Deadline: 28-Jul-22
The Arts Council is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2023 Circus Project Award to support high-quality, stand-alone initiatives that specifically deliver a presentation to, or an engagement with, an audience or public.
Potential circus proposals could be those that:
- Involve a variety of circus disciplines within a theme-based performance
- Allow artists to work with professionals such as choreographers, producers, directors and costume designers to develop work that is new to both the artists involved and audiences
- Enable artists to create work that changes their own concepts of current working practices
Award Information
You may apply for up to €50,000.
Types of Projects
The Arts Council has identified the following types of projects as strategic priorities for support through this award:
- Projects that create opportunities to extend the life of the work by securing a broad range of performance venues within the finite parameters of the project
- Projects that reflect a strong relationship and/or level of investment between the artist and project partner(s), and leading to high-quality production values for the completed work.
Eligibility Criteria
The award is open to professional artists and organisations working in circus. To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
- Be resident in the Republic of Ireland.
- There are certain exceptions where the Arts Council may deem eligible applications made by those based outside the Republic of Ireland.
- However, before admitting as eligible any such application, the applicant would need to explicitly outline within the application how the outcomes of any such proposal would benefit the arts in the Republic of Ireland, and the Arts Council must be satisfied with same.
For more information, visit Arts Council.
For more information, visit https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Circus-project-award/