Galway Arts Centre is delighted to announce an open call for three significant artist-in-residence opportunities in Galway City. The residencies will respond to air pollution research, and engage with creative, climate, and community-driven solutions to air pollution as part of the climate action project, The Air We Share.
Open to artists and collectives from all disciplines, the Artist-In-Residence (A.I.R.) Programme will serve as the creative core of The Air We Share project. The residencies will run from October 2024 through till July 2025.
Artists are invited to propose ambitious, innovative, and collaborative projects that engage with the Westside communities, responding to scientific research on air quality and climate conducted by local citizen scientists and climate scientists from the University of Galway.
The Air We Share project tackles the issue of air quality and pollution through artistic interventions, citizen science, and community action in Westside, Galway. It explores air pollution issues and aims to propose creative solutions. Led by Galway City Council and supported by Creative Ireland, the creative production is managed by Galway Arts Centre.
Galway Arts Centre Director and Curator Megs Morley commented:
“This is a significant creative opportunity for artists to engage with the communities of Westside, explore speculative futures, and, through research, deepen their understanding of air pollution and its critical relevance to our shared environment.”
Ruth Mulhern, Arts Officer, added:
“Galway City Council is delighted to collaborate on this exciting Creative Ireland project with Galway Arts Centre and our climate, science, creative, and community partners. The Air We Share offers a unique chance to deliver tangible creative outputs that respond to scientific research on climate action in Galway's Westside.”
The Air We Share brings together a consortium of local partners, led by Galway City Council, including the University of Galway’s Centre for Creative Technology, the Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies and Physics, Westside Resource Centre, Galway Culture Company, and Galway Arts Centre to develop responses to the climate and environmental challenge of air pollution. The Air We Share is a recipient of the Creative Climate Action fund, an initiative from the Creative Ireland Programme. The project is a recipient of the Creative Ireland Creative Climate Action fund. For more information, visit www.theairweshare.ie.
The selected artists will begin their residencies in October 2024, with project outcomes to be completed by July 2025.
The deadline for applications is Monday, 30 September 2024.
For more information and to apply, visit The Air We Share Artists Residencies at www.GalwayArtsCentre.ie/For-Artists/News-and-Opportunities.
The Air We Share is a recipient of the Creative Climate Action fund, an initiative from the Creative Ireland Programme. It is funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The fund supports creative, cultural and artistic projects that build awareness around climate change and empower citizens to make meaningful behavioural transformations. The projects:
- Encourage everyone to rethink their lifestyles.
- Connect with the biodiversity crisis.
- Enable a fair and just transition in making lifestyle changes.
- Assist citizens to understand the climate crisis.
- Adapt to effects of climate change.