BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1247@https://flypost.ie SUMMARY:Fire Station Summer School Open Call Deadline DTSTAMP:20260617T040812Z DTSTART:20260625T230000Z DTEND:20260625T230500Z DESCRIPTION:Anam an Phobail\n\nFSAS 2026 Summer Studio 22–24 July 2026\n\nF ire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS) is calling artists\, curators\, writer s &\nthinkers to send their expression of interest for Anam an Phobail – ( Soul of the\nCommunity) Summer School by 26th June 2026. \n\nFire Station Artists’ Studios annual Summer School provides research\nopportunities to Irish artists\, curators\, thinkers and writers with a\nconcentrated progr amme of events organised around an annual theme.\n\nThe 2026 Summer School is devised and facilitated by artist Paddy Critchley and\nwill take place across FSAS and a number of community-based locations\, including\nMud Is land Community Garden\, DUBH Film Lab\, Five Lamps Football Pitch\,  the A nne\nDevlin and Sean O’Casey Community Centres and The Cobblestone Pub\, f rom 22–24\nJuly 2026.\n\nIn the dark times\, will there also be singing? Y es there will also be singing.\nAbout the dark times.’ – Bertolt Brecht. \ n\nThe current social climate in Ireland can make us feel pessimistic\, mo urnful and\neven frightened. Rising housing costs continue to force many y oung people to\nemigrate\, while people entering and integrating with our communities are often\nmet with racism and violence. While interest in lea rning the Irish language is\nrapidly growing\, we are still witnessing rur al Gaeltacht communities declining\ndue to the shortage of housing and the rapid proliferation of holiday homes and\nAirbnbs.  Alternative art space s are struggling to stay open across Ireland\,\nbeing liable to an evictio n notice at any given time. Common areas for people to\nmeet\, create\, an d flourish are becoming more scarce and more fragile. Ireland is\nbecoming a place in which it is hard to sustain hope.\n\nBut there is hope.\n\nHop e is not a passive emotion or a rose-tinted dream but a political practice \nthat sustains and feeds us. It strengthens the attachments to each other that we\nneed in order to resist\, to create\, to live our lives with dig nity and\npleasure.  Through music\, art\, collective action\, and – ultim ately – friendship\,\nwe have the power to shape our communities for the b etter. \n\nThis year’s FSAS Summer School focuses on hope – on “reanimatin g the bonds of\ncommunity”* and counteracting despair\, in the pursuit of liberation. We will\nexplore ideas around urban commons\, technological de growth\, histories of\nresistance\, and the reclamation of civic space – a ll bedded down in real-world\nprojects and people. It will be a space to c ome together and learn\, with the\nambition that participants will bring t hese insights back into their own\ncommunities and practices. Across three days\, the Summer School will combine\ntalks\, workshops\, site visits\, discussions and hands-on activities.\n\n*THIS PHRASE BORROWED FROM PARTNER GROUP RUPTURE CINEMA\n\n_________________________________________________ _________________\n\nDetails of the Summer School – Full Programme Coming Soon\n\nThe week will start with a direct animation workshop with Helena G ouveia\nMonteiro hosted in the DUBH Darkroom. Afterwards Rupture Cinema wi ll speak about\ntheir work and screen a film offsite in the Sean O’ Casey Community Centre. \n\nThere will be a community morning led by 1815fc on t he local 5 Lamps football\npitch followed by a site visit to Mud Island Co mmunity Garden. Later that day we\nwill meet and work with an Irish langua ge activist from Glor na Mona and Deaglán\nÓ Mocháin as well as participat ing in a hands on workshop on signs and banners.\n\nAoife Hammond will lea d us with music session that focuses on their work with\nQueer Sheds and t he Faoin Tuath festival. There will be a collective group\nproject and add itional  site visit before a social evening in The Cobblestone\nPub in Smi thfield. The summer school will run over three days.\n\nDates: 22\, 23 and 24 July 2026\n\nTimes: 10am–6pm on 22 July\, 10am–6.30pm on 23 July\, and 10am–6pm on 24 July\,\nwith an optional late-night social gathering in th e Cobblestone Pub. \n\nVenue: Project Space\, Fire Station Artists’ Studio s\, 9–11 Lower Buckingham\nStreet\, Dublin 1\, as well as activities takin g place at Mud Island Community\nGarden\, Five Lamps Football Pitch\,  the Anne Devlin and Sean O’Casey Community\nCentres and The Cobblestone Pub.\ n\nFee: €120 for the full three-day programme\, including lunch each day a nd a\nwelcome drink at The Cobblestone Pub. There are 3 scholarships avail able to low\nincome applicants of a reduced rate of €50. Please make a not e of this in your\napplication if you wish to be included in this selectio n.\n\nPlaces: Limited to 12 participants \n\nHow to apply\n\nParticipants will have an active and demonstrable interest in this area. \n\nTo apply\, please send the following:\n\n1) a selected CV (2 pages maximum)\n\n2) an expression of interest stating how participating in Anam an Phobail Summe r\nSchool will benefit your practice and referring to projects/ interests that\ndemonstrate your practice (1 page max + up to 3 images or audio/vide o files)\n\nPlease send all these documents in 1 PDF file by email to appl y@firestation.ie\nwith the subject line Summer School. \n\nThe closing dat e for receipt of completed application is Friday 26th June at 5pm\n(Irish time).\n\nFor queries\, contact clara@firestation.ie [clara@firestation.ie ]\n\n URL:https://flypost.ie/event/fire-station-summer-school-open-call-deadline LOCATION:Fire Station Artists' Studios - 9-12 Buckingham Street Lower\, Dub lin 1\, D01 R6P3 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES: X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Anam an Phobail

