News · Recipients 1 July 2026
Create is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2026 Artist Mentoring Award. This award sits within a suite of offerings under the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme. Now in its fifth year, it aims to offer capacity building and arts practice development for collaborative socially engaged artists, and artists who are transitioning into…
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News · Recipients 30 June 2026
Create is delighted to announce Lyónn Wolf as the successful recipient of the Co-Create PhD in Socially Engaged Art and Counter-Narratives, offered in partnership with the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). Lyónn Wolf is an artist and writer currently engaged with de-productive trans and class poetics. His work unfolds a desire for structures…
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News · Opportunities Deadline expired
Swords Cultural Quarter is a developing civic and cultural district centred around North Street, Seatown Road, Bridge Street and Main Street, incorporating landmarks including Swords Castle, County Hall and the Carnegie. It forms part of Fingal County Council’s wider Sustainable Swords Strategy, which seeks to reimagine and revitalise the county town through culture, community and public life. The Cultural Quarter, encompassing Culture House, The Carnegie and the surrounding…
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News 26 June 2026
On the 23rd of June 2026, we welcomed guests to join us as we launched our new Strategy for 2026 to 2031, People Practice Progress: Building Sustainable Futures. You can read the full strategy in PDF, accessible word and audio format here. Our Director Damien McGlynn was joined by chair of Create’s board Kevin Murphy,…
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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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Summer School
News · Recipients 11 June 2026
Create and Learning Lab Agency are delighted to announce the participants in the 2026 Summer School on Collaborative Practice and Social Change. Now entering its eighth year, the forthcoming Summer School explores the work of collaborative and socially engaged artists and examines the politics of public art, counter publics, and the significance of place in an era…
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News · Recipients 11 June 2026
Dublin City Council is delighted to announce that artist Sophia Tamburrini has been awarded the first Dolphin House Mini Commission. Since September 2025, DCC, through its Arts office, has been working with Create and artist Evelyn Broderick and the community of Dolphin House on a Public Art programme which places the community at the heart of the…
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Since September 2025, Dublin City Council, through its Arts office, has been working with Create and artist Evelyn Broderick and the community of Dolphin House on a Public Art programme which places the community at the heart of the Public Art Commissioning Process. The local community has participated in weekly workshops and discussions about the…
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Networking Day
News · Create News Periodical 3 June 2026
Sophie Hope is a practice-based researcher and teacher. Her work is often developed with others through the format of devised workshops exploring subjects such as art and politics, physical and emotional experiences of work, stories of socially engaged art and the ethics of employability in the creative industries. She has been a Lecturer in Socially…
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We are delighted to issue this open call for applications to the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Awards 2026. The objective of the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme Bursary Award is to support individual professional artists in any artform to develop their collaborative socially engaged arts practice. There will be two awards of €20,000 awarded in 2026,…
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We are looking for a new Finance Trustee to join our board and work alongside the current trustees and staff on delivering our new strategy People Practice Progress (2026-2031). Established in 1983, Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts in Ireland. We are interested in candidates who are passionate about engaging people in…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
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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