Deadline: 10-Sep-20
The Arts Council has launched a call for applications for the Young People, Children and Education Project Award.
Objectives
The purpose of the YPCE Project Award is to support 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
- Strand 1: Early Childhood Project Award Ambitious and original projects that engage children aged 0–6 in the arts.
- Strand 2: Childhood Project Award Ambitious and original projects that engage children aged 7–12 in the arts.
- Strand 3: 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.
- Strand 4: 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.
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 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 €85,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The award is open to professional artists 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.
- In line with the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty, the Arts Council is committed to ensuring that it takes positive policy measures to promote equality of opportunity for all those living in Ireland, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller Community. Furthermore, the Arts Council notes the ground of socio-economic background as a further basis for which equality of opportunity must be guaranteed. The Arts Council therefore welcomes applications that are representative of the diversity of Irish society, including but not limited to any of the characteristics.
Ineligibility Criteria
Applicants who are not eligible to apply include the following:
- Organisations currently in receipt of funding under the Arts Council’s grant programmes (Strategic Funding, Arts Centre Funding and Partnership Funding)
- Individuals or organisations who do not have a demonstrable track record as professional artists or organisations
- Individuals currently in undergraduate or postgraduate education or who will be during the period for which this award is offered
- Note: you cannot apply for the award both as an individual and as part of an organisation – e.g. you cannot apply as artistic director of a company and also apply separately under your own name
- Organisations and/or individuals who have applied for Arts Grant Funding 2021 cannot apply for Projects 2021.
- Note: organisations cannot apply to both this round of the Project Award and Strategic Funding 2021.
For more information, visit http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Young-People,-Children-and-Education-Project-Award/