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OPPORTUNITIES & EVENTS - January 2016
Glittery Embrace | Tara Kennedy. Image: Henrietta Williams
OPPORTUNITIES
REMINDER - DEADLINE for Arts Council Bursary AwardIn Architecture, Dance, Theatre, Music, Literature, Film and Viusal Arts
Deadline: 21 JanuaryWeblink: www.artscouncil.ie
Venue Assistant, Dance Ireland
Category: JobDeadline: 22 January, 12noonWeblink: http://www.danceireland.ie/news/articles/vacancy-venue-assistant
A full-time post, the successful applicant will have experienced reception skills, be a good communicator with strong verbal and written skills, with a pleasant and welcoming manner. This is a 3-year fixed-term (renewable) contract, subject to a 6 month probation period.
Closing date for applications is 12noon, 22 January 2016.
Interviews: Thursday 28 January 2016. Dance Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.
Download the full job specification here.
Residency Programme 2016, Sample-Studios
Category: ResidencyDeadline: 25 JanuaryWeblink: http://www.sample-studios.com/upcoming-residenciesEmail: [email protected]
Sample-Studios are pleased to announce we are now taking applications to participate in our Studio Residency Programme for 2016. This year applications are particularly welcome from organisations, groups and individuals who are interested in collaborating with Sample-Studios members to develop and create cross-disciplinary projects.
Applicants are invited from diverse and multi-disciplinary backgrounds, including non-visual or performing arts. With a member base of over 80 arts practitioners, residency participants are encouraged to invite collaborative participation from our members in order to develop work or projects. The duration of the residency may be one week to one month in duration. This is a studio-based residency only. Sample-Studios are unable to provide financial assistance toward accommodation, travel or materials.
To apply, please submit the following:
A brief cover letter, outlining your proposed use of the residency space
A CV (max 2 pages) or projects listing from your organisation
In addition to submitting the above documents, please provide a letter of reference or support and attach at least one of the following:
Maximum of 5 images of your work Maximum of two film or sound recordings Examples of writing Examples of previous projects.
The selection process will be carried out by a panel. Applicants will be short-listed from the images and supporting information and those selected will be invited for interview in person or by telephone. All enquiries in relation to applications may be directed to [email protected] images of the residency space, please visit www.sample-studios.com/about2.htmlPlease see our website for more information about our organisation www.sample-studios.com
Closing date for applications is Monday 25 January.
Executive Director, Theatre NI
Category: JobDeadline: 1 February, 12noon Weblink: www.theatreni.org/theatreni-executive-director/Email: [email protected] TheatreNI, the representative body for theatre and performing arts in Northern Ireland, wishes to appoint an Executive Director to lead the organisation.
TheatreNI was formed in April 2015 following a merger of the Northern Ireland Theatre Association and the Ulster Association of Youth Drama, and has exciting plans to connect, develop and advocate for the sector.
The Executive Director will provide leadership and direction for TheatreNI and be the public representative for the organisation on a regional, national and international level. The individual will be responsible for internal management of staff and resources as well as the management of external stakeholder relationships, developing the profile of the organisation, securing funding and ensuring the provision of an exemplary service for members.
Candidates will be expected to have at least two years' experience of managing an organisation or autonomous division within a large organisation, with a track record of demonstrable success and experience; AND a degree level educational qualification (if a candidate does not have a degree level qualification, they will be required to have at least three years' of managing an organisation, or autonomous division within a large organisation, with a track record of demonstrable success and experience, rather than the two years for applicants who do have a degree level qualification.)
An application form is available from the TheatreNI website or by e-mail. CVs will not be accepted.
Late applications will not be considered regardless of the reason.
Interviews to be held on Thursday 11 February 2016 in Belfast.
Young Ensembles Scheme 2016, Arts Council
Category: Award SchemeDeadline: 4 February, 5.30pmWeblink: www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Young-ensembles-scheme The deadline for the Young Ensembles Scheme will be earlier than usual in 2016. Applications will be accepted from Tuesday 5 January 2016, and the deadline is Thursday 4 February 2016 at 5.30pm.
