Deadline: 19 September 2019
Art Council is seeking applications for its Arts Center Funding that support the infrastructure of arts centres required to sustain and develop the arts in Ireland.
The Art Center is defined as full-time, public-facing, professionally managed, building-based arts organisations that supports the creation, presentation and mediation of the arts across a range of art forms and practices. The purpose of funding is to invest in and support the professional, collaborative, voluntary and amateur arts practice in Ireland.
Objectives
In offering Arts Center Funding, the Arts Council wishes to ensure:
- The year-round production and dissemination of arts activities, events and services of the highest quality throughout the country;
- That greater numbers of people enjoy high-quality arts experiences;
- That audiences, artists and participants reflect the diversity of contemporary Ireland;
- Increased depth of engagement by and with the public;
- High standards in governance and management.
- Providing professional-development opportunities for practicing artists through:
- The management of physical spaces for artists to develop work;
- Residencies that are meaningful in length, appropriately remunerated, and relevant to the requirements of artists in different artforms and practices;
- In-house productions/co-productions;
- Other models of support as appropriate.
- Working with cultural and other organisations (e.g. other arts centres and venues, local-authority arts offices, festivals, libraries, schools, care centres, etc.) to engage with people as artists, audience members, collaborators and participants.
- Planning for the development of digitally intelligent buildings, supporting innovation both in creation and dissemination.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Programme is open only to building-based, professionally managed, multidisciplinary arts organisations that are open to the public all year round;
- Be formally constituted as either a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) or a Designated Activity Company (DAC), or be a statutory body;
- Apply in its own name, and not in the name of another company or individual.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information please visit http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Arts-Centre-Funding/