The award offers an applicant artist a two-month residency on Clare Island in a house with a separate studio.
The successful artist will be in residence from the 1st of October to the 30th of November (inclusive).
The deadline is Sunday, 13th of August, at 5 pm sharp.
For more information, visit their website – https://rhagallery.ie/residencies-awards/clare-island/clare-island-studio-residency-2023/
The LOEWE FOUNDATION launches the seventh edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, an international award celebrating excellence in craftsmanship.
The Foundation seeks to recognize uniquely talented artisans whose artistic vision and will to innovate set new standards for the future of craft.
The prize for the winning entry is 50,000 euros. The shortlisted and winning works will feature in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue in Paris in spring 2024.
The deadline is the 25th of October.
For more information, visit their website – https://craftprize.loewe.com/en/craftprize2024
The Art for Change prize is available to emerging artists based in the following M&C Saatchi key global regions: UK, Europe, Americas, Asia, Australia, and Middle East & Africa.
To apply, artists must be aged 18 or over and within the first five years of what they hope to be a successful artistic career.
Accepted media includes painting, drawing, illustration, photography, collage, 2D mixed-media, video or film.
Submitted works must creatively respond to the theme ‘Regeneration’ and have been executed since 1 January 2020.
The deadline is the 17th of July.
For more information, visit their website – https://mcsaatchi.com/artforchangeprize
The National College of Art & Design (NCAD), in partnership with CONNECT – the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications – is seeking candidates for funded interdisciplinary practice-based doctoral study beginning in September 2023.
The proposed project – located at both NCAD’s Thomas Street campus and at CONNECT Centre in Trinity College Dublin – will examine the varying forms and systems of knowledge underpinning technology research, development and application.
The structured PhD is a four-year, full-time programme designed for emerging and professional artists, whose work moves across multiple arts disciplines. Funding is per annum.
Deadline: 21/7/2023 at 17:00 (Irish time 24hr format)
For more information, visit their website – https://www.ncad.ie/news/view/fully-funded-practice-based-phd-at-ncad-connect
Not strictly textiles, but may be of interest: The Benchspace Designer in Residence Programme is currently open for submissions.
This programme endeavours to bring established designers and makers from outside of County Cork, Ireland, to showcase their work and contribute fresh perspectives to the professional makers at Benchspace.
Applications are also welcomed from academic staff of creative programs in any discipline seeking a period of return to a professional workshop environment.
The Residency affords the successful candidate the opportunity to create a new body of work or facilitate the exploration of innovative methodologies within the creative community at Ireland’s first shared, creative manufacturing hub, based in Cork City.
Programme details:
– 4-week residency across August and September 2023
– Access and inductions to Benchspace’s professional workshops (wood, fine metal, digital fabrication, product photography and digital design)
– Individual studio workspace within our shared workshop
– €2000 to put towards travel, accommodation and expenses
– €200 materials budget
Deadline: Submissions are due by Sunday, 2nd July.
If you have any questions, contact – programmes@benchspacecork.ie
Find out more here – https://benchspacecork.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Designer-in-Residence-2023-Final.pdf
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/
Future Makers is a Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) initiative which recognises talent, potential and creativity. It aims to support the next generation of makers, designers and craftspeople to take the step from training into an enterprise. Divided into student and emerging practitioner categories and covering a wide range of disciplines, it is one of the largest prize-funded award programmes in Europe.
Note: Future Makers is the qualifying competition for the annual RDS Craft Awards, which provides 5 x €10,000 awards to makers at a formative stage in their careers. These five significant awards are for developing business and craft skills for those pursuing a professional career in the sector.
The deadline is 16th June 2023.
For more information, visit their website – https://www.futuremakers.ie/about-future-makers
The Fine Art Textiles Award (FATA) returns for its fifth year in 2023.
Organised by The Knitting & Stitching Show, The Festival of Quilts, and the Surface Design Association, FATA is an international juried exhibition open to all amateur and practising artists using textiles as their medium, and offering a prize of £5,000 for the winning piece.
The exhibition recognises the creative talents and skills of a broad community of high-calibre artist and celebrates textiles’ rightful place amongst high art.
The deadline is the 22nd of May, 2023.
For more information, visit their website.
VENUE: CIE Sports and Leisure Hall, INCHICORE Dublin 8. Eircode D08X525
DATE: 7th of May, 2023
TIME: 10:30-12:30
By starting promptly at 10.30 AM, we hope to have the formalities of the meeting completed in good time, so we can listen to our Guest Speaker, our founder Elizabeth Bonnar, give a short account of ‘Our Guild’s Beginnings’ and glimpse some of her fantastic work.
We hope to have an unofficial launch at the culmination of our brilliant research project, our wool book – Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking.
Refreshments will follow – please bring some Home Bakes for us to sample. We always appreciate goodies with our cuppa.
You are welcome to bring one piece of your own work from the last 20 years – new members, too, please – to display around the room.
(Please label your piece clearly and securely, and please, please, please bring the piece home with you).
While we are delighted to announce that all members are eligible for the drawing of an award of €250 to put towards any workshop either in person or online, from any international tutor of your choice.
NB: Motions for the AGM MUST be submitted in writing, to the Committee, 14 days before the AGM. This is to allow time to circulate all members in advance of the meeting.
The annual Irish Made Awards by Irish Country Magazine, supported by Guaranteed Irish and Design & Crafts Council Ireland, are back and open for entry. Celebrate the best home-grown products in Ireland. There are 14 categories, including Textiles.
Deadline: the 30th of May
For more information – https://irishcountrymagazine.ie/irishmade/
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