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 Room
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.
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January
December
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Create office opening
Happy New Year 4 January 2023
AIC Scheme Round One Deadline
Apply before 27 March 2023
AIC Scheme Round Two Deadline
Apply before 25 September 2023
What's new
News
New AIC Scheme Case Study: The Freebirds M.C.C. Project
News 18 January 2023
News
Artist in the Community Scheme 2023 Deadlines Announced
News, Opportunities Apply before: 27 March 2023
Resource
Gravity Express #1
News
Hugh Lane Gallery and Create commission recipient: Jijo Sebastian
Recipients 15 December 2022
News
2022 in Review
News 15 December 2022
News
Create and hablarenarte International Residency Recipient: Tara Carroll
News, Recipients 15 December 2022
News
Create selected for RAISE Up Fund 2023
News 7 December 2022
News
Critical Friends in Residence in Create Library and Archive
News 24 November 2022
Resource
Create News 32: The Artist Archive, A reflection by Creative Places Tuam Bursary awardees
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