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OPEN CALL | Centre for Creative Practices Programme 2027
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS – 2027
Inherited Futures: Practices of Belonging
A national programme for second-generation migrant artists in Ireland
Application deadline: 15 February 2026
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
The Centre for Creative Practices (CFCP) invites applications from second-generation migrant artists living and working in Ireland to take part in a national artists showcase and development programme in 2027, titled:
Inherited Futures: Practices of Belonging
This programme is designed specifically for adult 2nd-generation migrant artists (18+) who were born in Ireland or moved to Ireland in early childhood, and whose parents are first-generation migrants, with an ongoing connection to their family’s country of origin, language, and cultural context.
We are particularly interested in artists for whom multilingualism, translation, accent, or cultural navigation are integral to their lived experience and artistic practice.
Projects can take place anywhere on the island of Ireland.
Application deadline 15 February 2026
Submissions to be emailed to the Centre for Creative Practices at monika@cfcp.ie
A Q&A webinar about the programme and the submission process takes place on Saturday, 24 January 2026, at 10 am.
Free Q/A webinar registration – https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/inherited-futures-practices-of-belonging-qa-webinar-for-artists-curator-tickets-1980873672478
WHO THIS CALL IS FOR
– Second-generation migrant artists aged 18+
– Artists born in Ireland or who arrived in early childhood
– Artists whose parents are first-generation migrants
– Artists with an ongoing connection to their family’s original language, culture, and networks
– Artists working across all disciplines, including but not limited to:
– Visual arts
– Performance, theatre, and dance
– Music and sound
– Literature, spoken word, and storytelling
– Film, digital, and new media
– Interdisciplinary and experimental practices
Artists may apply as individual practitioners. Collectives may be considered where appropriate to the programme format.
For curators and cultural producers
– We also invite local curators and producers who work with 2nd-generation migrant artists to submit their projects.
PROGRAMME FOCUS
Inherited Futures: Practices of Belonging
This programme explores how artistic practices of belonging are shaped by inheritance, transmission, choice, and imagination.
For second-generation migrant artists, belonging is often formed between languages, between places, and between generations – shaped by family histories, unchosen narratives, cultural expectations, and contemporary realities.
Artists are invited to reflect on questions such as:
– What is inherited — culturally, linguistically, emotionally, politically?
– What is carried forward, transformed, resisted, or reimagined?
– How do artistic practices become sites of belonging, negotiation, or refusal?
– How do artists shape futures that are not only inherited, but actively made?
PROGRAMME FORMAT (INDICATIVE)
Part 1 – Residential Programme
– 2.5-day residential programme with accommodation and meals provided
– Up to 20 artists
– Fully residential
The residential will focus on peer exchange, artist-led sharing, facilitated discussion, and reflection.
Part 2 – Public Programme & Showcase
Following the residential, the programme will culminate in a public-facing showcase featuring group exhibitions, artist talks, performances, concerts, readings, and screenings.
The public programme will take place across multiple locations nationally.
WHAT THE PROGRAMME OFFERS
Selected artists will receive:
– Artist fees aligned with Arts Council guidelines
– Fully covered residential costs
– Curatorial, production, and organisational support
– Opportunities for public presentation and national visibility
– Mentoring and professional development support
– For curators and producers – CFCP will support the lead producers in the delivery process through hands-on collaboration and mentoring.
The programme values outcomes as well as process. Finished work is welcome but not a condition for participation.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants should submit their proposals as in a single PDF containing:
- Statement of interest (max. 500 words)
- CV or short biography (max. 1 A4 page)
- Documentation of recent work (up to 6 images/links/excerpts)
- Optional note on what you would like to explore during the residential/public showcase.
Application deadline 15 February 2026
Submissions to be emailed to the Centre for Creative Practices at monika@cfcp.ie
A Q&A webinar about the programme and the submission process takes place on Saturday, 24 January 2026, at 10 am.
