Portlaw Heritage Group and culture and heritage staff from Waterford City and County Council travelled to Ballymena in Mid and East Antrim as part of a two-day study trip in mid-September 2024. Creative Communities on a Shared Island funding provided the group with an opportunity for Waterford and Mid and East Antrim to develop and … Continue reading Tales of the Little Blue Flower – heritage exchange between Mid and East Antrim and Waterford
Good Grief is a series of fully funded creative workshops running in October and November 2024, aimed at people in their second year following a bereavement. Since opening participant recruitment for this project, the most common question we’re hearing is “why year two?” The answer to this is simple. When we began researching the idea … Continue reading Good Grief Project
How exciting -- our Cruinniú programme for 2024, carefully curated by a group of incredible young people, has arrived! Have a trawl through the pages below, and check out these handy booking links for some of the events. Our Eventbrite Cruinniú collection: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/cruinniu-na-nog-2024-3315489?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb Oh Sew Bold event: https://ohsewbold.ie/store/product/cruinni%C3%BA-na-n%C3%B3g-teen-refashion-workshop
We've said before that if we're quiet, it's probably because we're scheming...and that was certainly the case over the past few months! Between finding out who this year's Open Call recipients are (more on that to come), to planning Cruinniú na nÓg, to dreaming up our own creative projects alongside our fabulous Culture & Creativity … Continue reading Playful Streets with a Creative Twist
Our St Patrick's weekend art workshops went down a treat, with one resounding piece of feedback -- you wanted MORE! Attendees were emphatic in their cries for more creative activities to be available for people of all ages in Waterford. They spoke about a desire for slow, mindful activity as an alternative option to quick-paced … Continue reading Free Workshop for National Drawing Day/Biodiversity Week
We were delighted to be approached by the organising committee of Waterford's St Patrick's Festival 2024 about curating a Creative Communities offering for this fabulous weekend of celebrations. We always love to see accessible opportunities for everybody to enjoy creativity, and we wanted our festival offering to reflect this. We are thrilled to share that … Continue reading FREE Craft Workshops for St Patrick’s Festival
Our Open Call is now LIVE! We are accepting applications until 1st March at 4pm. Link to application form: Waterford City & County Council (submit.com) Video explaining application form: Link to previous video explaining strategic priorities: https://thisiswaterford.ie/what-is-the-creative-waterford-open-call/ Email address for further questions: nspendlove@waterfordcouncil.ie Wishing all our applicants the very best of luck!
As promised, a video outlining the premise and purpose of our Open Call grants. Applications will go live in early February, projects can apply for up to €10,000 funding. Once applications are live, we will upload another video going through the application form and the submission process. Referenced in this video is our Culture & … Continue reading What is the Creative Waterford Open Call?
While it seems mad to be talking about June in the early days of January, it's time for us to start cooking up our plans for this year's Cruinniú na nÓg festival. This festival is for young people, and we really need the input of young people to make it the best it can be. … Continue reading Cruinniú Needs You
What an incredible year it's been for Creative Waterford's Open Call. The variety of projects completely blew us away (if you haven't yet, do yourself a favour and watch this fabulous video showing them off). It may not even be Christmas yet, but already we're getting excited to do it all again in 2024. For … Continue reading Open Call Grant Writing Clinics