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Catalyst Residency Recipient 2026 announcement: Patrícia Guimarães

News · Recipients 30 April 2026

Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS) are delighted to announce Patrícia Guimarães as the recipient of the 2026 Catalyst Residency Award. Patrícia is a Brazilian visual artist based in Dublin, working across photography and collaborative practices.  As a recipient of the Arts Council’s Agility Award 2024, Patrícia  has been engaging in a period of…

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AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2025 Recipients: Tobi Bello and Niall O Baoill

News · Recipients 25 September 2025

Create is pleased to announce Tobi Bello and Niall O Baoill as the recipients of the 2025 Artist in the Community Scheme Bursaries.   Tobi Bello is a Nigerian-Irish socially engaged artist, visual artist, and community worker. Her interdisciplinary practice spans photography, creative direction, archiving, and public engagement. She is founder and director of Our…

Artist Mentor Panel  

2025 Artist Mentoring Award Recipients Announced

News · Recipients 9 July 2025

Create is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 Artist Mentoring Award. This award sits within a suite of offerings under the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme. Now in its fourth year, it aims to offer capacity building and arts practice development for collaborative socially engaged artists, and artists who are transitioning into…

Artist Residencies and Commissions  

Catalyst Residency Recipient 2025 announcement: Obinna Michael Imo

News · Recipients 13 May 2025

Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS) are delighted to announce Obinna Michael Imo as the recipient of the 2025 Catalyst Residency Award. Obinna Michael Imo is a self-taught visual artist, graphic designer, clothing and digital designer originally from Nigeria and living in Dublin. His current work explores the power of art to engage and…

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AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2024 Recipients: Daniel Brennan and Lauryn McNamee

News · Recipients 3 October 2024

Create is pleased to announce Daniel Brennan and Lauryn McNamee as the recipients of 2024 Artist in the Community Scheme Bursaries.   Daniel Brennan is a writer, educator, collaborative artist and community organiser working across mediums including literature, film, theatre and beyond. His work explores methodologies for collaborative storytelling through collective dreaming with the goal to build new worlds…

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2024 Artist Mentoring Award Recipients Announced

News · Recipients 11 July 2024

Create is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 Artist Mentoring Award. This new award sits within a suite of offerings under the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme. Now in its third year, it aims to offer capacity building and arts practice development for collaborative socially engaged artists, and artists who are transitioning…

Artist in the Community Scheme  

AIC Scheme 2024 Round One: Successful Recipients

News · Recipients 31 May 2024

Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round One) in 2024, who come from a range of art forms and contexts. Read more about each recipient, and their planned course of work, below.   Research and Development Aaron Sunderland Carey will work with Axis Ballymun and Poppintree Youth Project to undertake an immersive…

Artist in the Community Scheme  

Catalyst Residency Recipient 2024 announcement: Fatoumata Gandega

News · Recipients 13 May 2024

Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios are delighted to announce Fatoumata Gandega as the recipient of the 2024 Catalyst Residency Award. Fatoumata Gandega is a multidisciplinary artist who focuses her craft on the sense of belonging from the Black and Brown immigrant experience in Occident. Through her work, she aims to amplify marginalised voices by…

Artist in the Community Scheme  

AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2023 Recipients: Evelyn Broderick and Kathryn Maguire

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,…

Artist in the Community Scheme  

AIC Scheme 2023 Round Two: Successful Recipients

News · Recipients 23 November 2023

Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round Two) in 2023, who come from a range of art forms and contexts. Read more about each recipient, and their planned course of work, below.   Research and Development Kate Wilson will work with Tonnta Community Group to research dance and movement for people who…

Artist in the Community Scheme  

2023 Artist Mentoring Award Recipients Announced

News · Recipients 5 July 2023

Create is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2023 Artist Mentor Award.   This new award sits within a suite of offerings under the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme. Piloted in 2022, it aims to offer capacity building and arts practice development for collaborative socially engaged artists, and artists who are transitioning into this…

Artist in the Community Scheme  

AIC Scheme 2023 Round One: Successful Recipients

News · Recipients 7 June 2023

Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round One) in 2023, who come from a range of art forms and contexts. Read more about each recipient, and their planned course of work, below.   Research and Development Award Tara Baoth Mooney will engage with Cancer Care West to identity breast cancer survivors who…