Create Newsletter – The Arts Service of Louth County Council

Catalyst Residency Recipient 2026 announcement: Patrícia Guimarães

Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS) are delighted to announce Patrícia Guimarães as the recipient of the 2026 Catalyst Residency Award.

Patrícia is a Brazilian visual artist based in Dublin, working across photography and collaborative practices. She is now interested in developing this direction further through support and shared conversations, to better understand how to sustain and expand this work within her community of creative practitioners in Dublin.

The residency offers Patrícia the opportunity to be mentored by a range of practitioners; it is designed to enable her to step away from her everyday responsibilities and instead immerse herself in a dedicated period of reflection, mentoring, peer-to-peer conversation and strategic networking.

Communicating your Practice: for NEIC artists

Date & Time: 19 May, 2 – 4:45pm
Venue: Charleville Mall Library, North Strand, Dublin 1
Admission: Free for NEIC-based artists and community members

Join multidisciplinary artist Cathy Coughlan for a practical workshop to help you communicate your practice with confidence and clarity. Whether you’re writing a funding application, aren’t quite sure of the difference between an artist’s bio and an artist’s statement, or need support finding the right words to describe what you do, this session will help you find language that feels true to you while also meeting the expectations of different audiences. This is a supportive space for creative practitioners at any stage.

This session is offered as part of the North East Inner City (NEIC) Community Arts Programme, managed by Create.

Festival Makers Connect – Day 3

Date & Time: 23 May, 10am – 6pm
Venue: ATU Sligo
Admission: Free

We are delighted to welcome Festival Makers, Producers and Practitioners to Festival Makers Connect, Day 3 of the Festival Makers Conference 2026. The day’s programme will feature presentations, workshops and networking opportunities to support community-led programming and partnership development for festivals, and has been co-designed with Festival Makers, Producers and Practitioners from Northern Ireland and the six border counties.

This event is now sold out. You can still book tickets for Day 1 and Day 2 of the Festival Makers Conference 2026 here .

Join the Board of Create!
Deadline: 10 June, 12pm

We are looking for a new Finance Trustee to join our board and work alongside the current trustees and staff on delivering our new strategy People Practice Progress (2026-2031).

Board members serve a 3-year term, renewable to a maximum of 2 terms (6 years total). Create is a registered charity and this is a voluntary, unpaid position.

Company Producer (Maternity Cover), Run of the Mill
Deadline: 15 May

Run of the Mill are seeking a skilled producer / arts manager who can balance the operational needs of weekly groups with the demands of delivering high-impact arts projects.

Director, National Museum of Ireland
Deadline: 18 May, 12 noon

The Director will report to the Chair and Board and will lead the strategic direction, governance, and overall performance of the Museum. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of a nationally significant institution, ensuring excellence across collections, exhibitions, public engagement, and organisational development.

Creative Facilitators (Freelance), The Playhouse, NI
Deadline: 18 May, 12pm

The Playhouse is inviting expressions of interest from experienced creative facilitators with an interest in social justice to join the That’s Powerful creative facilitation panel.

They are currently recruiting for a panel of facilitators who will be contracted to deliver a number of 8-week contracts with various groups, within one of 3 geographical delivery areas across Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic of Ireland.

Music Development Officer, Music Generation Leitrim
Deadline: 20 May, 12 noon

Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) seeks to appoint a Music Development Officer to manage an extensive performance music education programme on behalf of the Leitrim Local Music Education Partnership.

Arts & Culture Venue Manager, Roscommon Arts Centre/ Roscommon County Council
Deadline: 21 May, 4pm

Roscommon County Council now has an opening for an Arts & Culture Venue Manager in Roscommon Arts Centre. The Arts & Culture Venue Manager will report to Roscommon County Council Arts Officer and will be responsible for the administration, programming and financial operation of the Centre.

Audience Development Researcher, Cork International Film Festival
Deadline: 22 May, 5pm

Cork International Film Festival is seeking an Audience Development Researcher to shape and deliver a focused fixed term research project that will inform a coordinated, long-term strategy for audience growth for CIFF.

