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SALMAGUNDI is a collaborative film project commissioned by Hugh Lane Gallery and Create and awarded to film-maker Jijo Sebastian in 2023. The aim of the project was two-fold: to bring a culturally diverse group of people together to make a feature-length collaborative film and, through this process, to create a transcultural community which would outlive…
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Here you will find Frequently Asked Questions and Answers regarding the Artist in the Community Scheme.
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Create’s work has always been to support artists, academics and activists working in community contexts to tackle important social issues. While the principles of this work remain largely the same, the context in which it takes place is ever-evolving. We invited artist Dana Olărescu to reflect on the contemporary issues of divisive information and the…
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Creative Places is an Arts Council initiative which aims to connect with people, artists, and places, to allow ideas to develop into creative actions that are inspired by and enrich our island. The Creative Places Network Services was managed by Create since its inception in 2021 to 2024. Create offers tailored support, training, peer networking…
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The What is an Island? project was initiated in 2018 by artist and educator Glenn Loughran (TU Dublin / GradCAM) in collaboration with Uillinn director Ann Davoren and former director of Create, Ailbhe Murphy. Developed at the height of the Brexit negotiations, the project set out to explore the significance of islands and island imaginaries in…
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Figures of Eight was a live performance process and moving performance made collaboratively with Fatima Groups United and artist Veronica Dyas in 2023. The project interrogated the current state of Dublin 8 in relation to accommodation, gentrification and biodiversity, and was produced by Project Arts Centre and funded through the Arts Council’s Artist in the…
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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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Published in 2023 the booklet How Much is Enough? by Common Ground, Create and Half Letter Press, traces the richness and diversity of artist Kate O’Shea’s response to the Just City Counter Narrative Neighbourhood award 2020 – 2022. The residency, located in studio 468 supported by Common Ground, was bolstered by a wide range of…
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Create National Networking Day 2023 took the theme Collaborating on Climate Justice. Our programme of guest speakers included the Climate Justice team from TASC, the think tank for action on social change, experienced environmental campaigner and journalist John Gibbons, Dr Cathy Fitzgerald, an accredited sustainability educator, and an experenced panel of socially-engaged artists including AlanJames…
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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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Field Notes IV marks the fourth and fifth Summer Schools, held in 2021 and 2022, and provides a retrospective overview of the first five years of the School. The School, devised by Create and Counterpoints Arts, brings together artists, activists, and thinkers for an intensive multi-day residential School (held virtually in 2020 and 2021). This…
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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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