In order to apply for a Project Arts Grant, you must read the relevant criteria that applies to your application.  Please click the following link:
Dublin City Council Project Arts Grants Criteria, Guidelines & Guidance Doc for 2024

💡Tip :  Print the Guidance Document for Arts Grants and keep it beside you as a handy reference while filling out the form.  Our Guidance Document explains the questions in more detail.

Dublin City Arts Office uses the *Submittable platform for applications.  
In order to apply, you must first create a free Submittable account by visiting: https://manager.submittable.com/signup
 *The Submittable platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported. When you have created your Submittable account, the application form will be available below ⬇️

💾When filling out the form, your application will be automatically saved as a draft as you go along which means should you log off and log in, you can continue where you left off.
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💡Should you need to contact us, our details are below:
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📃If you require a hard copy or an Irish version of the form, please get in touch. 

In order to apply for a Revenue Arts Grant, you must read the relevant criteria that applies to your application.  Please click the following link:
Dublin City Council Revenue Arts Grants Criteria, Guidelines & Guidance Doc for 2024


💡Tip :  Print the Guidance Document for Arts Grants and keep it beside you as a handy reference while filling out the form.  Our Guidance Document explains the questions in more detail.

Dublin City Arts Office uses the *Submittable platform for applications.  
In order to apply, you must first create a free Submittable account by visiting: https://manager.submittable.com/signup
*The Submittable platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported.
When you have created your Submittable account, the application form will be available below ⬇️

💾When filling out the form, your application will be automatically saved as a draft as you go along which means should you log off and log in, you can continue where you left off.
When logging back into Submittable, your draft application is saved under the 'Submissions' tab, then click on 'Saved Drafts'.

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💡Should you need to contact us, our details are below:
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🌏http://www.dublincityartsoffice.ie/supporting-artists/apply-for-funding-support/revenue-guidelines

📃If you require a hard copy or an Irish version of the form, please get in touch. 

In order to apply for an Neighbourhood / Voluntary Arts Grant, you must read the Criteria and Guidelines.  Please click the following link to do so:
Dublin City Council Neighbourhood / Voluntary Arts Grants Guidelines & Guidance

💡Tip :  Print the Guidance Document for Arts Grants and keep it beside you as a handy reference while filling out the form.  Our Guidance Document explains the questions in more detail.

Dublin City Arts Office uses the *Submittable platform for applications.  
In order to apply, you must first create a free Submittable account by visiting: https://manager.submittable.com/signup
*The Submittable platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported.
When you have created your Submittable account, the application form will be available below ⬇️

💾When filling out the form, your application will be automatically saved as a draft as you go along which means should you log off and log in, you can continue where you left off.
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🖨 Should you wish to print your draft application at any stage, simply right click anywhere on the application page and Print.
Submittable's submitter collaboration tool enables groups of applicants to work together on collective applications.  
Click here to find out how to invite them to collaborate with you on the application.  

💡Should you need to contact us, our details are below:
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☎️01 222 5455
🌏http://www.dublincityartsoffice.ie/supporting-artists/apply-for-funding-support
📃If you require a hard copy or an Irish version of the form, please get in touch. 

In order to apply for an Bursary Award, you must read the relevant criteria. Please click the following link:
Please read criteria and guidelines here before applying.

Dublin City Arts Office uses the *Submittable platform for applications.  
In order to apply, you must first create a free submittable account by visiting: https://manager.submittable.com/signup
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When you have created your Submittable account, the application form will be available below ⬇️

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Curated by IMMA, the Irish Museum of Modern Art 

Dublin City Council, in collaboration with and curated by IMMA, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, invites submissions for a Visual Arts Exhibition Commission to be created for children, schools and families, which will be located in the exhibition room in Cabra Library for approximately 10 weeks  April – June 2024


 

Background and Context 

The City Arts Plan; our Arts, Education and Learning Policy; and Dublin City’s Culture and Creativity Strategy include among their objectives, increasing access and provision for children and young people to quality arts experiences in local neighbourhoods. We also recognise the ongoing need to support the quality of artistic experience through professional development of artists, arts and cultural workers, educators and facilitators. 

The dual strengths of the library as a site for cultural access and education is the sense of ownership felt by citizens - regardless of income, status, age, gender or ethnic origin - and its connection to local social, community and education networks. 

The Children’s Art in Libraries has been managed by City Arts Office since 2010, offering a free programme of commissioned and programmed performances, exhibitions, workshops and short residencies. Dublin City Public Libraries and City Arts Office now work in partnership to support key Creative Hubs within Ballyfermot, Cabra and Coolock libraries. A fourth Creative Hub will be piloted in Central Library in winter 2023. The multi-disciplinary Creative Hubs programme is delivered by The Ark.