Interim Director, Void Art Centre, NI
Deadline: 25 May

Void Art Centre (Void) are hiring for the position of Interim Director. This is an opportunity for someone with strong leadership and team-building experience, as well as an understanding of the visual arts sector, to gain experience leading the organisation and its programmes on an interim basis.

Artistic Director/ General Manager, The GAFF
Deadline: 29 May, 5pm

The GAFF is seeking to appoint an Artistic Director/ General Manager to develop a community arts programme from a newly refurbished building.

General Manager (Part-time), Promenade
Deadline: 31 May, midnight

Promenade is seeking a part-time General Manager on a contract basis to support the organisation’s operational, financial, and strategic development from July 2026 to March 2028. Promenade works across circus, participatory arts, spectacle, public arts, and street arts, supporting ambitious and contemporary artistic projects.

Project Officer, Accidental Theatre, NI
Deadline: 31 May, 11:59pm

Accidental is an artist-led organisation and creative hub in Belfast. They are seeking a Project Officer who will be responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of specific projects within the organisation, supporting the team and reporting to the Senior Management team.

Invitation to Tender: Performing Arts & Visual Arts Curators, Age & Opportunity
Deadline: 27 May, 12 noon

Age & Opportunity is pleased to invite tenders for curatorial roles for Bealtaine Festival 2026-2029:

Performing Arts Curator (Programmer): 2026–2029
Age & Opportunity invites tenders from individuals or organisations with a strong background in performing arts programming to curate and deliver the performing arts strand of the Bealtaine Flagship Festival from June 2026 to June 2029.

Visual Arts Curator: 2026–2029
Age & Opportunity is also inviting tenders for a Visual Arts Curator to contribute to the development and delivery of the visual arts programme for Bealtaine 2026–2029.

Invitation for Community Projects for EU Presidency, Offaly County Council
Deadline: 29 May, 12pm

To celebrate Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union in July 2026, Offaly County Council is inviting community groups to apply for grants to support projects that mark or celebrate a connection with EU countries.

Funding from The Arts Council of Ireland

Reel Art | Deadline: 4 June, 5:30pm
Reel Art supports individual film artists to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme for cinema exhibition. It focuses on the creations of artistic film works on arts subjects.

Bursary Award Round 2 | Deadline: 18 June, 5:30pm
The Bursary Award supports individual artists to develop their artistic practice. It focuses on providing artists with the time and resources they need to think, research, reflect, and deeply engage with their artistic practice.

The award guidelines can be downloaded from the available funding section of the Arts Council’s website.

Artist Commissions and Artist Residency, Creative Places Edenderry
Deadline: 4 June, 5pm

Creative Places Edenderry is delighted to be able to offer these exciting new opportunities of two Artist Commissions of up to €3,000 and one Artist Residency of up to €6,000.

Food Lab Fellowship 2027, Jan van Eyck Academie, Netherlands
Deadline: 4 June, 11:59 (CEST)

The Jan van Eyck Academie welcomes applications from food artists or designers for a Food Lab Fellowship in 2027. They are seeking artistic practitioners whose creative work critically explores global food systems and the communal histories around food.

Call for Artists, MedSEA, EU
Deadline: 5 June, 11:59pm (CET)

MedSEA – Socially Engaged Arts in the Mediterranean Area is a European cooperation project that operates within a precise and necessary space: where artistic practices engage directly with communities, territories, and the social transformations shaping the Mediterranean today.

The call will select 12 participants who will take part in a structured programme combining training, artistic residency, and fieldwork, developed across two specific contexts: Larnaka (Cyprus) and Sfax (Tunisia). They will work directly with local communities, developing artistic projects rooted in specific territories and contributing to collaborative processes.

