Creative Places
News 18 June 2026
Creative Places Tuam has secured Arts Council funding for 2026 and 2027, paving the way for a new phase of the community‑led arts programme under local leadership. This programme of work has been instrumental for Create – we are proud to have led the project since January 2020, and to have inaugurated the now national Creative Places programme. After the…
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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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Creative Places
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
Edit: This role has been filled Create seeks freelance Communications and Social Media Support, to develop Creative Places Tuam’s website and social media channels, disseminating the programme across a diverse target group and realising significant audience development In order to ensure optimal visibility for the programme of activities and projects delivered, the role will involve content…
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Creative Places
News · Recipients 27 July 2022
Create, Galway Arts Centre and Creative Places Tuam are delighted to announce Pavithra Kannan as the recipient of this residency award. The residency will take place in September across both Galway Arts Centre and Creative Places Tuam, providing opportunities for research, exchange, networking, and learning, with additional curatorial advice from Galway Arts Centre. Pavithra intends…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
News 16 December 2021
In 2021, Create reaffirmed our commitment to connecting artists, communities, arts and civil society organisations in our belief that by working together, artists and communities can purposefully explore how collaborative arts engage in distinct, relevant and powerful ways with the urgent social, cultural and political issues of our times. January In January, we published a…
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Creative Places
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
Creative Places Tuam, led by Create, is delighted to announce a brand-new commission opportunity for collaborative and socially engaged artists and/or arts collective, working at the intersection of art, theory/research and social action/ justice. We are seeking proposals for a 15 month cooperative commission commencing in September 2021 that engages with and responds to the…
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Creative Places
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
Creative Places Tuam seeks to grow Creative Team Creative Places Tuam is an Arts Council initiative, led and managed by Create. The three year programme aims to develop a grassroots approach to creativity and arts engagement, building capacity for a rich, engaged artistic and cultural practice in the town and its hinterlands. Creative Places Tuam…
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Creative Places
News 6 November 2020
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…
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Creative Places
News · Recipients 23 October 2020
We are delighted to announce the recipients of the Creative Places Tuam Seeding Fund. This fund was established in order to respond to the challenge posed by Covid 19 to artists and communities alike. The Seeding Fund enables individuals and groups to fund research or projects that will happen in and benefit the people of…
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Creative Places
News 9 September 2020
Creative Places Tuam is pleased to announce the first Thinking on Tuam residency, awarded to author and educator Oein de Bhardúin. This residency provides space to hear from voices and people in Tuam and beyond – activists, artists, academics, thinkers, historians, craftspeople, social campaigners, and more. Each residency will inform the larger Creative Places Tuam…
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Creative Places
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
Funding for individuals, arts groups and community groups About this fund This is a challenging time for artists and communities alike. We recognise the challenge posed to both individuals and groups active in community engagement at a time of physical distancing and the urgent demands on community development and civil society organisations to focus…
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Creative Places
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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