Artistic Collaborations Jan-March 2018
ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS
Included in Draíocht’s New 5 Year Strategy 2018-2022, is our commitment to building strong and effective collaborative partnerships, to ensure our sustainability and to continue to support other arts organisations and artists. In January, as part of our early years programme, Draíocht will be supporting Ceol Connected to re imagine ‘The Quiet Tree’ for children with disabilities. We’ve established a new Artists Panel to support a small group of ten artists with whom we have worked over a sustained period of time. Draíocht and Youth Theatre Ireland will partner in February to present a free one day seminar, ‘Youth at the Centre‘, for those with an interest in developing new youth theatre opportunities in their venue. We will support First Fortnight, Ireland’s Mental Health Arts Festival 2018 by running Free Workshops. Draíocht will also partner this Season with Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris to support the 2018 Residency Programme. We also continue our collaborations with Collapsing Horse and the Irish Film Institute’s Education Department.
The Quiet Tree
January 2018 will see Draíocht support Ceol Connected to re imagine ‘The Quiet Tree’. This show, originally made for children aged between 3 to 6 years, includes traditional storytelling and music together with puppetry. This process will see two artists (Thomas Johnston and Orla Kelly) and an expert in Early Year’s education for children with disabilities, explore and develop this extant piece as a music and theatrical performance for very young children with additional educational needs. In particular, they will develop the show as a multi-sensory experience using sound, movement, light, smell, touch and taste. The artists will reimagine ‘The Quiet Tree’ as an immersive installation where children and their adults have a truly mutli-dimensional experience. The development period (15-26 January 2018), supported by Draíocht, through financial, space and technical assistance, will include a Work in Progress showing to an invited audience. Taking place on Friday 26th January 2018 in Draíocht’s Studio Space, this event will showcase the work and process as well as give the artists the opportunity to get some feedback on work done.
Draíocht and Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris
ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAMME 2018-2019
Centre Culturel Irlandais’ annual residency programme offers great opportunities for artists of all disciplines to tap into the resources of the CCI and the city of Paris, as well as being an important means of showcasing Ireland's dynamic contemporary culture on an international stage. Draíocht is delighted to partner with CCI to support the 2018/2019 Residency Programme. CCI and the partner organisations share the costs of residencies in CCI enabling the Centre to increase the number of residencies it can offer. Draíocht is supporting a residency (one to two months) for an artist working in any discipline with a clear focus on children and/or young people articulated in the proposal. Residencies of 1 to 2 months will be awarded for the period August 2018-June 2019. Travel from Ireland, accommodation and a monthly stipend are included.
Full guidelines, terms and conditions available on CCI's website: www.centreculturelirlandais.com.
Applications to be made on-line by Wednesday 10 January 2018.
The Artist Panel
LOOKING FORWARD: STRATEGIC PLANNING 2018-2022
JAN-DEC 2018
With the development of The Artist Panel, Draíocht aims to support a small group of ten artists with whom we have worked over a sustained period of time. Made up of dancers, musicians, visual arts and theatre practitioners, these artists are the backbone of Draíocht’s artistic projects and programming. Through facilitated meetings and invited guests, we will support and nurture these artists by providing time and space to explore, think and reflect on both their personal and facilitative arts practice, consider cross disciplinary engagements and collaborative practices as well as the evaluation of the quality and type of engagement they have with Draíocht’s programmes and with the community of young people whom we serve.
YOUTH AT THE CENTRE
Putting Young People At The Heart Of Your Arts Venue
Youth Theatre Ireland in partnership with Draíocht
THU 22 FEB 11AM–4.30PM Draiocht Studio FREE
"A room with a youth theatre in it is a machine for generating happiness".
Join us for a day-long seminar exploring how your venue can become a home for quality youth theatre work and create opportunities for young people to engage in excellent arts experiences. This is an opportunity for staff and practitioners from arts venues to:
- Share best practice approaches from youth theatres around the country;
- Explore current national and local arts strategies that will impact on the future development of youth arts initiatives in venues;
- Discover from youth theatre members how your venue can become a real ‘home’ for creative young people;
- Find solutions with your peers to some of the practical challenges you’ve faced running a youth theatre in your venue.
The seminar will include inputs from: Arts Council staff members Val Ballance (Head of Venues) and Seóna Ní Bhriain (Head of Young People Children and Education); a Local Authority Arts Officer; staff, practitioners and members from venue-led youth theatres. The seminar is aimed broadly at staff and practitioners who are running youth theatres in arts venues, as well as those with an interest in developing new youth theatre opportunities in their venue.
Attendance at the seminar is free of charge, however registration is essential. Booking will open on January 10th via the Youth Theatre Ireland website: http://www.youththeatre.ie/news/press/
For more information, please contact Rhona Dunnett (rhona@youththeatre.ie) at Youth Theatre Ireland.
