Tag: Ireland

Awards: Open Call to the RDS Craft Awards – 2025

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Image from ISSU interactive catalogue - A Guide to the RDS Craft Awards 2025 - on a green background.

Applications will open for the RDS Craft Awards on the 5th of May, 2025. It is a competition open to all craft makers living on the island of Ireland and Irish-born craft makers working overseas.  The work of emerging and established makers is judged separately, with specific prizes to support emerging craftspeople. The Awards will be made from a total prize fund of €60,000.

The Emerging Maker category is open to individuals who aren’t necessarily recent graduates, and there is no age limit. Instead, there are these requirements:

  • Focus on heritage, skills, and sustainable practices.
  • Practice commenced within the past 10 years, with the determination to grow their craft at home and abroad.
  • Work must be made and sourced in Ireland.

The deadline for applying is the 23rd of June. There is no fee to enter.

For more information and to apply, visit their website – https://www.rds.ie/rds-foundation/arts/craft-awards

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Open Calls: Artist Residencies at Two Organisations

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There are two artist’s residencies in Ireland that have upcoming deadlines.

ArtLink

ArtLink artist residencies are open to professional visual artists working in any discipline, including but not limited to sculpture, photography, painting, installation, and video.

Artists in residence must be available for four weeks between March and December 2024. (This can be split into two or more visits.) During the residency, artists are expected to develop new work or ideas responding to the unique site and surrounding areas and engage with local artists and Artlink members. Resident artists are expected to actively create within the studio space for at least 20 hours a week and be willing to hold open studio hours with the public for at least one day a week. Public engagement could be through presenting artist talks, workshops, demonstrations or other events.

The studio is based at the Fort Dunree Military Museum, Buncrana, Co Donegal.

The deadline is the 31st of December.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.artlink.ie/residencies/

Leitrim Sculpture Centre

Leitrim Sculpture Centre is awarding up to four Technical Development Residencies during 2024. These are awarded to artists wishing to explore new directions in their practice through experimental engagement with different materials, processes, and ideas using the technical facilities of the Centre. Significantly, the award is offered to artists without the pressure of them having to produce an exhibition or specific project outcome during or at the end of the period.

Up to two residencies will be provided to artists based in Leitrim, and at least two residencies will be offered to artists based elsewhere within Ireland, including artists from ethnic minority or migrant backgrounds.

The deadline is the 18th of December.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie/residencies/guidelines-how-to-apply

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Opportunity: Festivals Investment Scheme

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The Arts Council of Ireland announces round two of the Festivals Investment Scheme (FIS) for festivals that commence between the 1st of July 2024 and the 31st of December 2024.

They welcome applications from organisations (voluntary and professional) operating annual, biennial or triennial festival programmes and support multi-disciplinary arts festivals and those in a single art form discipline.

The Festivals Investment Scheme is a competitive scheme that offers funding to support the staging of festivals on a non-recurring basis.

The deadline is Thursday, 23rd of November, 2023.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Festivals-Investment-Scheme/

FYI: Postage Label Scheme

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The DCCI Postage Scheme is open exclusively to GANS members – including Feltmakers Ireland members.

DCCI has negotiated a flat rate of €4.95 + VAT for the postage of parcels weighing 0-20kg to destinations in the Republic of Ireland.

GANS can order labels on behalf of their members by submitting a fully completed order form and payment through the link below.

https://www.cognitoforms.com/DesignCraftsCouncilOfIreland1/DCCIPostageSchemeDCCIVATNoIE4103414L

All Feltmakers Ireland members are automatically members of GANS.

Linda Wilson Knitwear as seen on the DCCI website.

Open Call: Culture Night – Friday, 22nd September 2023

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Culture Night invites everyone, everywhere, on one joyful night to discover and celebrate all that our culture is today. The Culture Night experience is across a wide range of sectors – culture, arts, heritage, education, hospitality, tourism, health and commercial and corporate enterprise.

Its diversity is reflected in the scope and range of events and people who participate – and it aims to connect with engaged audiences and extend its reach to those who may not always have access.

For more information, visit their website – https://culturenight.ie/get-involved/

Opportunity: August Craft Month

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The open call to register events is now live. August Craft Month is an all Ireland’s unique celebration of the craft sector, providing opportunities for all to make, see, learn about and buy craft!

The deadline for submissions is Monday, 19th June at 5pm. You can still register after this date for inclusion in the calendar of events. But the more time there is to promote your event, the better.

Looking ahead to 2023, we are eager to build upon the accomplishments of 2022, which included:

  • Over 900 makers participated
  • Over 16,000 visitors
  • Reached over 80,000 people on Instagram alone
  • At least one event in every county around Ireland

For more information, visit their website.

Opportunity: for Artists and Educators

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The Arts Council wishes to engage between 100 and 120 Creative Associates to work in up to 400 schools across the Republic of Ireland. Creative Associates are artists or creative practitioners with a deep understanding of creativity and its potential to transform the lives of children and young people.

The deadline is the 18th of April.

For more information and to apply, see the Arts Council website on this Creative Associates Opportunity.