Deadline: 15-Feb-21
The Wicklow County Council Arts Office is accepting applications for Artist Award Scheme 2021 to support artists, arts participation and artform development in County Wicklow.
The purpose of the Artist Award Scheme is to assist artists in the development of their practice. Awards to date have been offered to artists at all stages of their careers and who live in or are originally from County Wicklow.
The Artist Award Scheme has supported professional artists to develop or realise a particular body of work and/or to undertake professional development to that end. Professional practicing artists working in any artform, discipline or genre are eligible to apply to this scheme.
In considering the 2021 Artists Awards Scheme, Wicklow County Council is particularly conscious of the disruption caused by the Covid 19 Pandemic to artist’s work. In recognition of the challenges posed to artists continuing to create work in a time of physical distancing, the Council is offering artists an opportunity to take time to recalibrate their work.
Objectives
The Artist’s Awards Scheme 2021 aims to enable artists:
- To reflect and reconfigure their practice in relation to the current COVID 19 restrictions.
- To consider new approaches to their work in the digital and virtual space as a valid and essential arena for artistic endeavour.
- To think on how their practice will emerge from this time of physical distancing and restriction
- To reach out and connect to vital collaborators, networks, peers and other socially engaged artists, academics, community leaders etc. to develop a discourse on their practice during this time.
- To connect with international networks, organisations and practitioners, with a view to developing future collaborations and opportunities on an international scale
- To work in collaboration with communities of place and communities of interest in Wicklow to imagine how they will collectively emerge from this time of crisis.
Award Information
- The maximum award offered is €5,000 although awards are often made for smaller amounts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Who is eligible to apply?
- This award is available to all professional practising artists, in all art form areas/genres. Applicants must have been born in County Wicklow or resident there for the last three consecutive years.
- Who is not eligible to apply?
- Undergraduates;
- Anybody currently in full-time education.
- Applicants may not apply for:
- Full-time undergraduate education.
- Any project which already exists – applications will be considered for projects which are being reshaped or recalibrated in the context of the particular circumstances of the Covid 19 Pandemic.
- Activities that are not in keeping with the purpose of the Artist Award Scheme as set out in this document.
- Initiatives that form part of a competitive, charitable or fundraising context
- Funds for capital purchases such as equipment.
- The following requests will not be considered: self-publishing within literature; CD production within music; materials within the visual arts (paint/canvas etc); bridging finance; final editing; or purchase of equipment.
How to Apply
Read the Criteria and Guidelines below relating to the category you are applying for.
- Download their Criteria and Guidelines for Arts Grants which explains the application questions in greater detail. They recommend printing this and keeping it beside you through the process.
- Download one of their budget templates to upload as part of your supporting documentation with your online application.
- All applications are made through *Submittable where you will be able to upload all supporting material along with your application form.
- The Submittable platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported.
- Submittable’s submitter collaboration tool enables groups of applicants to work together on collective applications.
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