Are you an artist with a passion for creativity, culture, and language? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you!
The Mother Tongues Festival, Ireland’s largest celebration of linguistic diversity through the arts, is calling upon artists like you to be a part of an unforgettable event in 2025. Get ready to make a difference, connect with diverse communities, and showcase your artistic practice like never before.
The Mother Tongues Festival is an inclusive platform that invites artists from all backgrounds to participate in workshops, performances and exhibitions that embrace the power of multilingualism.
We encourage everyone, regardless of their linguistic background, to explore new horizons, learn something new and most importantly, have a blast doing it. Our festival is all about celebrating your mother tongue and the multitude of languages spoken in Ireland.
Your Chance to Shine
For the 2025 edition of the Mother Tongues Festival, we’re searching for passionate artists to lead workshops that captivate, educate, and entertain. Whether your field is music, visual arts, dance, storytelling, traditional arts and crafts, or any form of performance, we want to hear from you.
The workshops must be designed for families (parents/carers will attend with children) catering for children in the following age groups: 2 to 3 years, 3 to 6 years and 6 to 8 years.
While we welcome all proposals, we are particularly interested in those which encourage active participation and link clearly to one of the following themes:
Creativity and multilingualism
an activity that promotes creativity and language, that fosters an understanding of linguistic diversity or an appreciation of all languages
Languages from shared heritage
an activity that promotes a single language by showing the relevance of the links between language and heritage
Each selected artist will receive a budget of €250 per workshop.
We are particularly interested in proposals that celebrate languages beyond English, with a special emphasis on those from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Your unique perspective can enrich the festival and create a vibrant cultural exchange. Click the button below to submit your workshop proposal. The deadline is Sunday, October 27th 2024. The workshop will be held on February 22nd 2025 in Tallaght.
If you have any questions regarding the application form, please email festival [at] mothertongues.ie
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