Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme
Managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts in social and community contexts:
Deadlines 2012
Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place/or interest to work together on contemporary collaborative arts projects.
The scheme is open to artists from any of the following artform disciplines: architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts. The projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts including arts and health; arts in prisons; arts and older people; arts and cultural diversity.
The aim of the scheme is to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists. It is essential that consultation take place between the artist and the community group, so that both parties are involved in deciding on the nature of the project realisation. Group ownership of the art should be maintained at every stage. The Project Realisation may result in a variety of outcomes.
There are two phases to the scheme:
Phase One, Research and Development, is open to artists who wish to research and develop a project in a community context. Maximum time frame is 3 months. The maximum amount awarded in Phase One is €1,000.
Research and Development/Mentoring is open to artists who wish to develop a community based project and who have identified an artist mentor they want to work with a during the research and development phase. The maximum award is €1500, which includes €500 fee payable to the mentor.
Phase Two, Project Realisation, is open to communities of interest or place (or their representative organisations), planning a project of between 6 weeks and 5 months duration with a maximum award of €5000, and those who are planning a project of between 6 months and 9 months with a maximum award of €10, 000.
The deadlines for 2012 - First Round Thursday 15 March, 5pm;
Second Round: Monday 25 June, 5pm.
For further information on application criteria and assessment, or to book an advisory session about the Scheme, contact Katherine Atkinson, Professional Development, 01-4736600 or email support(at)create-ireland.ie. Full details and application forms www.create-ireland.ie
Sligo County Council Arts Service
Grants and Bursaries Scheme
The Sligo County Council Arts Service Arts Grant and Individual Artist Bursary Schemes are now closed. The next call for applications will be in the Spring / early summer of 2012.
The arts grants and bursaries are for individual artists, community and voluntary arts groups involved in enhancing access to the arts throughout County Sligo. These grants and bursaries by Sligo County Council providing funding opportunities for communities and professional artists towards a diverse range of artistic activities covering all artforms including literature, visual arts, music, traditional music and dance, theatre and drama, photography, film and electronic media, festivals and individual arts practice.
For background informtion on the 2011 Grants and Bursaries Scheme go to Arts Grants 2011 and Guidelines.
For national arts funding opportunities which arise please click on Opportunities or log on to www.artscouncil.ie
The Fred Conlon Contemporary Sculpture Award
The recipient of the 2011/2 award is Shiro Masuyama who will commence his residency in Easkey in February 2012.
This award was established by Sligo County Council under the Space for Art Sligo Arts Plan 2007-2012 to honour the late sculptor Fred Conlon, a native of west Sligo. Fred Conlon supported generations of young artists in his life and work and this award pays tribute to his contribution to the cultural life of the region. An initiative of Sligo Arts Service, the award is delivered in partnership with the Conlon Family and the Leitrim Sculpture Centre. The residency is for visual artists, particularly sculptors, who wish to advance their work or create a new body of work.
The award offers the opportunity to avail of studio and living facilities for two months in the inspiring scenic region of Easkey, West Sligo and one month in the Leitrim Sculpture Centre followed by a solo exhibition in the Leitrim Sculpture Centre upon completion of the residency.
For further information on applying for 2011 go to The Fred Conlon Contemporary Sculpture Award
