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 CreateWhat 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.
About Network DayDon't miss
January
December
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In Conversation event with Grant Kester
Event 23rd March
Artist in the Community Scheme Online Info Session
Event 23 February 2021
Landscapes of Daring Political Dreams
Workshop 15, 22, 29 March 2021
Artist in the Community Scheme Information Session – Online
Information session 30th March
AIC Scheme One to One Collaborative Practice Clinic
Clinic 6th April
Networks of Solidarity: Between Our Minds
Event 4th May 2021
Exchanges: Navigating the Irish Arts Scene
Event 12th May 2021
Networks of Solidarity: In The Roots
Event 8th June 2021
Common Coherence: working with conflict for sustainable futures
Event 15th July 2021
Arts Participation Bursary Award Information session
Event 3rd June 2021
Exchanges: Exploring Socially Engaged Art Practice
Event 16th June
Networks of Solidarity: Through Our Stories
Event 6th July 2021
Networks of Solidarity: On the Airwaves
Event 27th July 2021
We Only Want The Earth Residency 1
Apply before 18 January 2021
AIC Scheme Information Session for Tuam-based artists
Event 10 February 2021
Artist in the Community Scheme Round 1
Apply before 26 April 2021
Artist in the Community Scheme Round 2
Apply before 27 September 2021
Landscapes of Daring Political Dreams workshop series
Apply before 26 February 2021
Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios Remote Residency Award
Expressions of Interest due 17 May 2021
Opportunity: Support Roles for Creative Places Tuam
Expressions of Interest due 27 May 2021
Create and the Model Artist Residency
Expressions of Interest due 28 June 2021
Project Coordination Contract for Service: AIC Scheme Artist Mentor Panel
Apply before 22 June 2021
Creative Places Tuam Cooperative Commission
Apply before 21 July 2021
AIC Scheme Bursary: Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity
Apply before 16 August 2021
AIC Scheme Bursary: Information session
Event 22 July 2021
AIC Scheme Information session
Event 24 August 2021
2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Submission Deadline 30 August 2021
Exchanges: Culture & Community: Sligo Global Kitchen & The People’s Kitchen
Event 15 September 2021
2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Event 1 October 2021
We Only Want The Earth Residency 4
Apply before 5 October 2021
2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Event 8 October 2021
2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Event 15 October 2021
2021 Bursary: Collaborative Arts and Community Development
Submission Deadline 18 October 2021
2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Event 22 October 2021
2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice
Event 29 October 2021
Traveller Collection publication & website launch
Event 11 November 2021
What's new
News
AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2021 Recipient (Collaborative Arts and Community Development): Kate O’Shea
News, Recipients 3 December 2021
News
Pilot Create Artist Mentor Panel: Mentoring Award
News, Opportunities Apply before: 17 January 2022
News
New AIC Scheme Case Study: ‘Yes, But Do You Care?’
News 22 November 2021
News
AIC Scheme 2021 Round Two: Successful Recipients
News, Recipients 19 November 2021
News
AIC Bursary Award 2021 Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity recipient: Gea Gojak
News, Recipients 28 September 2021