ARIL4Y STUDIOS Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trnstees have adopted the PTovisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities Preparing theiT accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019}. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and activities The objects of the association are lo promote arts PTactice and arts production in the 2Tea of benefit without distinction of age, sex, race, political, religious, or other opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary or(Fanisations. and iDhabitants in a common effort to advance public education by the encoura(Fement of the Arts for the benefit of the community and to assist emeriyinq artists to sel themselves up in business by the provision of studio space. PubIic benefit The direct bellefits which flow from the knay Studios PUTposes to its beneficiaries are: Continuation of support for local artists at an early stage of their career tILTough studios provisions, eKhibitions opportunities, public events and PR coveratse througb knay's social inedia. Opportunities to develop experimental Works of art in a creative and friendly environment and engage ￿ryth other peers and artists. Opportunities to enga(re with a wider audience during exhibitions and events, both in the studios space and offsite. Offering free workshops and free events open to the public, in a safe and inclusive environTnent. The direct benefits are capable of beino demonstrated, proven or evidenced via= Surveys and feedback undertaken with Array members Feedback by the general public (during exliibitions or events) Increased social media presence and audience interest in the studio activities There are no Iiarrns that n]ay arise from the purpose. ARIL4Y STUDIOS Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 ACHIEVEMENT AND PEILFORMANCE Achievements Studio Provision-. Atray Studios n￿ill priority in 2023124 was to continue to provide affordable and professional facilities to produce new, challentrints and innovative work by emerging individual artists and serve as a peer support network and platfomi for members throuJu collaboration with the overall arts ¢on]munity. Array studios continued promoting and improvin(Y the production of arl by.. Providing excellent workiJts conditions for artists that is a sile for production of work and networking. Creating opportLmilies for artists to develop and share their professioThal practice with surrounding culmral community. The COn￿nitMent to equipping members with the skills, creative, techtLical, and busines5 acunien to ￿nction Success￿l1Y as artists locally and internationally. Developintr programming activities (including artist talks, crits, symposia) online and in person, which enable A￿aY to ollaborate and work with both local and intemalional institutions. Other activities related iviih studio provision- - The rent and maintenance of tlie existing 48 King Street premises with all core amenittes. Day to day administration and funder liaison carried out by Zoe Moroan. The Array website was bosted and inaintained by Lauta O'connor. The site was updated by members and was developed in accordance with members needs tluoughout tlie year, e.g. alloiving video, Instagran4 alld Twitter content to be added. Member Clodacrh Lavelle curates the PR. Amplify our work as individual artists and as a collective in Belfast and beyond. Array Studios lias supported 8 studio n)emb¢rs during financial year 202312024= Steplien Millar Emma Campbell, Alessia Cargnelli, Clodagh Lavelle, Laura O'connor and Thomas Wells. Grace Mcmurray and Jane Butler are associate meinbers. Tlie variety and quality of work produced by studio mernbers reflects the great diversity of art available in Belfast and Northern Ireland. In 2021, despkte covid-19 restriction, Array developed the laroest-scale project lo date by the collective.. a new body of ivork for the site-specific installation in tlie Herbert Coventry as part of the nomination for ll]e world-renowned, Tunier Prize ?021. ARRAY STUDIOS Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Programming . p2St projects and other activities Array Collective are a group of individual artists rooted in Belfast, who join together to create coIlaborative actions in response to the socio-political issues affecting Northern Ireland. Array's studios and project space in the city centre acts as a base for the collective, however the participating aTtists are not limited lo studio holders. Array Collective members aTe: Thomas Wells, Alessia Cargnelli, Emma Campbell, Clodaoh LavelIe, Laura O'CoDnor and Stephen Millar (all ArTay Studio members) as well as SiDéad Bhreathnach-cashell. Jane Butler (Flax), Gracie Mcmurray (QSS), Mitch Conlon (PS?) and sI￿e Bhreathnacb-cashell. Arra Collective ast & current ro ects.. Tbe DTUithaib's Ball, installatiotl at The Ulster Museull) January ?0?3 - Au.oust ?023. On the 25th of Feb 23, The Druithaib's Ball was showcased in an ei(Tht-months long solo exhibition in the Ulster Museum, who acquired the work in early ?02? This ran in conjunction with a tnajor group exhibition in the Herbert Gallery in Coventry, Divided Selves. curated by Hammad Nasar MBE. Divided Selves, Group Show, curated by Hammad Nasar, Herbert GaIlery, Coventry, UK Feb -sept 23. Interventions - Self-Determination: A Global Perspective Exhibition - IMMA, DubIin - Jan 24 - Apr ?4 IMMA cou]missioned new works by Array Collective, Jasmina Cibic, Declan Clarke, Minna Henriksson and ?z Oztat" alon(rside co-con)missions by Banu fenneto?lu, and Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind. Tbe commissions bring together international artists to critically reflect on the outcomes of the self-detern]ination movements, sheddino light on the successes, failures, and unanticipated consequences. The culmination of a three-year research project, this exhibition focuses on tbe new nation-states that emerged in the wake