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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Artist in the Community Scheme
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
Catalyst Residency, offered in partnership between Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS), offers a socially engaged artist from an under-represented ethnic background a one-month residency in Dublin 1 during June 2025. The residency is intended as an artist-led incubation period which allows them to develop their practice and their networks with targeted support from…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
News 10 February 2025
Applications are now open for Artist in the Community Scheme Awards. Applications will close on the 31st March 2025. All applications, guidelines and further materials can be found at our AIC Scheme Awards page, in both English and Irish. Information Sessions We know from internal research that in 2024, 63% of proposals deemed ineligible were submitted…
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Create is a robust, renewed and forward-looking organisation with a collegial, collaborative team of eleven and a firm commitment to collaborative arts’ transformational power within society. The board currently has eight members including the outgoing Chair, with recent recruitment providing a strong diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds and stability of membership in the coming…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
News · Opportunities Deadline expired
Create’s mission is to lead the development of collaborative arts practice in Ireland, provide opportunities for exchange and interaction that engage and benefit artists and communities, strengthen the contribution of the arts to society and encourage the creation of exceptional art that reflects and responds to our times. We are currently recruiting for two roles…
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News 12 December 2024
We are delighted to continue to support the work of collaborative and socially engaged artists and to advocate for the practice. Don’t forget that you can support us with a one-off or recurring donation, here. Here’s just a selection of our activities in 2024. January & February We began the year with multiple information sessions…
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News · Recipients 28 November 2024
Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round Two) in 2024, 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 Brenda Kearney will work in collaboration with Cranmore Community Co-op, and their dedicated community garden…
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News · Create News Periodical 10 October 2024
Create’s work has always been to support artists, academics and activists working in community contexts to tackle important social issues. While the principles of this work remain largely the same, the context in which it takes place is ever-evolving. We invited artist Dana Olărescu to reflect on the contemporary issues of divisive information and the…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
News · Recipients 3 October 2024
Create is pleased to announce Daniel Brennan and Lauryn McNamee as the recipients of 2024 Artist in the Community Scheme Bursaries. Daniel Brennan is a writer, educator, collaborative artist and community organiser working across mediums including literature, film, theatre and beyond. His work explores methodologies for collaborative storytelling through collective dreaming with the goal to build new worlds…
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Artist in the Community Scheme
The remaining 2024 Deadline for Round Two of the AIC Scheme is Mon 30th September (Round Two). Applications are now OPEN. This includes the following awards: Research and Development Award (without mentoring) Research and Development Award (with Mentoring) Recent Graduate Research and Development Award (with Mentoring) Project Realisation Award How to Apply Application forms for…
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Artist Mentor Panel
News · Recipients 11 July 2024
Create is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2024 Artist Mentoring Award. This new award sits within a suite of offerings under the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme. Now in its third year, it aims to offer capacity building and arts practice development for collaborative socially engaged artists, and artists who are transitioning…
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