are visible from CCA's windows, each for two weeks, as well as visible online here and distributed across our region. All ten will be available later in the year as a bundle edition available to buy from CCA's shop as a fundraiser. Turn the Tide, 2024 Author: Shannon Delores O’Neill Designer: Tara O’Connor Printer: Derry Print Workshop Risograph edition of 200 👋About the author & designer: Shannon Delores O'Neill is a Derry based award winning musician and artist, who performs under the name Sister Ghost. She has had press in The Guardian, garnered high profile support slots with Pussy Riot, We Are Scientists, Tom Robinson, Ratboys, Tim Wheeler, Shellac, Petrol Girls, Fontaines DC and Le Butcherettes as well as featured artist slots on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 1. She is also the founder of the NI chapter of Girls Rock! and is a youth worker specialising in music and art workshops. @sisterghostofficial Tara O'Connor is a comic maker and illustrator currently residing in Belfast. She self-published her first mini-comic, Puddles, in 2010 and since then has worked with Oni Press, boom Studios, IDW/Top Shelf, Scholastic, Andrews McMeel, Aftershock Comics, and Random House Graphic. Her book The Altered History of Willow Sparks was translated into French by Hachette Romans in 2023. She’s currently working on her second book with Random House Graphic. She’s represented by Allison Remcheck at Stimola Literary Studio. taraocomics.com | @taraocomics ~~~ 🤝 This project was made possible thanks to support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, DCSDC. 𓇢𓆸 Seed Saving Celebration / Ag Céiliuruidh na Síoltai 2024 𓇢𓆸 📅 Saturday 23 November 2024, 1-5pm 📍CCA Derry~Londonderry 🌿🍃🍀🌳 The Seed It Union returns to CCA following a successful seed saving days in December 2022 and November 2023. You can take part in a mixture of activities. You will help process the seeds, including tomato, pumpkin, beans, leeks and lettuce. You will also get the chance to weigh and package the seeds for distribution to local community growing organisations. There will be a creative activity whereby you can make pictures using the seed residue. If you bring seeds, you will have the chance to say what you have brought and what they mean to you. Seeds have stories and we will have the chance to hear more about them. 🌿🍃🍀🌳 👨🏼‍🌾 Representatives from community gardens from across the north of Ireland will use this as an opportunity to meet to discuss their next steps as part of The Seed It Union and their year ahead. 🤝This is an in-person event that will take place at CCA Derry~Londonderry, 10-12 Artillery Street, BT48 6RG. It is a free, drop-in session, suitable for all ages. No booking is required. All welcome! ~~~ 📸 Saving Seeds Celebration Day 2023. Photo credit: CCA 👋 This week CCA is part of the Derry Halloween festival! ⏰️ Our opening times are: Monday 28 October 2024, 1–3pm Tuesday 29 October 2024, noon–6pm Wednesday 30 October 2024, noon–6pm Thursday 31 October 2024 CLOSED Friday 1 November 2024, noon–6pm Saturday 2 November 2024, noon–6pm On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we are hosting Stick it to yer Ghost! A free, fun creative workshop for families and children of all ages with artist Indigo Azidahaka. You can read more about it over here: CCADLD.org/public-programme or by the link 🔗 in our bio. Plus 24-hours-a-day until 23 November you can peek through the windows of CCA's Project Space and see archive materials from Johanna Leech and her interest in World Fairs: CCADLD.org/public-programme/testing-ground-johanna-leech And you can find the full Derry Halloween programme here: derryhalloween.com ~~~ #WhatsOnDS #DerryHalloween #VisitDerry #ACNISupported 👻😱 GHASTLY REMINDER! Derry Halloween 2024 | Stick it to yer Ghost 👻😱 📅 Monday 28 October, Tuesday 29 October, Wednesday 30 October ⏰️ 1–3pm 📍CCA Derry~Londonderry ✍️ Put it in your diary to come along to CCA next week for a spooktacular family time! For Derry Halloween 2024 CCA welcomes artist Indigo Azidahaka to deliver Stick it to yer Ghost. These free, fun and creative workshops are for families and children of all ages. Children will make imaginative, ghostly creations using a variety of materials - including fabrics rescued from landfill, styrofoam balls, pipe cleaners and ribbons! These drop-in workshops are creative, fun and suitable for all levels of ability. No need to book! All welcome! This workshop takes place at CCA Derry~Londonderry, 10–12 Artillery Street, Derry~Londonderry, BT48 6RG. Find us here! This event forms part of the Derry Halloween Festival. You can read more about the city's full programme of activities for Little Horrors via the link 🔗 in our bio. ~~~ 📷 Stick it to yer Ghost by Indigo Azidahaka #DerryHalloween #CCADLD #WhatsOnDS 🔌 CCA x Jerwood = Supports: Av for install 🔌 📅 Saturday 9 November 2024, 2–4pm 📍CCA Derry~Londonderry, 10 Artillery Street, Derry-Londonderry, BT48 6RG CCA x Jerwood = Supports is offering a series of training sessions to expand artists’ skills sets, increase employability and build confidence. These workshops have been developed based on the responses from our recent Training Survey when we asked you what training you would need to benefit your practice, and what additional training might enable you to earn more income to support your practice. This opportunity is for artists who are not currently in any type of formal education who have begun their professional practice, based nationally or internationally. 🤝 We are delighted to announce AV Set Up for Install with Paul Moore. This training will take the form of a workshop in CCA on Saturday 9 November 2024, 2–4pm. 