CREATE: Arts Sector Updates – 14th March 2025
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  Footage from the short film « Beyond Borders » – Directed by Fatoumata Gandega, Catalyst residency recipient 2024  Artist in the Community Scheme Awards 2025 Deadline: 31 March, 5pm The Arts Council’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme, managed by Create, offers awards to enable artists and communities of place and/or interest to work together to create exceptional art. Applications are now open for Artist in the Community Scheme Awards 2025. 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 Creative Places Tuam Cultural Growth Fund Deadline: 4 April, 12pm Creative Places Tuam with support from Galway County Council Arts Service is now launching the Cultural Growth Fund with a total sum of €20,000 available. This fund is open to arts organisations and groups, community organisations and groups, individual artists, individuals from the community, and creative and cultural practitioners base in Tuam. Catalyst Residency with Create & Fire Station Artists’ Studios 2025 Deadline: 7 April, 5pm 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 the residency partners. AIC Case Studies: Points of Encounter Points of Encounter is a collaborative project between artist Silvina Sisterna and the Nepantla Collective, running from 2023 to 2024. This initiative delves into the collective and individual experiences of Latin American women in Ireland using photography, filming and poetry. |
 Creative Administrator, Pavilion Theatre Deadline: 18 March, 5pm Pavilion Theatre are seeking a dynamic motivated individual who will play a key role in supporting the artistic and administrative functions of Pavilion Theatre. Book-gifting Assistant, Children’s Books Ireland Deadline: 19 March, 4pm Children’s Books Ireland is seeking a full-time Book-gifting Assistant to support their book-gifting projects and help inspire children and young people to become readers for life. Marketing & Digital Communications Officer, Dublin Fringe Festival Deadline: 19 March, 5:30pm Dublin Fringe Festival is seeking a Marketing and Digital Communications Officer to support the Head of Marketing in the execution of both the festival’s annual marketing campaign and the year-round promotion of its artist support initiatives. Creative Producer, Oh Yeah Music Centre, NI Deadline: 19 March The Creative Producer will play a key role in curating, managing, and delivering Oh Yeah’s diverse calendar of music events and programmes. Various roles, East Side Partnership, NI Deadline: 21 March, 12pm East Side Partnership are recruiting a Cultural Development Manager and a Project Officer for EastSide Arts. These roles are an exciting opportunity to lead on and be part of the cultural regeneration of east Belfast which includes developing and sustaining inclusive programmes that enhance local identity and access to arts and culture including the EastSide Arts Festival. Festival Director, Glasgow International, UK Deadline: 23 March Glasgow International is recruiting a Festival Director to join the team on a full-time temporary contract. The postholder will provide a key leadership role in taking forward the delivery of Glasgow International, Scotland’s world-renowned biennial festival of contemporary art. Co-Producer, Deveron Projects, UK Deadline: 1 April, 12 noon Deveron Projects are looking for two passionate and practical Co-Producers to join their team in Huntly for at least two years. Working across the organisation, from programme to operations, buildings to communications, the Co-Producers will be essential members of Deveron Projects, creatively and practically co-developing the work they make and how they make it. Digital Marketing Executive, Galway International Arts Festival Deadline: 5 April Galway International Arts Festival is seeking a Digital Marketing Executive to work with the Festival team delivering digital marketing activity as GIAF builds towards its 50th anniversary in 2027.  Artist in Residence 2025, Sligo Rape Crisis Centre Deadline: 19 March Sligo Rape Crisis Centre invites Sligo-based artists of any discipline to apply to their inaugural Artist in Residence programme. The selected artist will be invited to spend 6 weeks engaging with SRCC to create work on the theme of ‘consent’. Call for Exhibition Proposals 2025 & 2026, Artlink Deadline: 22 March, midnight Artlink’s exhibitions support all visual art media and include both ‘emergent’ and ‘established’ artists based locally, nationally and internationally. It seeks out innovation at home, distinctive and inspiring work from further afield. Funding from The Arts Council of Ireland Creative Places Award | Deadline: 27 March, 5:30pm This year the award has three strands and new applicants to the Creative Places programme for multi-annual funding must have completed the research-and-development award in this round of funding or in previous rounds of funding. Opera Projects and Production Award | Deadline extended: 27 March, 5:30pm The Opera Projects and Production award is intended to support initiatives by professional