Community Development Arts Grant 2026, Dublin City Council Arts Office
Deadline: 9 June, 12 noon

Dublin City Arts Office invites Community Development practitioners, community development groups and organisations as well as Artists and Arts Organisations to collaborate in joint applications to this fund.

Arts + Health Artist Bursaries 2026, artsandhealth .ie
Deadline: 12 June, 12 noon

The national arts and health website is offering three bursaries to artists in 2026, funded by the Arts Council and the HSE:

Artist Documentation Bursary
The purpose of this award is to support professional artists working in arts and health contexts to enhance their documentation practice.

Artist Reflective Bursary
This bursary is designed to provide artists with the time and headspace to reflect on and interrogate their participatory practice in health and social care contexts.

Emerging Artist Research & Development Bursary
This bursary is designed to support artists at an early stage of establishing a participatory arts practice in health and social care contexts to engage in a period of research and development.

Dwell Here 2027 Residency Programme, IMMA – Irish Museum of Modern Art
Deadline: 22 June, 2pm (GMT)

IMMA is delighted to welcome applications for the third year of Dwell Here, IMMA’s Residency Programme supporting practices working in visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities fields.

Dwell Here is comprised of three different residency opportunities, these are:

One Year Residency – studio and accommodation provided, selected residents must be available for all three assemblies
One Year Studio Residency – studio provided (no accommodation), selected residents must be available for all three assemblies
One Month Residency – shared studio access and accommodation provided, must be available for one assembly.

Red Storm by Hina Khan

Launch: 16 May, 2-4pm
Exhibition until 27 May
Venue: Sirius Arts Centre, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Co. Cork
Admission: Free

Hina Khan is a Pakistani Irish artist based in County Cork. Khan’s practice encompasses painting and drawing, ranging from miniatures informed by the traditional visual language of the Indian subcontinent to large-scale scrolls influenced by contemporary Western expressionist movements. She demonstrates a sustained engagement with history and memory, as well as an emphasis on emotion and spirituality, through symbolism and experimentation rooted in technical proficiency. This exhibition is produced by SIRIUS and curated by Miguel Amado, Director of SIRIUS.

Hina Khan in conversation with Miguel Amado on 16 May
Hina Khan and Miguel Amado discuss the exhibition’s themes and key works, as well as the politics and aesthetics informing Hina’s practice.

CultureAndHealth Artists’ Roundtables: Education & Youth Focused Spaces, Culture Action Europe
Date & Time: 20 May, 2-3:30pm (CET)
Location: Online via Zoom
Admission: Free, registration required

This roundtable will be about Arts and Culture in Education & Youth Focused Spaces and invites two artists to present their work and share their experiences. They will provide break-out rooms with each artist for a mutual exchange and also to share your experiences.

Gathering 2026, Performing Arts Forum

Dates: 26-27 May
Location: Belfast City
Admission: €120-310

Performing Arts Forum is thrilled to be working with Ruth McGowan and Alice Malseed to deliver The Gathering 2026. This year’s Artistic Programme will be weaved throughout the first day of The Gathering, and will showcase some of Belfast’s brightest talents.

Co-Director, Catalyst Arts, NI
Deadline: 25 May, midnight

Catalyst Arts directorship programme has a local and international reputation of providing a unique training ground for artistic, curatorial and cultural production. This is a voluntary position with a two-year commitment following a trial and training period.

Creativity & Change, Crawford College of Art and Design, Munster Technological University (MTU)

The Creativity & Change post-graduate certificate course is recruiting for ’26/’27 intake in September. If you are an artist, community worker or changemaker interested in developing skills in collaborative practice and creative facilitation for global justice, then this course is for you!

Places will be offered on a rolling basis, so an early application is advised.

New part time MA Cultural Policy & Arts Management, University College Dublin (UCD)

The School of Art History and Cultural Policy at UCD is launching a part time offer of their MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management commencing in September of this year. The programme is delivered in a flexible part-time format, with teaching scheduled one day per week (1.5 days in year two) over three years. The programme is aimed at experienced practitioners and graduate professionals.

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