We’re super excited to welcome our first Bounce Arts Festival artist in residence, Davidt Dunlop. David is taking over the Crescent Arts Centre’s Cafe space and you’re invited to drop in and draw!
  
Come and see artist and illustrator Davidt Dunlop create an ‘Exquisite Corpse’ (a series of random images linked by conjoining lines to form a surreal creature). This is an old drawing game that takes little effort, but can result in creating weird, thought-provoking or hilarious collaborated artworks. You can also participate and add in your own section of the creature! No art skills are necessary and the workshop is open to all ages.

Davidt Dunlop is a Belfast born, Glasgow based creator, educator and self-publisher. His currently released books include the visual poetry book ‘The Snail’, the Jack Chick parody comic ‘Satanic Panic’ and ‘Poor Little Ghosts’ (a book influenced by poverty and death in Belfast and Glasgow). Stocked nationally and internationally by such shops as Travelling Man, Gosh! London and Quimby’s Chicago, he’ll be tabling events such as Acme Con, Glasgow Gothic and Thought Bubble in ’22.

No Booking Required – Drop in and Draw

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An intimate evening of piano music that promises to draw the listener into McGinley’s unique  and soothing sound world. ‘Transience’ is a musical journey through fleeting moments of musical storytelling that promises to stir emotions. An array of music featured to include Philip Glass, Erik Satie and  Chick Corea.

It is perhaps the spaces between where Ruth’s interests really lie. A determination to walk her own path, Ruth’s love of music goes far beyond the classical world. A highly sought-after collaborator, Ruth works with musicians from many backgrounds including jazz, folk and electronic.

By the age of 17, Derry native Ruth McGinley had already gained widespread recognition as one of Ireland’s leading pianists, winning countless accolades including both the piano finals of both the BBC and RTÉ.
Young Musician of the Year awards. Since then, her career has been wide-ranging and daring, collaborating with some of the most acclaimed musicians working today, and straying from the typical classical-pianist journey.

Ruth studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Royal Academy in London before being awarded a Postgraduate in Solo Performance from the Royal College in London. She has performed as soloist with many orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, National Symphony Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra and as a solo recitalist throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Ruth broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, BBC Radio Ulster and was honoured to be invited to perform as soloist at the BBC Proms in the Park in 2016. 

Ruth is currently the 2022 ‘Artist in Residence’ at The MAC in Belfast and has just performed a solo concert at the Southbank Centre in London as part of ‘Unlimited’ festival.

Shussssh!! Ok so we know this kind of thing happens on the downlow but why not pop along and witness this unique public intervention starting with an acapella song from Africa followed by Proud Mary. Luminous Soul dancers will join in and you’re invited to also. Feel free to share on your social media using the tag #OpenArts #BounceArtsFestival2022

Booking not required

Come and explore, create dance and movement with Helen. Helen will guide you through movement tasks to allow you to express your own unique way of moving. This will be a relaxed and fun workshop that will energise the body.  

Helen is a dance artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As someone with a visual impairment Helen is curious as to how her experience of interacting with the world around her may differ from others. It is this curiosity of the margins, and telling untold stories that intrigues her and often finds voice in her work. Helen creates and produces her own work including ‘Collecting Moments’, (commissioned by University of Atypical) performed at Bounce, 2021 and ‘Inside The Speaker’ (created from an  Unlimited commission’, performed at The Belfast Children’s Festival 2020, CQAF, 2018 and Bounce 2017. As well as creating her own performance work, she regularly collaborates with many Belfast based arts organisations to devise and deliver performance-based projects. One such organisation is Open Arts, where she is currently the choreographer for Luminous Soul, a contemporary dance company for dancers with disabilities.

What to wear – this session will be physical so wear something comfortable and participants are invited to work barefoot should you wish. Appropriate footwear is advisable.

A limited number of places are available, so booking is required. 
Please let us know your access requirements when booking. 

“I’d like to write my life story.” ‘My Life With Them’ is the non-linear autobiography of Larry MacAree. His book is filled with rich anecdotes about Belfast from the late 1960s onward through the eyes of a curious and imaginative individual. Larry’s book is illustrated with a selection of his own drawings as well as remarkable analogue photographs collected by Larry through the years. Larry has been able to make his dream come true with the support of a Chris Ledger Legacy Award funded by Unlimited and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Larry MacAree is learning disabled artist living in the L’Arche Community in Belfast. He recently completed a residency at PS Squared, Belfast (2022) and has exhibited in several group shows in Belfast. 
https://cargocollective.com/susanhughesartist/Larry-Mac

The story of Ireland’s last Witch Trial

‘The Song of the Bones’ is a piece of dark, immersive storytelling gig theatre; merging our electronic pop music with puppetry and spoken word poetry, to tell the tale of the Islandmagee Witch trials in 1711

Using elements of traditional Irish folk tales, mysticism, and feminism, the show was created by Claire McCartney & Beccy Henderson of VOKXEN, featuring spellbinding narratives by award-winning performance poet Alice McCullough, haunting puppetry by Claire Roi Harvey (Star Wars/The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance), and earthy musical percussion by David McLaughlin (The Blue Man Group).

The Songs of the Bones is part of the University of Atypical’s Bounce Arts Festival 2022 programme in collaboration with the Lyric Theatre. 

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For further information on VOKXEN – www.VOKXEN.com