AlanJames Burns will present on ‘Festival Making as a creative act’ as part of the Arts Council of Ireland Festival Makers Conference, 11 & 12 May 2023, Galway.

A group discussion with delegates exploring the curatorial practice in festivals, the role of the citizen artist and the practice of festival making. Following the 2020 Change Makers festival conference, the Arts Council revised its Festival Policy to recognise “the complex and special nature of ‘festival-making’ as a creative act and its curatorial role in the development of artistic programming”.