Deadline: 15 August 2019
The Art council has Currently announce applications for the Visual Arts Project Awards 2020 for promoting, funding and developing arts in Ireland.
The Arts Council is the national agency who works in partnership with artists, arts organisations, public policy makers and others to build a central place for the arts in Irish life. The Council recognizes that the arts have a central and distinctive contribution to make to our evolving society.
The Council is a voluntary body of 12 members and a chair, appointed by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a term of five years. Established in 1951, to stimulate public interest in and promote the knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts.
Strands
The Visual Arts Project Award supports the development and delivery of projects in 2020. There are two strands to the award:
- Strand 1: Development
- The purpose of the development strand is to support artists, curators or producers to develop and research new, ambitious work intended for public presentation. The intention of this strand is solely around the development of a particular project, but a public presentation and outcome is not expected.
- Priorities
- Focus on building relationships, partnerships and collaborations towards an ambitious project;
- Explore the potential of relevant permissions for off-site, public-realm work;
- Focus on developing new ideas through research, innovation and experimentation;
- Demonstrate a commitment to high-quality artistic production;
- Strand 2: Delivery
- The purpose of the delivery strand is to support the production and/or commissioning of ambitious projects in the visual arts. These projects can be in the public realm or in a gallery setting.
- Priorities
- Enable the creation of work that is ambitious, whether off-site or in a gallery setting;
- Enable the public to experience visual arts in new and exciting ways;
- Enable collaborative practice;
- Enable the completion of a body of ambitious work, whether a once-off project, exhibition or series of events;
- Enable the publication of material on visual artists or the visual arts that has a clearly defined readershipand-distribution strategy.
Funding Information
There are two different funding levels:
- Strand 1: Development €10,000
- Strand 2: Delivery €80,000
Eligibility Criteria
The award is open to individuals and organisations.
- 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;
- Studio groups that receive funding under the Visual Artists’ Workspace Scheme are eligible to apply;
- 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 Traveler Community. Furthermore, the Arts Council notes the ground of socioeconomic background as a further basis for which equality of opportunity must be guaranteed.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information please visit http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Visual-arts-project-award/
