Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council: Individual Artists Bursary

Overview

This bursary scheme links to Council's Strategic Theme 2 in the Cultural Strategy - Investing in creative learning & skills development:

To support the creative development of our young people and creative practitioners through training, skills development and providing opportunities to showcase work

Awards up to a maximum of £1,000 are available.

Criteria

Applicants must be able to:

• Clearly show what the training or development opportunity is by producing a course programme, details of facilitators etc.
• Demonstrate a quality professional practice (e.g. of published works, exhibitions etc.)
• Have sufficient experience in their creative art form - please provide an up to date CV and artist’s statement with your application. Emerging artists who do not meet these criteria must provide two references from established artists in their field.
• Demonstrate how the training or development opportunity will be of benefit to them
• Allow, at least, a 2 month lead-in-time from the deadline for submission of the application and the date of the commencement of the training/development opportunity.

Who Can Apply?

To be eligible, the applicant must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be resident or professionally based within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Area
• A practicing, professional artist in any art form – drama, dance, visual arts/craft, music, traditional arts, participatory arts.
• Applying to or have been accepted or invited onto a training course or artistic residency.

(Please note you must provide proof/evidence that you have been accepted/offered a place, before any offer of assistance can be issued)

What can be funded?

Examples of the type of course/training or residency which can be funded:

• Improve technical skills which relate to the artist’s professional art practice
• Improve the artist’s ability to manage their professional art practice
• Develop new skills which support the artist’s professional art practice
• Artist’s time to create new work
• Materials

Please provide a copy of course advertisement, acceptance letter, invitation, course brochure or 500 word description of your creative project with your application.

Examples of eligible expenditure:

• Any aspect of the cost of a training programme or course in a related subject
• Travel
• Accommodation