Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce their annual call out for applications for the Arts Act Grants and Artists’ Residency Award Bursary 2025.
Deadline for both awards is Monday 27th January 2025 at 4pm.
For queries please contact the Arts Office at 0567794547 or email deirdre.southey@kilkennycoco.ie
Arts Act Grants 2025
The 2003 Arts Act permits a local authority to provide financial assistance for the purposes of stimulating public interest in the arts, promoting the knowledge, appreciation and practices of the arts or improving standards in the arts. In this act, the expression ‘the arts’ means creative or interpretative expression (traditional or contemporary) in whatever form and includes in particular visual arts, theatre, literature, music, film, literature, dance and multi-disciplinary practices and events.
The Arts Act Grant Application form and guidelines are available to download here:
Arts Act Grant Application Form 2025
Arts Act Grants 2025 Information Sheet
Kilkenny Artists’ Residency Bursary
Kilkenny County Council’s Arts Office is offering funding for one-week artists residencies, at the both the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan and Greywood Arts, Cork for 2025. The bursary aims to support both established and emerging practitioners by providing them with dedicated time to research and develop their practice and / or work intensively on a specific body of work relevant to the development of their current arts practice.
Who can apply?
- Artists across art forms
- Artists must be based in Kilkenny for a minimum of 2 years
- Artists over 18 years old
Residency Details:
- The residencies must be taken up at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre or Greywood Arts and the panel will match the successful artists to the residency centres
- Your residency must take place within this calendar year – 2025
Please download the application form and guidelines here for further details:
TG and GW RESIDENCIES GUIDELINES and APPL FORM
