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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Sep 2

Mini marshmallows and any biscuit other than digestives.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you are about Belfast on Saturday I’m giving a gallery tour of Art of the Possible at the @ulstermuseum.org

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · Jul 26

Happy #Pride, Belfast!
To celebrate, we want to share 'Fear', 'The Shame' and 'Chaps' from the series 'The Glamour Boys' (2024) by Simon Dredge.

'The Glamour Boys' celebrates #LGBTQHistory and those who helped pave the way for equal rights.

#UlsterMuseum #BelfastPride #Art © Simon Dredge

A circular ceramic, split in half. One half has text reading “here comes the shame”; the other reads “all he cares about it love”. On the left, the out rim reads “be careful”, with the right reading “they’re watching you”. The disc is decorated in plaid patterns.

An orange circular ceramic with the words “fear eats the soul”.

A circular ceramic with a pin triangle decorating the middle. In the triangle are the words “but we bring the fun!” The triangle hides text, which we can just discern reads “those…chaps”.

The three ceramics mounted on a wall together.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 25

Looks absolutely beautiful.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 21

It really is!

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · Jun 13

New Exhibition | Akihiko Okamura: The Memories of Others

An exhibition of rarely seen artworks by internationally important Japanese war photographer #AkihikoOkamura, documenting his relationship with Ireland during the Troubles.

Now on display in Art Gallery 4.

#UlsterMuseum #NorthernIreland

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 20

Finally I was able to record one of the woodpeckers in the garden this weekend. I feel so privileged to have up to three of these amazing birds visit everyday. Thanks to the free Merlin bird call app.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 12

I watched it in the City Hospital after having an emergency appendectomy. Ciggie in hand, drip in arm on the TV in the Dayroom. The day before the orderlies asked if I wanted to be put in a wheelchair to go and watch the Twelfth 😳

Spanglor 🇺🇦 🍷🍫 @therealspanglor.bsky.social · Jul 12

Coverage of the Live Aid concert on telly tonight. I vividly remember that day was boiling hot and it took a LOT of persuasion to get my da to allow us to put the generator on to watch it.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 8

I feel the same 🤯

Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 8

There were only two venues in the UK. Us and Manchester Art Gallery.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 8

I knooow!!

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 8

I got an enquiry from a US academic about an exhibition held in Belfast in 1935. We had the catalogue in our archive. Who knew the Belfast Museum & Art Gallery @ulstermuseum.org
were so forward thinking! #WaltDisney

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · Jul 7

We're Hiring:
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History
🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00
📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
#JobFairy #museumjobs

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 4

God that made me 😂

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · Jul 3

👃 Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'smells in art' for ‘Scented Visions' at the Watts Gallery.

🌸 'Still Life' by Georges Jeannin overflows with sensory information. You can almost smell the bright bouquet and the slightly acrid odor of the spilt vase water.

@artukdotorg.bsky.social‬

A still life painting of a vase of flowers tipped on its side. The bouquet is large and bright, spilling off the edge of the canvas.

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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · Jun 6

#ArtofthePossible celebrates 10 years of collecting contemporary applied art at the #UlsterMuseum

This exhibition looks at how artists in mediums like glass, ceramics, metals and wood have pushed their art in ways that could never have been predicted a mere century ago.

On display in Art Gallery 3

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · May 29

New exhibition opening at the @ulstermuseum.org tomorrow. Art of the Possible showcases 10 years of collecting international contemporary applied art.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · May 10

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Apr 22

My husband who is the complete and utter Heinlein fan. Don’t read Starship Troopers first. Read Revolt in 2100, Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land. Also Job, Comedy of Justice.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Apr 21

Have you read Robert A Heinlein?

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Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · Apr 8

Great news! I am recruiting a(nother) PhD student!

'Ulster Americans' is a collaborative PhD with National Museums NI, specifically the Ulster American Folk Park, and is open to home and international students so please spread the word! More details in the link.

www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

REF: CDP01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast

www.qub.ac.uk

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Apr 17

Just the best evening listening to @feedphil.bsky.social talking all things food and travel. So brilliant to meet you and Monica. Thank you for coming back to Belfast.

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Victoria Millar @vmillar.bsky.social · Apr 7

We have an exciting CDP studentship opportunity at the Ulster American Folk Park in partnership with Queen's University Belfast exploring Ulster immigrant life in an American city tenement, 1840-1910. For further details visit: www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Apr 8

Testing, testing! Lighting for our new exhibition at the @ulstermuseum
Art of the Possible opens on 30 May.
Glass: Laura Quinn

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Mar 30

Keith says he uses the Rex Warner translation for penguin Classics.

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