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Artist in the Community Scheme

Catalyst Residency 2025 now open for applications

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

Artist in the Community Scheme Awards 2025 now OPEN for applications

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 seeks Chair of Board of Trustees

News · Opportunities Deadline expired

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

We are hiring! Finance and Operations Officer and AIC Scheme Support Officer

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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2024 in Review

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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AIC Scheme 2024 Round Two: Successful Recipients

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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Create News 36 – Abundant Futures: Building Equity in a Divided World

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

AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2024 Recipients: Daniel Brennan and Lauryn McNamee

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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AIC Scheme 2024 (Round Two) open for applications

News · Opportunities

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

2024 Artist Mentoring Award Recipients Announced

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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Summer School

2024 Summer School participants announced

News · Recipients 6 June 2024

Create and Counterpoints Arts are delighted to announce the participants in the 2024 Summer School on Collaborative Practice and Social Change. In a world increasingly shaped by the erosion of democracy and public trust, together with the impact of global displacement, the Summer School on Collaborative Practice and Social Change supports and enables socially engaged artists…

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Artist in the Community Scheme

AIC Scheme 2024 Round One: Successful Recipients

News · Recipients 31 May 2024

Congratulations to all successful applicants to the AIC Scheme (Round One) 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 Aaron Sunderland Carey will work with Axis Ballymun and Poppintree Youth Project to undertake an immersive…

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