AVA Festival: The Open Fund for Organisations
AVA is an Audio Visual Arts Festival and Conference in Belfast that celebrates, amplifies and develops the strong current of electronic music and digital visual arts from and throughout Ireland.
Since 2015, AVA has worked to create a free conference with no barriers to access and to help facilitate the learning from a number of levels – through lectures, workshops, showcases, masterclasses, industry networking and drop in sessions.
AVA supports artists, creates a platform to showcase both their work and the immense talent available across both Northern and Southern Ireland. AVA has been promoting and supporting artists for 4 years and developed a strong relationship with a substantial number of artists. The emerging talent programmes are a prime example of this with winners in a variety of categories including Emerging Producer, Emerging DJ and Emerging Visual Artist. The awards offer a number of opportunities including a showcase at the festival, support from a partner label and editorial support.
2019 also sees AVA bring its conference to London for the first time following the success of 2018’s day of talks & tech, taking place in Printworks.