national development agency for collaborative arts
in social and community contexts
At the end of October, Sarah Tuck will be leaving Create after over five years with the organisation to take up a prestigious AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award with Birmingham City University and Belfast Exposed Gallery.
Sarah Tuck on her new opportunity:
“The last five years have been an exciting and rewarding experience. I owe sincere thanks to my colleagues, our Board, the Arts Council , the artists and communities we work with, our funding partners and all those in the collaborative arts sector and the wider Irish arts sector who have partnered with Create and helped make it what it is today, the leading development agency for collaborative arts.
I’m really delighted to have been offered this new academic opportunity and to take my career in arts management in fresh directions.”
Comments by David McConnell, Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Create:
“Sarah has done an astounding job during her time as Director of Create and the Board has fully supported the many initiatives she has taken. As a result of Sarah’s vision and energy, Create is now firmly placed as the national development agency for the collaborative arts sector. Create has regularly funded organisation status with the Arts Council and Sarah led the introduction of a range of support programmes for artists and communities including continuing professional development workshops and public talks and symposia. Create has also established a number of partnerships in areas such as Arts and Health, Arts and Cultural Diversity and Arts and Older People. We wish Sarah well in her future career.”
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Arts and Civil Society Symposium
Kevin Murphy
Voluntary Arts Ireland Chief Officer Kevin Murphy introducing the Create and Voluntary Arts Ireland Arts and Civil Society Symposium, 20 and 21 October 2011, Christchurch, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.
Pat Cooke
Defining Participation and Practice - Policy Perspectives. Martin Drury, Pat Cooke, Marian Fitzgibbon, Pauline Conroy. Chair: Fiona Kearney.
Pauline Conroy
Participation and Practice
Defining Participation and Practice – Policy Perspectives panel. Seated left to right: Martin Drury, Pat Cooke, Fiona Kearney (Chair), Marian Fitzgibbon, Pauline Conroy.
Sarah Tuck, Dr Anthony Downey
Create Director Sarah Tuck introducing the keynote address by Dr Anthony Downey.
Engaging Communities debate
Engaging Communities – The Permeable Institution. One of three concurrent LAB Debates. Left to right: Lisa Moran, Topher Campbell, Declan McGonagle (Chair), Tom Creed, William Ring.
LAB Reports panel
LAB Reports panel. Left to right: Liz Burns, Robin Simpson, Tony Fegan (Chair), Declan McGonagle.
Cultural and Civic Space
Rethinking Cultural and Civic Space. Pictured (left to right): Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Annette Moloney, Bernadette Quinn (Chair).
Annette Moloney
Rethinking Cultural and Civic Space. Pictured (left to right): Annette Moloney (presenting), Bernadette Quinn (Chair), Frank McDonald, Faisal Abdu’ Allah.
Arts, Civil Society and Crisis
Arts, Civil Society and Crisis panel. Pictured (left to right): Augustine Zenakos, Carlota Álvarez Basso, Daniel Jewesbury (chair), Gabriel Gbadamosi, Silvana Carotenuto.
Augustine Zenakos
Augustine Zenakos
Fearghus Ó Conchúir
Nuno Sacramento
Arts, Civil Society and Crisis. Pictured: Daniel Jewesbury (chair), Nuno Sacramento. Arts and Civil Society Symposium, Cork, October 20-21, 2011. All photos: Susan Walsh.
Create volunteers
Christian Buchner, Katia Rush-Hall (Symposium Coordinator), Aoife O'Leary, Pamela Murray. All photos: Susan Walsh.
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