CREATE: Arts Sector News & Updates – 19th August 2025
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  Vanessa Daws, Ciaran Smyth and Damien McGlynn pictured in the Create Reading Room. Photo: Vance Lau  Dr Ailbhe Murphy Research Residency awarded to Vanessa Daws Create is pleased to announce Vanessa Daws as the recipient of the Dr Ailbhe Murphy Research Residency. Vanessa is a visual artist whose work explores place through swimming. Her art projects invite, involve and collaborate with different communities of interest and place. She will use this Research Residency to explore our relationship to the water that surrounds us and the creatures in it, from a swimmer’s point of view, connecting with the Dublin Bay Biosphere. She plans to research the history of open water swimming in Dublin and Ireland, in particular women’s swimming. She also intends to research other artists and groups who work in an embedded art practice and a geographical way. The Research Residency, part funded by the Arts Council of Ireland, is designed to support an established collaborative arts practitioner with a research-focused practice. Vanessa will be hosted in Create’s new Reading Room and Archive, and supported to access material within these collections. Access is offered to one-to-one sessions with Create staff as well as key staff at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL, based at NCAD). This Residency will begin in September 2025. Graphic Designers needed for NEIC Community Arts Programme Deadline: 1 September, 5pm The vision for Dublin’s North East Inner City (NEIC) Community Arts Programme is that community arts can be transformative. Community Arts is an essential component of social inclusion, social justice and equality. Since 2025, Create has managed the Community Arts Programme in the NEIC, with the aim to support artists and steer the development of place-based collaborative arts. To support this work, we seek Expressions of Interest from Graphic Designers based in the North East Inner City area. Please consult this list of streets within the area to ensure that you are based in the NEIC. Over the coming months, we will create key branding and media assets for the programme, bringing a positive, contemporary and engaging feel to the overall identity of the Community Arts Programme, and reflecting a vibrant and diverse area. AIC Scheme 2025 (Round Two) open for applications Deadline: 29 September, 5pm The remaining 2025 Deadline for Round Two of the Artist in the Community Scheme is Monday 29th September 2025. 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 AIC Information Sessions on 26 August and 9 September Create is pleased to announce two online information sessions on applying to the Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme. The information session is about answering any questions you might have about making an application to the Scheme. It’s also about sharing experience of developing and delivering a collaborative project through the Scheme. AIC Case Studies – Karen Aguiar: Collaborative Arts and Dance Karen Aguiar is the recipient of AIC Bursary: Collaborative Arts and Dance in 2022. Read this case study as she shared her journey of a period of intentional slowing down and consolidation of her evolving practice supported by the bursary. |
 Arts Officer, Kildare County Council Deadline: 21 August, 4pm The Kildare County Council Arts Service is seeking a County Arts Officer. The role of the Arts Officer is to deliver on the objectives as set out in Kildare’s County Arts Strategy and other key strategic and policy areas and enable people of all abilities to experience the arts. Creative Learning Manager, The Lyric Theatre, NI Deadline: 22 August, 12 noon Creative Learning Manager is an integral role within the Creative Learning Department, and would play a key role in the theatre, coordinating and developing the work of the department in Primary and Secondary Schools, together with the Theatre and Summer Schools. Festival Administrator, Dublin Theatre Festival Deadline: 22 August, 12pm This administrative role is responsible for financial administration, daily running of the Festival offices, general administration and supervision of seasonal staff during the festival season. General Manager, Dance Cork Firkin Crane Deadline: 24 August, midnight Dance Cork Firkin Crane are looking for an enthusiastic, efficient, and dedicated individual to join their team and help them fulfil Dance Cork Firkin Crane’s potential to be a significant national venue for Dance. Artistic Director & CEO, dlr Mill Theatre Deadline: 29 August, 5pm dlr Mill Theatre are seeking an exceptional Artistic Director & CEO to lead their team and shape the theatre’s future, as they approach their 20th anniversary and a new strategic phase. Project Producer, Accidental Theatre, NI Deadline: 31 August Accidental Theatre seeking a dynamic and organised Project Producer who plays a key role in shaping and producing their programme of artist development, live performance, digital content and community-led initiatives, ensuring each project is delivered with care, ambition and impact. Chief Executive Officer, Druid Deadline: 12 September, 5:30pm Reporting to the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will strategically and operationally lead the organisation to realise Druid’s vision of Irish performance for the world. Curator, The Dock Deadline: 12 September The Dock is looking for a Curator who will programme 6-8 exhibitions by professional visual artists per year, and work with local, national and international artists in the Exhibitions programme.  