Deadline: 7-Jun-23
Arts Council is excited to launch the Arts and Disability Connect scheme which is designed to support artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in Ireland.
It offers artists an opportunity to; make a change in their practice; ‘step up’ in terms of scope and scale; engage in new learning experiences; develop new working relationships; buy time to research and develop work; and to make and present new work to audiences.
This scheme is funded by The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and managed by Arts & Disability Ireland.
Funding Information
Arts & Disability Ireland is excited to launch the Arts and Disability Connect: Opportunity 1 for Mentoring or Training Awards that is designed to support artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in Ireland.
- Arts and Disability Connect Mentoring
- Maximum award of €3,000
- For artists at all stages of career development including emerging artists who wish to engage in mentoring opportunities.
- Arts and Disability Connect Training
- Maximum award of €1,000
- For artists at all stages of career development, including emerging artists, who wish to engage in professional development and other learning opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible you must be an individual artist with a disability, who is living in the Republic of Ireland. There is one exception where the Arts Council and Arts & Disability Ireland might accept applications made by artists living outside of the Republic of Ireland. In this scenario to be eligible you need to demonstrate your connection to the Republic of Ireland and that the outcomes of your proposal benefit the arts in the Republic of Ireland.
- Artists working in architecture, circus, dance, film, literature, music, opera, street arts and spectacle, theatre, traditional arts and visual arts can apply for awards in this scheme.
- If you are an artist with a disability who needs funding to pursue your artwork on a professional level, you should consider applying to Arts and Disability Connect. If you are a person with a disability who would like to explore the arts for the first time, Arts and Disability Connect is not the best starting point for your artistic journey.
Ineligible
- People who are not eligible to apply in 2023 include those who:
- Received a Training or Mentoring Award in round two of Arts and Disability Connect 2022
- Received a New Work award in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and have not completed it do not have a disability
- Do not have an artistic practice
- Have a craft or design practice only
- Are not living in the Republic of Ireland and have not demonstrated that the outcomes of their proposal benefit the arts in the Republic of Ireland
- Have already received Arts Council or public funding for the activities for which they are applying
- Have received a Mentoring or Training Award in 2023 cannot apply for a New Work or Research and Development Award in 2023.
- Are in foundation courses or undergraduate education during July 2023 to December 2024.
For more information, visit Arts Council.