The primary purpose of this award is to support groups of young people between the ages of 12 and 23 to create ambitious and original work together in any art form (e.g.; circus, dance, digital media, film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts, architecture or any combination of the above). Groups/ensembles must be made up of 3 or more members. The maximum award available is €10,000. You can find more information on the award here.
Arts Grants Scheme, Limerick Arts Office
Category: Award SchemeDeadline: 5 February, 5pmWeblink: https://www.limerick.ie/council/grants-under-arts-act-funding-2016
The Limerick Arts Office has announced it is now seeking applications from individual artists or organisations under the Grants Under The Arts Act scheme.
The annual scheme offers grant funding to amateur, community or voluntary groups, or organisations, and individual arts practitioners who stimulate public interest in the arts, promote the knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts or assist in improving the standards of the arts. All Grants under the Arts applications will be considered by an independent selection panel, appointed by the Arts Office of Limerick City and County Council. The selection panel will meet to assess and make recommendations on all eligible applications. Their recommendations will then go before a Limerick City and County Council Meeting for approval.
The closing date for applications is 5 pm, Friday 5 February 2016. A list of successful applicants will be published on www.limerick.ie.
"In the Grants Under The Arts Act, the arts are defined as painting, sculpture, architecture, music, film, drama, dance, literature, design in industry and the fine arts and applied arts generally. The awards can be used for the professional development of artists, the arts and/or increasing access and participation in the arts," explained Sheila Deegan, Arts and Culture Officer. "Limerick City and County Council will consider applicants who are either based in Limerick or who operate substantially within Limerick City and County. Arts and Culture are a key part of how Limerick is transforming. The creative pooling of energy, vision, passion and innovation shown during Limerick City of Culture 2014 and the Limerick 2020 bid process has enhanced our
already solid reputation for arts and culture. We look forward to the range of applications" she added.
Grant applications forms are available from the Limerick Arts Office, Merchant's Quay. Enquires to [email protected], phone: 061 407363 / 061 407421.
Applications will be accepted by post to Limerick Arts Office, Limerick City and County Council, City Hall, Merchant's Quay, Limerick (mark postal applications Grants under the Arts Act 2016) or email to [email protected] (include the reference GUA2016 in the subject line). Emailed images and files may be submitted at a maximum of 3 MB each and a maximum of 18MB in total.
Call for Papers, The 7th World Summit on Arts and Culture
Deadline: 5 FebruaryWeblink: www.artsummit.org
The International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies (IFACCA) and the Arts Council Malta (ACM) are pleased to invite arts professionals, academics, producers, administrators, creators and arts workers to submit proposals for presentation at the 7th World Summit on Arts and Culture to be held in Valletta Malta 18-21 October 2016.
Theme: At the crossroads? Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century
The focus of the 2016 World Summit on Arts and Culture, will be on Cultural Leadership in the 21st Century. The arts and culture can be considered to be at a crossroads - faced with many challenges and opportunities at the global, national and local level such as: the impact of new technologies on the production and distribution of cultural goods and services; threats to global security; new patterns of migration; changing contexts at the national level including austerity measures and continuous requests for reform; aspirations from artists and culture operators to extend their impact and outreach to other sectors, while also struggling to guarantee freedom of expression and ensure cultural diversity.
We are seeking your suggestions of keynote speakers, panellists or presenters of case studies who can successfully address the Summit's theme. Proposals need to be submitted to us via the online form with a closing date of 5 February 2016. The Selection process will be made by the Summit Programme Director, Nina Obuljen, in consultation with the Summit hosts, the ACM and IFACCA.
For further information relating to the development of the Summit, we invite you to visit the website, and register for our ACORNS news bulletin.
Call for Papers, The alterRurality3 conference: Fieldwork Letterfrack
Deadline: 15 FebruaryWeblink: www.arena-architecture.eu/letterfrack2016Email: [email protected] The AlterRurality 3 conference is to be held in GMIT Letterfrack, from 6-9 June 2016.
