Maria Noonan-McDermott: Where Memory Becomes Art

Transforming intimate family memories into paintings and poetry, her work invites others to recognise stories of their own.
Rosina Law-Braney: Reclaiming the Seven Deadly Sins

Through zines, illustration and humour, Rosina Law-Braney creates vibrant feminist stories that make room for identity, desire, grief and collective creative freedom.
Alexander Edward: Weaving from the Land

Growing his own willow beside Strangford Lough, Alexander Edward brings coppicing, landwork and an ancient craft into bold contemporary forms.
Yvonne Moore: Following Curiosity into Colour

Refusing to settle into a single style, Yvonne Moore follows curiosity across colour, poetry and community, creating art that brings her – and those around her – fully to life.
Lucy Fleming: Carrying the North Coast Light

Through fluorescent colour, oil pastel and an instinct for collaboration, Lucy Fleming turns the light of the North Coast into images that connect art, music and community.
Paul Burch: Shaping Old Mountains in Clay

After decades spent teaching others, Paul Burch has returned to clay, building warm, characterful sculptures from memory, landscape and the freedom to experiment.
Dee Magee: Captivating Jewellery Exploring Identity, Storytelling and Sustainability

From raven-sized lockets and reclaimed silver to animation and community, Dee Magee uses Quirky but Fierce to make room for the ideas that refuse to stay in one lane.
FÉOIL: Powerful Street Art Confronting Trauma, Identity and the Body

From distorted bodies and three-headed wolves, FÉOIL turns experiences that resist easy conversation into images too large, strange and alive to be ignored.
Helen Hancock: Powerful Glass Art Preserving Motherhood, Memory and Loss

Derry artist Helen Hancock transforms breast milk, ashes and other intimate materials into luminous glassworks that preserve stories of motherhood, loss and family.
Vicki McCorkell: Transforming Wood into Remarkably Detailed Pyrography Art

Ballymena artist Vicki McCorkell transforms locally sourced wood into dark, intricate works shaped by mythology, dreams and human emotion.