creative communities midwest (CCM)

In 2021, with support from the Arts Council's Capacity Support funding scheme, The GAFF established a professionally-resourced network, Creative Communities Midwest (CCM), to connect arts organisations and community stakeholders whose regular modes of connection had been interrupted due to COVID-19.

The aim of the network was to further embed community engagement and develop new ways for artists and communities to network, particularly during the pandemic.

Since the beginning of 2021, we have engaged online and face-to-face with the arts and community sectors here in the Midwest with meetings and events, including a pilot event called Tiny Little Histories, which expanded throughout 2022 and 2023.

CCM has built on work achieved by the existing network, Creative Communities Limerick. It has also seen The GAFF strategically review its work practice to examine new ways to reconnect with existing stakeholders in Limerick City and County, as well as in border areas within Clare and Tipperary.

The GAFF, through CCM, has hosted the conference series TRANSITIONS since 2020 as a platform for artists and communities to explore different ways of creating work. You can read more here.

The GAFF graciously acknowledges support from The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíonn and Limerick Arts Office in the delivery of its work.