Free Q/A webinar registration – https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/inherited-futures-practices-of-belonging-qa-webinar-for-artists-curator-tickets-1980873672478
SELECTION PROCESS
Applications will be assessed based on artistic quality, relevance to the programme focus, diversity of perspectives, and balance across the cohort.
Clear, plain language is encouraged.
Both the residential programme and the public showcase are subject to funding.
ABOUT CFCP
Centre for Creative Practices (CFCP) is a national development and resource organisation for migrant and culturally diverse artists in Ireland, committed to supporting, showcasing, and developing migrant-led artistic practice.
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The Wartime Art Archives
CFCP New Voices of Ireland Series 9
The New Voices of Ireland Series aims to present works and practices by migrant and culturally artists to their local peers and broader audiences in Ireland and to invite migrant artists to take part in the current social and political debates. Reflecting upon the imperialist brutality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the dramatic effects of the Syrian war, and the situation in Palestine, to name some of the ongoing conflicts, the New Voices of Ireland Series of 2022 focuses on the gloom reality that peace, our democratic values, the right to enjoy our lives and fruits of our work, all taken for granted in the Western part of the world and the Global North, are unique achievements that if not protected, can disappear in no time when exposed to destructive, totalitarian and extremists’ forces.
The Wartime Art Archives is the 2022 edition of the New Voices of Ireland Series, run annually by the Centre for Creative Practices. This year’s programme explores artistic records and reactions to the horrific realities of the recent invasion of Ukraine, the war in Syria, the occupation of Palestine, and other forms of wars, including the sex war and the drugs war.
THE CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICES
Leading Intercultural Arts In Ireland
SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING MIGRANT ARTISTS AND
CULTURALLY DIVERSE ARTISTS
Founded in 2009, the Centre for Creative Practices (CFCP) is an award-winning, not for profit organisation dedicated to connecting, integrating, and promoting Migrant and Culturally Diverse Artists and intercultural arts practices in Ireland.
We are committed to professionally supporting Migrant and Culturally Diverse Artists, effectively showcasing and further developing their talents and enabling them to access resources and the local arts scene. We help migrant and culturally diverse artists to fulfil their creative potential for their own and societal benefit.
Offering New Models for Cultural Integration
CFCP is widely acknowledged to be a champion facilitator of intercultural, interdisciplinary, collaborative and participatory artistic practices; a potent catalyst for positive intercultural collaborations and a pro-active innovator and pioneer in creative entrepreneurship training. CFCP provides artists in Ireland with the professional skills necessary to build sustainable careers.
CFCP is fully committed to the values of DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE, INCLUSIVITY AND RESPECT
Facilitating Intercultural Collaboration
The Centre for Creative Practices runs four annual flagship programmes that promote and support the work and professional development of migrant and culturally diverse artists in Ireland.
Our programmes are also designed to stimulate and facilitate intercultural collaboration between migrant and culturally diverse artists and the Irish artistic community. We support artists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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OUR IMPACT
CFCP has enabled a multitude of inter-cultural artistic collaborations in Ireland, between artists from home and abroad. We have helped migrant and culturally diverse artists grow their creative practice, immerse themselves in the Irish artistic landscape and make connections that otherwise might have been impossible. CFCP has also created a platform for audiences to discover and enjoy culturally diverse events, with a rich cross-pollination of ideas and themes that reflects the diversity of the artists and their collaborative work.
2.5K+
MIGRANT & CULTURALLY DIVERSE ARTISTS
have been integrated, presented, promoted, mentored and connected with other creatives through CFCP’s programmes and events.
2K+
HOURS
of mentoring and professional development training to individual artists and organisations in Ireland and Europe.
20K+
AUDIENCES
at intercultural, multidisciplinary concerts, performances, exhibitions, happenings, workshops, readings, screenings and debates.
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TESTIMONIALS
We took a part in the New Voices of Ireland series. Our experience of collaboration with Centre for Creative Practices were very positive. CFCP team provided us a professional assistance with organization, promotion and set. Conditions were very good for exhibiting and we were very satisfied.