Laois County Council Culture and Creativity Team invites submissions for a special residency for creatives who specialise in Digital Arts. The successful applicant will creatively explore the themes of our Creative Communities including Arts, Library and Heritage initiatives through digital creation.

 The Culture and Creativity Team aim to develop several digital storytelling projects to promote the history of the county both at heritage sites and online. These digital stories can be produced in several ways including animation, short film, soundscapes, podcasts etc. The projects developed will be presented in various digital forms including VR, Holographic projection systems, QR codes etc.

It is also planned to create a digital storytelling archive that can be accesses online for the general public, tourists, students, researchers and the ‘Culturally Curious’. The proposals of the successful applicant will also be considered in the digital storytelling plan.

 Practitioners are invited to apply for a residency of 6 months during the time frame of November 2023 - April 2024 (inclusive) with an award of €10,000 (to include all project costs, materials, travel, etc.), to be paid in monthly instalments. 

Application details can be obtained from David Broderick, Creative Communities Engagement Officer at creativelaois@laoiscoco.ie

Please send application and a current CV marked ‘Creative Digital Practitioner Residence’ by email to: creativelaois@laoiscoco.ie

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.