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Visual Arts

Open Arts currently has 2 visual arts groups which meet in Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast weekly.

Monday 10:30am – 12:30pm

Wednesday 10am – 12pm

Art facilitator Richard is helping a participant with his artwork. They are standing at the end of a desk that has tree branches, tubes of paint and glue lying about.
Four members of the Wednesday art group sat at a large table the full length of the art room in the Crescent. The table is messy and covered in arts materials such as paint, pots of paint brushes, and pencils.
Five members of the Monday Art group are sat at two tables. In front of each of them are wooden boxes they are decorating. Richard the facilitator is standing in the middle of them smiling.

Open Arts, Acorn group is specifically for those who are blind or partially sighted. They meet in Divis Community Centre, Falls Road, Belfast weekly and are supported by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

Thursday 10am – 12pm

6 members of the Acorn Art group and two facilitators are facing the camera laughing, whilst wearing their playful and colourful Christmas jumpers.

In 2023 they held their first exhibition after lockdown “Pieces of Us” In Arts For All, Cityside Retail Park, Belfast.

The collection was composed of a variety of techniques including print, mosaic and collage.

Mary Lou from our visual art group is sitting in her wheelchair in front of a wall that has pictures of different sizes hug in four rows.
Darren our participant is wearing blue jogging bottoms and a black t-shirt. He is pointing to a piece of artwork that he has created and is hung on the wall. The picture is small in size and is of burnt orange, red and white colours