New Dance Company Call for Proposals – A webinar took place on 5th May, you can view it here!! | The Arts Council
A webinar took place on Friday 5 May for those interested in the New Dance Company Call for Proposals. As part of our new dance policy, ‘Advancing Dance 2022-2025’, which launched in October last year, the Arts Council has allocated the financial resources for a competitive open call to establish an independent flagship dance company: one which is committed…
Theatre Projects Award Deadline – Round 1 2024 | The Arts Council
A round of Theatre Project Award funding will open for applications on Tuesday 27 June, with a closing date of Thursday 27 July at 5.30pm. An information clinic will be run around this time (details to follow). This award will be for activities taking place in the 12-month period on or after 1 January 2024, and will cover four strands of…
Ireland at Venice: In Search of Hy-Brasil | The Arts Council
In Search of Hy-Brasil presents fieldwork from Ireland’s remote islands, investigating their diverse cultures, communities, and experiences. The exhibition has a focus on renewable energy, ethical food production and biodiversity, capturing the islands’ sustainable methods of livelihood through drawing, models, film, sound, writing and language, to raise awareness of the islanders’ management of resources and their balancing of the delicate…
Art Competitions, Contests, and Juried Exhibitions
NationalCall for Artists Oct18 Celebrate Art — Open Call 2023 MVA Gallery — Modern Visual Arts in Bethlehem, PA seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, December 6, 2023 – January 10, 2024. Art of Distinction Award — One artist will be featured in a special exhibit at the Gallery. Annual Grand Prize — Exhibit opportunity in NYC. Eligible…
Window opens 27 June for Call for Proposals: The New Dance Company | The Arts Council
The window for accepting applications for the New Dance Company Call for Proposals will open on the 27 June, with a closing date of 29 July at 5.30pm. The objectives and priorities of this initiative are to establish a new, independent, flagship dance company committed to commissioning dance production across all scales and to the employment of dancers, as well…
Sector Consultation for Street Arts & Spectacle Policy | The Arts Council
We invite artists and arts workers in the area of Street Arts and Spectacle to have their say in the development of a new policy for the sector. We invite individuals from across the SA&S sector to participate by completing this short, high-level, survey by the end of day on Sunday 11 June: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90565925/SAS-Policy We’re also inviting written submissions for…
Patricia Forde announced as Ireland’s seventh Laureate na nÓg | The Arts Council
Patricia Forde was announced as the seventh Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s Children’s Literature Laureate today (Monday 29 May) at a special event at the Arts Council. An award-winning children’s author from Galway, Forde will hold the title from now until 2026, taking up the position from the outgoing Laureate, Áine Ní Ghlinn. By honouring an artist of exceptional talent and…
Aosdána expresses its sadness at the passing of writer and Aosdána member Michael Viney | An Chomhairle Ealaíon
The Arts Council has expressed its sadness at the passing of writer and Aosdána member Michael Viney. Born in Brighton, England,1933, Michael Viney had a long career in television and as a journalist and is most widely known for his Another Life column in the Irish Times, which had its final instalment last February. This column chronicled his rural life and…
Ireland at Venice – Minister Catherine Martin announces Irish representation at 60th Venice Art Biennale in 2024 | The Arts Council
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. has announced the selection of artist, Eimear Walshe, with Sara Greavu and Project Arts Centre as the curator, to represent Ireland at the 60th Venice Art Biennale in 2024. The Venice Biennale is one of the most important international platforms for the visual arts, attracting over half…
The Arts Council announces funding for seven new Creative Places 2023 | The Arts Council
€1.7m invested across the country in 2023 17 Creative Places in total 100,000 more people in rural areas have access to the arts Today the Arts Council announced an investment of €1.7m in seven new Creative Places around Ireland. This brings to a total of 17 the number of Creative Places funded since 2020. This latest funding means that…
Traveller Wellbeing through Creativity initiative 2023 – Successful projects announced | The Arts Council
Traveller Wellbeing through Creativity is a programme from the Creative Ireland Programme, the Department of Health (Healthy Ireland Programme), the HSE and the Arts Council. The purpose of this unique programme is to support creative projects that will have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the Traveller community. Following on from a very successful programme in 2022, the…
Artist in the Community Scheme 2023 Round 1 – successful applicants | The Arts Council
The Arts Council’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme, managed by Create, offers awards to enable artists and communities of place and/or interest to work together on projects. The aim of the AIC scheme is to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists. Create defines community in the broadest sense of the word, however for the AIC…
