Laois County Council

Tag: Cruinniú na nÓg

  • Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 Open Call Grant Scheme

    Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 Open Call Grant Scheme

    Laois County Council – Creative Ireland Laois is seeking artists to create and deliver a programme of activities/ events to celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg on Saturday 11 June,  2022.

    We are inviting applications from creative practitioners, artists, and art organisations /groups  (including a team of creative practitioners) who have the capacity to devise, facilitate and deliver creative content and activities for children and young people in any medium or artform (examples include theatre, music, circus, street art, performance, fashion, photography, digital arts, installation art, literature, storytelling, architecture, coding, biodiversity, folklife, heritage, archaeology, landscape), in specific town or village in Laois.

    For full details, guidelines and application form, click here

  • Cruinniu na nÓg 2020 Celebrates A Sense of Place in Laois

    Cruinniu na nÓg 2020 Celebrates A Sense of Place in Laois

    Unleash your creative spirit!

    Cruinniu na nÓg 2020 is a national day of free creativity for children and young people across Ireland and will take place on Saturday 13th June 2020.  Cruinniú na nÓg celebrates and encourages participation in creativity and culture. Due to current restrictions this year, things will work a little differently with events and activities available online to participate in.

     

    On Saturday 13th June, view all events online at Creative Laois YouTube channel or on  Facebook  or Instagram.

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    The day is still about giving children and young people the opportunity to express themselves through a specially curated programme of creative and cultural activities where they can participate, engage with new ideas, learn new skills and have fun!

     

    For information on the full programme for Cruinniú na nÓg 2020 and how to get involved in local and national online activities, go to the Cruinniu na nÓg website.
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    OPPORTUNITY: Calling all up & coming musicians

    As part of Cruinniú na nÓg 2020 Music Generation Laois Online Open Mic Night, up and coming musicians aged 12-18 in Laois and across the country are invited to submit a video of their original music songs / tunes / compositions / raps or electronic music.
    Young musicians in Laois and across the country are invited to submit a video of their original music songs / tunes / compositions / raps or electronic music.  The Open Mic Night with winning entries will be streamed on the Creative Ireland Laois YouTube channel on Saturday 13th June from 8pm.  There are 2 prizes available for entries that ooze originality and musical creativity.  The national prize is a 1 day recording session in Golden Egg Studios world-class recording facility in Co. Laois.  A special Laois prize is for up and coming musicians from the county with 1 year’s free Music Generation Laois music lessons in Laois Music Centre.
    Deadline for entries is 5pm, Friday 29th May 2020.
    For all information on how to enter, go to Music Generation Laois.
    Cruinniú na nÓg is an initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme (2018-2022) in partnership with Laois County Council and RTÉ.
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