Kildare Arts Service, Creative Ireland and Decade of Commemorations teams assessed applications to 18 award schemes including the Arts Grants, Bursary Awards, Creative Ireland and Short Grass Film Commission award opportunities 2021. The schemes were adjudicated by independent assessors, with Arts Grants and Awards recommendations formally approved by the county’s 5 Municipal Districts (April 2021). Successful applications for creative projects and commissions were awarded €179,500 across all schemes.

Arts Grants, Bursaries Awards and Commissions 2021:

• Arts Act Grant Scheme
• Artist in Schools Residency Bursary Award
• Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award
• Denis O'Driscoll Literary Bursary Award
• Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary Award
• Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition Award
• Executive Coaching for Creative Professionals Bursary Award
• Local Publishing Award
• Platform4 Recording Studio Bursary Award
• Research and Thinking Bursary Award
• Short Grass Short Film Bursary Award (€1,500)
• Short Grass Short Film Commission Award (€12,500)
• Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Bursary Award
• Youth Arts Residency Bursary Award
• Kildare Creative Ireland Bursary Awards 2021
• Creative Ireland Cruinniú na nÓg Bursary Award 2021
• Kildare Decade of Commemorations Bursary Award 2021
• Decade of Commemorations Short Grass Film Award

Details of Arts Grants projects funded can be found here and Creative Ireland and Decade of Commemorations Awards 2021 can be found here.