Arts Council announce Next Generation bursary award

The purpose of the Next Generation bursary award is to support a group of promising artists across all disciplines at an early but pivotal stage in their career.

Recipients will receive €15,000 and will also take part in a collective week-long residential programme in spring 2018. Joint applications and interdisciplinary applications are welcomed. The selection panel will comprise, a non-voting Council Chair, two Council members, and a number of external panellists.

This award is designed to support emerging artists to:

• Buy time to develop their work and practice
• Support unique development needs to advance their own practice (this might be through engagement with a mentor, research, non-formal study and/or non-vocational training, collaborative partnerships, etc.). Applicants must detail the development need that would most advance his or her career at this time.

It will prioritise those who;

• Demonstrate ambition and vision for their work
• Show potential to develop and strengthen a distinctive and assured creative practice
• Show how they will benefit artistically from timely support for their artistic development;
• Demonstrate in a compelling way how the award and financial investment of this level and at this particular time will have a transformative effect in bringing them to the next stage of their artistic development.

Closing date: Thursday 29th June, 5.30pm
Maximum awarded: €15,000
Applicant type: Individual Artist

For further information about this award, application guidelines and how to apply, click here or contact the Arts Council on 01 6180 200 or by email awards@artscouncil.ie