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.
about CreateCreate, National Development Agency for Collaborative Arts
What we do
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.
about the AIC Scheme
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.
about Advisory supports
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.
about Vetting for the Arts
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.
about Reading RoomProgramme
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.
About Network DayDon't miss
January
December
today
Care in socially engaged art seen under the magnifying glass
Event 9th March
Artist in Community Scheme Information Session March 2023
Event 1st March 2023
Evaluate This!
Event 7th March 2023
AIC Mentoring Award Information Session with Aisling Byrne
Event 5th April 2023
Publication launch: O To Have a Little House & How Much is Enough?
Event 13th April 2023
Community Engagement through Performance Art (CEPA) – Final Event
Event 20th July 2023
AIC Scheme Info session: August 30th 2023
Event 30th August 2023
AIC Scheme Info session: September 5th 2023
Event 5th September 2023
Networking Day 2023
Event 19th Oct 2023
AIC Scheme Bursary Info Session September 2023
Information session 20th Sept 2023
AIC Scheme Info session: 11th September 2023
11th Sept 2023
AIC Scheme Round One Deadline
Apply before 27 March 2023
AIC Scheme Round Two Deadline
Apply before 25 September 2023
Create and National Women’s Council Artist Residency Award:
Apply before 15 March 2023
Create and Fire Station Artists' Studios Residency
Apply before 17 April 2023
Summer School on Collaborative Practice and Social Change
Apply before 5 April 2023
AIC Scheme Mentoring Award
Apply before 8 May 2023
We Only Want the Earth Residency
Apply before 21 May 2023
Communications and Social Media support, Creative Places Tuam
Apply before 19 June 2023
Create seeks Graphic Designers to form Panel
Apply before 23 June 2023
2023 AIC Scheme Bursary Award
Apply before 16 October 2023
Create seeks Operations Officer
Apply before 9 October 2023
What's new
News
Create seeks Operations Officer (temporary cover)
News · Opportunities Apply before: 9 October 2023
Events
Networking Day 2023
Event 19th Oct 2023
Programmes
2023 AIC Scheme Bursary Award
AIC Bursary
Programmes
AIC Awards
Artist in the Community Scheme
Resource
Create News 33 – Meditations on the role of the artist in the age of impending collapse
Periodical