👉 AV Set Up for Install will cover: ~ Basic kit: Considering screens, monitors, media players, audio, speakers, amplifiers and projectors. Looking at various levels of budget. ~ Types of projectors and surfaces to project on to. ~ Types of files: File types, compatibility and resolution. ~ What can you play from? Media players, Rasberry Pi and Mac Mini. We'll discuss types of hardware and software. ~ Sound/Audio: Considering surround sound, position of speakers and types of set up. 🔗 You can book your free place for this training workshop via the link in our bio. It is suited to those aged 18 and above. The session will be recorded and available as a resource via our Supports page. 🔎 About Paul Moore: Paul is an artist based in Belfast who works in sonic/electronic (audio/visual) installations with performance. Operating within the field; gathering bodies of ephemeral and ambient sounds and images, particularly whilst in motion. Paul is a freelance art technician and educator, having provided technical support for artists, galleries and organisations including the Mac, Golden Thread Gallery, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Flax Studios and the University of Atypical. 📸 Paul Moore 🖼️ SUPPORT: CCA x Jerwood = Supports: November Crit 🖼️ 📅 Tuesday 5 November 2024 & Tuesday 12 November 2024, 10am–12:30pm 📍Hosted by CCA Derry~Londonderry via Zoom 🖥️ 🤝 CCA is hosting a two-part online crit group on Tuesday 5 November and Tuesday 12 November 2024, 10am–12:30pm for artists and creatives at any stage of their career who are trying something new. This opportunity is for artists who are not currently in any type of formal education who have begun their professional practice. These crits are for those based in or from the north of Ireland. During the sessions, eight artists in total will share a piece of their work with the rest of the group. The session is facilitated by CCA Public Programmes Curator Laura McCafferty. Four artists present each week, with the rest of the group providing feedback through discussion. This is a platform for artists to receive feedback and the chance to generate a discussion around your work. Information about the crit and the Zoom link for this event will be sent to you in advance. A short break will be given halfway through the crit. For any further information, contact us on supports@ccadld.org. *Please note that you can attend these Crits if you have already taken part in a previous series* 🔗 To book please visit the link in our bio. ~~~ 🤝 CCA x Jerwood = Supports is funded by Jerwood Developing Artist Fund and Arts Council of Northern Ireland. 📷 Simon Mills for The Landis Museum exhibition (2018) of Dorothy Hunter’s postcards ⚽ Danderball Tournament ⚽ 📅 Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 11am–1pm 🤝 With artists Michael Hanna and Mitch Conlon Come along and get involved with Danderball 50+ Walking Football Tournament! This Danderball 50+ Walking Football Tournament forms part of the Public Programme for Michael Hanna's solo exhibition Crossing the Park. The exhibition follows Michael's attempt to change which football team he supports from Everton to their local rivals Liverpool. For the tournament, Michael will be coaching a team representing Liverpool, as part of his attempts to increase his connection with the club. Special guest artist and Liverpool fan Mitch Conlon will be joining us as host and referee! At the previous exhibition of this project, in June, Michael organised a match for players of all ages in the Courtyard of the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris. The Danderball 50+ Walking Football Tournament is a way for people to get involved with sports, get active, try something new and test their skills with other local players! CCA is partnering with Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum and Old Library Trust to make this possible! 🎫 If you are aged 50+ and would like to join a team or register your existing team email the CCA staff on info@CCADLD.org. The exhibition Crossing the Park launched at CCA on 5 October 2024 and runs until 21 December 2024. ~~~ 📷Crossing the Park, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris. Image credit: Michael Hanna #ACNISupported #MichaelHanna #CCAdld #WhatsOnDS #EmergingArtist #Football #FootballTeam #GetActive #Wellness #HealthAndWellness #Fitness 🖼 Testing Ground: Darren Nixon 📅 9–23 October & 27 November–11 December 2024 📍CCA Derry~Londonderry 👋 Artist Darren Nixon is taking over CCA’s Project Space for a month as part of Testing Ground, to try out new ideas and take risks with his practice. He will be in situ for two fortnights from 9–23 October and 27 November–11 December 2024. Darren will use his time to create and present a multimedia installation/live performance event which looks at what it is to feel like a tourist in your own hometown. During a recent collaborative residency at PASE Platform Venice - as part of collaborative duo Rowland’s Leaving - Darren found a way to work on the various strands of his practice in one project. Incorporating painting, collage, sculptural installation, moving image, music and live performance, their work pulled all these things together to create something which became more than the sum of its parts. With a working title of ‘A Tourist In My Hometown’ - will look at a similarly complex set of feelings he experiences when visiting here, his home town. 💬 "Although happy to see my family and friends, each visit also brings into focus a lot of feelings of unresolved shame and guilt I have around leaving as a teenager." Beyond this exploration of his own personal history he wants to use the work to look at the wider question of those times when we feel filled with guilt about decisions which we do not regret. Supported by Jerwood Foundation as part of CCA x Jerwood = Supports ~~~ #ACNISupported #CCAdld #WhatsOnDerryStrabane #ArtistResidency #DarrenNixon