Open Call: Per Cent For Art Scheme
Posted: 12 May, 2025
Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann and the Irish Heritage Trust invite professional artists to submit proposals for a new artwork.
Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann and the Irish Heritage Trust are commissioning a new public artwork for No.11 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. This historic building, currently being conservatively restored by McCullough Mulvin Architects, will soon be home to Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann and the Irish Heritage Trust – two leading arts and cultural organisations whose work is of national and international importance for poetry and for our heritage.
To mark the next stage in the history of this significant building, the Irish Heritage Trust and Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann are seeking an artwork that can create a moment of expression for the building today, a contemporary materially based, 2d or 3d work/s, in any form or medium that can endure. The artwork should stand for itself and offer something visually striking or intriguing – whether subtle, low-key or in more in a more heightened expression. The artwork will be sited within the interior public circulation space at no. 11 Parnell Square and is confined to the main entrance hall with its grand stairway on ground and first floor landing.
The deadline for Stage 1 submissions is Friday 30 May. The artwork will be commissioned on Monday 28 July and by 1 December, the work must be completed and paid for. To apply, visit poetryireland.ie/news For any queries, please contact info@poetryireland.ie
The artwork is commissioned under the Per Cent for Art scheme, funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage under the project 2040 URDF scheme through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
