Ireland: Cork City Council Arts Office Individual Artist Bursary Award 2024

Applications must be in respect of the professional development of the individual practicing artist, arts administrators, and or arts and cultural theorists.

Examples of professional development include:

• Further educational or training opportunities.
• Development opportunities in other countries.
• Opportunities to be professionally mentored.
• Opportunities to facilitate a significant shift in direction of work.

Funding Information

• Cork City Council may offer amounts of grant aid less than the amount sought. Grant assistance will be awarded only where applications meet the criteria set down by Cork City Council. Applicants can apply for a maximum of €5,000.

Criteria for Applications

• Applicant must be a resident within Cork City Council’s administrative area.
• Applications must be fully completed, signed and submitted before the stated deadline.
• Requested supporting material must be submitted.
• Proposed activities must be carried out on a not-for-profit basis.
• Proposed activities must be artistic in nature.

Criteria

• Artistic
  • Artistic ambition of the proposal
  • Quality of artistic work demonstrated in the supporting materials
  • Quality of the proposed artistic encounter
  • Potential impact on individual’s artistic practice development.
• Strategic
  • National and international relevance of the opportunity
• Operational
  • Documentary evidence regarding planned encounter (e.g. acceptance from symposium, contract with mentor) if relevant.
  • Encounter must take place in 2024.
  • Quality of plans for documentation and feedback to Cork City Council.

For more information, visit Cork City Council.