Creative Hubs sustain high quality arts experiences for children, schools and families to access in their Library and locality, through the development of enhanced educational, community and cultural partnership. For further information on Children’s Art in Libraries: Creative Hubs to date, see link: 

http://www.dublincityartsoffice.ie/supporting-communities/programmes-for-children-young-people 

In 2015 , following an open call process, Dublin City Council’s inaugural visual art commission supported by Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, was awarded to Aideen Barry to create an exhibition for children in Cabra Library. The exhibition, Ludo, offered a unique world created out of paper and film, inspired by answers from 9-year -olds to questions about their lives for a survey called Growing Up In Ireland. The resulting piece was a complex video and object installation – a “multi-coloured topography”, Barry says, uniquely installed and built around the exhibition space of Cabra Library, comprised of origami structures, animation and optical illusions. See the installed exhibition below:


 


 


 


 

In 2019 a 2nd visual arts commission for Cabra Library, supported by Creative Ireland, curated by the LAB Gallery, was awarded to Barbara Knežević. This exhibition showcased exquisite examples of Amethyst from Uruguay to create a display inspired partly by the idea that for many centuries, humans have believed in the power of different objects, particularly crystals, to heal, and to wonder about why that might be. The Record Keepers  was complemented by a comprehensive education programme, managed by Superprojects. You’ll find more on this commission below: 


 


 


 

In 2022, curated by the RHA Gallery, a 3rd commission, this time for Ballyfermot Library, was awarded to Jane Locke. The interactive exhibition, The Lighthouse in the Library, was supported by a multidisciplinary team tasked to discover the mysterious origins and purpose of the lighthouse. To learn about the investigation and see a video tour see Resources — The Lighthouse at the Library

Commission 

Dublin City Council, in collaboration with and curated by IMMA now invites submissions for its 4th Visual Arts Exhibition Commission to be created for children, schools and families, which will be located in the exhibition room in Cabra Library for approx 10 weeks  April - June 2024

Cabra Library

https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/libraries/find-library/cabra-library

https://www.facebook.com/CabraLibrary/

Cabra library is located on the Navan Road ( on the northside of Dublin) and is one of the city’s larger branch libraries. The building houses the public library, administrative offices, mobile library headquarters and a bibliographic processing service . The Library has a strong children’s section, and both a separate exhibition room and a workshop room. It has well-developed relationships with local schools serving diverse populations, including the Deaf community.

Irish Museum of Modern Art 

The Irish Museum of Modern Art presents itself as Ireland’s leading centre for the collection and presentation of artistic expression in Ireland and on the global stage. Rooted in its historic campus, IMMA has pioneered work in Engagement and Learning since its inception in 1991. The 2023- 2027 Strategic Plan: Building Global Connections indicates an organisation which innovates and strives for excellence and the opportunity to boldly imagine how we shape our creative future. This plan provides the impetus and continued momentum to realise our stated vision of being Ireland’s leading centre for the collection and presentation of Art. Our key objectives are: being a Radically Public Space, a Centre for Research and Innovation, a Global Connector and a Catalyst for Change. IMMA’s programmes provide a space for all generations and communities to engage with creativity, artistic thinking, and cultural meaning. Contemporary art is of our time and helps us understand the world we live in.

We look forward to working with the Creative Hub to curate newly commissioned work for children, supporting an artist to think about children as an audience for their work and to present this work in the radically public context of the children’s local library. 

The Commission 

Dublin City Council (Creative Hubs initiative) , in collaboration with IMMA, seeks to commission an engaging Visual Arts Exhibition for children that will stimulate both their curiosity and imagination and meets the following: 

1. Provide children (both within and outside of school contexts) with a quality experience of Visual Arts. 

2. Take cognisance of the library setting and the location of Cabra. 

3. Be appropriately cognisant of the needs, interests, real or imaginative lives of the target age group attending the Visual Arts Exhibition. (The age group identified can be jointly agreed between the Arts Office/IMMA and the commission recipient(s) but must be under 12 years of age. 

4. Be innovative in its approach and utilise the resources of its surroundings to deliver a quality artistic experience to its audience. 

Please note: the successful artist will be supported by Arts Office and Library staff during their research phase, as required. 

5. As part of the award, the successful candidate(s) will be expected to contribute to and help inform an engaging exhibition education and learning programme. 

