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May Professional Development Workshop: Curating with Communities: Developing Creative Projects with Diverse Audiences

May Professional Development Workshop: Curating with Communities: Developing Creative Projects with Diverse Audiences

May 29 - May 29, 2024
2-4.30pm

Curating with Communities will focus on the design of projects that bring artists and creative professionals together with specific groups of people. It will look at strategies to ensure the direct involvement of the project participants in all stages from planning to evaluation, and at the methods to bring together the different skills, ideas, and experiences of everyone involved.

This session will include the presentation of case studies, a look at the principles and guidelines of working with communities and young people, as well as the opportunity for attendees to engage in hands-on creative activities suitable for group sessions. This is a participative session, with time for discussion and questions.

About the Facilitator: Tadhg Crowley

Tadhg Crowley is the Senior Curator – Education + Community at the Glucksman in University College Cork, Ireland. The Glucksman presents a wide-ranging programme of temporary exhibitions accompanied by an extensive education programme to engage visitors of diverse interests and backgrounds. A graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design, Tadhg’s role at the Glucksman is to help foster an appreciation of the visual arts among the wider public. In 2022, the Glucksman was the recipient of the European Museum Academy Art Museum Award and in their report the judges noted, ‘ The Glucksman prioritises its role as a civic institution that enables creative agency among diverse communities. The staff has realized impressive results with their projects, which serve as an inspiration for museums all over the world.’ Tadhg has recently curated projects with communities of interest and communities of place including – Making Waves (2017);  Future Forms (2019); and Tales of a City (2020). Tadhg has coordinated the Glucksman’s Creative Agency programme with young asylum seekers since 2015. These engagements at the museum have been realised through a variety of projects including Our Place (2016); Change the Beat (2019); and My Generation (2020). He has curated exhibitions at the museum including Viewpoints (2019); Moving Spaces (2019); and New Light (2020). Tadhg designed the University’s first Visual Arts Module for third level students with intellectual disabilities delivered as part of the Certificate in Contemporary Living. In 2019, the module was recognized as one of Europe’s Best Practices by the Erasmus + Creative Inclusion in Adult Education.

Please note this workshop is for members of Sample-Studios only. Click here to find out more about our membership options for professional visual artists.

Curating with Communities will focus on the design of projects that bring artists and creative professionals together with specific groups of people. It will look at strategies to ensure the direct involvement of the project participants in all stages from planning to evaluation, and at the methods to bring together the different skills, ideas, and experiences of everyone involved.

This session will include the presentation of case studies, a look at the principles and guidelines of working with communities and young people, as well as the opportunity for attendees to engage in hands-on creative activities suitable for group sessions. This is a participative session, with time for discussion and questions.

About the Facilitator: Tadhg Crowley

Tadhg Crowley is the Senior Curator – Education + Community at the Glucksman in University College Cork, Ireland. The Glucksman presents a wide-ranging programme of temporary exhibitions accompanied by an extensive education programme to engage visitors of diverse interests and backgrounds. A graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design, Tadhg’s role at the Glucksman is to help foster an appreciation of the visual arts among the wider public. In 2022, the Glucksman was the recipient of the European Museum Academy Art Museum Award and in their report the judges noted, ‘ The Glucksman prioritises its role as a civic institution that enables creative agency among diverse communities. The staff has realized impressive results with their projects, which serve as an inspiration for museums all over the world.’ Tadhg has recently curated projects with communities of interest and communities of place including – Making Waves (2017);  Future Forms (2019); and Tales of a City (2020). Tadhg has coordinated the Glucksman’s Creative Agency programme with young asylum seekers since 2015. These engagements at the museum have been realised through a variety of projects including Our Place (2016); Change the Beat (2019); and My Generation (2020). He has curated exhibitions at the museum including Viewpoints (2019); Moving Spaces (2019); and New Light (2020). Tadhg designed the University’s first Visual Arts Module for third level students with intellectual disabilities delivered as part of the Certificate in Contemporary Living. In 2019, the module was recognized as one of Europe’s Best Practices by the Erasmus + Creative Inclusion in Adult Education.

Please note this workshop is for members of Sample-Studios only. Click here to find out more about our membership options for professional visual artists.

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