Tag: Agility Award

Of Interest: Zoom Workshop on Arts Council Agility Award Application – 26th of March

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Workshop - The Arts Council Agility Award Application Basics - with Cli Donnellan.

Clí Donnellan of Minding Creative Minds will explain the application for the Arts Council of Ireland’s Agility Award.

This Zoom class includes an introduction, support materials, information for collaborations and the application process, and the application form.

Wednesday, the 26th of March- 13:00 -14:00 PM

For more information and to register, visit the Minding Creative Minds website – https://mindingcreativeminds.ie/events/the-arts-council-agility-award-application-basics-march-26/

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Of Interest: Arts Council of Ireland Funding Opportunites Calendar for 2025

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The Arts Council of Ireland has listed this year’s awards schedule. Guidelines are typically made available two weeks in advance of the opening of a scheme. Full details for individual awards can be found on the Available Funding Page – https://www.artscouncil.ie/available-funding/

Possible awards of interest are the following: Visual Arts Bursary Award, Agility Award, Young People, Children, and Education Bursary Award, and the Artist in the Community Scheme.

To see this year’s schedule, visit the Arts Council’s website – https://www.artscouncil.ie/funding-opportunities-schedule/

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News: Deirdre Crofts – Awards and Exhibition

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Feltmakers Ireland committee member Deirdre Crofts, who tirelessly organises our Sunday Sessions, has been awarded an Agility Award from the Arts Council of Ireland to further her multi-faceted practice. Besides feltmaking and weaving, she works with clay and automata. In addition, she has won an EU workshop and the opportunity for an international exhibition in Italy or Spain.

Moreover, she has a vessel displayed in the juried Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition, which is at Rathfarnham Castle and runs until the 8th of September.

Deirdre’s piece

For more information about the exhibition, visit the Rathfarnham Castle website – https://www.rathfarnhamcastle.ie/exhibitions/

Image: Grainne Watts Vortex Vessel

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Education: Workshop on Agility Award via Minding Creative Minds

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Important Update: Join Minding Creative Minds via Zoom for a Workshop with Cli Donnellan. She will teach you how to apply for the Arts Council of Ireland’s valuable Agility Award. This online webinar will also include how to reference your introduction, support material, and work with collaborators.

When: Wednesday, April 3rd 13:00 – 14:00 PM.

For more information, visit the Minding Creative Minds website – https://mindingcreativeminds.ie/events/the-arts-council-agility-award-application-basics/

Here is a link to the Agility Award page on the Arts Council website – https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Agility-Award/

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Opportunity: Agility Award via Arts Council of Ireland

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The Agility Award aims to support individual professional freelance artists and arts workers at any stage in their careers, with awards up to €5,000.

The Arts Council is holding online information clinics via Microsoft Teams on the following dates:

The closing date is Thursday 22 June at 5:30pm. For more information, visit their website: https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Agility-Award-23/