Irish for Artists / Gaeilge do na hEalaíontóirí

Irish for Artists is a new project by PS2 and artist and Gaeilgeoir Eimear Nic Roibeaird. Our aim is to help artists in the North of Ireland to learn something new, build opportunities for creative collaboration, and deepen cultural partnerships (only 11 months ‘til the Fleadh!).

Through these workshops, we’re inviting artists and creatives - from different disciplines and locations across the city - to tell us what you really want to be able to say as Gaeilge.

We’ll be leaning into the craic and the specificity of arts sector jargon to generate phrases that are both informative and irreverent! Together, we’ll translate them onto signs for our art spaces, onto placards for our streets and an exhibition at PS2, and then we’ll get it all online.

Artists of all disciplines are welcome to any/all workshops, and we’ll provide a range of materials for you to play with. Some of the spaces are BYO-beverage, whilst others have paid bars serving a range of refreshments.

Workshop dates, times and locations:

• Thursday 25 September, 6pm - 8pm - Vault Artist Studios (Marlborough House Gallery & Project Space), free and all materials provided.

• Thursday 9th October, 6pm - 8pm - Sunflower Public House (upstairs, just before Sunflower Folk Club!), free and all materials provided.

• Wednesday 15th October, 6pm - 8pm - PS3 (next to PS2, 9 Rosemary Street), free and all materials provided.

• Sunday 19th October, 2pm - 4pm - Black Box (Green Room), free and all materials provided.

Workshop itinerary

These are super-informal sessions, but we wanted to put a wee bit of shape on them for you too...

6pm

• Intros, hiyas, grab a drink and some materials
• Eimear and Jane PS2 will give an overview of the project and its aims

6.15am

• Part 1: phrases for artists, including identifying your practice, your artform and your materials.

7pm

• Part 2: making posters for phrases as Gaeilge that attendees would like to see on the walls of their studios or venues, claiming space for Irish in our artists’ spaces.

7.45pm

• Photographing worksheets, signs, and the whole gang*

8pm

• Finish up, beidh an oíche chugainn láithreach

* these events will be photographed, unless you tell us not to!

Irish for Artists is one of 34 projects funded by Belfast City Council in 2025 through Bank of Ideas, a participatory budgeting initiative which enables residents to propose and collectively decide how public funds are used for creative projects in their area. We are grateful to everyone who voted for us! For more info on all the Bank of Ideas projects visit Belfast City Council's Culture funding pages here or follow on Instagram @culturebelfast