Creative Children – Artists in Residence

10 September 2026

EastSide Arts is seeking four socially engaged artists to take part in Creative Children – Artists in Residence. This is a pilot programme exploring how artists and early years practitioners can work together to strengthen creativity within everyday practice.

Artists will work collaboratively with practitioners and young children over a ten-week period to explore ideas, experiment with creative approaches and respond to the unique context of each setting. The focus is on the development of enduring creative methods rather than on delivering activities.

We welcome artists working across a wide range of artforms. The creative approach should be responsive to the developmental stage of the children in the setting. The programme is based on play, curiosity, collaboration and shared learning.

Creative Children – Artists in Residence is part of a wider Paul Hamlyn Foundation project called Creative Citizens, which aims to broaden access to arts and creativity in East Belfast.

More information and application details can be found here.