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
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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
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
What's new
Events
AIC Mentoring Award Information Session with Aisling Byrne
Event · Information session 5th April 2023
News
Open Call for Artist: Community Engagement through Performance Art (CEPA)
News · Opportunities Apply before: 5 April 2023
Programmes
Mentoring Award 2023
AIC Mentoring Award
News
Welcoming our new Research and Learning Manager, Jennifer Fitzgibbon
News · Recipients 6 March 2023
Programmes
Summer School on Collaborative Practice and Social Change 2023
Summer School
News
Open Call: Create & Fire Station Artists’ Studios Residency Award 2023
News · Opportunities Apply before: 17 April 2023
News
AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2022 Recipient (Collaborative Arts and Dance): Karen Aguiar
News 16 February 2023