Deadline for application June 15th 2018
An initiative of The Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme, presented by Create, and Counterpoint Arts.
July, 27th to 30th, Carlingford.
Deadline for application June 15th. Limited to 15 places.
Cultural Diversity and the Arts has always been a priority area for the Arts Council and Create and has for a long time been part of our thinking. We are delighted to announce this opportunity for up to 15 artists.
About the summer school
The concept of ‘cultural diversity’ is often read as abstract and detached perhaps overly mired in policy and technical language. It’s an oft-repeated term but how does it resonate as an essential, dynamic part of everyday life? What might ‘cultural diversity’ mean in practice: in people’s intimate lives, in neighbourhoods and within communities of place and interest?
How might ‘cultural diversity’ form an intrinsic part of the artistic, socially engaged process and act as a powerful driver for social change?
A key aim of the summer school is to create a peer-to-peer space in which to explore the concept of ‘cultural diversity’ and its various applications through the lens of the AIC Scheme which has resulted in rich cultural ecosystems and cross-sector methodologies.
The summer school will be interdisciplinary both in curriculum and composition of participants, presenters and facilitators, the summer school will take the form of a four-day residency enabling a ‘think and do’ collaborative approach, utilizing creative workshops, critical and comparative case studies, one-to-one mentoring, international guest speakers including curators, policymakers and activists.
Directed by: Áine O’Brien
Visiting speakers and facilitators:
Who should apply?
- Emerging, mid-career and established artists, based in the Republic of Ireland, that have a collaborative arts practice (working in any artform including architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature, music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts)
- Artists who are interested in exploring the questions outlined above alongside their individual and shared practice
- Artists that are migrants, refugees or applicants for international protection and that are in a position to take up this opportunity will be prioritised
How to apply – please submit:
- An application letter (maximum of two A4 pages), outlining why you are applying to this summer school. Give us a sense of your current arts practice and explain your interest in the issue of cultural diversity and the ‘Artist in the Community Scheme’, in addition to what you wish to learn and explore alongside other participants.
Tell us something about why ‘cultural diversity’ might be relevant to your current and future practice. Why apply now? What do you hope to develop in your practice in relation to this area of work?
Since the summer school will be run along the lines of a ‘think and do’ residency, we expect participants to play an active role in all aspects of the programme. We’re therefore interested to hear about what you might contribute to the summer school’s conversations and collaborative activities? What will you bring to the collective table.
This will be a competitive selection process, so please tell us why you think you should join other participants in what will be a dynamic, challenging yet hopefully rewarding residency.
- a CV (maximum of one/two pages)- outlining your current practice
- a PDF with a maximum of 5 examples of recent projects, with images, relevant links, captions and short descriptions
The deadline for submission is 5pm 15th June.
The four-day residential will commence 27th – 30th July, participants will stay in a converted stone building just 7km from the beautiful medieval Carlingford. The house has 8 bedrooms – participants must be willing to share bedrooms. The residential will include full board, travel and an appropriate stipend.
For enquiries contact support@create-ireland.ie
Send completed applications to: apply@create-ireland.ie
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Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts. We are a resource organisation for artists working across artform, in social and community contexts. We encourage innovative and creative models of engagement that extend and enrich arts engagement and participation with multiple publics and diverse communities of interest and of place. Create’s mission is to lead the development of collaborative arts practice in Ireland, create opportunities for exchange and interaction that benefit a wide constituency of artists, sectors and communities, strengthen the contribution of the arts to society, and encourage artists and communities to create art that reflects and responds to our times. Create offers a range of services for artists and arts organisations which include Professional Development and Advisory Sessions, Mentoring, Research, Learning Development and Commissioning and Project opportunities. We work through partnerships with arts and civil society organisations on initiatives that support and develop collaborative arts practice, nationally and internationally.
Counterpoints Arts support, produce and promote the arts by and about migrants and refugees and communities of place/interest. Our work is done in collaboration through national and international co-productions – with artists, arts, cultural and educational organizations and civil society activists. We believe in the ability of the arts to inspire social change and reach our mission via three strands: ‘Enabling, Producing and Learning’. We develop strategic programmes and national platforms, enabling organisations and practitioners to improve networking, develop practice and showcase work. We produce high quality work across different artforms and outputs – events, exhibitions, commissions, digital platforms, artefacts and residencies engaging diverse audiences. We facilitate learning through peer-to-peer learning labs and platforms – encouraging imaginative reflection, cross-sector conversations, skills transfer, and the sharing of evaluation and impact.
The Artist in the Community Scheme (AIC) is funded by the Arts Council and managed by Create. The scheme has a long history in the development of collaborative arts in Ireland. It was established in 2002, with the aim to encourage and support meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists.
for more information please go to http://create-ireland.ie/latestopportunities/summer-school-on-cultural-diversity