Resources

Ory’Sta 5: Maureen Kennelly, Patrick Fox and Ailbhe Murphy

Audio

No longer confined to a Zoom screen, we were thrilled to welcome artists and community members to discuss creative place making, in our very first live in-person Ory’Sta, featuring Maureen Kennelly (Director, Arts Council), Patrick Fox (Director, Heart of Glass) and Ailbhe Murphy (Director, Create).

Tuam is a unique place with many deeply embedded artistic and cultural habits and practices. This made for a rich conversation between all of our guests, including addressing how different communities can engage creatively to build the version of place they want to be a part of? How can artists be key partners in this work? How will Create and Tuam continue to work together to realise their shared visions? We discussed legacy, and the importance of ensuring that the great work already started can continue, when Create’s role in the project finishes at the end of 2023.

You can read a transcript of this audio here.

published April 8, 2022

related programme Community Conversations

Old Tuam Society: History of Tuam

Audio

As we near the midway point of the Creative Places Tuam programme, we have invited reflections from local artists and residents. Here is a piece written by Old Tuam Society, on the history of Tuam.

You can read a transcript of this audio here.

published June 25, 2021

related programme Community Conversations

Patricia King-Callaghan’s Midway Reflections on Creative Places Tuam

Audio

As we near the midway point of the Creative Places Tuam programme, we have invited reflections from local artists and residents. Patricia King-Callaghan is a community organiser, writer and local resident – here are her reflections on Creative Places Tuam.

You can read a transcript of this audio here.

published June 16, 2021

related programme Community Conversations

Padraig Stevens’ midway reflections on Creative Places Tuam

Audio

published May 27, 2021

related programme Community Conversations

Joanna McGlynn’s midway reflections on Creative Places Tuam

Audio

As we near the midway point of our time in Tuam we have invited reflections from local artists and residents. Here are artist Joanna McGlynn’s thoughts.

You can read a trancript of this audio here.

published May 27, 2021

related programme Community Conversations

In Conversation: Grant Kester and Gráinne Coughlan

Audio

Create, in partnership with Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Age & Opportunity, University of Limerick, Fingal Arts Office, and the Engagement and Learning Dept of IMMA, is delighted to share this In Conversation event with renowned US-based art historian and educator Grant Kester, and Gráinne Coughlan, Independent Researcher and PhD candidate TU Dublin. The event was chaired by Professor Kerstin Mey, President, University of Limerick.

This conversation delved into the question of the critical coordinates for collaborative and socially engaged arts practice, exploring alternative ways to analyse and understand the complex processes and relationships inherent to socially engaged art and which lay the foundations for change.

A full resource page with examples and links mentioned throughout the conversation can be found here.

published April 28, 2021

related programme Artist and Community Supports

“Walking Whid/ Walking Story” – a journey through Tuam with Oein DeBhardúin

Audio

Join Oein DeBhardúin, inaugural recipient of Creative Places Tuam’s Thinking on Tuam residency on this journey through the town, hearing about the stories, folklore, legends and history of Tuam, the Traveller Community and its relationship with Tuam. A transcript of the walking tour is available here. You can download the tour by clicking on the download button on the top right hand side of the picture.

This Walking Whid is inspired by the history and story of Tuam. We would like to credit Michael Waldron & Tuam Tidy Town’s Tuam Heritage and Nature Trail published in 2015 for text referenced in the Whid. Other resources used for this work were sourced from an assortment of Journal of Tuam Society (JOTS) publications, and Oein’s memories of stories told.

This Walking Story was first shared on Culture Night 2020. Route Map and Guidance and Full Transcript available.

published September 18, 2020

related events Walking Whid/ Walking Story
related programme Artworks and Residencies

Tuam Creates: An ode to place

Audio

“Footloose and fancy free,
if I wanted to live in New York I’d live in New York,
if I wanted to live in Paris I’d live in Paris,
but Kilaloonty is where I roll out my blanket this past 16 years…”

An ode to Tuam by artist and musican Little John Nee, first performed at the launch of Creative Places Tuam, January 2020

You can read a transcript of this audio here.

published April 28, 2020

related programme Community Conversations