News 7 May 2024
We are delighted, with our partners ArtsEkta, to have been funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs Shared Island Civic Society Fund for a new cross-border initiative “Intercultural Dialogues”. This project will connect, upskill and commission socially-engaged artists from diverse backgrounds on both sides of the Northern Irish border. Together, we will select artists and…
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Art and Society Learning Programme
News · Create News Periodical 11 April 2024
Create’s role as a national resource organisation for collaborative arts has naturally led to a long history of engagement with third level arts education in Ireland. Our organisation has developed alongside the offer of third level institutions and the practice of those working in the sector over the past forty years. Create often acts as…
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Summer School
Create and Counterpoints Arts are pleased to announce the 2024 Summer School on Collaborative Practice and Social Change for up to 14 artists and cultural activists. The Summer School will take place over six days: 10 – 15 June 2024, at Killary Lodge, Co Galway. The deadline for submission is 5pm, Monday 15 April 2024. About the…
more informationArtist in the Community Scheme
Create invites expressions of interest from collaborative socially engaged artists, or artists interested in/transitioning into collaborative socially engaged arts, who wish to avail of a focused period of mentorship to develop and consolidate their practice. The Mentoring Award is funded through the Artist in the Community Scheme (AIC), managed by Create on a devolved basis…
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Evaluative Framework
News · Create News Periodical 23 February 2024
Evaluating socially engaged arts practice can be a sensitive issue. This wide-ranging term describes a variety of artworks and projects, and so, how best to evaluate socially engaged practice evokes competing opinions about its character and value. In March 2023, Create invited Dr Gráinne Coughlan, postdoctoral researcher at TU Dublin, to unpick some of the…
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Networking Day
News · Create News Periodical 23 February 2024
Rita Marcalo is the Artistic Director of Instant Dissidence, a dance company based in Cloughjordan Ecovillage. As a socially and ecologically engaged company, Instant Dissidence foregrounds the role of dance as a social engine. In 2020 Rita was awarded the Create and SIRIUS Arts Centre Artist Residency Award, funded through the Arts Council of Ireland’s…
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Creative Places
News · Create News Periodical 23 February 2024
Jojo Hynes and Midie Corcoran, Tuam-based artists, were awarded a Creative Places Tuam Bursary in July 2020. The purpose of the bursary was to support and nurture socially engaged artists’ practice, specifically aimed at artists with a track record of working collaboratively with communities of place or interest. Jojo and Midie have used the time…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
The Catalyst Residency, offered in partnership between Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS), offers a socially engaged artist from an under-represented ethnic background a one-month residency in Dublin 1 during June 2024. The residency is intended as an artist-led incubation period which allows them to develop their practice and their networks with targeted support…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
The 2024 Deadlines for the AIC Scheme are 5pm Monday 25th March (Round One) and Mon 30th September (Round Two). Applications are now OPEN for Round One. This includes the following awards: Research and Development Award (without mentoring) Research and Development Award (with Mentoring) Recent Graduate Research and Development Award (with Mentoring) Project Realisation Award…
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News 25 January 2024
We are happy to announce our membership of Coalition 2030, Ireland’s national advocacy and engagement coalition for the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustinable Development means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. A very significant part of Coalition 2030’s work is to advocate for improved…
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News 12 December 2023
2023 was a year filled with professional development opportunities, artist advisory support, awards, bursaries, public events and more. We also welcomed two new staff members, Jennifer Fitzgibbon, Research and Learning Manager, and Jenny Corcoran, Operations Officer, bringing our core team up to ten people. We are delighted to continue to support the work of collaborative…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
News · Recipients 8 December 2023
Create is pleased to announce Evelyn Broderick and Kathryn Maguire as the recipients of 2023 Artist in the Community Scheme Bursaries. Evelyn Broderick is an artist, maker and ceoltóir with a passion for working collaboratively. The People’s Shed, the core of her practice, threads different ways of collective making and sharing together. The work,…
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