About us
About Create
Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts. Our mission is to lead the development of collaborative arts practice by enabling artists and communities to create exceptional arts together.
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Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts in social and community contexts. Our work initiates cross-sectoral national and international partnerships which support artists and communities to co-create work of depth, ambition and excellence
Programme
Artist in the Community Scheme
Are you an artist or community group with an interest in working on a collaborative, socially engaged project? The Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, offers awards, an annual bursary, residencies and a summer school.
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Supports
Advisory Support
Create offers advisory support to individuals and organisations, both through one-on-one meetings with Create associates and group sessions. The content of sessions can be tailored to the needs of the individual practitioner or organisation.
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Supports
Vetting for the Arts
Create is registered with the National Vetting Bureau to represent persons, organisations and groups in accessing vetting for bona-fide reasons of employment or engagement in the arts and culture.
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Supports
Reading Room
The Create Reading Room is a unique resource for artists, community workers, arts, civil society and NGO organisations and anyone with an interest in and passion for the potential of art to effect social change.
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Programme
Networking Day
Create’s National Networking Day is an annual encounter of exchange and learning about artists’ practices, which operate in the spaces between socially engaged arts, pedagogy, and politics, in order to activate, stimulate, critique, and make change.
more informationDon't miss
January
December
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AIC Scheme Information Session, Cavan
Information session 20 Feb 2020
Artists and The City Masterclass with Jeanne van Heeswijk
Event 5 - 6 Feb 2020
AIC Scheme Information Session, Blanchardstown
14 Feb 2020
Arts and Health Check Up Check In 2020: Taking Risks
Event 23, 24 November
Archipelagic Imaginaries
Event 24 April
Sustaining the Self Workshop with Marie Brett
Event 23 June 2020
Create Reading Group on Socially Engaged Collaborative Art
Event 15th Sept 2020
Tuam Logged in – Creative Places Tuam
12, 19, 26 June 2020
Survival is Not Enough! Megs Morley and Gregory Sholette in conversation
Event 18 June 2020
Quaranzine: Workshop series with Marc Fischer
24, 31 July and 7 August
2020 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Event 9, 16, 17, 23 October
AIC Scheme Bursary 2020: Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity Information Session
Information session 05 Aug 2020
AIC Awards deadline 1 NEW DATE
Apply before 27 April 2020
We Only Want the Earth Residency
Apply before 5 March 2020
Creative Places Tuam Artist Bursary
Apply Before 3 June 2020
Create/ Sirius Artist Residency
Expression of Interest before 20 July 2020
Quaranzine workshop series
Apply before 12 July 2020
AIC Scheme Bursary in Cultural Diversity
Apply Before 17 August 2020
Arts Council Arts Participation Bursary Q&A
Join us 22 July 2020
2020 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Apply before 31 August 2020
AIC Awards round two deadline
Apply before 24 September 2020
Creative Places Tuam Community Seedling Fund
Apply before 27 August 2020
AIC Scheme Bursary in Human Rights
Apply before 9 November 2020
Contested Narratives, Places and Futures: Socially Engaged Art Practice in Ireland
Submissions due 6 November 2020
What's new
Events
Culture Night 2020: Creative Places Tuam launches Thinking on Tuam Residency
18 Sept 2020
News
Open Call: Submissions to New Publication on Socially Engaged Arts Practice
News, Opportunities Apply before: 6 November 2020
News
AIC Scheme Bursary: Collaborative Arts and Human Rights
News, Opportunities Apply before: 9 November 2020
Events
2020 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Event · Summer school 9, 16, 17, 23 October
Resource
Field Notes II: Summer School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Book
Resource
Create News 28 – Utilising Political Imaginaries to Radicalise the Local
Periodical