Galway Culture Company

PACESETTERS Project will gather in Genalguacil to celebrate the opening of the new Pacesetters Real World Lab! This event organised by LAB Genalguacil brings together the consortium consisting of (but not limited to): University of Galway of Galway, T6 Ecosystems, CreativeFED (EFCE), Dyne.org foundation, #FAMP, Climate Change Policy Group We are delighted to be part of the advisory board for PACESETTERS Project 💡 Learn more about this journey: https://lnkd.in/ddmb9JqX #GreenTransition #RuralInnovation #Pacesetters #ArtsAndCulture #SustainableFuture #Genalguacil

We love days like today. We had the joy of attending the Air We Share project meeting. The Air We Share makes the invisible visible, by engaging with the issue of air quality through artistic interventions, citizen science and community action in Westside, Galway. You can learn more about the project here; https://lnkd.in/eJzyEWAg Project partners include; Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe / Galway City Council Galway Arts Centre University of Galway Westside Community Creative Ireland Galway Culture Company We then attended a presentation by artists involved in the Immersion project which took place at the cutting edge Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway The project looks to support creatives to engage with these topics in an informed way and support the development of their competencies in creating cutting-edge immersive experiences. https://lnkd.in/eBJEu2u9 Project partners include Déanta Studio Ardán and Belfast City Council Creative Ireland We were delighted to learn more about this incredible project, well done guys. Guests from the City of Aalborg were in attendance with colleagues from Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe / Galway City Council so it was a great time to learn from each other and exchange ideas and views. We had the pleasure of spending some time with Dr. Kat Austen FRSA our Artist in Residence on the STARTS residency. More to follow on this. Thanks to PorterShed for hosting. We also had the great pleasure of recording a piece to camera for the Business awards at the Galway Chamber today, thanks to the team for inviting us in. A day of creative partnership and collaboration.

Great opportunity with our friends at Ardán!

Happy November, and happy Friday. We hope everyone had a great week. Here are some news and updates from the week that may be of interest: ▶️ The TULCA Festival of Visual Arts opens today, running from 1-17 November. The Salvage Agency, curated by Michele Horrigan, explores the potential of art to impact contemporary ecology and environmental action. We wish them all the best on what we know will be another fantastic festival. Check out the full programme at www.tulca.ie.  ▶️ As part of this year’s TULCA Festival, a new body of video work ‘A Collection of Disarticulated Bones’ by Ruth Clinton and Niamh Moriarty will be featured at Galway City Museum. Their work has toured in the US as part of the Digital Artist in Residence Exchange with our partners Centre for Creative Technologies @ University of Galway, Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology, Virginia Tech, TULCA and Solas Nua Irish Arts Festival and will now feature at TULCA. We’re delighted to have been able to support this exchange and encourage you to check out their talk on Tuesday Nov 5: https://lnkd.in/eVjqigUK ▶️ Today we announced with Galway International Arts Festival the awardees of the first round of Elevate bursaries. Congratulations to all the recipients - the applications in the first round were exceptional. Round 2 of the 2024 Open Call through is also now open. The deadline is 27 November 2024. Details: https://lnkd.in/eQtrPSQn ▶️The EU opportunity we shared this week is the Creative Europe Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility funding. It’s been open since August, but will close at the end of this month on 30 Nov. If you’re working in architecture, cultural heritage, design/fashion design, literature, music, performing or visual arts and want to develop your project abroad, this is for you! Details: https://lnkd.in/dvVbAjfG ▶️The final Galway Arts Centre Artist Development Workshop, Creative Grant Writing with Kate Strain, will take place on On Monday, 4th November from 4:30-7:30pm. There is currently a waitlist, and you can sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eCDyuF9J ▶️The inaugural Galway TradFest, a new initiative by our partners at Music Generation Galway County that we are proud to support, is fast approaching. From 11-17 November there will be masterclasses, performances and a range of Irish traditional music activities which will give Galway’s children and young people unparalleled access to high-level Irish traditional music opportunities at home in Galway. Check out the programme and book your tickets here: https://galwaytradfest.ie/ Have a lovely weekend!

Galway International Arts Festival and Galway Culture Company are delighted to announce the recipients of the first round of their 2024 Open Call as part of GIAF’s Elevate Programme. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eQtrPSQn We are also delighted to announce Round 2 of the 2024 Open Call through the Festival’s Elevate Programme which is now open. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 27 November 2024. Further details on the open call can be found in the opportunities section of our website or at https://lnkd.in/dW4htV6

