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{{Short description|Art gallery in Belfast, Northern Ireland}}
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| established = 1993
| location = 5 College Ct, Belfast BT1 6BS, United Kingdom
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}}'''Catalyst Arts''' a non-profit [[artist-run space]] based in [[Belfast]] city centre.
== History ==
Catalyst Arts was formed in 1993 in response to what was seen as a cultural vacuum.<ref>{{cite web|last=McCann|first=Nuala|date=16 October 2006|title=Art brings bingo to the toilet|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6054404.stm|accessdate=25 January 2012|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> In accordance with its constitution it is run by unpaid [[Volunteering|volunteer]]s, and seeks to adopt a poly-vocal strategy towards the promotion of contemporary art practices by large selection of artists and projects from the widest possible range of disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/Venue.aspx?venue_id=3062|title=Culture Northern Ireland|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716032002/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/venue.aspx?venue_id=3062|archive-date=2012-07-16}}</ref> It is modeled after [[Transmission Gallery]], and spawned [[126 Artist-run Gallery]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2013-04-06|title=Circa Art Magazine - Rayne Booth's blog - The year of the exchange (Friday 1 May 2009)|url=http://www.recirca.com/cgi-bin/mysql/show_item.cgi?post_id=4832&type=rbblog&ps=publish|access-date=2020-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406193044/http://www.recirca.com/cgi-bin/mysql/show_item.cgi?post_id=4832&type=rbblog&ps=publish|archive-date=2013-04-06}}</ref> Catalyst Arts was envisioned as an agency that would act as a '[[catalyst]]' cajoling, supporting and promoting culturally engaged artistic endeavours on a local, national and international basis<ref>{{cite web|title=What to see in Belfast|url=http://www.inyourpocket.com/northern-ireland/belfast/What-to-see/museumsandgalleries/Catalyst-Arts-Gallery_28242v}}</ref> Academic and critic, [[Declan Long]] describes Catalyst as a "locally influential... collective."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Declan Long on Phil Collins|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201810/phil-collins-77831|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
Catalyst Arts was founded on a constitution that provides a structure in which power flows from the roots of its membership to the committee of directors. Catalyst Arts boasts an archive of over 2000 unique documents of [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] art history, which it is currently preparing to make publicly accessible. Catalyst Arts has also organised projects internationally.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=30 May 1997|title=Art in Review|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/30/arts/art-in-review-366846.html|accessdate=25 January 2012|work=New York Times}}</ref> Catalyst has strong links with the [[University of Ulster]]. Catalyst Arts has shown works of [[David Shrigley]], Ross Sinclair, [[Susan Phillipz]], Phil Collins, Michelle D Hannah, Roddy Buchanan, [[Simon Starling]], [[Bill Drummond]] to name a few, and has turned the gallery into a sauna with Joanna Karolini. They have also worked on exchanges with 126 in [[Galway]].<ref name=":2" />
==See also==
[[57 Gallery|Edinburgh's ‘New 57’ Gallery's (1957 – 84)]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.catalystarts.org.uk Catalyst Arts Official Website]
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[[Category:British artist groups and collectives]]
[[Category:Art in Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Belfast]]
[[Category:Arts organizations established in 1993]]
[[Category:1993 establishments in Northern Ireland]]
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