Creative Communities Mid West, in association with The GAFF presents TRANSITIONS, Community Arts Engagement during the pandemic This online conference was held on January 27th 2022 with speakers from the arts and the community arts sector.

- Artist, Lowri Evans talked about her work across the arts communities in Manchester and around the world.

- Director, Tony Fegan from Tallaght Community Arts talked about their ethos and current community projects.

- Ann Marie Shields, director at Minding Creative Minds talked about this really important service for creatives across the Irish arts sector.

The new programme of events and projects for The GAFF 2022 was launched as we work with artist and rapper Wilzee on MVP and we will grow our Tiny Little Histories project where artists and communities will come together and capture a layer of oral history that too often disappears with the passing of generations.

CREATIVE COMMUNITIES MIDWEST OVERVIEW:

In 2021 The GAFF, based in Limerick, established a professionally-resourced, network called Creative Communities Midwest to connect arts organisations and community stakeholders. The aim of the network was to further embed community engagement across the network and develop new ways for creative communities to network, particularly during the pandemic. Since the beginning of 2021 we have engaged online with the creative communities here in the Midwest with meetings and events including a pilot event called Tiny Little Histories which The GAFF will expand in in 2022

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