The participating school is located in Doughiska, a suburb in East Galway.

The children and their teacher have identified drama, dance, singing and movement as art forms they are drawn to. The children are also interested in acting, painting, and making characters out of clay. This opportunity is open to artists with a multidisciplinary practice who are interested in developing a two year relationship with a school.

Creating Space is a collaboration between an artist and the school, enabling two groups of children over two years to participate in creative activities in their classroom and community throughout first and second class.

A primary aim of the project is to help the children develop their social and emotional skills through consistent engagement with the arts. Social, emotional learning and environment sustainability are all priorities for the school.

The selected artist will visit the school and meet with the teachers the week commencing 22nd May.

The total number of participating children is 45. The successful artist will engage with 2 classes over 2 years, working with children from the start of 1st class in September 2023 until the end of 2nd class in June 2025.

In terms of timeframe, we've put 100 - 120 days across the whole project. If you break that down, it's almost weekly. However your time will be split differently in each stage of the project e.g. in the summer you will be prepare and design the project with us and the teachers, the autumn term you meet the class, prepare and bring them to Baboró 2023 and spring 2024 you will have more regular classroom sessions.

This might not always be a weekly role but it's certainly a regular commitment over two years to be in Doughiska and Galway city.