Create, National Development Agency for Collaborative Arts

News Roundup

31-08-2026

National Arts in Education Day: Call for Workshops

The Arts in Education Portal team is seeking submissions for presentations and creative workshops for the National Portal Day which will take place at TU Dublin School of Art and Design on Saturday 7 November 2026. The theme for the 2026 Portal National Day is The Future is Creative: Why arts and creativity in education matter more than ever.

18-08-2026

Creative Places Enniscorthy: Invitation to Tender

Creative Places Enniscorthy seek a skilled and experienced consultant or consultancy to create a strategic plan, including an undertaking of a strategic review. Deadline: 1st October 2026.

18-08-2026

Clare-Based Musicians Aged 50+ Invited to Apply for €15,000 Bealtaine Festival Commission

Age & Opportunity and Clare County Council have announced that applications are now open for a major new music commission for a Clare-based musician aged 50+, offering a bursary of €15,000 to support the creation of an original work that will premiere at the Bealtaine Flagship Festival 2027 in Ennis. Deadline: 17th of September 2026 at 23:59

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What we do

Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts in social and community contexts. Our work initiates cross-sectoral national and international partnerships which support artists and communities to co-create work of depth, ambition and excellence

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About Create

Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts. Our mission is to lead the development of collaborative arts practice by enabling artists and communities to create exceptional arts together.

about Create

Programme

Artist in the Community Scheme

Are you an artist or community group with an interest in working on a collaborative, socially engaged project? The Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, offers awards, an annual bursary, residencies and a summer school.

about the AIC Scheme

Supports

Advisory Support

Create offers advisory support to individuals and organisations, both through one-on-one meetings with Create associates and group sessions. The content of sessions can be tailored to the needs of the individual practitioner or organisation.

about Advisory supports

Supports

Vetting for the Arts

Create is registered with the National Vetting Bureau to represent persons, organisations and groups in accessing vetting for bona-fide reasons of employment or engagement in the arts and culture.

about Vetting for the Arts

Supports

Reading Room

The Create Reading Room is a unique resource for artists, community workers, arts, civil society and NGO organisations and anyone with an interest in and passion for the potential of art to effect social change.

about Reading Room

Programme

Networking Event

Create’s National Networking Day is an annual encounter of exchange and learning about artists’ practices, which operate in the spaces between socially engaged arts, pedagogy, and politics, in order to activate, stimulate, critique, and make change.

About Network Day