This is the third event in an increasingly multidisciplinary series that aims to bring together local,
national and international practitioners, researchers and teachers engaged in rural life, and interested in its future and is spread over 4 days (6-9 June 2016) with plenary sessions, speakers/ respondents, meals and walks. By gathering together a range of experience, immersing ourselves in place, walking, talking, looking and listening, and spending time each day in debate, we hope to encourage new dialogues between individuals and across disciplines.
Organisers of the event are Sophia Meeres (landscape architect, academic UCD - Dublin), Deirdre O'Mahony (artist academic at GMIT - Galway, and writer) and Dominic Stevens (architect, academic at DIT - Dublin, and writer).
For more information please email [email protected] or go to http://www.arena-architecture.eu/letterfrack2016.
Creative Arts Practitioner in Residence 2016-17, Trinity Long Room Hub
Category: ResidencyDeadline: 22 February, 5pmWeblink: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/fellowships/annoucements/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=tw&utm_content=Open_call_applications&utm_campaign=Artist_in_Residence
This new scheme will complement our visiting research fellowship programme by providing creative arts practitioners with an opportunity to reflect on their own research and practice while experiencing the institute's interdisciplinary environment. Those appointed will be required to engage with and involve research students and staff from our partner Schools and the Library towards the creation (and perhaps co-creation) of work reflective of the Arts and Humanities research being undertaken on the multifaceted issues and challenges in contemporary society. This work will be produced with a public/non specialist audience in mind and will involve discussion and documentation of the research and creation process.
The scheme will offer one 3 month residency in 2016-17.
To find out more about our current Creative Arts Practitioner in Residence, click here.
Dance Artist-in-Residence, RUA RED
Category: ResidencyDeadline: 29 FebruaryWeblink: http://ruared.ie/event/dance-artist-in-residence-opportunityEmail: [email protected]
RUA RED are currently searching for a dance artist who wishes to expand and deepen their choreographic process and are interested in applying for the Arts Council Dance Artist Residency Scheme in 2016.
RUA REDs Dance Artist-in-Residence position aims to assist dance professionals in developing new work, and promoting dance among new audiences. Residencies may involve working with emerging professional artists, as well as teaching and creating in non-traditional contexts and environments with specific communities.
RUA RED Dance Artist-in-Residence program provides studio space and technical and administrative support to enable dance artists and choreographers to work with various artists and audiences, through creation, teaching, outreach activities and performances.
To apply please submit the following:
A description (no more than 500 words) of what you would like to research and develop during the residency;
Budget breakdown of proposed expenses for the residency; Your CV and the CVs of any collaborating artists; Supporting video and documentation material of current and/or past work.
Please submit your applications with the subject line 'RUA RED Dance Artist Residency 2016' by 19 February to [email protected] .
A shortlist of artists will be invited to attend an interview the week commencing 29 February.
EVENTS
Troika Fiscal Disobedience Consultancy by Spanish artist Núria Güell
Exhibition Dates: 14 January - 19 March Venue: Project Arts CentreWeblink: http://projectartscentre.ie/event/nuria-guell
Güell uses her artwork for political and social activism. For this exhibition, she will explore tax avoidance, borrowing strategies from large multi-national corporations.
Troika Fiscal Disobedience Consultancy will run in the gallery until 19 March and includes continuous screenings of the films Debtocracy (2011), Castroika (2012), Everyday Rebellion (2013), and How To Start A Revolution (2011).
With thanks to Infowar Productions, Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Mira Film, TVF & Daniel Nembhard and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Two New Exhibitions by Bertien Van Manen and Ruby Wallis
Venue: Belfast ExposedWeblink: www.belfastexposed.org
Beyond Maps and Atlases by Bertien van ManenExhibition Dates: 15 January - 19 March
Belfast Exposed is pleased to present Beyond Maps and Atlases by internationally renowned Dutch photographer Bertien van Manen.
