About
Practice.ie is the first all-Ireland professional network for artists working across all art forms with children and young people.
Practice.ie is a space where professional artists and practitioners can share and discuss their work through blogs, images and forum discussions. It also features commissioned essays, interviews and project descriptions, as a resource for artists and as a means to stimulate debate and dialogue around contemporary arts practice for young people.
The Practice.ie website is part of a wider support structure for professional artists which comprises professional development meetings and now, the Practice Journal – a publication that reports on and promotes the value of arts practice with children and young people, which is edited from the content of the website and aims to give wider visibility to this work. The Practice Journal occupies a unique place within the arts and education sectors as the only regular publication dedicated to this area of practice. To buy the Practice Journal click here.
From meeting with artists over the past year, we know more about the supports that artists need in order to develop their practice. Now, our aim in 2010 is for Practice.ie to become a space for critical thinking and debate within this area.
As well as providing a continuing facility and space for artists to discuss and profile their work through blogs, images and the forum, in 2010, there will be new features on the website, including a series of online events and activities.
The new features include:
the Guest Editorship, in which individuals from specific areas of policy and practice will curate new features – essays, interviews and project descriptions – for the website on a bi-monthly basis;
the Practice Talk Series – a series of online talks, which will be delivered by a range of professionals working within the sector of arts practice with children and young people. The dates of upcoming talks will be posted on the main news section of the website and through our monthly newsletter;
the Online Reading Room – A regular online meeting space for artists to engage in facilitated discussion that responds to specifically recommended reading materials. Contact us for more information about taking part;
the Regional Groups – Regional meeting groups. These groups are developed locally by arts practitioners/ co-ordinators. The aim is to meet together on a regular basis, critique and discuss practice and the outcomes will be posted online. If you’re interested in meeting in your local area, please contact us to find out more.
Become a member:
To become a member of practice, simply go to the homepage of Practice.ie and click on <register>. Here you can set up a profile page by entering details about yourself and your work.
Subscribe to the monthly Practice newsletter:
By joining our mailing list, you can keep yourself up-to-date with all the latest news and events that are taking place in association with Practice.ie. To subscribe, simply enter your email address on the homepage.
Add a project: When you are logged into Practice.ie as a member, you will find options for adding your own work to the site. Just click on <projects> and <add a project> to begin posting information about your work.
About Kids' Own
As an organisation that has pioneered and promoted artists’ engagement with children and young people for over ten years. There is currently no support in place for artists’ practice with children and young people. Through managing a number of long-term artists’ residencies over the years, we have discovered the importance of shared experience in the professional development of artists’ practice with children and young people. In light of this we feel it is important to make this research public and collaborative in order to empower artists working in this field and validate their practice.
