Here are two shutter paintings of bygone Ballymena: above is Ballymena Town Hall, which has been rebuilt on multiple occasions; pictured above are the hall in its present form, since 1918, and its previous incarnation.
Below is the view looking up Bridge Street, with the old town hall in the middle.
Both of these are on shutters in the modern Bridge Street. tThere are also shutters painted with Mill St, Ballymena.
The owl is in Church Street while the butterfly and nature pair are in Broughshane Street (at Blossom & Birch and The Venue).
The two commercial pieces (final two images, below) are by Sam McAleese for Ballymena BID (LoveBelfast). (For others, see Midtown Makers.)
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Writing and graffiti-art by WEB (ig) and TORS of the FA (Foreign Assassins) krew at the Tullycarnet subway, Dundonald.
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Two critters by Critter (ig) on the legal wall in Little Patrick Street, Belfast city centre.
October additions:
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This is street art by Artista (ig) from London, along the Comber Greenway (between Tamar and Severn streets). Sponsored by the Eastside Urban Partnership and Seedhead Arts.
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This is a second gallery of just some of the electrical boxes that have been painted in Newry in recent years, particularly 2024’s ‘Street Dreams’ initiative (web). (See previously Street Dreams.)
“What’s the quack?” and “Pure Class” are by Visual Waste (web), the boat made of harp and fiddle is by JMK (ig), the purple face, the covered wagon, and the draft-horse are by Friz (web), “looking at the stars” and “Queer to stay” are by FrankieB (ig), “Oh happy day” is related to the Choir Studio (Fb), and the boombox is by Aoife Gorman (ig).
For even more boxes, see Amplified NI (ig).
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34 images from this year’s Hit The Coast paint-jam in Larne. Here is a gallery of images from Hit The Coast 2024.
[Katriona Designs (web) – not included]
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Latharna House – the last remaining of three tower-blocks in Larne – is still standing, despite plans to demolish it in 2022 (Belfast Live) and in 2024 (NI World) and in 2025 (NI World). While awaiting its ultimate demise, it serves as a canvas for writers (including AKSEL and ANCO) and an advertising hoarding for the recent Hit The Coast festival – full gallery here.
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This is work by Scottish artist Noodle (ig) on the legal wall in Little Patrick Street, Belfast
two small faces perhaps not by Anya:
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Each season is illustrated by a bird: spring by a wren or lark, summer by a blue tit, autumn by a magpie, and winter by a robin.
Also included (last below) are “Don’t Be A Litter-Bug” and ?batman?.
All three boxes are on Bell Steel Road, next to the shops/Bell Steel Manor.
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