PRESS RELEASE COURTESY OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
South Dublin County Council Arts Bursaries & Awards 2011
Applications are now invited from artists of all disciplines living or working in South Dublin County for South Dublin County Council’s Arts Bursaries and Awards 2011.
1.) Bursaries for Individual Artists 2011
South Dublin County Council allocates bursaries annually to support individual artists in all disciplines to pursue a particular project or to further enhance their career within the arts. We encourage applications from artists engaging with unusual or challenging forms and concepts in their practice, and artists exploring different ways to address complexity and/or engage with ‘an audience’. The successful applicant’s proposal should endeavour to be developmental in the context of the artist’s work/medium as well as the artist’s personal development. The maximum award is €2500. The awards are made by a multidisciplinary selection panel.
2.) Project Award 2011 – Amateur, Voluntary and Community Arts
An annual award of E3,000 is available to a group working in amateur, voluntary or community arts to pursue an innovative or developmental project in 2011.
3.) Annette Halpin Memorial Music Award 2011
This award of E1,000 is available for young musicians/composers/singers (up to 30 years of age), in the South Dublin County, to support their professional development, which might include master classes, purchase of instruments, recording, or travel.
Closing date for all applications is 31st March 2011 at 1pm
For application forms and further details contact:
Blaithin Keegan
The Arts Office
South Dublin County Council
County Hall
Dublin 24.
T: +353 (0)1 414 9000 ext. 3365.
E: bkeegan@sdublincoco.ie
