{"id":7377,"date":"2026-01-27T09:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/?p=7377"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:28:25","slug":"creative-cluster-applications-for-2026-2028-is-now-open-26th-january-20th-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/creative-cluster-applications-for-2026-2028-is-now-open-26th-january-20th-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts in Education Programmes | Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7348 \" src=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/creative-cluster-2023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"215\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Education and Youth is pleased to announce the opening of a new round of Creative Clusters. The deadline for receipt of applications is\u00a0<strong>20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click<\/span>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/cnuasaigh-chruthaitheacha-creative-clusters-2026-2028\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">for full information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7409 \" src=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BLAST-Logo-300x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BLAST-Logo-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BLAST-Logo.png 653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/>The Department of Education and Youth is pleased to announce BLAST Creativity and Arts in Education Residency 2026\/2027 applications are now open.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for receipt of applications is\u00a0<strong>20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0April 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/blast-creativity-arts-in-education-residency-2026-2027\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> for <span style=\"color: #000000;\">full information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7488 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3396ff29-92d1-4205-a114-3c4dc4143a25-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3396ff29-92d1-4205-a114-3c4dc4143a25-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3396ff29-92d1-4205-a114-3c4dc4143a25-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3396ff29-92d1-4205-a114-3c4dc4143a25-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3396ff29-92d1-4205-a114-3c4dc4143a25.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><strong>Call Out for Creative Practitioners Teacher Artist Partnership+ 2026\/27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Announcing a wonderful opportunity for creative practitioners of all disciplines to broaden their practice through the Teacher Artist Partnership+ (TAP+) professional development and in-school residency initiative. TAP+ is a creativity rich national initiative where creative practitioners train and collaborate alongside primary and special school teachers, developing shared approaches to creativity, wellbeing, and partnership in schools.<\/p>\n<p>Closing date for applications: <strong>Friday, 5th June 2026 at 5pm.<\/strong><br \/>\nCreative Practitioner Application Form apply here: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/nHeq8bdkW4\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/nHeq8bdkW4\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/call-out-for-artists-and-creative-practitioners-teacher-artist-partnership-2024-25\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> for <span style=\"color: #000000;\">full information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7499 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Programme-Regional-Day-2026-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Programme-Regional-Day-2026-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Programme-Regional-Day-2026-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Programme-Regional-Day-2026-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Programme-Regional-Day-2026.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2026 Portal Spring Regional Day &#8211; Programme Announced &amp; Booking Now Open<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arts in Education Portal Spring Regional Day |Saturday 25 April 2026 | Garage Theatre, Monaghan<br \/>\nThe Arts in Education Portal team is delighted to announce the full programme for our Spring Regional Day on Saturday 25 April at the Garage Theatre, Monaghan. This event will showcase arts in education projects and creative practice in the North-East region.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/2026-portal-spring-regional-day-25th-april-garage-theatre-monaghan-programme-announced-booking-now-open\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> for <span style=\"color: #000000;\">full information.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Education and Youth is pleased to announce the opening of a new round of Creative Clusters. The deadline for receipt of applications is\u00a020th\u00a0April. Click\u00a0HERE for full information. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Department of Education and Youth is pleased to announce BLAST Creativity and Arts in Education Residency 2026\/2027 applications are now<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/creative-cluster-applications-for-2026-2028-is-now-open-26th-january-20th-april-2026\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7377"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7519,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7377\/revisions\/7519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metc.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}