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Spraoi N.E.S.T Artists’ Call-Out

Spraoi is seeking artists with new work in development. We favour proposals where development groundwork has already commenced and artists require support to advance their ideas and projects to performance-mode. Three artists will be aided; this may be a trio or three individual artists or a two-piece act and a solo artist.

Shout-Out! – Spraoi Artists’ Residency

Spraoi is buzzing - applications are open for N.E.S.T. 2021. Artists with part-developed ideas for character inspired street performances are encouraged to apply. Spraoi R&D assets will assist artists to

Spraoi N.E.S.T. Artist Awarded Bursary

Spraoi is delighted Laois street artist Maria Corcoran has been awarded an Arts Council bursary. It maintains professional progression for an artist who remained active last year despite COVID-19 challenges.

Courts Service Partners Prism

Waterford Spraoi returns to Waterford Courthouse, for all the right reasons, this coming August. We are delighted to announce that facilitated by the Courts Service Spraoi will perform the world

Spraoi For Carlow Arts Festival 2021

Spraoi is delighted to announce we are returning to work with colleagues and friends at Carlow Arts Festival in June this year. Spraoi Artistic Director Mike Leahy and CAF’s Jo

Red Hat Volunteering Programme

Spraoi and Red Hat are delighted to announce volunteering will return this year. Spraoi Festival will have a new look at an array of novel venues. At the heart of

Big Thanks to Waterford Chamber of Commerce

A big Thank You to Waterford Chamber of Commerce for this lovely article on Spraoi in the latest issue of Network Magazine. To view the full magazine CLICK HERE

St. Patrick’s Day Gallery

Here are some great images from the archives of St.Patrick's Days past and present!

Spraoi with St. Patricks Festival

  Spraoi is delighted to again work with St. Patricks Festival and participate in their re-imagined programme of events for 2021.   The links below are for Spraoi's 'Welcome to

St. Patrick’s Festival Mask-Making Workshop

  Spraoi is delighted to again work with St. Patricks Festival and participate in their re-imagined programme of events for 2021.   The links below are for Spraoi's 'Welcome to

Very special thanks to The Irish Times for two Spraoi mentions in recent weeks

Spraoi included in Irish ‘Irish Festivals 2021 Preview’ “As a producing festival, it’ll respond with events through the year”, starting with Prism, a large-scale outdoor mixed-media art installation, premiering in

Check Out Spraoi Friends & The Snow Queen

Spraoi highly recommends The Snow Queen, an audio play for children, created by talented friends whose work we admire. (more…)

Artist Mentoring

Special thanks to artists Jessica Doolin, Caoimhe Dunne, and Claire Sheehan from the ISACS and Culture Ireland PITCH initiative who participated in Spraoi’s artists’ mentoring programme this autumn. Also very

Spraoi N.E.S.T Artists’ Call-Out

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