Arts Council announces over €9 Million in Funding for Arts Centres and Ealain na Gaeltachta for 2023 | The Arts Council
The Arts Council, the Irish government agency for developing the arts, is pleased to announce its Arts Centres decisions for 2023. Funding totaling €9,486,140 will be distributed to 42 organisations across all parts of the country. Maureen Kennelly, Director of the Arts Council, said: ‘The infrastructure of arts centres, jointly supported with local government, is essential in enabling people of…
Night-Time Economy Forum | The Arts Council
The Arts Council is bringing artists and arts organisations together for the first annual Night-Time Economy Forum today. Designed to bring together a range of international, national and local perspectives on trends and initiatives relating to arts and the night-time economy, this is the first of what will be an annual event. The Arts Council’s goal is to enable arts…
Update on Architecture Awards | The Arts Council
The Architecture team wishes to advise that from 2023 the Engaging with Architecture Scheme has been incorporated into the Architecture Project Award. Applicants wishing to create Public Engagement projects in architecture can apply to the dedicated Engagement strand within the Architecture Project Award while those wishing to develop work in this area can apply to the Research and Development Strand.…
Barry Kerr appointed 2023 Traditional Artist in Residence at University College Cork | The Arts Council
The Arts Council, in association with, The College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (UCC) and the School of Film, Music, and Theatre (UCC), are delighted to announce the appointment of the renowned musician, composer and visual artist, Barry Kerr, as the Traditional Artist in Residence at University College Cork for 2023. Barry will deliver a series of concerts,…
Online Exhibitions, Art Publications, Art Contests and Grants
InternationalCall for Artists Oct19 Floral Art Contest Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the third “Floral” online art contest for the month of October 2023. All winning artists (Merit Award & Honorable Mention) will receive a digital award certificate. The gallery invites artists and photographers from around the world to share their artistic vision using any work with interpretation of…
Deadlines for the Arts Council’s Artist in Community (AIC) Schemes 2023 Round 1 & Round 2 announced | The Arts Council
AIC Application Round 1 (Guidelines published early February 2023)Application deadline – 27 March 2023 at 5pm AIC Application Round 2 (Guidelines published early August 2023)Application deadline – 25 September 2023 at 5pm Artist in the Community Scheme 2023 Deadlines Announced – Create (create-ireland.ie) The four different awards available are: Research and Development Award (without Mentoring) Research and Development Award (with Mentoring)Recent…
Watercolor Painting Workshops and Classes
“Atelier Provence and Barcelona Art Tour 2024” June 25 – July 6, 2024 A unique art workshop/art tour open to artists of all levels and media (oils, acrylics, watercolors, etc.). Seven days of plein-air painting, art history/theory lectures, and gastronomy in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence followed by four days visiting Barcelona’s top art sites and enjoying Catalan cuisine. The price…
Funding opportunities in the area of Young People, Children and Education (YPCE) | The Arts Council
The Arts Council is delighted to share details of funding opportunities in the area of Young People, Children and Education (YPCE). These include Commissions, the Young Ensembles Scheme, a new Arts in Early Learning and Care/School-Age Childcare Pilot and YPCE Residencies. As always please get in touch with the YPCE team as early as possible if you have any questions.…
Watercolor Painting Workshops and Classes
“Atelier Provence and Barcelona Art Tour 2024” June 25 – July 6, 2024 A unique art workshop/art tour open to artists of all levels and media (oils, acrylics, watercolors, etc.). Seven days of plein-air painting, art history/theory lectures, and gastronomy in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence followed by four days visiting Barcelona’s top art sites and enjoying Catalan cuisine. The price…
Arts Council announces over €695,000 funding awarded under Visual Artists Workspace Scheme 2023 | The Arts Council
The Arts Council, the Irish government agency for developing the arts, is pleased to announce its Visual Artists Workspace Scheme decisions for 2023. The scheme supports artists’ workspaces throughout the country to provide the best possible working environment for visual artists and, where feasible, to enable a level of subsidy for the artists working within these spaces. Funding totaling €695,774…
Arts Council and the Dept of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media announce launch of ART:2023 programme | The Arts Council
The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media announced today the launch of Art:2023, a major programme of events throughout 2023 and into April 2024 to mark the final phase of the Decade of Centenaries. This programme will build on the Art 2016 programme previously supported. The programme Art: 2023 is an opportunity for…
Arts Council expresses its regret at the death of visual artist Camille Souter | The Arts Council
The Arts Council has expressed its sadness at the passing of visual artist and Aosdána Saoi Camille Souter. Camille Souter was raised in Ireland and originally trained as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital London, before taking up painting in the mid 1950s. Though her usually small-scale paintings appear abstract they are firmly based within reality and the everyday. Souter has exhibited…
