Belfast School of Art Celebrates its 175th Anniversary

The Sunday Show

Sunday, 5 January 2025 - 43 minutes

This week we are in The Belfast School of Art celebrating its 175th Anniversary. We are joined by special guests, artists Alistair MacLennan and Brian Connolly and Dr Sandra Johnson, Lecturer in Fine Art Performance at Ulster University.

Initially founded as a School of Design to support the needs of the city’s rapidly-expanding manufacturing industries, it is the oldest provider of design education on the island of Ireland as well as being one of the oldest creative arts schools in the UK.