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Image from Pathways to Practice Symposium 2012

Fire Station Artists’ Studios

ADI and Fire Station Artists’ Studios have been involved in a strategic partnership since since 2007 and was born from exploring how to encourage artists with disabilities to apply for residencies in the Fire Station and what supports needed to be put in place to make that happen. We started in 2007 by commissioning an access audit of Fire Station and then put in place a dedicated budget to accompany each residency to meet the individual access requirements of artists as they arose. We then created a Studio Award (2008-2012) for an artist with a disability. The Studio award consisted of a free live and work studio in Fire Station, a bursary, as well as technical and administration support. In 2011, we introduced a Mentoring Programme.  In 2016, this partnership culminated in a co-curated visual art exhibition, A Different Republic.


Protected, Anna Berndston 2010 Photo: Hannah Levy. Anna was awarded the  Fire Station Artists' Studios and ADI Studio Award 2010

Protected, Anna Berndston 2010 Photo: Hannah Levy. Anna was awarded the Fire Station Artists’ Studios and ADI Studio Award 2010

supports can be provided to artists to develop their practice in many different and often simple ways

Clodagh Kenny, previous director of Fire Station

We Are For You Because We Are Against Them, Noemi Lakmaier Photo: exhibitastudios. Noemi was awarded a Studio Award in 2008

We Are For You Because We Are Against Them, Noemi Lakmaier Photo: exhibitastudios. Noemi was awarded a Studio Award in 2008

Image shows a woman dressed in black crossing an empty North Dublin street, wheeling an old-fashioned pram that is full of oranges

Amanda Coogan, still from Can you see it, can you feel it, it’s all in the air, 2016 Wood, steel, rubbish bags, emergency blankets, Olivia pram, oranges, moving image 4 min 30 seconds loop.
Exhibited as part of A Different Republic, The LAB, November 2016

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Watch: Pathways to Practice a Symposium in Cork 2013 to celebrate and explore visual artists’ practice and development through the FSAS/ADI Studio Award

Sexy Lawn Mover Hugh O'Donnell 2012. Hugh was awarded a Studio Award in 2012

Sexy Lawn Mover Hugh O’Donnell 2012. Hugh was awarded a Studio Award in 2012