The residencies are open to all artform and arts-practice areas and aim
to:
- Provide opportunities for artists to develop their skills and experience
in education settings, and to develop their artistic work in a collaborative
and supportive environment
- Provide opportunities for teaching staff/lecturers in initial teacher
education and early childhood education and care to engage with practising
artists in creating bespoke, creative initiatives with and for their
students
- Support future teachers and early-years educators to engage with
practising artists as part of their learning experience
- Support future teachers and early-years educators to develop the skills
and confidence to facilitate arts experiences for the children in the schools
and settings where they work, and to champion the arts in these settings.
The Arts Council aims to support residencies across a diversity of
artforms, with a diversity of artists, arts organisations and educational
institutions.
For the 2024-2025 academic year, the Arts Council is pleased to support the following Residencies:
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Host
Institution
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Artist/organisation |
Summary
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Atlantic
Technological University
|
Mónica Muñoz
Marín
|
To
embed Creative Movement in the Early Years programme, encouraging students to
feel confident to lead their own creative sessions. To build capacity and to
support the development of creative movement programmes for young children
promoting quality early years learning with focus on well-being.
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Dublin
City University, President's Office
|
David
Rudden
|
To
expand upon and solidify the projects, relationships and initiatives
developed as part of the writer's first YPCE year in residence at DCU To use
oral storytelling and creative writing to support staff in strengthening the
narrative framework underpinning modules such as Drama and Literacy.
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Dublin
City University, President's Office
|
The
Ark
|
The
enable the Ark to create tailored programmes for DCU IoE staff and students.
To share resources, knowledge and experience between artists, educators and
future teachers, to advance children's access to art and culture in
education, as part of their learning and development.
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Marino
Institute of Education
|
Colm Ó Foghlú
|
An
interdisciplinary arts exploration where students and staff have a strong
voice in mentored collaborative approaches. A continuum of bilingual artistic
engagements will strengthen, enliven and embolden existing and new communities
of practice in MIE and support educators, students and artists alike.
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Marino
Institute of Education
|
Duffy
Mooney-sheppard
|
Co-led
by two artists with a collaborative, cross disciplinary practice in the YPCE
area, this proposal aims to build on past successes and establish a creative
studio space on MIE campus, fostering creative exchange and playful
exploration between the artists, students, and staff.
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Mary
Immaculate College
|
Liam
McCarthy
|
To
champion the arts in MIC by building on existing artistic collaboration,
creating new children’s theatre, enhancing student modules/staff initiatives
and expanding teacher/artistic partnerships.
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For the 2023-2024 academic year, the Arts Council is pleased to support
the following Residencies:
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Host Institution
|
Resident Artist/ Arts Organisation
|
Summary
|
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Atlantic Technological University
|
Cliodhna Noonan
|
Inspire and engage ECEC students, lecturers to
engage in creative enquiry supporting skills, competence, attitudes. Presentation of creative arts experiences
which support and nurture creativity in EY services and communities. Stakeholder collaboration: one academic conference, children's festival 0-6.
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Dublin City University, President's Office
|
Dave Rudden
|
To allow a practising children's writer to
creatively support DCU staff and students of initial teacher and early
childhood education. To enable a children's writer to engage with students and
staff of schools and arts organisations currently partnered with DCU.
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Froebel Department of Primary and Early
Childhood Education
|
Vera McEvoy
|
Froebel Dept will further develop the work of
the residency by strengthening their flourishing Visual Art practice, based on
the success of year 1, 22/23. Artist Vera McEvoy will deepen connections with
staff and students through more planning opportunities and rich arts
engagements.
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Marino Institute of Education
|
Duffy Mooney-Sheppard
|
The playmakers residency invites and provokes
the college community to participate in cross disciplinary, fearless play.
Delivered through sessions co-led by two artists and accompanying
participatory installation work. It fosters creative exchange, stimulating the
artists' practices in the YPCE area.
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Marino Institute of Education
|
Colm Ó Foghlú
|
An interdisciplinary arts exploration where
students and staff have a strong voice in mentored collaborative approaches. A
continuum of bilingual artistic engagements will strengthen, enliven and embolden existing and new communities of practice in MIE and support
educators, students and artists alike.
|
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Mary Immaculate College
|
Liam Mc Carthy
|
To champion the arts in MIC by 1) developing existing
projects begun in 22/23: 'Unhappy Endings', 'Fergal' and Early Childhood Care
and Education arts project and 2) developing a new play for young audiences and
scripts/performances with students on a specialist drama education module.
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NUI Maynooth Dept. of Education
|
Colm Keegan
|
Through collaboration with artist Colm Keegan,
using literature and popular media, post-primary student teachers in Maynooth
University Department of Education will develop more creative, holistic,
cross-curricular approaches to incorporating the Social Development Goals into
their subject area methods.
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O' Donoghue Centre For Drama,
Theatre And Performance, NUI Galway
|
Galway Community Circus
|
University of Galway will host Galway Community
Circus to: Collaborate on innovative
teaching, new research and novel curriculum creation in early childhood
education, support the development of circus arts programmes for young
children and promote the use of circus pedagogy in Irish
children’s education.
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South East Technological University - Carlow Campus
|
Siobhán Jordan
|
This residency will inspire ecologically sound
creative expression among early childhood educators, building confidence in
their artistic capabilities to increase their repertoire of nature-based art
processes which can be meaningfully applied to climate action within early
childhood settings.
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TUS (Technological University of the Shannon) ECEC Programme
|
Joanna Parkes
|
To embed the Creative Arts in the Early Years programme, encouraging students to acknowledge their own creative impulses. To incorporate and explore how the Principles for Engaging with the Arts in Early Learning and Care can contribute
to promoting quality early years learning and care experiences.
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A full list of Residencies that have been supported
in previous years is available below.
- Multi-disciplinary artist Colm Ó Foghlú (Dublin City University Institute of Education)
- Visual Artist Mark Joyce (Marino Institute of Education)
- Visual Artist Maeve Clancy (Mary Immaculate College, University Limerick)
- Traditional Musician Desi Wilkinson (Mary Immaculate College, University Limerick)
- Theatre Artist Deirdre Dwyer (Mary Immaculate College, University Limerick)
- Storyteller Peter Hussey (Maynooth University)