“There was time for everyone to ask their questions and then be provided with an answer.”
- Mikey, workshop participant

Artist Workshops and Events

  • Meet the Early Years Network for the Arts

    Monday 12 October
    11:00am-12:10pm
    Mick Lally Theatre, Galway

    Join EYNA founders Cliodhna Noonan and Heather Rose at the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children for a catch up over a cuppa. The event will also include presentations from EYNA members about the work they are creating for early years, and about the network itself.


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  • Making Your Budget Work For You

    Wednesday 21st October
    12:00pm-1:30pm
    Online via Zoom

    This deep dive into budgets will look at how research, structure and simple formulas can make your budget a practical document that actually helps you. Don’t let budgets be the enemy, they can help you!

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  • EYNA Zoom meetup

    Date and time tbc
    Online via Zoom

    Following our in-person event at Baboró, we will be scheduling one final EYNA meetup before the end of the year.

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  • Applying for Funding

    Tuesday 1 December

    12:00pm-1:30pm

    Online via Zoom

    This workshop will offer practical advice on applying for funding, from the key elements of a strong application, to top tips on writing the application itself, with a specific focus on applying for an Arts Council Bursary.

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Past Workshops and Training

In partnership with festivals and venues, we deliver in-person workshops for producers and artists.
These workshops are 60-120 minutes. Topics include outlining the role and responsibilities of a producer, from the money to the venues to the audiences. Other times they are more conversational, exploring how we form connections within our industry, and the key role producers can play in those connections.
The workshops are shaped around the needs of those in the room, with the key goal being to empower artists to take control of their own work and to increase their skills, knowledge and confidence around producing topics.

In 2024 we delivered 8 free online workshops on a variety of producing topics to over 250 artists and producers, followed by a further 5 in 2025 and 5 in 2026.

Topics included: Applying for Funding, Venues and Touring, Audiences and Marketing, Contracts with Venues and Artists, Strategic Planning and Networking, Budgeting and Financial Management, Communication and Conflict, and Access for Artists and Audiences.

Producing In-Person Workshops

Baboró Festival, Galway
Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
An Grianán, Letterkenny
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Axis Ballymun
Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise

Empowering the Artist

Free Online Workshops

Jan 2024-Sept 2026

PRODUCING
YOUR WAY

Producing Your Way is a six week course for early career producers or self-producing artists with a performing arts practice.  The course took place over 6 weeks from 11 October to 22 November 2024 with weekly group Zoom sessions as well as tasks to complete between sessions.  We covered all the basics of producing- financial management, contracts, marketing, tour booking- as well as having important conversations and discussions around how producing can support artist wellbeing and values, and looked in detail at practical templates including access riders, budgets, press releases and much much more.

We hope to run the course again in the future, watch this space!