Social Practice Toolkit

In 2019, with funding from Creative Ireland, Creative Frame hosted a programme of masterclasses over two weekends with artists Aideen Barry; Marie Brett; Siobhán Clancy; Mike McLoughlin; Deirdre O'Mahony; John Scott; Mark Storor; and Kate Wilson.

Following that programme, Leitrim County Council worked with Siobhán Clancy on what would become the foundation for the Social Practice Toolkit, and continued its development thereafter with Cork City Council in consultation with Marie Brett; George Higgs; Michael McLoughlin; Deirdre O'Mahony; Seoidín O’Sullivan and Kate Wilson.

In tandem with the development of the toolkit, the two local authorities worked with the six artists to develop a further series of workshops on Social Practice, which was delivered on-line with artists from the two regions in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, under the Arts Council's Invitation to Collaborate scheme, the two partners developed a further programme of workshops with with artists Thomas Johnson, Helena Hugel, Fiona Whelan and Garry McCarthy to support artists that work with children and young people in social practice contexts. Films describing the areas covered in these workshops were developed by Róisín Loughrey and included here as part of the toolkit.