practitioners to develop and present opera in three distinct stages. Artist and Youth Work Residency Scheme | Deadline: 28 March, 12pm The Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme is designed to promote innovative partnerships between youth groups, artists and (where relevant) arts organisations. Arts in Early Learning and Childcare Scheme | Deadline: 3 April, 5:30pm The purpose of the Arts in Early Learning and Childcare Scheme 2025 is to provide opportunities for babies and young children to explore and enjoy the arts with the support of artists, early-years educators, school-age practitioners, families and carers. Children and Young People’s Arts Residency | Deadline: 3 April, 5:30pm Children and Young People’s Arts Residency supports artists or arts organisations to spend an academic year in residence in a higher-education institution in Ireland that provides initial teacher education (primary, post-primary or further education) and/or a recognised qualification in early childhood education and care. International Residency Initiatives Scheme | Deadline: 3 April, 5:30pm The purpose of this scheme is to support art organisations in the delivery of residency initiatives and to create opportunities for transnational exchange and cooperation across all art forms. Agility Award | Deadline: 24 April, 5:30pm The Agility Award is for individual professional artists and arts practitioners who have not been previously funded as an individual by the Arts Council. The award guidelines can be downloaded from the available funding section of the Arts Council’s website. Individual Artist Bursary Award 2025, South Dublin County Council Deadline: 3 April, 4pm SDCC Individual Artist Bursary Award Scheme 2025 invites applications from practicing artists who wish be considered for an award of up to €5,000 to support their professional development. Artists based in South Dublin County administrative area, or operating substantially within South Dublin County, are eligible to apply. Áras Éanna Residency, RHA Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts Deadline: 4 April, 4pm The RHA School in partnership with Áras Éanna are delighted to offer a visual artist residency on Inis Oírr for the month of July. They welcome applications from visual artists to come and live and work on Inis Oírr and provide up to ten residencies each year. Various opportunities, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Deadline: 4 April, 5pm Temple Bar Gallery + Studios invites applications for two international residency opportunities: TBG+S/HIAP International Residency Exchange 2026 It supports an artist based in Ireland or an Irish artist living abroad to spend three months in residence at HIAP, Helsinki, from mid–April to mid–July, 2026. International Studio & Curatorial Program Residency, New York It supports visual artists based in Ireland and Irish artists living abroad to spend three months in residence at ISCP from 1 September–30 November 2025. Housed in a former factory in Brooklyn, with 35 light-filled work studios and two galleries, ISCP is New York’s most comprehensive international visual arts residency programme. D/deaf and Disabled Artists Support Fund and Digital Innovation Award, University of Atypical, NI Deadline: 10 April, 4pm This is an opportunity for artists to buy time to be creative, to develop or produce new contemporary artwork, or engage in activity that develops existing skills or gives them a new type of experience.  Meet the Arts Council: Removing Racism from the Arts Date: 24 March Time: 10am – 4pm Venue: Project Arts Centre (Address: 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2) Admission: Free, booking essential Join the Arts Council for an event to discuss and explore solutions to removing racism from the arts. They hope that these discussions will guide and inform future actions. Photography Workshop for Adults with Dave McDonagh Date: 25 March Time: 2-4pm Venue: Hugh Lane Gallery (Address: Charlemont House, Parnell Square North, Dublin 1) Admission: Free, booking essential Hugh Lane Gallery is hosting a photography workshop with Traveller photographer and film-maker Dave McDonagh. Participants can use a phone or camera to take different photos and the workshop will offer an insight into Dave’s own particular experience as a photographer. To book a place, please contact caoimhe.mccabe@pavee.ie  Call for Proposals, AkiDwA Review and Strategic Planning 2025 Deadline: 21 March AkiDwA seeks to engage a qualified individual or organisation to support the organisation in Evaluating and reviewing AkiDwA’s work over the past three years, and developing AkiDwA’s 2026–2029 strategic plan. 2025 Training Programme, Safe to Create Safe to Create has lined up a range of in-person and online training opportunities for the arts and creative sectors over the coming months. These sessions are designed to provide artists, creatives and arts workers with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to thrive in their workplaces. 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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