The inaugural Galway Trad Fest, a new initiative by our partners at Music Generation Galway County, will take place across Galway from Monday 11th – Sunday 17th, November 2024. The event will feature masterclasses, performances and a range of Irish traditional music activities which will give Galway’s children and young people unparalleled access to high-level Irish traditional music opportunities at home in Galway. We’re delighted to support the festival and GEATA - the festival’s education component, which will feature more than 15 of Ireland’s best known Irish traditional performers and tutors delivering masterclasses to children and young people at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir in Galway’s Gaeltacht region on the morning of November 17th. Check out the full programme and book your tickets at https://galwaytradfest.ie/ Music Generation Ireland

EU Opportunity: A reminder that the third call for Creative Europe Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility funding is open until 30 November 2024! The call for Individual Mobility has a monthly deadline on the last day of each month, meaning that applications are evaluated, and grants awarded every month. #CultureMovesEurope offers mobility grants in 40 Creative Europe countries for artists and cultural professionals. Are you working in architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts or visual arts? Do you want to develop your project abroad? Then this opportunity is for you! More info: https://lnkd.in/dvVbAjfG

Another week in the books. Happy Friday! Here’s our weekly roundup of news and updates that may be of interest: ▶️ We were delighted to announce in partnership with Branar Meitheal this week the two selected artists for the International Residencies 2025. Liam McCarthy will travel to Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, and Neasa Ní Chuanaigh will travel to the Irish Arts Center, New York. It’s a pleasure to support the great work Branar is doing to support artists and producers creating work for young audiences. You can read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/eHSRymZD ▶️This week we shared an EU opportunity for the Creative Europe Call on the Circulation of European Literary Works. This call is for anyone who is a part of the book or publishing sector, and supports projects focused on translating, publishing, and promoting diverse European literary works. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/d4DbZHjz ▶️We’re delighted to support the Galway Arts Centre Artist Development Workshop Series. The final workshop in the series organised by curator and writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais is Creative Grant Writing with Kate Strain on Monday, 4th November. This workshop is free but booking is essential here: https://lnkd.in/dyFWvtkY ▶️The inaugural Galway TradFest, a new initiative by our partners at Music Generation Galway County, will take place across Galway from Monday 11th – Sunday 17th, November 2024. We’re delighted to support GEATA - the festival’s education component, which will feature more than 15 of Ireland’s best known Irish traditional performers and tutors delivering masterclasses to children and young people at Coláiste Bhaile Chláir in Galway’s Gaeltacht region on the morning of November 17th. You can check out the full programme here: https://galwaytradfest.ie/ ▶️If you’re heading out and about this weekend, don’t miss the Macnas - Spectacle Theatre Company parade! This year they are presenting new work, Turas Alf / Alf’s Journey. On Saturday 26th October at 11.30am join Macnas to accompany Alf the Giant Newt on his way to Eyre Square. Or stop by and say hello as he takes a well-earned rest on the square from 1pm - 10pm & next day from 10am - 6pm, Sunday 27th October. At 6-8pm Macnas will bring Alf to his new home in The Claddagh. More info here: https://lnkd.in/egM-ta_t As always, be sure to keep an eye on our social media and website for local, national and EU opportunities from our partners and stakeholders that may be of interest. You can find them here: https://lnkd.in/eKUM8vC5 Have a lovely weekend and a happy Halloween!

Be sure to check out next week's episode of Moving West on TG4 as it features Galway! The series shows the public the possibilities if they decide the West of Ireland is the right place for their next move, and shines a light on all the West of Ireland has to offer in terms of lifestyle, outdoor amenities, food culture and quality of life. Our board members Western Development Commission worked closely with Dundara Television & Media to ensure that the global career opportunities that are available across the Atlantic coast were highlighted. Each episode gives the viewer an insight into the life of an Irish owned company, a start-up, those working from Connected Hubs or working for an FDI company based in the region.

We're delighted to support the Galway Arts Centre Artist Development Workshops series. The next workshop in the series organised by curator and writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais: Creative Grant Writing with Kate Strain In this workshop curator Kate Strain will focus on how to write about your art practice for proposals, grants and funding applications. The workshop will include a presentation on how Strain approaches writing about work in development with a view to securing funding to realise projects, and how she supports artists to develop their practice, build capacity and engage with new opportunities. This will be followed by a practical session where Strain will guide participants through application writing best practice using a draft case study. Kate Strain is a contemporary art curator and founding director of Kunstverein Aughrim in County Wicklow. From 2016 to 2021, she served as Artistic Director of Grazer Kunstverein in Austria, commissioning solo exhibitions and collaborative projects by major international artists. She co-founded the Department of Ultimology, a research body focused on studying what is dead or dying, and collaborates with Rachael Gilbourne in the curatorial practice RGKSKSRG. Strain has also worked as Acting Curator at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, and regularly lectures on curatorial practice, art history, and contemporary art at international institutions. ▶️  4 November, 4:30pm - 7:30pm ▶️ Galway Arts Centre, Nuns Island Theatre ▶️ Free – Booking Essential at: https://lnkd.in/e772-b5H