About:

Drop Everything is a contemporary arts & culture organisation, based on Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Ireland.

Est. 2012, we host an irregular weeklong residency programme for artists from anywhere and any discipline. We also run a creative education programme for the local school, and every two years~ish we throw a lil weekender. Attendance is by invitation from previous contributors, with remaining spots offered to our waitlist via lottery. This is to ensure understanding of what DE is, and respect to the local community of Inis Oírr. 300 max capacity.

We’ll also produce the odd non-island event for a rare person or situation we like the sound of. HUU. There’s a lot going on. It’s hard to put into words, but drop us a line.

Drop Everything is about getting excited by new ideas and taking the time to consider them. It’s for people who do and people who want to.

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Maidir le:

Is eagraíocht ealaíne agus cultúrtha comhaimseartha iad ‘Drop Everything’ atá lonnaithe ar Inis Oírr, Oileáin Árann, Éire.

In 2012 a bunaíodh an eagraíocht agus cuireann muid clár cónaitheachta neamhrialta seachtain iomlán ar fáil d’ealaíontóirí as aon áit agus ó aon disciplín. Reachtálann muid clár oideachais chruthaitheach freisin do na scoileanna áitiúla, agus bíonn ócáid deireadh seachtaine againn chuile dhá bhliain nó mar sin. Is rannpháirtithe a d’fhreastail ar an bhféile roimhe sin a thugann cuireadh freastail do dhaoine agus na spásanna a bhíonn fágtha cuirtear ar liosta feithimh iad tríchrannchur. Déantar é sin lena chinntiú go mbeidh tuiscint faighte ag daoine ar céard atá i gceist le DE agus mar mheas ar mhuintir Inis Oírr. 300 duine an méid is mó a ghlactar leis.

Táimid sásta corr imeacht a eagrú taobh amuigh den oileán freisin do dhaoine nó cás fánach a tharraingeodh ár n-aird. Tugaigí na smaointe dúinn. Tá neart ag tarlú. Tá sé deacair é chuir i bhfocail, ach scríobh chugainn.

Baineann ‘Drop Everything’ le bheith ar bís faoi thuairimí nua agus am a ghlacadh chun iad a mheas. Is do dhaoine é a thugann faoi rudaí agus daoine atá ag iarraidh tabhairt faoi rudaí.

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Access by request only. For more information or to request to attend please email info[at]dropeverything.net

Value System:

Drop Everything is built by generosity – created by everyone who contributes, whether that’s with their art, their skill, their time or by funding the event.

Specific projects are made possible through public funding bodies, so GRMA to the Irish tax payers.

We take no corporate sponsorship or partners, but love collaborating with independent companies, brands and products that feel aligned.

Córas Luacha:

Is trí fhlaithiúlacht a chuirtear le ‘Drop Everything’ – é cruthaithe acu sin uilig a thacaíonn leis, trína gcuid ealaíne, scileanna, a gcuid ama nó maoiniú don imeacht. Bíonn tionscnaimh ar leith indéanta de bharr maoiniú ó eagraíochtaí poiblí, GRMA a cháiníocóirí na hÉireann.

Ní ghlacann muid le hurraíocht ná le páirtithe corparáideacha, ach is aoibhinn linn comhoibriú le cuideachtaí, brandaí agus táirgí neamhspleácha atá ar aon intinn linn.

PRESS
'For three days, the island is overrun with creative collaboration, ideas born out of drunken conversations, yet there is not a business card in sight. The best part of it all is that you come away with a renewed hope that some creatives aren’t shielding their ideas book from potential thieves, but rather cattle-prodding them into existence with new friends.

“I don’t set out for Drop Everything to be unique or different,” Nally says. She simply saw an opportunity to fertilise a bit of creative connection. “I just wanted to bring a bunch of interesting, creative people to this space so that they could meet each other, and hopefully that my audience would appreciate that as well. Everyone’s chipped in to make this work in whatever capacity.”’
– Dazed Magazine