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Are you organising an event that will give people over 50 an opportunity to try their hand at music, dance, drama, storytelling or anyone of the other creative arts?  The Gwanwyn Festival offers grants of up to £500 to arts and community groups to hold events as part of an annual arts festival in May […]

The National Assembly for Wales’ Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee is undertaking an inquiry into Participation in the Arts.  The Committee has heard concerns from a number of organisations that budget cuts in the arts sector may be having a effect on participation in the arts among some groups of people, and has established […]

Dublin Fringe Festival now welcomes applications for its 18th edition: ABSOLUT Fringe 2012.
The theme for the festival this year is Creative Disruption. Playful Protest. Joyful Abandon.
2012 will mark a very special 18th birthday celebration for the festival.  Far from taking on the responsibilities of adulthood with sobriety and meek submission, our 18th birthday will see […]

ARTitude festival 2012 is well under way, with over 170 young people from across N.Ireland turning their creative skills and talents into a tool for exploring attitudes towards disability.
 
This year’s focus is on ‘My Future, Our Future’, a theme encouraging participants to explore aspirations and expectations of young people of all abilities.
 
There is still time […]

In 2012 Over The Edge is continuing its exciting annual creative writing competition. The competition is open to both poets and fiction
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writers. The total prize money is €1,000. The best fiction entry will win €300. The best poetry entry will win €300. One of these will then be chosen as the overall winner […]

Community Relations Week is an annual event across Northern Ireland and is co-ordinated by the Community Relations Council. Locally Derry City Council also co-ordinate a programme of events – with usually about half of the events being organized by community and voluntary sector groups. The week is open to anyone interested to organize an event […]

The Poet’s Place: What is it? Where is it?
Is it a location? A circumstance? A role? A responsibility?
Is it about geography, society, beauty, the human condition, life and death? Is it about art, pure and simple?
Community Arts Partnership (formerly New Belfast Arts Initiative and Community Arts Forum) invites residents in any part of Northern Ireland […]

Deadline: 24 February 2012, noon
The Clore Leadership Programme is currently inviting applications for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Fellowship in Arts Participation and Engagement. The purpose of this Fellowship is to develop a leader who is strongly committed to increasing access to, and enjoyment of, the arts.
Candidates for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Fellowship should demonstrate a […]

Craft Northern Ireland, The Crafts Council, Creative Scotland and Arts Council of Wales have launched – on Wednesday February 15 2012 – one of the most comprehensive surveys into contemporary craft of the last ten years. 
Craft in an Age of Change examines the place of contemporary craft at the beginning of the 21st century. […]

Young at Art is now taking bookings for Making Space, its annual information event for professional Arts and Youth practitioners.
Making Space 2012 is split into three strands with an emphasis on theatre and live performance:
Strand 1 Theatre Symposium - Monday March 12 to Tuesday 13:  This intense 2-day programme will take participants through a schedule […]