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KCC Arts Service Awards Opportunities 2007

Kildare County Council Arts Service invites applications for the following schemes:

  1. Arts Act Grants Scheme
  2. Cecil Day Lewis Literary Bursary Award
  3. Kildare Dance Summer School Bursary Award
  4. Tyrone Guthrie Residency Bursary Award
  5. Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary Award

Closing Date for all applications Fri 16th March 2007



  1. Arts Act Grants Scheme

    Applications are invited from:


    • Arts Education/ training projects

    • Bursary awards for individual Kildare based artists for the development of their work. 

    • Assistance to groups/ organisations/ schools towards the cost of projects or events that stimulate public interest in and improve arts practice in the county.

    • Assistance to groups / organisations for the purchase of equipment


    Arts Act Grant Scheme 2007Application Form and Conditions
    (click to open, right-click to save)





  2. Cecil Day Lewis Literary Bursary Award

    The annual Cecil Day Lewis Literary Bursary Award is open to both established and emerging writers and critics to enable:

    • Research :  towards the production of new writings

    • Formal or informal training :  Participation in a professional or post-graduate course, mentoring, or other initiative, which will expand existing practice


    The bursary award is €2,500.

    Cecil Day Lewis Bursary Award
    Conditions and Application Form
    (click to open, right-click to save)





  3. Kildare Dance Summer School Bursary Award

    Kildare County Council Arts Service proposes to offer two bursary awards for the third  bi - annual Kildare Dance Summer School 9th - 13th July in Maynooth College.

    The bursary will cover course fees including tuition and lunches but not accommodation.




  4. Tyrone Guthrie Residency Bursary Award

    Two bursary awards will be made to artists from all fields born or living in Co Kildare to enable them to spend two weeks at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, the artists workplace in Monaghan. 

    Artists will be selected on the basis of their previous achievements and the project they intend to further during their working residence.

    For information about the Tyrone Guthrie Centre see  www.tyroneguthrie.ie

    Conditions and Application Form
    (click to open, right-click to save)



  5. Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary Award

    Kildare County Council Arts Service proposes to offer two bursary awards for the DLI Summer School 2007 5th - 12th August at University Limerick.  The bursary will cover course fees, including tuition, single room en-suite accommodation, meals and social programme.

    For information about the Drama League of Ireland see www.dli.ie

    Drama League of IrelandConditions and Application Form
    (click to open, right-click to save)



 




Application forms and further information are also available from:

Kildare County Arts Service, Riverbank, Main Street, Newbridge, Co Kildare
Tel: 045-448318 / 448328; 
E mail: lrussell@kildarecoco.ie

CLOSING DATE FOR EACH SCHEME IS 5pm, FRIDAY 16TH MARCH 2007