Contact by Ruby WallisExhibition Dates: 14 January - 27 FebruaryRuby Wallis questions photography's potential to convey sensory experience to the viewer. Her photographs, focusing on the body in sensual surroundings, experiment with perspective and perception.
Strategies for Artist Collectives (Winter Talks Series), Outpost Studios
Date: 15 JanuaryTime: 6 - 8pmVenue: Outpost Studios, Bray
Outpost Studios are delighted to invite you to the third talk in our Winter Series. This discussion will focus on strategies for artist collectives.
What is the value of a collective practice? How do collectives work? Are there special strategies needed when negotiating collective work vis-a-vis individual work. What kinds of challenges and opportunities can collectives provide? Can collectives and co-ops provide for greater cross community engagement? There are so many questions to pose and answer when it comes to collectives. So we've asked a few experienced practitioners to share their knowledge.
Speakers:Irene Murphy - Cork Arts Collective, The Guesthouse, The Domestic GodlessLouise Maher - Cork Photo, BlindField CollectiveNaomi Smith - Cork Photo, the Darkroom
Come to the third talk at Outpost Studios on Friday 15th of January 6pm - 8pm and find out more.
Arts Practice Bootcamp, RUA RED
Date: 19 JanuaryTime: 10am - 5pmVenue: RUA REDWeblink: http://ruared.ie/event/arts-practice-bootcampEmail: [email protected] Focus on documentation is aimed at professional performance practitioners. This is an opportunity to start the New Year off organised and ready for funding applications. Perhaps you have a video that is not edited, images that need some work or you want to learn more about how to use recording equipment specific to your practice. Space for this training day is limited so booking is essential.
For more info contact [email protected] or RUA RED at 014515860.
Arts Policy consultation: Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council
Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council is currently planning for local Arts development over the next five years and would like to hear your views! We are interested in learning what you value most about the arts in dlr, and what areas you think should be further developed.
Two public meetings are planned:
dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Tuesday 19 January at 6.30pm Mill Theatre, Dundrum on Wednesday 20 January at 6.30pm
All are welcome, no booking is required.
Additionally, an online survey is available here where you can give feedback until 19 February.
'The Clear and Confident Voice, Presenting with Confidence', The Lir
Date: 24 JanuaryTime: 10am - 5pmVenue: The LirWeblink: www.thelir.ie/courses/view/Speaking-with-confidence
A one day workshop at The Lir Academy by Head of Voice, Cathal Quinn.
This workshop is ideal for anyone who is interested in improving their voice. It will offer clarity of thought and speech, greater physical and vocal presence, better breath support, tools to strengthen the voice, ways to increase the range and carrying power of the voice, guidelines on how to keep your voice healthy and a greater sense of confidence when public speaking.
Book your place online at www.thelir.ie/courses/view/Speaking-with-confidence.
Personal Effects by Alan Counihan, WHAT
Date: 26 JanuaryTime: 5.15 pmVenue: WHAT Centre To Book: [email protected]
Alan Counihan presents his ground-breaking project Personal Effects in the WHAT Centre, Waterford.
WHAT (the Waterford Healing Arts Trust) starts its 2016 programme of public events with a presentation by artist and writer Alan Counihan of Personal Effects of his ground-breaking, artistic exploration of institutional care for the mentally ill based on the belongings of dead / discharged patients on Tuesday, 26 January 2016 in the WHAT Centre, Waterford.
The Personal Effects Project is an ongoing work by Alan Counihan that began as an exploration of the personal effects of dead or discharged patients of Grangegorman Mental Hospital which were discovered in an attic of that institution in 2010. The fruit of that research and exploration was exhibited as a multi-media installation that in 2014 was first shown at the Long Stores of St Brendan's Hospital, Grangegorman, Dublin.
In the words of Alan Counihan: 'Following two years of research and development, this installation was created in response not only to the possessions discovered within the hospital complex but also to their possessors who were in turn possessed by the institution for the duration of their care. The work also responds to the official archival records of the Richmond Asylum, latterly St Brendan's Hospital, and to the history of institutional care for the mentally ill in Ireland as a whole.'