Design Trust Fellowship, V&A East Deadline: 22 August, midnight The Design Trust Fellowship at V&A East is a one-year programme awarding a creative practitioner funding to engage in research at V&A East Storehouse, fieldwork in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and China where appropriate, and to produce a new creative work, which will be displayed at V&A East for a six-month season. Artist-in-Residence Program, OFFCITY 2026, Czech Republic Deadline: 31 August OFFCITY invite artists, architects, theorists, or creative and interdisciplinary collectives to explore the theme of interspaces from various angles and perspectives. They are interested in interspaces as subtle cracks in the fabric of the city – gaps between buildings, unused courtyards, forgotten corners – but also as a metaphor for the rifts between beings, communities, and between the human and non-human world. Little Sparks, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Deadline: 2 September, 5pm Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is excited to partner with Kildarton Specialised Preschool and Carmona School on this studio project for professional artists. They will support an artist/s to develop their arts practice with children with disabilities from two and a half to seven years of age. Open Call for Visitors, Ambassadors of Good Practice, Creative FLIP, EU Deadline: 7 September, 23:59 (CET) Through the Ambassadors of Good Practice Programme, Creative FLIP is supporting 10 peer-learning exchanges designed to identify and showcase exemplary practices on how local communities in non-urban areas are revitalised through arts and culture. These 5-day exchanges will bring together selected Hosts and Visitors to share knowledge, ideas, and inspiration. Funding from The Arts Council of Ireland Digital Arts Mentorship Scheme | Deadline: 8 September, 4pm The Scheme aims to support individual digital artists to develop and extend their practice through the process of mentoring with an experienced digital artist or other professional with expertise in digital arts. It is run by Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet. NEMO – Northern European Mobility Opportunity | Deadline: 15 September, 22:59 NEMO is a pilot programme for mobility and artistic exchange, supported by the Nordic Culture Fund and the arts funding agencies of Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It focuses on fostering international collaboration, strengthening artistic networks across the region, and supporting more artists and arts professionals in engaging with international partners. The award guidelines can be downloaded from the available funding section of the Arts Council’s website. Open Call: Dance Programme Coordination Services, Fingal County Council Deadline extended: 9 September Fingal County Council Arts Office invites expressions of interest from suitably experienced individuals for the coordination of a pilot youth dance programme in county Fingal. The contract is from October 2025 to October 2026 with the option to extend by agreement for a second and third year. Public Art Panel 2025-2030, Mayo County Council Deadline: 26 September, 5pm Mayo County Council is seeking applications from artists to join the Public Art Panel 2025 – 2030. The panel is being established to deliver potential public art commissions funded through the Per Cent for Art Scheme.  Nach Cuma? Who Cares? by Aaron Sunderland Carey Opening: 21 August, 6-8pm Exhibition until 30 September Venue: The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin 1, D01 WA07 Curated by Margarita Cappock Nach Cuma? Who Cares? is an exhibition that explores the politics of care and responsibility with a focus on class and race within working class communities in Dublin. Developed out of a series of collaborative workshops with youth and adult groups in Rialto, Bluebell and Ballymun the project responds to an alarming rise in hate-driven rhetoric and division, particularly within working-class spaces. This exhibition follows on from Carey’s earlier work Stones, which focused on the relationship between individuals and place in Ballymun. Through visual, social, and dialogic forms, Nach Cuma? offers not conclusions but a methodology: one of listening, reflection, and accountability. The exhibition will be opened by Willa White. Creative Career Recharge Series, Minding Creative Minds Dates: 3, 10, 17 September Location: Online Join these sessions via Zoom for the workshops to learn more about keeping a positive mindset, developing your creative career, exploring marketing strategy, and tips for writing successful funding applications. Grant-writing