Event Details
Dates
07/10/2024 – 04/11/2024
Location
Galway Arts Centre | Nuns Island Theatre
Event Type
Workshop,
This series of artist development workshops by Galway Arts Centre are organised by curator and writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais. They were developed around the artistic concerns of artists living across Galway and the West. Hosted by leading artists, curators and cultural programmers they will focus on access, social engagement and creative grant writing and are designed to provide the skills necessary to making accomplished work today and to avail of vital opportunities. The workshops are for artists at every stage of their career and across visual art disciplines.
These development workshops are funded by Galway Culture Company.
Sarah Browne - Access
Date: October 7th,
Time: 16:30 – 19:30
In this workshop, artist Sarah Browne will share her approach to accessibility in her practice, followed by a practical session on collaborating with access workers and creating tools like captions, audio descriptions, and alt text to reduce barriers for disabled audiences.
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Joselle Ntumba - Socially Engaged Practice
Date: October 21st
Time: 16:30 – 19:30
In this workshop, cultural programmer Joselle Ntumba will share her approach to socially engaged practice through the project Éireann and I, followed by a practical session guiding participants on designing their own socially engaged projects with a focus on ethics, key stakeholders, and effective methodologies
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Kate Strain - Creative Grant Writing
In this workshop, curator Kate Strain will guide participants through best practices for writing about their art practice for proposals, grants and funding applications, including a presentation on her approach to securing project funding and a practical session on application writing.
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About Iarlaith Ní Fheorais
Iarlaith Ní Fheorais is a curator and writer and the author of the free online resource Access Toolkit for Artworkers. She is an Independent Producer at field:arts, working with artists Bridget O’Gorman, Ebun Sodipo and Lyónn Wolf. She has previously curated the 21st edition of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts and curated Speech Sounds as Curator-in-Residence of VISUAL Carlow. As a writer she has written for publications including frieze, Burlington Contemporary, Viscose Journal and Girls Like Us. She regularly contributes towards public programmes and lectures including at Somerset House, KW Institute, Konstfack University, Royal College of Art and Arts and Disability Ireland. She has sat on numerous selection panels including EVA Platform Commision 2025, Unlimited International Open Award and Edinburgh Arts Festival Platform 2023.
