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Catalyst Residency with Create & Fire Station Artists’ Studios – Applications Open

The 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 2024. 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.

The Catalyst Residency offers artists the opportunity to be mentored by a range of practitioners; it is designed to enable the successful candidate to step away from their everyday responsibilities and immerse themselves in a dedicated period of reflection, mentoring, peer-to-peer conversation and strategic networking.

Expressions of interest from artists with a track record of collaborative socially engaged arts practice are invited for this residency.

What the Catalyst Residency offers:

In 2024, the Catalyst Residency was artist-led, and offered a residential living space for up to one month in June 2024 at FSAS in Dublin to facilitate the following:

• an experimental / developmental incubation 1 month period, based in an FSAS studio
• time to network and engage with the wider field of collaborative socially engaged arts field in Dublin, as identified by the artist
• time to schedule focused work (meetings, research, events) in Dublin
• a space for reflection and planning for future project and partnership development
• an opportunity to engage with Dublin’s vibrant art scene (should the successful candidate live outside Dublin)
• Support from a dedicated Residency Coordinator who will engage with the successful candidate at critical points throughout the residency period, following a preparatory session with Create and FSAS.
• A stipend of €1,200, with an additional budget for agreed expenses associated with the residency, for example travel to and from Residency or Create Summer School

More information and application can be found at Create’s website.