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AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2021 Recipient (Collaborative Arts and Community Development): Kate O’Shea

News, Recipients 3 December 2021

Create and the Irish Local Development Network are delighted to announce Kate O’Shea as the recipient of the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2021: Collaborative Arts and Community Development Kate is a multi-disciplinary social practice artist working across printmaking, large-scale installation, performance and publishing. Her collaborative practice builds spaces of solidarity to explore…

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Pilot Create Artist Mentor Panel: Mentoring Award

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Create invites expressions of interest from collaborative socially engaged artists, or artists interested in/transitioning into collaborative socially engaged arts, who wish to avail of a focused period of mentorship to develop and consolidate their practice. The Pilot Artist Mentor Panel is funded through the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme, managed by Create on a…

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New AIC Scheme Case Study: ‘Yes, But Do You Care?’

News 22 November 2021

‘Yes, But Do You Care?’ is a cross-disciplinary collaborative art project by visual artist Marie Brett, working with dance artist and choreographer Philip Connaughton, with contributions from members of the Dementia Carers Campaign Network. This work explores the experiences of family carers, the human right to make a bad decision, and Ireland’s new capacity legislation. The…

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AIC Scheme 2021 Round Two: Successful Recipients

News, Recipients 19 November 2021

Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round Two) in 2021, 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 Playwright Marina Ní Dhubháin will work with Aisteóirí Bhréanainn in the Co Kerry Gaeltacht, to…

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AIC Bursary Award 2021 Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity recipient: Gea Gojak

News, Recipients 28 September 2021

Create and the Immigrant Council of Ireland are pleased to announce Gea Gojak as the recipient of the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2021: Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity. Gea Gojak is a Croatian theatremaker who uses theatre to explore the way, the means and the language of expression and as an incentive…

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2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice

News 23 September 2021

We are pleased to announce the publication of the programme for the 2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice. Devised by Create and Counterpoints Arts’ Learning Lab, the School is an initiative of The Arts Council’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme, managed by Create. Now in its fourth year, the School will…

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We Only Want The Earth: Residency 4 2021

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A4 Sounds in partnership with Create and Movement of Asylum Seekers Ireland (MASI) invite applications from artists who are seeking or have sought international protection in Ireland, for a four-month residency award as part of the We Only Want the Earth 2021 programme. The residency will run from November 2021 to March 2022. The residency…

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2021 Bursary in Collaborative Arts and Community Development

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Create is delighted to announce our second Artist in the Community Scheme bursary award in 2021. This bursary is offered in partnership with Irish Local Development Network, themed on Collaborative Arts and Community Development. The AIC Bursary Award 2021: Collaborative Arts and Community Development specifically aims to support an individual professional artist working in collaborative…

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Create and The Model residency recipient: Nadia Tamerji

News, Recipients 18 August 2021

Create and The Model in Sligo are pleased to announce Nadia Tamerji as the recipient of the 2021 Artist Residency Award. This award was designed for collaborative socially engaged artists who have first-hand experience of displacement and/or are shaped by histories of intergenerational migration. The residency will take place at The Model and provide opportunities…

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2021 Autumn School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice

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Create and Counterpoints Arts are pleased to announce the 2021 School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice for up to 12 artists. Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing, we will host the 2021 School virtually over five days: 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th of October. The Autumn School is an initiative of The Arts…

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2021 Bursary in Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity

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Create is delighted to offer two Artist in the Community Scheme bursaries in 2021. The first, themed on Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity, is offered in partnership with the Immigrant Council of Ireland, and is designed to support individual professional artists whose practice centres on collaboration with individuals or groups (non-arts professionals). The second bursary and its…

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Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios residency recipient: Gea Gojak

News, Recipients 30 June 2021

Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios are pleased to announce Gea Gojak as the recipient of the 2021 Remote Residency Award. This award was specifically designed for collaborative socially engaged artists who have first-hand experience of displacement and/or histories of intergenerational migration, and will take place remotely over four weeks in June and July. The remote residency offers…

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