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Baboró in partnership with Punchdrunk Enrichment, are seeking primary school teachers to take part in Punchdrunk Enrichment’s A Small Tale: A Teacher-Led Adventure.
A Small Tale: A Teacher-Led Adventure is a magical storytelling experience for primary school children that aims to ignite and inspire a passion for writing whilst raising standards in reading, speaking and listening.
read moreBaboró and Branar Téatar do Pháistí, with funding from Galway County Arts Office, are delighted to announce the awarding of bursaries to two Galway based artists. The bursaries will support the artists with the development of their current work.
read moreBaboró, Graffiti and TYAI are thrilled to announce the 10 participants of You, Fin and the Play Between, an exciting new, globe-spinning playwriting programme with Finegan Kruckemeyer.
read moreThis callout is now closed for applications.
Callout for a 6-month playwriting programme led by Finegan Kruckemeyer for established and emerging playwrights based in Ireland who are interested in writing for young audiences.
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You are invited to join us for a Creatives Get Together. If you are based in Ireland and create, or desire to create, work for young audiences, you are invited to join this annual Christmas get together. We usually meet in person in Galway but this year we're going online. Grab yourself a cuppa and enjoy a relaxed conversation to connect, explore opportunities and share ambitions for 2021.
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Baboró is delighted to announce that we are a recipient of an Arts Council Commission Award to enable us to work with Galway artist James Riordan. James will collaborate with interdisciplinary artists to create a new show designed to tour city and county libraries during Baboró’s annual festival next year.
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Being nominated by Baboró International Arts Festival for Children to represent them as a Creative Associate on the inaugural Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools programme was an extremely exciting prospect. The promise of an ambitious, cross-departmental programme aimed at putting the arts and creativity at the heart of children and young people’s lives excited me and I could not wait to begin my journey.
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The 24th Baboró International Arts Festival for Children may now be over, but there are still a number of events available to enjoy, including a new workshop from artist Jennifer Cunningham and a selection of the events from our Baboró 2020 Online Programme.
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At Baboró we passionately believe the arts enhance the lives of children. If you enjoyed at this year's festival, please consider making a donation to support Baboró International Arts Festival for Children's ongoing work.
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Baboró International Arts Festival for Children opened in Galway on Monday 5 October with a programme of in-person events and a wide range of online activities to enjoy from home, and from school classrooms. In light of the Government announcement to move to Level 3 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19, Baboró is now unable to present indoor events. However, Baboró’s online and outdoor programme will proceed as planned until 18 October.
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