Tiny Mutiny 2025 Application Forms:
Irish Language Application Form available - email sparkcatchers.info@gmail.com
Link to Online Google Form: https://forms.gle/gRVADEvN1sFbDZZW8
Or
Download Application Form: HERE
Email your completed application to Jojo & Midie: sparkcatchers.info@gmail.com
The closing date for applications is
12 noon on 1st April 2025.
Tiny Mutiny is a trailblazing initiative of Galway County Arts Office offering creative teenagers the opportunity to realise their artistic ideas with support from a professional mentor along with a production budget. Teenagers can apply with an idea focusing on creative practices like theatre, visual art, dance, film, circus, writing, digital media, graffiti, music etc.
The selected young artists will be given a professional artist mentor, a budget for materials and practical support from Sparkcatchers! from March to September 2025.
At the end, there will be a showcase at an arts event in September.
Sparkcatchers! are Jojo Hynes & Midie Corcoran; artists, producers, festival makers and disruptors that work with young people to make brilliant art. This call out is a follow up to Tiny Mutiny 2024, a project called Tiny Mutiny at Baborò IAFC 2022 and inspired by a project in The Netherlands called Broei.
You can apply to Tiny Mutiny 2025 if you:
Are between 13 and 17 years old.
Are a young artist with an idea for a creative project you would like help to realise Or, are a group of teenagers with an idea to make a creative project
Have a creative idea that focuses on creative practices like theatre, visual art, dance, film, circus, writing, digital media, graffiti, music etc.
Want artistic mentorship, production advice and a budget to create your idea.
Would like an audience to see your idea at a final showcase.
Live in County Galway or your group is based in County Galway.
Applicants living or based in Galway City can’t apply.
What do successful ideas receive?
Young people will lead the creative process but you will receive encouragement, guidance and production support to grow your initial idea.
Mentorship over the Summer from a professional artist to realise your project.
Financial support for materials, travel, equipment and making your idea come to life.
Throughout Tiny Mutiny, practical advice and budgeting support will be available from Jojo and Midie who are the Creative Producers of Tiny Mutiny.
Your idea will be included in a showcase at an arts event for children and young people in September.
The closing date for applications is
12 noon on 1st April 2025.
Tiny Mutiny 2025, Commissioned by Galway County Council Arts Office in partnership with Sparkcatchers!. Supported by Galway County Council and the Arts Council.
