Deadline: 28-Jul-22
The Arts Council is seeking nominations for the 2023 Young People, Children and Education Project Award that supports artists to develop and deliver ambitious and original projects with and for children and young people. Projects may be interdisciplinary or focused on a specific artform.
Strands
- Early Childhood Project Award: Ambitious and original projects that engage children aged 0–6 in the arts.
- Childhood Project Award: Ambitious and original projects that engage children aged 7–12 in the arts.
- Transitions Project Award: Ambitious and original projects that enable children and young people at a key transition stage in their lives to engage in the arts. This may involve transitioning into or out of secondary education, between Junior and Senior Cycle (Transition Year), or into further education or the field of work.
- Connections Project Award: Projects that connect young artists and recent graduates aged 18+ with established arts organisations and arts infrastructure in Ireland. This may include paid opportunities for young artists and arts workers, in particular those that have recently completed their second- or third-level education to develop their professional engagement with the arts by working on a project with mentorship supports.
Strategic Priorities
Strategic priority across all strands will be given to:
- Proposals that enable artists and arts workers from diverse communities to play a central role in the development and delivery of projects
- Proposals that enable children and young people from diverse backgrounds to engage in exciting, dynamic artistic projects
- Proposals that enable children and young people with a disability, to engage in exciting, dynamic artistic projects.
- Proposals that enable children and young people to have a voice in the development, delivery and evaluation of projects
- Proposals that demonstrate (through examples of work, and CVs or biographies outlining relevant experience) that the individuals and partners involved have the capacity to deliver a high-quality artistic project that will be relevant and engaging for the target age group.
Award Information
You may apply for up to €80,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The award is open to professional artists1 and organisations working to engage children and young people in the arts. 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 https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Young-People,-Children-and-Education-Project-Award/
