News & Press
27 November 2024
Sustainable Fashion Co-Creational Project starting January 2025!
22 November 2024
Louth-based artist and textile specialist Claire McAteer has joined Creative Spark as its newest Artist-in-Residence. Focused on drawing, print, embroidery, collage, and felt.
22 November 2024
The Louth Urban Food Sanctuary (LUFS), recently held an event in collaboration with Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and staff and students from its Culinary School in the Department of Hospitality.
17 October 2024
Celebrate 10 years at the Creative Spark Print Studio. A weekend filled with masterclasses, inspiring talks, live demonstrations.
15 October 2024
Dublin-based muralist Klo Wi returns to screen printing and embraces new mediums during the Creative Spark Artist-in-Residence programme.
23 September 2024
A cross-border initiative involving 70 women from County Louth, Newry & Down and surrounding areas has challenged gender stereotypes through community engagement sessions and non-traditional skills workshops.
23 September 2024
Creative Spark is delighted to partner with CFA @ NCAD to launch a brand new ‘Professional Diploma in Digital Making’ - a hands-on programme introducing learners from all backgrounds to a range of digital fabrication processes.
20 September 2024
Creative Spark Enterprise FabLab proudly represented Ireland at the recent Fab24 Mexico conference, Fabricating Equity, organized by IDIT Institute of Design and Technological Innovation and the Fab Foundation.
19 September 2024
Creative Spark Welcomes 2024's Seventh Artist in Residence: Aoife Cawley
3 September 2024
Eimear Murphy is a Louth based artist; she explores how we give and take care in our society by collecting and turning everyday materials, such as hair, paper and wood, into sculptures.
7 August 2024
Théo Chauvat, an apprentice engineer from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine near Angers, France is currently working in the Creative Spark Enterprise FabLab
26 July 2024
Creative Spark Downtown Hub, in collaboration with the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS)
23 July 2024
Dundalk artists Colleen Eilís and Aoife Edwards who are both members of Creative Spark Print Studio.
23 July 2024
The Creative Spark team was delighted to attend the kick-off meting for the FabConnectHer Erasmus+ project recently in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.
11 July 2024
Creative Spark Welcomes 2024's Fifth Artist in Residence: Hattie Bidwell
17 April 2024
Taiscéalaí – coming from the Irish word for ‘explorer’ – is an initiative which aims to expand the reach and improve the quality of 3D printing education across Ireland at the primary school level.
9 April 2024
7 March 2024
Listen to our first episode in our Creative Skills Mini Series with Artists, Etaoin O’Reilly and Bláthnaid McClean.
17 November 2023
In this blog post, I will delve into my journey back in 2017 exploring the my unique experience of undertaking this cutting-edge course and the invaluable skills and opportunities it brought to my life and career.
2 November 2023
In this blog post, we will explore how utilizing a Formlabs 3D printer in a FabLab can pave the way for business growth through optimization strategies at different levels: Part, Process, and Product.
30 August 2023
17 May 2023
Niamh Clarke has joined as fourth Artist-in-Residence for 2023
15 May 2023
The team comprises three experts in their respective fields, Gary, Oscar, and Carl, each of whom has a significant role in the development and success of the Creative Spark Enterprise FabLab.
12 May 2023
Creative Spark is thrilled to announce that Laura Rafferty has joined as its third Artist-in-Residence for 2023.
2 August 2022
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