This project has now expanded to include the legacy of five other asylums in the south-east of Ireland through the support of a 2015 Artlinks Bursary Award. Alan has received several other substantial grants and awards including, twice, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. A radio documentary, Ghosts of Grangegorman, based on the Personal Effects Project was broadcast on RTE Radio in September 2015. A working artist since 1990 much of Alan Counihan's early work was created in the public realm in the USA, U.K. and Ireland. In works that engage with place, communities and the resonance of human habitation, he creates site-specific responses to public spaces or landscapes. He also maintains a studio-based practice creating works for exhibitions and installations in gallery and non-gallery contexts in Ireland and abroad.
This event will begin at 5.15pm on Tuesday 26 January 2016 in the WHAT Centre in the grounds of University Hospital Waterford. The talk will be preceded by a wine reception.
Admission: Free to WHAT members. €10 for non-members. Membership costs €10 per annum. See http://www.waterfordhealingarts.com/get-involved/. Phone 051 842664 or email [email protected] to book your place.
Creative Connections, Arts & Disability Ireland
Dates & Time: 27 January, 1.30pm - 6pm | 28 January, 9.30am - 4.30pmVenue: Town Hall Theatre, GalwayWeblink: http://www.adiarts.ie/news/creative-connections-arts-and-disability-conversation-and-showcase
A gathering of the most innovative and thought-provoking artists, thinkers and advocates in arts and disability.
Creative Connections will offer an unprecedented opportunity to explore issues and share ideas around arts and disability. Leading thinkers in the arts sector from across Ireland and the globe will explore arts practice, professional development, support, programming, access to the arts, leadership, advocacy and policy.
Creative Connections will also feature a showcase and after party, with performances from critically acclaimed Irish and international artists. Topped off by a night at the hugely successful Club Tropicana, produced by That's Life from Galway.
Tickets are €40 and this includes access to the conference, lunch on both days, dinner on Wednesday night and the showcase and after party.
Tickets can be booked online: www.tht.ieBy phone: 091 569777By email: [email protected]
There will be a number of bursary tickets available. Contact [email protected] for guidelines and application details.
Arts and Health Check Up, Check In
Date: 29 JanuaryTime: 9.30am - 4.30pmVenue: The LAB, Dublin City Council, Foley Street, Dublin 1.Book: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/arts-and-health-check-up-check-in-tickets-19623582664?aff=es2
Bookings are now being accepted for Arts and Health Check Up, Check In, the unique arts and health get-together planned by artsandhealth.ie, WHAT, Create and Dublin City Council's The LAB. Taking place on 29 January 2016, this event aims to take the pulse of arts and health in Ireland and promote solidarity and connection among practitioners.
Set against the backdrop of 1916 commemorations, Arts and Health Check Up, Check In will explore the notion of a shared manifesto for this field of practice. The day will open with presentations from Pat Cooke, UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy, and Clive Parkinson, Arts for Health, Metropolitan Manchester University. Parkinson will talk about the political thinking that led to and is embodied in the UK's first Manifesto for Arts and Health. See http://www.artsandhealth.ie/perspectives/a-love-filled-slap-a-manifesto-for-arts-and-health/ for more details.
Participants will explore their own ideas around a manifesto through a hands-on workshop with artists Jesse Jones and Eleanor Philips. Examples of diverse practice will be presented in a pecha kucha format by Jennie Moran, Mary Dineen, Marie Brett, Ríonach Ní Néill, Alan Counihan, Charlotte Donovan, Marielle MacLeman and Ray Yeates.
Ailbhe Murphy, Director of Create, will chair a panel discussion exploring creative and collaborative practices of resistance and care featuring Prof. Gerry Kearns, Maynooth University, Dr. Austin O'Carroll and artists Dominic Thorpe and Niamh O'Connor.
For full programme details go to http://www.artsandhealth.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CUCI-programme-final-14.12.15-2.pdf.
