Cork County Council’s Irish-based Arts Grant Scheme

The aim of this funding is to support the creation of a new work or to promote an event, project or arts activity based on the Irish language.

Objective

• Their main objective is to promote language-based arts activity through Irish and may include methods such as: theater and drama, storytelling, puppetry, recitation, singing, opera, animation, street arts, film and take literature into account. Art forms/projects that are not based on language may not be considered under this funding strand.

Purpose 

• The purpose of this funding is to:
  • Support the establishment of new arts events, projects or activities, and to support existing ones, and to promote them as independent events or as part of the annual program of a professional arts organization, festival or voluntary arts group, or from solo artist.
  • Encouraging higher levels of creative participation in the arts from artists and members of the public through the medium of Irish
  • Developing new audiences and nurturing existing audiences for the arts through the Irish language, by creating works of art and/or new methods of participation for the public and targeted communities to enjoy a cultural experience through medium of Irish.
  • It helps Cork County Council provide its cultural services in a more equitable way by providing new arts activities, targeting specific community groups, or by increasing access to Irish-based arts activities, both in person and online.
  • To enable artists and arts organizations and voluntary arts groups to work together with communities to develop new productions, activities and events using the Irish language.

Funding Information

• This scheme receives funding from the Irish Office of Cork County Council:
  • In cases where existing productions based on Irish are proposed, no more than 50% of the total cost of the production will be eligible, subject to an overall limit of €1,000 for any one project.
  • Where a group or company may propose the development of a new production or event, an application may be made seeking up to 60% of the costs of the proposal, up to a maximum of €1,500.

Eligibility Criteria

• Festival Organizers.
• Amateur Theater Groups.
• Individual professional artists working in all Irish-based art forms.
• Groups promoting the Irish language who have not previously participated in the arts, who have a proposal to create or promote specific Irish-based arts events, projects or activities.

Assessment Criteria

• The following assessment criteria will be included:
  • Possible funding for the project to encourage public participation in the arts through the medium of Irish
  • The value of the proposed project to promote the language positively
  • The imagination and innovation of the proposed project.

For more information, visit Cork County Council.