About Us

Who We Are

Mide Arts Group was founded in 2017 by a voluntary group of artists and creatives. Mide is a county-wide art-initiative set up to support citizens and local communities to develop the skills and
knowledge to make public, spectacle and community art in County Longford.

Participation:
We place participation at the heart of our work. This enables us to actively explore ideas of who can be involved in the making of art. We bring people together to help them explore their creativity. We believe that by putting each individual at the centre of the creative process we can challenge, inform and transform. As a participatory arts organisation we create work in the heart of communities; in schools, community gardens, and individual people’s homes – as well as in designated arts spaces.

Public Celebration:
Our work nearly always invites the public to join us in sharing and celebrating and the work that participants have achieved working alongside artists. Participants have found that working with
leading national and international artists has given them new skills and expanded horizons. Artists have in turn enhanced their own work.