FSAS 2026 Summer Studio 22–24 July 2026

Fire S tation Artists’ Studios (FSAS) is calling artists, curators, writers & thinkers to send their expression of interest for Anam an Pho bail – (Soul of the Community) Summer School by 26th June 2026. 

Fire Station Artists’ Studios annual Summ er School provides research opportunities to Irish artists, curators, thin kers and writers with a concentrated programme of events organised around an annual theme.

The 2026 Summer School is devised and facilitated b y artist Paddy Critchley and will take place across FSAS and a number of c ommunity-based locations, including Mud Island Community Garden, DUBH Film Lab, Five Lamps Football Pitch,  the Anne Devlin and Sean O’Casey Co mmunity Centres and The Cobblestone Pub, from 22–24 July 2026.

I n the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes there will also be singi ng. About the dark times.’ – Bertolt Brecht. 

The current social climate in Ireland can make us feel pessimistic, mournful and even frightened. Rising housing costs continue to force many young people to em igrate, while people entering and integrating with our communities are oft en met with racism and violence. While interest in learning the Irish lang uage is rapidly growing, we are still witnessing rural Gaeltacht communiti es declining due to the shortage of housing and the rapid proliferation of holiday homes and Airbnbs.  Alternative art spaces are struggling to stay open across Ireland, being liable to an eviction notice at any given time. Common areas for people to meet, create, and flourish are becoming more scarce and more fragile. Ireland is becoming a place in which it is h ard to sustain hope.

But there is hope.

Hope is not a passive emotion or a rose-tinted dream but a political practice that sust ains and feeds us. It strengthens the attachments to each other that we ne ed in order to resist, to create, to live our lives with dignity and pleas ure.  Through music, art, collective action, and – ultimately – frien dship, we have the power to shape our communities for the better. 

This year’s FSAS Summer School focuses on hope – on “reanimating the b onds of community”* and counteracting despair, in the pursuit of liberatio n. We will explore ideas around urban commons, technological degrowth, his tories of resistance, and the reclamation of civic space – all bedded down in real-world projects and people. It will be a space to come together an d learn, with the ambition that participants will bring these insights bac k into their own communities and practices. Across three days, the Summer School will combine talks, workshops, site visits, discussions and hands-o n activities.

*this phrase borrowed from partner group Rupture Cine ma

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Details of the Summer School – Full Programme Coming Soon

The week will start with a direct animation workshop w ith Helena Gouveia Monteiro hosted in the DUBH Darkroom. Afterwards Ruptur e Cinema will speak about their work and screen a film offsite in the Sean O’ Casey Community Centre. 

There will be a community morning led by 1815fc on the local 5 Lamps football pitch followed by a s ite visit to Mud Island Community Garden. Later that day we will meet and work with an Irish language activist from Glor na Mona and Deaglán Ó Mochá in as well as participating in a hands on workshop on signs and banners.

Aoife Hammond will lead us with music session that focuses o n their work with Queer Sheds and the Faoin Tuath festival. There will be a collective group project and additional  site visit before a social evening in The Cobblestone Pub in Smithfield. The summer school will run over three days.

Dates: 22, 23 and 24 July 202 6

Times: 10am–6pm on 22 July, 10am–6.30pm on 23 Jul y, and 10am–6pm on 24 July, with an optional late-night social gathering i n the Cobblestone Pub. 

Venue: Project Space, Fire Station Artists’ Studios, 9–11 Lower Buckingham Street, Dublin 1, as well as activities taking place at Mud Island Community Garden, Five Lamps Football Pitch,  the Anne Devlin and Sean O’Casey Community Centres and The Cobblestone Pub.

Fee: €120 for the full thr ee-day programme, including lunch each day and a welcome drink at The Cobb lestone Pub. There are 3 scholarships available to low income applicants o f a reduced rate of €50. Please make a note of this in your application if you wish to be included in this selection.

Places: Limited to 12 participants 

How to apply

< p>Participants will have an active and demonstrable interest in this area.  

To apply, please send the following:

1) a selected CV ( 2 pages maximum)

2) an expression of interest stating how participat ing in Anam an Phobail Summer School will benefi t your practice and referring to projects/ interests that demonstrate your practice (1 page max + up to 3 images or audio/video files)

Please send all these documents in 1 PDF file by email to apply@firestati on.ie with the subject line Summer School. 

The closing date for receipt of completed application is Fr iday 26th June at 5pm (Irish time).

For queries, contact clara@firestat ion.ie

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