Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios invite expressions of interest from collaborative socially engaged artists who have first-hand experience of displacement and/or are shaped by histories of intergenerational migration, for a remote residency to be held in June and July 2021. For this residency, candidates may or may not self-identify as refugee, migrant or otherwise through lived experience…
Francesca La Morgia, originally from Italy, has been involved in a range of community projects primarily with migrant families in Ireland and in the UK for a number of years. In 2017, she created Mother Tongues, a non-profit organisation that aims to support migrant families in raising children with two or more languages. Francesca is…
Beginning in 2017, Create, working closely with the Arts Participation team in the Arts Council, have been engaged in a period of research and policy making within the Artist in the Community Scheme. An aim of this work was to increase the capacity and engagement of artists and communities from minority ethnic and migrant backgrounds…
Create is thrilled to have been chosen to be part of the RAISE Programme for 2021 – 22. An Arts Council initiative delivered by O’Kennedy Consulting since 2018, RAISE focuses on building capacity to generate significant private and philanthropic investment for the arts and cultural sectors. We are very much looking forward to learning more about…
Ruairí Ó’Donnabháin, Comharchumann Chléire and the community of Cape Clear Island Funded by the Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Otolith is the second in a series of works instigated by artist Ruairí Ó’Donnabháin under the title ‘Archipelagic Thinking’. The performance event and resulting sculpture is a collaboration between Ó’Donnabháin, composer Seán Ó’Dálaigh, goldsmith…
A4 Sounds in partnership with Create and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) invite applications from trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming artists for a four-month residency award as part of the We Only Want the Earth 2021 programme. The residency will run from Feburary to May 2021. The residency opportunity aims to support an artist based in…
As 2020 draws to a close, we take this moment to reflect on a year unlike any other. To all our colleagues – artists, community activists, key stakeholders and project partners – we say a sincere thank you for your work with us this year. Despite such challenging times, which saw many projects interrupted, plans…
Create and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties are pleased to announce Tobi Balogun as the recipient of the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2020: Collaborative Arts and Human Rights. Tobi is an artist based in Dublin and Carlow, working across Dance, Theatre, Fashion and Design. As a professional member of Dance Ireland and founding…
Land Walks is a collaborative sound and visual art project by artist William Bock and residents of West Cork, that maps experiences of belonging and uprooting in the West Cork landscape through walking, storytelling and collaborative field recording. Over six months, William Bock walked with nine asylum seekers living in Clonakilty Lodge Direct Provision Centre…
Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round Two) in 2020, 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 Alisha Doody will work with the Stairlings Collective on the research and development of an…
We are pleased to announce details of Networking Day 2020, which seeks to take stock of collaborative and socially engaged arts practice in a year unlike any other. The Networking Day brings together artists and community and cultural practitioners to share practice and to exchange in the context of the unique challenges this year has presented…
Creative Places Tuam today launched a website which will bring together information, news, events and opportunities from the three year cultural programme. The site aims to amplify collaborative arts practice in the town and its hinterlands, connecting artists, business people, young people, and the wider community. Creative Places Tuam is for everyone – whether you…