workshop on EU funding opportunities, Irish Aerial Creation Centre Date: 12 September Time: 10am – 4pm Venue: Irish Aerial Creation Centre, Gillogue Office Park, Corbally, Co Clare, V94 EYK6 Admission: Free, registration required Irish Aerial Creation Centre and the project “Island Connect” are pleased to present a grant-writing workshop with leading grant writer Barbara Rovere. The training will focus on EU funding opportunities for the arts and culture sector. Together in Commune, curated by Marysia Wieckiewicz and featuring work by Rua Red’s current resident studio artists Exhibition until 13 September Venue: Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 KV8N Together in Commune, is the first exhibition of Rua Red’s Studio Programme, curated by Marysia Wieckiewicz and featuring work by Rua Red’s current resident studio artists: David Beattie, Ala Buisir, Cecilia Bullo, Pauline Cummins, Lauren Kelly, Maria McKinney, and Fiona Whelan. ‘In Conversation’ with Fiona Whelan and Ciaran Smyth on 5 September, 11am – 1pm In this ‘In Conversation’ event, artist Fiona Whelan will reflect on the content and process of making The River. She will be in conversation with artist and researcher Dr Ciaran Smyth who supported her in a process of recursive mapping, as the pair explored new cartographic strategies for visualising this collaborative and socially engaged practice. The conversation will be moderated by Carolann Courtney (Create). Composting Colonialism: Towards the Radical Garden, curated by Elida Maiques and Anne Mullee Exhibition until 4 October Venue: Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray, Co Wicklow, A98 N5P1 Group Exhibition by Samantha Brown (UK), Padraig Cunningham (IRL), Grace Enemaku (IRL), Yvanna Greene (IRL), Louis Haugh (IRL), Marianne Keating (IRL), Elida Maiques (ES), Siobhan McGibbon (IRL), Laura Ní Fhlaibhín (IRL) and Harold Offeh (UK). Curated by Elida Maiques and Anne Mullee. Selected works by Irish, Spanish and British artists consider the effects and legacy of colonialism, horticulture and the garden as a status symbol, inviting the audience to explore radical post-colonial horticultural practice and histories. MOSS COLLECTIVE Gestures: A Continuity of Care on 30 August, 11am – 2pm Moss Collective invites participants to contribute to the Gestures: A Continuity of Care, an outdoor, experimental space for thinking through communal action and making. This is a collective art performance focusing on the saplings trees on the common soil of Bray Head.  Arts Services Panel, Dublin City Council Deadline: 29 August, 12 noon Dublin City Council seeks to establish a Panel for Arts, and Cultural Programming, Event Management, Arts and Cultural Programme/ Project Co-ordination, and Arts and Cultural Programme Assessment Services for the Dublin City Arts Office. Co-Chairs and Trustees, Live Art Development Agency, UK Deadline: 5 September, 5pm Live Art Development Agency (LADA) are looking for new Co-Chairs and Trustees to join their Board. With core Arts Council England funding secured until 2028, LADA have the stability to plan ahead and the momentum to invent a vibrant future. They are looking for Trustees who share their values and ambition and a Co-Chair leadership structure to lead them through this vital new chapter. Public Consultation on Basic Income for the Arts Deadline: 5 September Basic Income for the Arts is a pilot research programme which has been running since August 2022. As the pilot comes to an end in February 2026, the public is invited to share their views on the future of the policy. The consultation invites feedback from the public, stakeholders, and advocacy groups. The consultation will give members of the public and stakeholder organisations the opportunity to express their views on the future of BIA. Anyone is welcome to contribute. The public consultation can be accessed HERE. The consultation period will run from 12 August to 5 September. Moving Signatures, CoisCéim Broadreach & IMMA Horizons CoisCéim Broadreach are delighted to invite you to take part in the brand new interdisciplinary four month-long project Moving Signatures! It begins in the galleries of IMMA and where you will take part in a series of Saturday afternoon slow-art tours designed to provoke your senses and deepen your connection with selected works from the museum’s permanent collection. Then, guided by choreographer and filmmaker Jonathan Mitchell, you’ll respond physically to an artwork that resonates with you to capture your own moving signature – your unique trace. These moving signatures will be filmed and shared as a series of citizen reviews through IMMA. They will also become the building blocks of a new dance work, co-created during Sunday sessions at CoisCéim Studio. This collective response to the artworks will be performed at IMMA in November and captured in a short dance film. Read more about our Promotional Guidelines and how to submit your event or opportunity for possible promotion by Create. We only promote opportunities in which the artist is paid, in line with our Artists’ Pay Policy. |
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