What is Creative Production?
What is Creative Production?
Symposium shaped by Creative Producer Programme
BrookLodge & Macreddin Village, Aughrim Pavilion and Kunstverein Aughrim, County Wicklow, Ireland
10am–6pm, Thursday 8 October 2026
Register to attend here: Eventbrite
What is Creative Production? is a symposium that brings together artists, curators, creative producers and practitioners working across the field of contemporary visual arts. Joining participants from Kunstverein Aughrim’s Creative Producer Programme alongside invited international contributors, a public forum as part of the symposium, on Thursday 8 October, continues an ongoing conversation around the role, visibility, labour and future potential of creative production within artistic practice in Ireland and beyond.
Contributors
Rachel Botha, Clodagh Assata Boyce, Jenny Brady, Simnikiwe Buhlungu, Ahmad Darkhabani, Iarlaith Ní Fheorais, The Domestic Godless, Dr Isobel Harbison, Sarah Hayden, Onur Karaoğlu, Jennie Moran/Luncheonette, Aisling Murray, JL Murtaugh, Nathan O’Donnell, Justin O’Shaughnessy, Prof. Andrea Phillips, Sara Sassanelli, Seán Ward, Lyónn Wolf, Theresa Zwerschke, Bia! Zine community and Ciaran Bohan
Schedule Overview
Morning (10am–2pm): Presentations and conversations (including light lunch at 1pm) at the BrookLodge and Macreddin Village
Afternoon (3–6pm): Continued programme at Aughrim Pavilion and Kunstverein Aughrim
Locations
BrookLodge & Macreddin Village, Macreddin West, Co Wicklow, Y14 A362
Aughrim Pavilion, Rednagh Road, Aughrim, Co Wicklow, Y14 WK38
Kunstverein Aughrim, Main Street, Aughrim Lower, Co Wicklow, Y14 K120
Access
The BrookLodge & Macreddin Village has designated wheelchair-accessible guest rooms with adapted bathrooms, accessible public paths, marked parking spaces, and level or ramped ground-floor navigation across the main BrookLodge and BrookHall buildings.
Aughrim Pavilion is wheelchair accessible and has accessible bathroom facilities.
Kunstverein Aughrim is not step free, it has five steps at the entrance, with no handrails. Kunstverein Aughrim is located in the centre of the village, with busy roads either side. The footpaths are wide and uneven. There is a curb cut 40 feet from the entrance. Kunstverein Aughrim has one inaccessible bathroom. There is an accessible bathroom next door at First Batch bakery.
The event will include ISL interpretation by Ela Cichocka and Carol McArdle.
A quiet room is available throughout the day and attendees are free to come and go.
We can offer a small number of travel bursaries to contribute to attendee’s travel costs where helpful. Please email office@kunstverein.ie for more information.
Transport
We encourage attendees to consider using public transport and/or car-pooling where possible.
If traveling by public transport from Dublin we recommend taking the 8:25am Wexford Expressway Route 2 bus from Busaras arriving to Arklow (Lidl stop) for 9:50am.
We can arrange minibus pick-up for attendees using this service, and we can arrange drop-off in time for the 18:19 service back to Dublin.
Please let us know if you require pick-up/drop-off by emailing Olamide Alao on oa@kunstverein.ie
If you have any questions about the venues, other transport logistics, access facilities, or wish to flag any special requirements please contact creative producer Olamide Alao at the above email address, or our team on office@kunstverein.ie
The symposium is funded as part of the Culture Programme for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026. Kunstverein Projects CLG is supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.