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Artists Professional Development Programme

Local authorities, together with other stakeholders, may provide training, development and mentorship to help professional artists develop their careers in the arts.

Cross-Current(s) Open Call: Artists & Creative Arts Therapists

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for Artists (of all disciplines) and Creative Art Therapists to collaboratively explore each other’s work ethic, creative worlds and perceived similarities and differences, through an online and in-person professional development journey. Applications are welcome from artists working in a range of artistic disciplines including in the visual arts, music, literature, theatre, dance etc.

Three County Arts Offices, Waterford, Tipperary and Cork, have partnered with the Smiling Dog Collective to deliver this Stage 1 initiative, supporting 18 practitioners (9 Artists and 9 Creative Arts Therapists), with three artist-therapist pairings selected from each county through the open call process. Smiling Dog members: John McHarg, Ed Kuczaj and Marie Brett will facilitate and support cross-disciplinary partnerships of conversation, making and reflection aiming to inform Ireland’s socially engaged, plus arts and health practice. The programme spans a maximum of 4 days equivalent, via online and in-person activity, between October and December 2026. 


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ONLINE INFORMATION SESSION

Tuesday 1 September 6.30pm-7.30pm This online information session is open to anyone interested in learning more about the project and application process

Register to attend the Online Information Session here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cross-currents-online-information-session-tickets-1997834865864

 

How to Apply

Please read the below guidelines before submitting an application. The guidelines contain information on the application process, eligibility, programme commitments and key dates.

Application deadline: Wednesday 30 September at 12 noon

 

Project Partners

The project is being funded by the Arts Offices of Cork County Council, Tipperary County Council and Waterford City & County Council and organised in conjunction with the Smiling Dog Initiative comprising of Marie Brett (Artist), Ed Kuczaj (Artist & Art Therapist) and John McHarg (Artist & Art Therapist). And is supported by IACAT (Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists)

Image Credit: Two-headed statue. From Ain Ghazal city, Jordan. Pre-pottery Neolithic period B, c. 7500 BCE. On display at the Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan. Photograph by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin. License https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twoheaded_statue_from_Ain_Ghazal,_Jordan_Museum,_Amman.jpg Changes have been made by Marie Brett.

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Related Information

Tipperary Youth Arts Hub

The Tipperary Youth Arts Hub was identified to support practice and sharing between all involved in youth arts in Tipperary and to support the development of this area of practice. It offers free training opportunities to youth workers, artists and youth practitioners living in Tipperary.

Calling all artists and youth arts practitioners in Tipperary!

VAI Professional Development Training for Tipperary Artists

Visual Artists Ireland serves as the representative body for professional visual artists in Ireland. Tipperary Arts Office continue to provide online training provision for Tipperary artists in partnership with Visual Artists Ireland and partner local authorities in Limerick and Clare.

All events are provided free to Tipperary artists with registration through the VAI website https://visualartists.ie/