Book your place here.
Admission costs €20 including lunch by the acclaimed Luncheonette.
ITAC3 - The Third International Teaching Artist Conference
Date: 3-5 August 2016 Advance registration: 30 JanuaryVenue: EdinburghWeblink: http://itac3.com
Creative Scotland is hosting the ITAC3 conference in partnership with Paul Hamlyn Foundation, ArtWorks Alliance and the conference originators.
The Conference brings together artists, organisations, funders and researchers from all over the world to explore key issues relating to participatory arts practice through an inspiring mix of curated conversations, practical workshops,
keynote speeches, seminars and round-table discussions. ITAC3 follows 2 previous International Teaching Artist Conferences, the first held in Oslo in 2012 and the second in Brisbane in 2014.
The 3 day conference is a partnership between the previous hosts, Eric Booth, Marit Ulvund of SEANSE, Norway, Brad Haseman and Judith McLean of Queensland University of Technology, Australia, alongside ArtWorks Alliance and current funders Creative Scotland and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
ITAC3 will take place in Edinburgh, 3-5 August 2016. Booking opens January 2016 - with 3 deadlines:
30 January 2016 Advance registration 30 March 2016 Early Bird registration 30 June 2016 Standard registration
Visit the website for the latest news, programme developments and booking details.
Extending ArchitectureTraining Session 1 with Todo Por La Praxis (Madrid)
Dates & Time: Public Talk: 5 February, 7 - 9pm | Training Session: 6 February, 9.30am - 5.30pmVenue: Sean O'Casey Community Centre, DublinWeblink: http://www.create-ireland.ie/current-press/extending-architecture-update
To Book for the Public Talk with Todo Por La Praxis:https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/extending-architecture-public-talk-todo-por-la-praxis-tickets-20758798124 The Arts Council has announced the introduction of training for cultural practitioners with an interest in programming, exploring and sharing the cultural and artistic value of architecture with the public. Leading international practitioners, Todo Por La Praxis (Madrid), Kate Goodwin (London), and Estudio Teddy Cruz + Forman (San Diego - Tijuana) will provide interactive training sessions in Dublin, Galway and Cork in 2016 as part of Extending Architecture training initiative. They will share their expertise and insights with training in how to programme, present, collaborate, mediate and work in new ways in architecture.
Recognising that currently in many architectural practices, arts centres, galleries, festivals, civic venues and public spaces around the world, dynamic practitioners are seeking to broaden out the field of architecture beyond the design and construction of buildings alone. This training will reflect these developments and is in line with Arts Council policy and commitment to architecture. These examples of ways to engage the public with architectural practices and the presentation of architecture open out a sense of architecture as a platform for collective conversations about the kind of world we live in today.
During these sessions participants will have a chance to explore new attitudes, views and opinions on architecture and the built environment internationally and locally.
For details on Training Session 2 with Kate Goodwin (London) and Training Session 3 with Estudio Teddy Cruz + Forman (San Diego - Tijuana), please visit www.artscouncil.ie and www.create-ireland.ie.
Extending Architecture: training in practices of engaging the public with architecture forms part of Arts Council policy and
commitment to the public's engagement with architecture. The Arts Council has engaged Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts, to manage the training in tandem with architect, artist and educator Blaithin Quinn.
For further information on the training and to book a place, email Katherine Atkinson at [email protected] or phone 01-4736600.
In the Shadow of the State - Sarah Browne & Jesse Jones
www.intheshadowofthestate.org
If you would like to receive information about events for In the Shadow of the State - you can sign up for updates here.
In the Shadow of the State is an ambitious project by artists Sarah Browne and Jesse Jones, marking their first collaboration together. In this work the artists will explore statehood from the perspective of the female body, through the process of collective legal drafting and vocalization.
In the Shadow of the State will be realised in public form in both Ireland and the UK in 2016, coinciding with the centenary of the Easter Rising in the Republic of Ireland. It is one of the nine projects funded by the Arts Council's programme as part of Ireland 2016, receiving additional support from Dublin City Council Arts Office. It is to be co-produced by Artangel and Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts in Ireland.
Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award: Collaborative Arts and Architecture
Tara Kennedy has been awarded the Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2015: Collaborative Arts and Architecture.
Tara Kennedy is an artist and architect with a long term interest in the critical potential of design. Tara has proposed to use the Bursary to further research and assess her practice. Tara is particularly interested in design as constant collaboration, and in how architecture can encourage new ways of probing existing situations. Kennedy is particularly interested in investigating the
question of as she puts it, 'the way that we practice in the context of an engaged and collaborative reading of architecture'. During an initial research phase, she will also explore researching and demonstrating ways of working that address barriers and limitations to collaborative approaches to architecture within communities and within the architecture profession.
In 2008 Tara co-founded Culturstruction, a collaborative architecture and design practice with Jo Anne Butler working in the overlaps of design, architecture, art and spatial practices. She was also a founder and curator of Commonage, a non-profit organisation creating a new kind of space for contemporary art and architecture practice within a community context. Tara works in practice at John McLaughlin Architects and is a studio tutor and part-time lecturer at Cork Centre for Architectural Education as well as pursuing independent research in the area of engaged architecture.
Tara is interested in design as constant collaboration, and in how architecture can encourage new ways of probing existing situations. Current work includes research with The Mothership Project exploring experience of architecture in shared, cultural and co-working spaces for parents with our young children, questioning how the design of these places might better support radical and active citizenship. Previous collaborative projects have been produced with The Irish Architecture Foundation, Dublin City Council, The Education and Community Department at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, the Abhainn Ri Festival of Participation and Inclusion in Callan, the Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, PLACE, Belfast, and the Royal Society of Ulster Architects.
Tara holds a Master of Architecture (2013) and BSc in Architecture (2010) from UCD. Prior to this she received a first class honours BFA (Sculpture) from NCAD (2005).
The Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2015 aims to support individual professional architects / artists working in the area of engaged and/or collaborative architecture. The Arts Council has provided this €10,000 bursary award as part of the Artist in the Community Scheme, which is managed by Create. Create in partnership with Irish Architecture Foundation hosted two information and discussion events in THE LAB, Dublin and the National Sculpture Factory, Cork about the award.
The purpose of the Bursary Award is to support and nurture professional arts practice and it is specifically aimed at an architect / arts practitioner who has a track record of working collaboratively. The Bursary Award of €10,000 provides the selected architect /artist with time and resources to carry out research and to reflect on practice. More particularly, the Bursary allows the architect / artist to consider key questions associated with creating architecture using collaborative methodologies.
It is expected that Tara Kennedy will share the learning arising from the Bursary with the wider architectural community and collaborative arts sector.
2016 Deadlines: (Round 1) Monday 14 March | (Round 2) Monday 27 June
Visit Artist in the Community Scheme section at www.create-ireland.ie for further details.
For information on the Scheme and how to apply contact Katherine Atkinson, [email protected] or phone 01-4736600.
NEWS from CAPP
Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme (CAPP)
A key objective for the Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme (CAPP) is to strengthen European cultural and creative organisations representing collaborative arts and socially concerned art so that through better networking they can provide increased professional opportunities for new groups of artists.
In line with CAPP's ambition to support artists to work transnationally and create an International dialogue around collaborative arts practice, the second year programme of CAPP, the partners network will focus on a Residencies programme across partner and national territories.
stay connected with Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme (CAPP)
www.cappnetwork.com
CAPP Workshop
Date: 26-30 January
Hablarenarte, our Spanish partners in CAPP, will host a workshop, 'The Urban as Collective Space', 26-30 January with the artist Dos Jotas to be held in partnership with Centro Huarte. Dos Jotas creates interventions in public space, which interrupt or subvert our preconceived urban notions and perceptions.
See here for more details (in Spanish).
Kind regards,
Katrina GoldstoneCommunicationsCreate@Curved StDublin 2
Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts
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