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AIC Scheme Bursary Award Recipient (Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity): Amir Abu Alrob

News, Recipients 30 September 2020

Create and the Irish Refugee Council are pleased to announce Amir Abu Alrob as the recipient of the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2020: Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity. Amir is an actor and theatre-maker originally from Palestine, who has recently received Refugee status in Ireland. Amir has over six years’ experience as…

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Create and Sirius Arts Centre Artist Residency Award recipient: Rita Marcalo

News, Recipients 12 August 2020

We are pleased to announce Rita Marcalo as the recipient of the Create and Sirius Arts Centre Artist Residency Award. Marcalo is a socially-engaged practitioner whose work resists the idea of art as an object produced by a special kind of person called the ‘artist’. Instead, her work is co-created in dialogue with (and performed…

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Creative Places: Tuam

Creative Places Tuam Artist Bursary Recipients

News, Recipients 20 July 2020

Create is pleased to announce Jennifer Cunningham, Jacqueline Glynn, and Jojo Hynes and Midie Corcoran as the recipients of the Creative Places Tuam Artist Bursary Awards: Community Solidarity through Collaborative Practices. The purpose of this bursary is to support and nurture professional socially engaged artists’ practice within the Tuam town and hinterland area that has…

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AIC Scheme 2020 Round One: Successful Recipients

News, Recipients 10 June 2020

Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round One) in 2020, who come from a range of art forms and contexts. In recognition of the severe limitations in place due to physical distancing and the challenges this poses to artists and communities, we offered and granted Research and Development Awards only (both with…

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Arts Council AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2019: Collaborative Arts in Theatre – recipient

News, Recipients 9 December 2019

Create is delighted to announce that Aisling Byrne has been awarded the Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2019: Collaborative Arts and Theatre. Byrne is a theatre artist with a practice in socially engaged & inclusive theatre making. Throughout the past decade she has predominantly collaborated with artists and arts participants with…

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AIC Scheme Second Round 2019: Successful Applicants

News, Recipients 17 September 2019

Congratulations to all the successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Second Round 2019), who come from a range of art forms and contexts. Research and Development Award Artist; Community; Context; Artform; Location Alex Pentek; Cork Traveller Women’s Network; Art and Cultural Diversity; Visual Arts; Cork John Whelan; North Wexford Traditional Singing Circle; Arts and Community…

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AIC Scheme First Round 2019: Successful Applicants

Recipients 6 June 2019

Create manages the Artist in the Community Scheme on behalf of the Arts Council. The successful applicants to the First Round 2019 come from a range of art forms and contexts. Research and Development Award Artist; Community; Context; Artform; Location Jane Queally; Amach! LGBT Galway CLG/ Tach Solais Resource centre; Cultural Diversity; Visual Arts; Galway…

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Welcome to the team!

Recipients 22 May 2019

Create are pleased to announce that two new staff members will be joining the team, following a competitive recruitment process. Áine Crowley joins the organisation as Programme Manager, Arts and Engagement. Aine will advance Create’s work to support artists and communities of interest and/or place to realise high-quality collaborative arts practice, through ongoing professional development…

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Create and FSAS 2019 Residency Recipient Rajinder Singh

Recipients 10 May 2019

Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios are pleased to announce Rajinder Singh as the recipient of the 2019 Artist Residency Award based at Fire Station Artists’ Studios. The Residency will run during the month of June, incorporating International Refugee week (17-23 June 2019) offering opportunities for discussion and development of work. This residency is funded…

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Create and Carlow Arts Festival Artist Residency Recipient: Chinedum Muotto

Recipients 16 April 2019

Create and Carlow Arts Festival are delighted to announce Chinedum Muotto as the successful recipient of a residency award, to precede and coincide with the festival, 4-9 June 2019. The residency is funded through the Arts Council of Ireland’s Artist in the Community Scheme, which is managed by Create. This residency, which aims to support…

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Arts Council AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2018: Collaborative Arts in Health Contexts – recipient

Recipients 27 January 2019

Create is delighted to announce that Marielle MacLeman has been awarded the Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2018: Collaborative Arts in Health Contexts MacLeman is a visual artist who has developed an Arts and Health practice since the early 2000s. Her practice explores the interconnection between place and the human drive…

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Artist in the Community Scheme Second Round 2018: Successful Applicants

Recipients 9 September 2018

Artist in the Community Scheme Second Round 2018 Create manages the Artist in the Community Scheme on behalf of the Arts Council. The successful applicants to the Second Round 2018 come from a range of art forms and contexts. Research and Development Award Artist; Community; Context; Artform; Location Andy Parsons; The Metal Mariners CLG; Interest…

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