We are delighted to announce that our newly launched Reading Room space is now available to book, for those who wish to use the space and consult materials Create holds in our Reading Room and archive. The Create Reading Room offers access to a wealth of books, periodicals and pamphlets related to the development of…
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Create is currently recruiting for a Finance Manager on a Maternity Cover basis (4 days per week). The role of Finance Manager is key to the organisation providing quality services to artists and communities across Ireland and the smooth management and administration of the organisation’s work. The Finance Manager is a busy, varied and collaborative…
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News · Recipients 5 June 2025
Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round One) in 2025, 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 Jan McCullough will engage with Female Woodworkers across Ireland to explore together how shared skills,…
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We are delighted to issue this open call for applications to the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Awards 2025. 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 2025,…
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News 3 June 2025
We are so pleased to announce that our Director, Damien McGlynn, has been chosen to take part in the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts Fellowship, beginning in mid-June 2025 and running to November 2026. The Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts Fellowship is a transformative programme designed to connect and support visionary leaders of arts organisations…
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Artist Residencies and Commissions
News · Recipients 13 May 2025
Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS) are delighted to announce Obinna Michael Imo as the recipient of the 2025 Catalyst Residency Award. Obinna Michael Imo is a self-taught visual artist, graphic designer, clothing and digital designer originally from Nigeria and living in Dublin. His current work explores the power of art to engage and…
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On the 6th May 2025, we were delighted to welcome artists, academics, partners organisations, members of our board and more, to launch our new Reading Room and Archive. This evening was both the culmination of a large-scale refurbishment project, and the beginning of a newly enhanced resource for the sector. The project, designed by Plattenbau…
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Create News Periodical 12 May 2025
One of Create’s core purposes as a resource organisation is to ensure that artists working in the field of collaborative socially engaged arts are supported to operate to the highest possible standards. In reviewing our training offerings, we consistently hear from artists and community members that conflict resolution and working sustainably with difference is an…
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Artist Residencies and Commissions
Create is delighted to announce the Dr Ailbhe Murphy Research Residency 2025. This award is in honour and remembrance of our former Director, Dr. Ailbhe Murphy, who sadly passed away in May 2024. Ailbhe’s commitment to supporting collaborative arts practitioners and to deep and rigorous research have inspired this award. The Research Residency is designed…
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Summer School
News 9 April 2025
We were delighted, with the support of the British Council, to send artists William Bock, Abi Ighodaro and Helen O’Keefe to London in April to attend The British East India Company on Trial, a collaboration between academic, writer, lawyer and activist Radha D’Souza and artist and propaganda researcher Jonas Staal. This trial was part of…
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News 20 March 2025
On St Patrick’s Day 2025, Create were privileged to join artists working in the collaborative arts field to celebrate President Michael D. Higgins’ ‘Samhlaíocht agus An Náisiún – Imagination and The Nation‘ initiative in Áras an Uachtaráin. Each year, the President and Sabina Higgins mark St. Patrick’s Day by hosting a reception for people who…
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Applications are now OPEN for the Artist in the Community Scheme Artist Mentoring Award 2025. We invite applications from collaborative, socially engaged artists, or artists transitioning into collaborative, socially engaged arts, who wish to avail of a focused period of mentorship to develop and consolidate their practice. The closing date for applications is 5pm, Tuesday 6th May 2025 About…
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