Building on the deep creative heritage of UCD arts and humanities, the creative energy of Dublin, and the
international cultural reputation of Ireland, Engaged Creativity seeks to nurture talent development, to foster
experimentation and collaboration, and to create cross- sectoral and international partnerships with the aim of
establishing a new approach to innovation and enterprise in the arts and humanities. This theme incorporates
innovative approaches to creative practice as research and foregrounds the impact and relevance of the arts
and humanities.
Engaged Creativity seeks to develop a creative/critical ecosystem based at UCD which
intersects with government, business, and industry through research, teaching, public impact and
engagement. The UCD Arts and Humanities Creative Fellows will form the backbone of a high-profile advisory
Board of external members for this theme.
Theme Members
Theme Lead:- Ursula Byrne
- Lucy Collins
- Jonathan Creasy
- Ciaran Crilly
- Luca Crispi
- Finola Cronin
- Ian Davidson
- Des Earley
- Evelyn Flannagan
- Paul Halferty
- Scott Hamilton
- Kellie Hughes
- Jaime Jones
- Emily Mark-Fitzgerald
- P.J. Mathews
- John Matthews
- Julie Morrissey
- David McKinney
- Regina Uí Chollatáin
- Paul Perry
- Nerys Williams
Projects, News and Events
Applications are open for the Joseph M. Hassett Creativity Bursary
Applications are open for the Joseph M. Hassett Creativity Bursary. Deadline 2 May 2022.
UCD launches a new BA in Creative & Cultural Industries
UCD launched a new BA Creative & Cultural Industries in the Humanities programme. It was created and led by the School of Art History and Cultural Policy. It is supported by the Creative Futures Academy, a €10 million HEA-funded project. Read more here.
The inaugural UCD Creative Fellows Mentoring Programme 2021: A Year in Review
Artists and creative industry leaders joined forces with the College of Arts and Humanities this year to create the inaugural UCD Creative Fellow student mentorship programme. Find out more
Seminar Series - September 2021
UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy publishes its Autumn 2021 Research Seminar Online Series
The Museum of Ancient History at UCD
A new exhibition in the UCD Classical Museum co-curated by Pádraic E. Moore and Jo Day (link to CMS) will open December 2021
Picturing People: LIFE Magazine and the Power of Photography
You are invited to an online talk with Dr Kate Bussard, UCD Visiting Professor, School of Art History and Cultural Policy, and Peter C. Bunnell, Curator of Photography at the Princeton University Art Museum.
UCD welcomes Artists-in-Residence Mark O’Halloran, Jenny Jennings and Dónal Lunny
UCD Arts and Humanities has welcomed three new Artists-in-Residence to the Creative Futures Academy. Mark O’Halloran joins as Screenwriter-in-Residence, Jenny Jennings joins as Artistic Director-in-Residence; and Dónal Lunny will be Musician-in-Residence.
Join UCD Composer-in-Residence, Dr Peter Moran, for 'All the Music You Know is Out of Tune'
The event will be held on 20 October 2021 at 2pm.
Join the Exit 15 who will be marking their booklet launch and discussing community creativity and placemaking.
The event will take place on 2 November 2021.
Christodoulos Makris awarded the inaugural Joseph M Hassett Creativity Bursary
We are delighted to announce that the poet Christodoulos Makris has been awarded the inaugural Joseph M. Hassett Creativity Bursary (Poetry) 2021-22.
NCAD, IADT and UCD
Louise Allen will take up the role of Programme Director of The Creative Futures Academy in March 2021.
NCAD, IADT and UCD secures €10m award for Creative Futures Academy
The funding award was made by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, under the HEA Human Capital Initiative.
'What is Creativity?' series announced
‘What is Creativity?’ is a series of four engaging talks and performances by leading practitioners across a range of creative disciplines, asking questions around the meaning of creativity in its broadest possible sense. Issues to be considered include: the opportunities and challenges of the digital age; sustaining creativity in an age of precarity; and the future of the traditional arts in an age of technology.