Visual Artists Workplace Scheme
Overview
Each year Visual Artists Ireland, on behalf of the Arts Council, invites applications for grants of up to a maximum of €40,000 towards the running costs of visual artists’ workspaces. In keeping with the Council’s policy document Visual Artists’ Workspaces in Ireland – A New Approach (DOC, 0.18 MB), this scheme has the aim of assisting artists workspaces throughout the country to provide the best possible environment for working visual artists and, where feasible, to enable a level of subsidy for resident visual artists.
Each year the scheme will award grants of up to €40,000 towards running costs such as light, heat, rent, artists’ development programmes, administration and/or appropriate salary costs (capital costs cannot be applied for through this scheme). This scheme is open to all visual artists’ workspaces in the Republic of Ireland.
The funding will be offered to visual artists’ workspaces on a once-off basis. Please note, “once-off basis” means that successfully funded organisations/groups are not guaranteed funding in subsequent years. Each year’s applications will be assessed annually on their own merit.
Objectives
- The Visual Arts Workspace Schem offers funding in respect of expenditure to"be commenced on or"after January.
- To enable visual artists workspaces and studios to provide the best possible environment for working"artists.
- Where feasible, to enable increased subsidy for resident artists.
Who is eligible to apply?
- Applications from groups/collectives of visual artists and/or workspaces for professional visual artists.
- The scheme is open to workspaces/studios/collective that accommodate at least fourvisual artists working on site.
- Artists working on site must be professional visual artists.
- Groups/collectives must be located in the Republic of Ireland.
What may you apply for?
The scheme will award grants of up to €40,000 towards core costs i.e. the running costs of the workspace such as light, heat, rent, administration and/or appropriate management costs. A grant of this scale will only be made in exceptional circumstances.
To view a list of 2017 Workspace Scheme decisions see: visualartists.ie/visual-artists-work-space-scheme-decisions-2017/