BLAST Arts & Creativity in Education Residency 2024/2025 applications are now open
The Department of Education is pleased to announce BLAST Arts & Creativity in Education Residency 2024/2025 applications are now open. (Press Release )
Please see the following link for BLAST Application Guidelines and further details: (Department of Education BLAST Guidelines )
BLAST Arts & Creativity in Education Residency 2024/2025 apply online here: LINK
The closing date for receipt of applications is 10th May 2024.
Please contact your local Education Support Centre for queries or support, or email National Arts in Education, Tralee Education Support Centre at
Eligibility :
All schools in receipt of capitation grants from the Department of Education or Education and Training Boards (ETBs) can apply for BLAST.
Fee Paying Schools are not eligible to apply for BLAST Residencies. Schools that are not in the free-education scheme cannot apply for BLAST.
Schools participating in either Creative Clusters or Creative Schools can apply for BLAST.
BLAST is an initiative of the Department of Education, under the Creative Youth Plan 2023-2027. It is led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Centres (Education Support Centres Ireland - ESCI).
BLAST Application Form (English Version)
BLAST Application Form (Irish Version)
REGISTER OF ARTISTS
Artist Name |
Art Form |
Artist Link |
Catherine Sheridan |
Drama |
|
Maeve Gallagher |
Ceramics |
|
Kendra Rabbitte |
Music |
Artist Profile |
Jennifer Cunningham |
Visual Artist - Paint, Print, Digital Media, Drawing |
|
Mairead Folan (fluent Irish) |
Theatre/Drama |
Artist Profile |
Emma Zukovic |
Filmmaker, Visual Artist, Printmaker |
|
Therese Murphy |
Multidisciplinary Visual Artist |
|
Orla Mc Govern |
Story Teller, Writer, Performer |
|
Kathy Ross |
Visual Artist |
Our Register of Artists will be updated as additional artists are recruited.