Our communities are at the heart of what we do!
Please come along to our free drop-in Community Workshops on Wednesdays 1.30-3pm and Fridays 11.30-1pm.
They are open to everyone, no need to book. All materials are supplied, plus tea, coffee and snacks. No artistic experience required!
You can try something new, be inspired by our exhibitions, or just take some time out of your busy day in a welcoming, relaxed space.
Workshops take place in our brand new Hub, a space designed for community participation and engagement with art. We listen to our visitors and participants, your voice and your needs are important to us.
Engaging with art offers a unique and transformative experience, particularly for communities here in Belfast that continue to face significant challenges. Art has the power to inspire, heal, and connect people on a profound level.
Our vision is to be a destination where each and every visitor is engaged – and reflected – in the stories inspired by and communicated through the visual art on our walls.
We work with communities to create projects together
‘Nothing about us, without us.’
That’s our guiding principle. Since the very beginning of the GTG, we’ve worked closely with communities here in Belfast to deliver community projects like Draw Down the Walls and Ambulatorio, and guided public art commissions like Kevin Killen’s Journeylines at York Street station. All of our projects with communities put co-creation at their heart.
We recognise that shared ownership and shared space helps encourage a sense of belonging and empowerment, and have worked for many years with local people, including some of the most marginalised communities in Belfast – among them, newly arrived migrant, refugee and asylum seeker families – to collectively shape our plans for our spaces, workshops & programming.
GTG has delivered hundreds of hours of collaborative projects for all abilities and ages with many community organisations, including projects for older people like Silver Screens and Bon Voyage through the Arts Council NI Arts & Older People scheme.
We’ve collaborated with groups like Anaka Collective; PPR No-One Left Behind; NICRAS; Brain Injury Matters; Lower Shankill Community Association; North Belfast Interface Network; Kilcooley Women’s Centre; The Hubb; Glenbank Community Garden; New Lodge Serenity Club; Belfast Met; Conway Mill; Another World Belfast; ACSONI; and Sailortown Community.
Our commitment to a collaborative, inclusive approach was recognised when we were awarded a Calouste Gulbenkian Award for Civic Arts Organisations in 2023.
GTG has worked with so many communities and organisations across Northern Ireland!
Events For Communities
You Will Not Stop Here: Claire Morgan
Exhibition Launch – You Will Not Stop Here: Claire Morgan
You Will Not Stop Here: Claire Morgan
You Will Not Stop Here: Claire Morgan
LATE NIGHT ART AT THE GTG
Help fund our work
Through a one-off or repeat donation, you’ll enable us to continue showcasing art and culture with our community.
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