Creative Ireland

Creative Ireland, the all-of-Government culture and wellbeing programme, established in 2017, organises its work around five pillars, the second of which is ‘enabling creativity in every community.’  Within the broad range of available definitions, Creative Ireland considers creativity as ‘a set of innate abilities and learned skills; the capacity of individuals and organisations to transcend accepted ideas and norms and by drawing on imagination to create new ideas that bring additional value to human activity.’ 

Kildare's Culture and Creativity team include representatives from arts, library, local history, heritage, conservation, climate, community and sports to deliver a programme of culture and creativity in the county, with an emphasis on collaboration and interdisciplinary practice.

To learn more about Kildare’s Culture and Creativity Strategy, Creative Communities programme and projects and Cruinniú na nÓg, please click on the links below. 

For information on currently available Kildare Creative Ireland bursaries and awards, visit https://kildarecocoarts.submit.com/

Kildare's Creative Communities Engagement Officer is Sally Anne McFadden, and the Creative Ireland Coordinator is Gillian Allen, County Librarian.