Lifestyle & Sports
30 Mar 26

Minding Creative Minds to hold April Meet & Greet and more events

From workshops to meet-and-greets, Minding Creative Minds offers the Irish creative sector an outlet for promoting wellbeing and career advice.

Irish creatives are once more invited to take part in the Minding Creative Minds (MCM) online meet and greet session, which takes place on Monday, April 27 at 7pm. Registration is required, which you can do here.

Leading up to the end of the month, MCM will also offer a number of other workshops, including The Arts Council Agility Awards Basics, set for Wednesday, April 1 at 6pm, where Clí Donnellan will provides an overview of the application process, required materials, and guidance for completing the form, Register here.

Additionally, on Wednesday, April 22 at 6pm, Ian Shipley will conduct a workshop titled Selling or Licensing your Creative Work, a practical introduction to licensing for creators of digital, visual, art, and audio content, covering IP protection, readiness, pitfalls, and key contract essentials. Registration is open here.

The upcoming monthly meet and greet session offers a space for creatives and artists to learn from each other's experiences, opening important conversations with their peers in an effort to revive the arts sector.

As always, those attending the MCM meet and greet set the agenda. Each informal meeting follows its own course while providing a platform to source core information about Minding Creative Minds and their initiatives.

This month's meet and greet will once again be hosted by Ann Marie Shields, MCM Director and Careers Manager with BIMM Dublin Creative Futures.

MCM is 100% free and confidential, providing such services as:

Counselling service (12 support sessions)
Specialist trauma and abuse counselling
Creatives Arts Therapies
Workshops and masterclasses to advance ongoing skills and offer industry- related knowledge
1:1 Career Focused Mentoring Programme
Legal advice
Financial advice

You can get in contact with MCM by ringing their 24/7 Dedicated Phone Line: ROI 1800 814 244 | NI / UK: 0800 0903677 | International: 00353 15180277

General enquiries are also welcome and can be sent to: [email protected]

The monthly meet up sessions are presented by Minding Creative Minds in association with The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.