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There is huge anticipation as new new installations and art pieces start to populate the town. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Members of the public pay a small entry fee to participate and on Halloween night a judging panel of three invited guests select and announce the winning entries. There are a number of different categories which allows for recognition of the creative work of people with different abilities and resources.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>For these reasons we want to run a weekend of high-quality artist led workshops <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>to encourage and support more people (particular more vulnerable) to get involved in the festival<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>to link our artistic community with the wider community<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>to create opportunity for artists living and working in the region to engage with and share their talents with members of their community <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>to create an economic opportunity to work professionally in their area\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>to raise the artistic quality of the festival and to support members of our community to realise their artistic ambitions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26193,"template":"","class_list":["post-26192","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Creepsky Makers Laboratory - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Easky Scarecrow Festival has been a feature on the community calendar for the past 7 years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/creepsky-makers-laboratory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Creepsky Makers Laboratory - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Easky Scarecrow Festival has been a feature on the community calendar for the past 7 years. 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