Deadline: 8-Jul-21
The Arts Council has announced the applications for Visual Artists Workspace Scheme to support artists’ workspaces throughout the country to provide the best possible working environment for visual artists and, where feasible, to enable a level of subsidy for the artists working in these spaces.
The scheme is in line with the Arts Council’s ten-year strategy (2016–25) Making Great Art Work: Leading the Development of the Arts in Ireland which commits to ensuring ‘a supportive working environment that addresses key points in the creative cycle by which art is made’.
Funding Information
- The scheme will award grants of up to €40,000 towards core costs such as the running costs of the workspace such as light, heat, rent, administration and/or appropriate management costs.
- A proportion of support up to a maximum of 20% of the total request may be directed towards essential repair and maintenance.
What you may not apply for?
Activities and costs that you may not apply for include the following:
- Major capital costs cannot be applied for under this funding scheme (e.g. building work, purchase of major equipment, etc.)
- Funding for public activities (e.g. exhibitions, productions, etc.) cannot be applied for under this funding scheme
- Funding for core costs relating to non-workspace facilities (e.g. electricity or heating costs for a gallery) cannot be applied for under this funding scheme
- Activities that have already taken place or that will have commenced before a decision is made cannot be applied for under this funding scheme
- Activities that have already been assessed by the Arts Council cannot be applied for under this funding scheme. An exception will be made if the Council has specifically advised you to redirect your application to this scheme. Please bear in mind that such advice is not an indication of a successful outcome.
- Amounts greater than €40,000 cannot be applied for under this funding scheme.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are welcome from the following:
- Workspace in the Republic of Ireland
- Workspaces dedicated to the support of professional visual artists
- Workspaces that accommodate at least four professional visual artists working on site.
- Workspaces proposing to collaborate to share resources for the benefit of the visual artists working in their spaces
- Note: workspaces that are successful in their application to this scheme cannot have received or have applied to other Arts Council Awards or grant programmes for the same purpose.
Ineligible
Those who are not eligible to apply include the following:
- Individual artists
- Workspaces that receive funding through this scheme cannot receive funding for the same purposes through other Arts Council awards or grant schemes for 2022
- Workspaces with fewer than four working visual artists
- Groups/collectives that do not yet have an established workspace
For more information, visit http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Visual-Artists-Workspace-Scheme/