The Visual Art Exhibition Commission Award of €8500 for research and delivery of commissioned works for exhibition April – June 2024 

Technical support for installation will be provided with by IMMA. 

A separate budget will be allocated for the associated education and learning programme that will take place with Primary School Children and family audiences across the 10 week term of the exhibition. This may involve additional artists as facilitators. 

Curated by IMMA, with mentorship if requested from Arts Office (Sinéad Connolly (Creative Hubs manager/Asst Arts Officer) or Aisling Clancy (Creative Hubs Coordinator, The ARK) supported by nominated Cabra Library staff . Applications can be submitted by artists by providing a short proposal (3 A4 pages max.), a brief history of their work and the principles of their practice to date and broadly outlining their idea or starting point for creating an accessible and engaging visual arts exhibition for children in Cabra Library. 

Important dates: 

The deadline for the submission is deadline 12 noon Friday 20th October 2023. 

A maximum of five proposals will be shortlisted. Selected candidates will be asked to meet with representatives of the Arts Office and Dublin City Libraries and IMMA on 2nd November  2023 (tbc) to discuss their proposal in greater detail. 

For enquiries please contact 

Sinead.connolly@dublincity.ie or Mark.Maguire@imma.ie 

Provisional Commission Timeline

Commission Advertised : Monday 11th September 2023

Closing Date for submissions: Friday 20th October at 12 noon 2023

Shortlisting: Wednesday 25th October 2023

Meeting Shortlisted Artists : Thursday 2nd November 2023

Award notification: Friday 3rd November 2023

Installation week: Tuesday 2 – Friday 5th April 2024 

Opening Week starting 8th April 2024

 

The Record Keepers, Barbara Knežević 2020 Cabra Library Exhibition Commission, Installation photo by Louis Haugh

 

How to Apply:
Dublin City Arts Office uses the *Submittable platform for applications.   


In order to apply, you must first create a free submittable account by visiting:  https://manager.submittable.com/signup *The Submittable platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. 

Internet Explorer is not supported. When you have created your Submittable account, the application form will be available below ⬇️


💾When filling out the form, your application will be automatically saved as a draft as you go along which means should you log off and log in, you can continue where you left off.   When logging back into Submittable, your draft application is saved under the 'Submissions' tab, then click on 'Saved Drafts'.   

🖨 Should you wish to print your draft application at any stage, simply right click anywhere on the application page and Print   

Queries💡

For enquiries please contact Sinead Connolly: sinead.connolly@dublincity.ie

Residential Artists’ Studio Open Call 2024  Dublin City Council Arts Office is pleased to announce an open call to Irish and international Artists’ as well as Arts Organisations interested in applying for our “2024 Residential Scheme”, the scheme will run from January 2024 to November 2024. 

We have 4 x residences on offer. Three residencies for periods of eleven months and one residency for short term leases.  

Albert Cottages consists of 2 x properties located in Hampstead Park, Dublin 9, a tranquil parklands setting, Each cottage consists of 2 x bedrooms, living area, kitchen and a small studio/work space.  (11 month residency)    

St Patrick’s Lodge is located in St Patrick’s park next to St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin City. This is a busy city park. The property also consists of 2 bedrooms, living area, kitchen and a small studio/work space.  (11 month residency)    

Wooden Buildings, East Essex Street, Temple Bar, 2 x bedroom apartment. All our properties are fully furnished and include complementary TV, phone and wifi service. Rent for each property is set at €750 per month.   Please note, Wooden Buildings will only be available for short term leases.  

The letting arrangement will be with a single individual or entity regardless of the number of persons occupying the property.   

The closing date for the receipt of proposals is 12 noon on Wednesday 11th October 2023.    

For further information see www.dublincityartsoffice.ie or email: artsoffice@dublincity.ie   Telephone: 01 222 5455      

Dublin City Arts Office uses the *Submittable platform for applications.  In order to apply, you must first create a free submittable account by visiting: https://manager.submittable.com/signup*  

The Submittable platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported. 

When you have created your Submittable account, the application form will be available below ⬇️   

💾When filling out the form, your application will be automatically saved as a draft as you go along which means should you log off and log in, you can continue where you left off.   When logging back into Submittable, your draft application is saved under the 'Submissions' tab, then click on 'Saved Drafts'.    

🖨 Should you wish to print your draft application at any stage, simply right click anywhere on the application page and Print.    

💡Should you need to contact us, our details are below:   

📧artsoffice@dublincity.ie  

☎️01 222 5455   

🌏http://www.dublincityartsoffice.ie/supporting-artists/resources-support/residential-spaces

Dublin City Arts Office