Deadline: 13 June 2019
The Art and Council is seeking nominations for its Traditional Arts Bursary Award to support professional artists to develop their art practice. It provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their art.
Objectives
- The objective of the Traditional Arts Bursary Award is to support individual professional artists in the field of traditional arts to develop their art practice.
- The award emphasises the value and benefit to an artist’s development derived from an extended process of engagement with their practice.
- The award therefore provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and engage with their art practice. Potential proposals could be those that support the applicant to:
- Compose a piece of work in the tradition or in collaboration with musicians in other genres
- Choreograph a piece of dance within the tradition or in collaboration with dance artists in other genres
- Explore traditional style and repertoire in the fields of music, song, dance or storytelling, including informal mentorship programmes with established individuals or masters in these areas
- Develop a body of work from the tradition and/or in collaboration with other artforms.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount that may be awarded to each successful application is €10,000.
- Applicants may apply for living costs. They may also apply for funding for materials, resources, equipment, third-party expertise or the hiring of services where it can be demonstrated that such costs are intrinsic or necessary to the development of their practice.
- The Arts Council will also consider costs specifically relating to the making of work by artists with disabilities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The award is open to artists working in all genres and at all stages in their professional careers. 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.
- 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.
- Be professional practising artists. Although they might not earn income continuously or exclusively from their arts practice, applicants must identify themselves, and be recognised by their peers, as professional practising artists.
- The Arts Council is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from individuals within culturally diverse communities and from people with disabilities.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Traditional-arts-bursary-award/