Opportunity: IMMA Perspectives – A Creative Encounter

IMMA Perspectives- A Creative Encounter is a partnership between IMMA, Dublin City Council, Skillnet and neurodivergent artists, Jody O’Neill and Dee Roycroft, working towards creating a Dublin where neurodivergent people can fully participate in and enjoy cultural experiences.

This is a partnership which aims to explore new and experiential ways that people who are neurodivergent can interact within cultural institutions and work together to learn and seek practical solutions for barriers encountered.

The programme is open to professional artists who are neurodivergent across disciplines, living and/or working in Dublin City. If you prefer, you can answer the questions via video or audio recording rather than written text. The application deadline is April 4, with sucessful applicants to be informed by April 17.

What does the encounter offer? 

The encounter, designed and facilitated by Jody O’Neill and Dee Roycroft, sees selected professional artists (across a range of disciplines) participate in a weeklong series of bespoke workshops and seminars. These are an opportunity for selected artists to spend a concentrated period of time exploring their practice and identifying areas where they encounter challenges, and evolving practical solutions. Ultimately, the artists will also contribute to deep learning relating to: identifying barriers, training staff experientially, raising awareness, promoting acceptance, and overall artist development, within a cultural institution.

What can I expect from participating in the encounter?

• A temporary artistic community to examine and reimagine systems of making within a shared experience of neurodivergence.
• Working with other artists who are neurodivergent to foster connection and exchange within bespoke structures and supports;
• Daily check-ins, workshops and seminars;
• Time, space and resources to explore artistic practice and ideas;
• Learning how to create and disseminate access documents;
• Experiential training in workshop facilitation, through co-designing and co-delivering a workshop for IMMA and DCC staff that explores neurodiversity inclusion and accessibility from a point of view of lived experience.

Dates and Times (full schedule to follow)

• May 12 to 16 inclusive, from 10am to 5pm daily.
• This includes a €10 lunch stipend as well as access to basic facilities, access will be provided to basic facilities.
• There will also be one online introductory workshop in advance. Date will be coordinated with participating artists.

FAQ

How many artists will be taking part?
5 professional artists who are neurodivergent will be selected across a range of disciplines.

What does the encounter offer?
The encounter, designed and facilitated by Jody O’Neill and Dee Roycroft, sees 5 selected professional artists who are neurodivergent.

I identify as neurodivergent, but don’t have a formal diagnosis – can I still apply? Yes.

Can you cover accommodation costs? No. As this pilot is based on funding from Dublin City Arts office, selected artists should be living and/or working in Dublin City. We cannot cover costs of accommodation, transport or per diems.

Is this a paid opportunity? Selected artists will receive a stipend of €150 per day. Is attendance at all days mandatory? Yes.

Will my caring costs be covered? There is a small budget to contribute towards caring costs.

What access provisions are available? We are committed to making this an accessible opportunity and will discuss specific access requirements with selected artists ahead of the encounter.

If I need support with the application or have questions, who can I contact? Email: immaperspectives@gmail.com How will we select the successful artists? Representatives from IMMA, Dublin City Council and two independent artists will comprise the selection panel.

For more information and to apply, visit dublincityartsoffice.submittable.com/submit or any applications done by video or audio should be sent directly to immaperspectives@gmail.com.