A Year of Photography. Four Seasons. One Borough.
Exploring Antrim & Newtownabbey is a year round photographic project unfolding across the four seasons through professional commissions and a public photography competition.
Inspired by photographers Evanna Devine, Nuala Kerrigan, Conn McCarrick and Joe Laverty, the project invites members of the public to explore and share their own view of the Borough, from its landscapes and heritage to its history and everyday places.
OPEN SUBMISSIONS 2027
Launches 23 October 2026 with Picter
Our Open Submission lead image is chosen from Toilet Paper Magazine. We love their bold, eye-catching, unexpected and satirical imagery, on the edge, somewhere between comedy and a dark-reality.
Featured Exhibitions
⚲ Belfast Exposed
Beneath The Surface
Ulster University MFA Photography 2026
4 June - 23 July | Tues - Sat 11am - 5pm
‘Beneath The Surface’ showcases recently graduated artists from the MFA in Photography at Ulster University, bringing together a collective yet deeply personal inquiry into the act of looking.
⚲ QSS Studios & Gallery
TOSS
MIDDEN - Sarah Edmondson, Mary Martin and Niamh McGuinne
25 June - 25 July | Mon - Thurs 10am - 5pm
MIDDEN excavates a fictional virtual midden, combining artefacts, images, text and film to explore destructive cycles of extraction, exploitation, consumption and waste through speculative, deliberately unscientific narratives.
⚲ Antrim Castle Gardens
Exploring Antrim and Newtownabbey
Evanna Devine
12 June - 2 August | Mon - Fri 9:30am - 5pm | Sat - Sun 10am - 5pm
‘Exploring Antrim and Newtownabbey’ is a year-round project unfolding across the four seasons through four commissions and a public photography competition. Beginning with Evanna Devine in spring, it invites audiences to discover the borough’s landscapes, heritage and history in fresh ways, ready for the competition launch in August 2026.
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