field:arts x FRINGE LAB at Dublin Fringe Festival

field:arts x FRINGE LAB at Dublin Fringe Festival 

We are delighted to announce the continuation of our partnership with field:arts for this year’s edition of Dublin Fringe Festival, solidifying a growing relationship between our two organisations. This initiative provides vital support for two emerging creative producers working on shows premiering this September, with mentorship and support from the team at field:arts.

Nominated by Dublin Fringe Festival and selected by field:arts this fresh initiative has a particular focus on emerging Creative Producers who are establishing their practice. The artists and shows that make up this year’s field:arts x FRINGE LAB cohort are Mary Kilduff of Holly Furey & Ursula McGinn’s SUCKIN DIESEL, and Lucy Holmes of FILTH!’s THIS TOO SHALL PASS. Each producer will receive a financial contribution to pay for their time as Creative Producers on the respective projects, alongside training & mentorship, producing support, professional guidance, networking and audience development advice.

"It is truly inspiring to witness seasoned professionals within the industry taking initiatives to impart their expertise and know-how to aspiring emerging producers. Thanks to the dedication and backing of these three artists, field:arts remains steadfast in their crucial mission of fostering and promoting the next generation of creative  producers and self-producing artists who are spearheading remarkable, cross-disciplinary ventures. We look forward to seeing the impact of this partnerships when these shows have their world premiere at Dublin Fringe Festival 2024.” - David Francis Moore, Festival Director, Dublin Fringe Festival

“It’s with great joy we continue to grow this initiative with Fringe Lab to build capacity, support and potential for new and emerging creative producers presenting work at Dublin Fringe Festival 2024. It’s always inspiring to witness first-hand the commitment and rigour of independent artists, producers, crew and the wider creative teams who bring extraordinary work to Irish audiences through Dublin Fringe’s festival programme. We are delighted to play a part in elevating the support structures and resources for those involved.” - Lynnette Moran, Director, field:arts 

The artists supported by this scheme in 2023 were Osaro Azams, creator of Fried Plantains Collective’s Black Jam, Gina Donnelly, producer of Colm McCready & SkelpieLimmer’s Scaredy Fat and Ois O’Donoghue, creator of Jaxbanded Theatre’s Hyper.

field:arts was created in response to a new pilot initiative from the Arts Council for creative production supports in Ireland. It is a support agency dedicated to elevating creative practitioners across the independent contemporary arts sector in Ireland. field:arts recognises the alchemy of process, ideas, partnership and collaboration required to realise ambitious projects of excellence and of artistic value. field:arts has committed financial support and investment in key resources to enable practitioners across the independent arts sector to work continuously with security and consistency. By providing a bedrock of support we hope to afford our cohort the time to commit to their work between projects and to build a sustainable year-round practice, while positively impacting the portfolio of artists that they collaborate with. field:arts responds to the needs of Producers and Artists by offering extensive year round administrative, producing and production management support, as well as opportunities for development and residency space alongside additional financial support. Together we work to enable Producers to leverage additional support across the wider cultural sector by cultivating diverse approaches to fundraising, partnerships, co-commissioning and co-production models – enabling practitioners to diversify short-, medium- and long-term goals & objectives. The belief is that field:arts as a model of support will allow for better living and working conditions for all involved, and subsequently a higher quality of artistic growth and ultimately greater experiences for Irish audiences.