Deadline: 18-Jan-21
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce their call out for applications for their Arts Act Grant 2021.
The 2003 Arts Act permits a local authority to provide financial assistance for the purposes of stimulating public interest in the arts, promoting the knowledge, appreciation and practices of the arts or improving standards in the arts. In this act, the expression “the arts” means creative or interpretative expression (traditional or contemporary) in whatever form and includes in particular visual arts, theatre, literature, music, film, literature, dance and Multi-disciplinary events.
Funding Information
The amounts awarded to any project/event will be in the realms of €200-€1000. If your project idea exceeds the €1,000 please provide a comprehensive rationale for the budget amount you require. In exceptional circumstances and dependent on numbers and quality of applications received certain applications amounts in excess of €1,000 may be awarded at the discretion of the independent panel.
Funding Categories
- Groups and Organisations promoting arts: Kilkenny County Council will consider applications from organisations involved in the promotion of the arts in Kilkenny.
- Individual Artists all Art forms: Kilkenny County Council will consider applications from practising artists living in Kilkenny to enable them to pursue their practice and to develop within their chosen discipline, including professional development and project awards
Criteria
Applications will be assessed based on the following:
- Groups, organisations and individuals seeking assistance must be based in the Kilkenny administrative area for a minimum of 3 years to be eligible.
- Projects and events must take place in
- the Kilkenny administrative areas and
- have specific significance to the Kilkenny administrative area.
- Groups, organisations and individuals seeking assistance must be involved in arts activities which, in the opinion of the Council:
- develop a knowledge of the arts and arts practice, their own and that of others,
- promote the arts and arts practice to the public,
- develop an appreciation of the arts and arts practice, their own and that of others, and
- assist in improving the standards of the arts and arts practice.
- The project’s aims and objectives must be clearly stated and in line with two or more of points 3a – d above.
- The artist / organisation must clearly demonstrate their capacity to successfully plan and execute the project / event, including budget management, marketing and evaluation.
- Assistance received through the Arts Act Grants should form part of the income funding the project, a minimum of 20% match funding is required.
- Applicants must be aged 18 or over at the time of making their application.
- That the application form and budget sheet (attached) must be completed in full.
- Relevant supporting information must be included with your application
- All additional information requested must also be included in your application.
For more information, visit https://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Arts/Grants_Awards/Kilkenny%20County%20Council%20Arts%20Office%202021%20Grants.html