of the First World War, exploring the role of art and artists in relation to the expression of national identities. nation-buildin(r and statecraft. An Dun- Self-Detern]ination: A Global Perspective Exhibition - IMMA, Dublin - Feb 24 _ Sept 24 AJ] Dun - a new multi-narrative environment by Array Collective. Across immersive spaces a complicated and messy understandintr of statehood and citizenship is unearthed. Ideolooical, topograpliical and political plans are fashioned and accumulated inside a site of destrnction and construction. Restin(r outside of ttme, we hear echoes of our pasi present and future in ever-changing failed experiments of hope. The 'good rootn, deep within a cave, stages rituals of citizenship. Behind the scenes, plans are cooked up and mistakes are made, amidst the labour of daily life. As An Dun shifts and repositions, occupyino unsteady space between Teality and fiction, care and compromise endeavour to make a slwed existence liveable. AR114Y STUDIOS Report of the Trustee5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 TrL4RCH 2024 ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Personal development Array artists continued to participate in individual residencies and exhibitions attraclino global audiences and building upon Array Studios reputation. Selected individual activities includes.. Emma Campbell: Exhibitions.. March 24 ATh Dim, A￿aY Collective Self Detennination" IMMA Winter 231Winler 24 The Slapper.. Regalia - Array Collective, Sculp￿re in.. Self Deterniination" IMMA Sununer 23 Array Collective, Shortlisled for Ireland al Venice Biennale. Aug 23 Peiformance of "Up the Ass A Tribute, Night DraNvs Near by AThay Collective, Ulster Museu May 23 Camp FR - m￿h5 awakened; perforn]ance and collaborative exploration of the self. Recently published Articles/Chapters'. Bloonier, F., Robei'ts, D., & Campbell, E. (2024). Competing framings of abortion in the Northern Ireland Assembly and Westminsler, Thish Political Studies, 1-24. Campbell, E (2024) All we want is, free, safe, lecral, local abortion access for everyone who needs it Campbell, E., & Roberts, D. (2024}. ActÉvisin is noi a one-lane highway", Irish Political Studies, 1-22. Hagen, J. J., Cainpbell, E., & Roberts, D. (2024). Transfonnative reproductive futures in Nortliern Ireland. Journal of Lesbian Strjdies, 1-19. Murray, C., Campbell, E., Bums, D., Roth, R., Neivbury-BiTcb, D., & Bloomer, F. (2024) Women's expei'iences of needing abortion caTe whilst inc￿'ceratCd. cUl￿re, Health & Sexuality, 1-19. Workshops.. Feb 23 - Feb 24 _ RUA Red Gallery Tallaght, workshops with miorants Feb - May 23 - Articboke Under 25s worksliops, billboards and collage, with schools & The MAC Belfast May 23 - CAMP France - facilitation residency in Pyrenees witli perforniance based metliods for artLSts Feb 24 - Abortion and Reproductive Justice Conference, Reproductive Citizenship Zine and Collage workshop, Maripol University, Bangkok Mar 24 - Imagine Festival Belfast - Abortion Utopia Collage Workshop Professional Affiliations British Art Network 2021- present, Northern Irish Art Network 2021- present , VAI 2021- present Leadersliip l Board Roles Alliance lor Clioice l Abortion Support Nehvork l Eqiiality Coalition l Outburst Queer Arts Festival / Raise Your Voice I Reclaim the Agenda / Wonien's Policy Group Sighle Bhreaihnach-cashell.. She is a visual artist based in Belfast. She creates site specifLC envirorllnents lo be inhabited by an audience. She is a foundints member of Household Belfast and previous board niembei. and cliair of Platfom] Arts. She was recently Enade a member of the Belfast Print Workshop. Slie is the organiser of LENA, workshops and artist residencies in a cottage in County Down. Ongoing solo project.. Scripted Cities, site specific filni instaIlation, various locations in Belfast. Ulster Cycles, on going series of aqiiatint copper plate prints. Recent projects.. Fonn Folloivs Function, UPHOLD group show at La Roche House Au.(rust 2024, The Occasional Man, a site specific iinmersive installation inade in collaboration witli Richard Martin (Glasgow), as part of the Belfast Film Festival, Havelock House, November 2020. Cove Park Residency, Scotland, Noveniber 2019; Hospitalfields lThterdisciplinary Residency 2019. Alessia Cargnelli.. ARRAY STUDIOS Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 ACHLEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Workshops.. Array Collective, Workshop for the International Delegations, British Council, Ulster Museum, Apr 23 Array Collective and Gudskul, Workshop on Collective-led practices, NCAD, Dublin, Apr ?3 Archiving Plurality: A Collaborative Process. Alternative methodologies for collaboTative-led and participatory-led artistic reseaTch infornied by EDI, as part of EDI Platform Meeting "tsking space - making space" ELIA Arts Schools 2nd Vilnius Art Academy, Nida, LitbuaThia, Apr ?4 Guest speaker: CDB Racial Equality Workshop, all_ITelond Athena Swan Practitioners NetworK Galway. Mar ?4 FUTURE ACADEMIES: ARRAY COLLECTIVE, RHA, Dublin. Mar ?4 Ireland, Feminis￿ Art- Gathering, or(r by IMMA Feminist Arl Makino Histories, (IRC/AHRC), Feb 24 Paper Presentatio￿ Radical arcbiving as a feminist-l¢d methodology in the web-platfonn 'collective herstories,, as part of the panel 'Radical Archiving for Tadical art histories: Aoainst a Positivists Rhetoric of Discovery, chaired by Professor Hilary Robinson, 112th CAA CoDfeTence, Chicago, Feb ?4 Array Collective and Gudsl(ul, In conversatio￿ Ulster University, Belfas¢ Apr 23 Co-author of chapter: Pucai, Partition and Placards: socially engaged art and political entropy in Northern Ireland. Array Collective [Carnpbell, O'connor, car￿ellI], in Bell, Des (ed.). Beyond Nl 100, Cork University Press ?024 Invited NIVAL researcher for Angelica NetWOTkino Series at Paraoon Studios, Belfast, Dec ?3 C0-pro￿arnmer of academic course: Creative Futures Academy + IMMA Intensive.. Fu