New Grants Announced For Artists And Creatives In Kildare

Funding of more than €300,000.

A number of new grants have been announced to support artists and creatives in Kildare.

Kildare County Council has confirmed total funding of more than €300,000 to support artists, arts groups and organisations, and artistic and creative projects in the county.

It has now published details of 22 separate grants and award opportunities to support the development and presentation of creative and artistic projects in the coming year.

Submissions can now be made to any of these awards through the online portal.

Opportunities include:

Creative Places Athy grants

Kildare Arts Service has published a suite of grants to support established artists, emerging artists/creatives, arts organisations/groups, and creative communities to begin the process of making work together in Athy and the Municipal District.

These are the first of a series of opportunities via Creative Places Athy, with more updates expected in the weeks and months ahead

Grants include Sowing the Seeds of Socially Engaged Art Award for artists/creative practitioners, up to €4,000.

The Emerging Artist / Creative Practitioner Award €50, and the Creative Communities Award ,up to €2,000,for socially engaged arts projects.

Kildare Local Live Performance Programming scheme, Phase III

Kildare Arts Service welcomes applications from established artists, arts organisations/groups, producers, and promoters from all art forms to apply to this scheme which will support the programming and presentation of live performance events in county Kildare from April - June 2022.

The Kildare Local Live Performance Programme Awards €15,000, will provide the opportunity for artists and arts practitioners to deliver new activities, beyond the scope of their core activity or usual programme of events.

Arts Grants, Creative Bursaries and Film Commission Opportunities

Kildare County Council welcomes applications for Arts Grants, Bursary Awards and Film Commission Opportunities 2022.

The local authority supports creative, cultural and arts events, programmes, and artists in a variety of ways annually. 

Artists and creatives arts collectives and community groups, schools and youth groups may consider the following grant and award opportunities:

• Arts Act Grant Scheme
• Arts in Education Residency Bursary Award
• Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award, in partnership with Kildare Local Enterprise Office (LEO)
• Dennis O'Driscoll Literary Bursary Awards for emerging and established writers
• Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary Award
• Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition Award, in partnership with Riverbank Arts Centre   
• Executive Coaching for Creative Professionals Bursary Award
• Kildare Arts Service First Fortnight Award
• Local Publishing Award
• Platform4 Recording Studio Bursary Award
• Short Grass Short Film Bursary Award (€1,500)
• Short Grass Short Film Commission Award (€12,500)
• Research and Thinking Award
• Youth Arts Residency Bursary Award

Kildare Creative Ireland Bursary Awards 2022

KCC is taking applications from individuals and groups for the Kildare Creative Ireland Bursary Awards 2022 for projects that plan to develop bodies of work with a public interface/engagement. 

It invites applications that creatively explore themes of wellbeing; sense of place; heritage, built, natural, archaeological, and historical exploration.

Brigid 1500,towards commemorating the 1500th anniversary in 2024, of Brigid of Kildare's death.

Music; STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics); Irish language and climate change.

Creative Ireland Bursary Award 2022

Kildare County Council’s Creative Ireland team invites proposals from artists and organisations to host and facilitate creative engagements for and with children and young people across the county for Cruinniú na Óg 2022, Ireland’s national day-of-creativity for children and young people (11th June 2022).

The Cruinniú na nÓg Bursary Awards 2022 are supported by Kildare County Council’s Creative Ireland team. 

Kildare Decade of Commemorations Bursary Award 2022

Applications for the Decade of Commemorations Creative & Artistic Bursary Award 2022 ,up to €7,500 and the Community Grants ,up to €2,500,are welcome from individual artists, art groups and community groups from County Kildare for artistic and creative community-led responses based on the Decade of Commemorations themes.

A list of these theme can be found on the call out (submit.com). 

Applications that relate in some way to County Kildare in the 1922-1923 period are particularly encouraged. Applications can be made for awards up to €7,500.

Applications should explore a theme relevant to Kildare's Decade of Commemoration programme, with a local relevance.

Application forms for all awards, with eligibility criteria, are available here.

Members of the public can call : (0)45 980872 or email: arts@kildarecoco.ie

The closing date for all Kildare Creative & Arts Grants awards is Monday 21st March 2022 at 5pm.

The closing date for Creative Places Athy grants is Friday 1st April, 12pm (noon).