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The aim of the VAA Professional Artist Award has been created to promote the work of our Premium Member Artists, whilst helping them to gain momentum and grow their art business. Free to Premium Members of the Visual Artists Association, or £20 per entry. Applications Closed. Shortlisted Artists Announced shortly.
Apr 6, 2023 · Artists of all mediums, globally, at any stage in their career. Artists at any stage, from early career to established are invited to apply for the Professional Artist Award. How is the prize judged? A judging panel comprised of world-class art experts will shortlist the top ten most accomplished artworks from the range of digital entries.
Open Call – UK & International artists are invited to apply for the inaugural VAA Professional Artist Award 2022 with a £5000 Prize Fund . The aim of the Award is to promote the artworks of member artists, whilst helping them to gain momentum and grow their art business. Open to artists of all levels, for all mediums and genres
an artist 2.1 WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY This award is open to all professional practising artists across all art forms and genres. Applicants must be native to County Wicklow or residing in County Wicklow for the past three consecutive years. 2.2 WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY • Undergraduates • Persons currently in full-time education
- Application Guidance Notes for
- Introduction
- How to Apply
- If You Receive an Award
- 23 Introduction
- SIAP Schemes Covered by these Guidance Notes:
- SIAP Schemes Covered by separate Guidance Notes also available on our website:
- How much funding is available?
- Who can apply?
- What you cannot apply for
- General Art Awards
- Mandatory documents
- Who can apply?
- Artistic Practice: what we require from you
- Development of an application:
- Visual Arts/Craft
- Literature
- Poetry:
- Prose Fiction:
- Music & Traditional Arts
- Dance
- Participatory Arts
- What do I need to submit with my application to this scheme?
- Help with your application
- Detailed guidance on mandatory enclosures
- After you submit your application
- Letter of Offer
- Post project monitoring
- Post project monitoring – Verification Visits
- Assessment Criteria
- The decision process
- Is the Arts Council decision final?
- Other Information
General Art Awards Artist Career Enhancement Scheme
Aims and Available Schemes Is your proposal timeframe suitable? How much funding is available? Can I apply to more than one scheme?
Help with your application Making an application Mandatory enclosures Detailed guidance on mandatory enclosures After you submit your application
Letter of offer How payments will be made Post-project Monitoring
These notes give information on who is eligible to apply to the programme and how to submit an application. It also describes how your application will be assessed, how payments will be made and what you will be asked to do if you are awarded a grant. These Guidance Notes and the relevant application form are available on our website at Arts Cou...
General Art Awards Artists Career Enhancement Scheme (ACES) 1 SIAP also includes Minority Ethnic Artists’ Mentoring and Residency Awards, Major Individual Awards and Artists International Development Fund awards (NB: AIDF can be for either individuals or organisations). Guidance notes and application links for those schemes can be found on our web...
Minority Ethnic Artists’ Mentoring & Residency Scheme Major Individual Awards Artists International Development Fund (AIDF) Musical Instruments for Individuals2 Each of these has a different focus in terms of the proposal to be funded. You should read the scheme-specific details in each set of guidance notes carefully before application.
Each different SIAP scheme has different funding levels. You must check the details for each scheme and you should not ask for more than the maximum allowable. Maximum award levels for the General Art Awards and ACEs scheme are detailed in the pages below. No partnership funding is required, but if your proposal cost is greater than the award val...
Eligible applicants to SIAP are as follows4: Artists of all disciplines and in all types of working practice (including DJs) In a limited number of cases, individual technical staff/administrators of professional artistic companies may also be eligible. Emerging Artists: The Arts Council particularly welcomes applications from emerging artists -...
Projects which take place or start before the decision date for this programme.9 Prolonged study at centres of further and higher education or fees for same or any cost related to such study or related academic work, including: under- and post-graduate fees; fees for study leading to a professional qualification; travel, subsistence or accommodatio...
General Art Awards can be for specific projects, specialised research, development and certain materials/ equipment. personal artistic The Arts Council particularly welcomes applications from emerging artists to this scheme - an emerging artist is someone who is in the early stage of their career as a professional artist. They are developing thei...
Artistic CV (or CV if applying as an arts administrator ) Remember: if it is a collaborative project, you must provide the Artistic CV of all the artists involved. Detailed project budget Artform-Appropriate Support Material Letter from Head of Department regarding employment/academic assessment/study (if appropriate) Masters/PhD statement (if a...
Artists working in the areas of Visual Art, Craft, Community and Participatory Arts, Literature, Music, Dance, Drama, Intercultural and Traditional Arts.
The Arts Council is committed to identifying artists of real talent; whose artistic achievement or potential is already obvious; who have a clear and realistic view of their potential career as an artist; who can articulate how they can benefit from the joint investment of two or more organisations, including the Arts Council; and who can demonstra...
The partner organisation of your choice should offer a range of developmental support including mentoring, presentational skills and networking leading to presentation/publication of work, where appropriate. You will need to provide a Letter of Support with your application from the partner organisation of your choice. Following the decision to m...
Applicants should consider the relevance of the partner organisation to the content of their proposal. Applicants should be a career artist with either a track record a contribution to the visual arts/crafts in Northern Ireland and have shown work in a range of exhibitions and galleries. Catalogue costs may be considered if a clear need is identi...
The Arts Council has a partnership with the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE MENTORING. It is an affiliation on events and support which occur through the year of the award. If you are seeking mentoring support, you should devise and source your own programme of activity and submit this as part of your proposal. You...
Applicants must have at least one full collection published in the last ten years OR evidence of publication of individual poems in recognised poetry magazines in Ireland or abroad.
Applicants must evidence a significant level of publication of short fiction or extracts and a completed novel or completed collection of short stories and submit a significant endorsement from a recognized literary publisher or published creative author from Ireland or abroad. Self-published material is not in itself evidence of artistic ability...
Applicants must be established career artists. For performing artists (i.e. musicians, storytellers): Applicants must show evidence of professional performances in recognised festivals and venues at local and national level. Composers must evidence that they have received a commission by a reputable music organization.
Applicants should be career artists, who have made at least 3 years’ professional contribution to the dance sector, who are interested in consolidating their practice; or developing a new practice within a dance organisation or within an arts organisation that programmes/features dance activities. For example, a dancer-in-residence position.
Participatory Arts includes Community (including Social Inclusion), Arts & Disability, Minority Ethnic Arts, Circus, Carnival, Arts & Health and Youth Arts. Applicants must have participated in and/or developed at least two high level participatory arts projects in the last 2 years. It is expected that the successful applicants will share learn...
You must provide a detailed programme of the work and of the professional development activity that you plan to undertake and outline what you aim to achieve overall. You will also need to include a costed plan which should include materials and equipment as well as professional services. You may list training needs under formal training with your...
These Guidance Notes and the relevant application form are available on our website at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Support for Individual Artists Programme (SIAP) (opens in a new window). They may also be requested in large print or other accessible formats if required. Please contact us at artgrants@artscouncil-ni.org if you need further as...
Further information on all mandatory enclosures is detailed below. If you have any queries about any of the documents, please contact the Arts Council of Northern Ireland by email at artgrants@artscouncil-ni.org.
You will receive a Monitoring Form which will be published to your application account you submit an application. You will receive an email advising you that the monitoring form is available for completion once it has been published to your account. You must complete and return the Monitoring Form by the timeframe specified as part of the applica...
If you have any queries about the programme or need any help or advice completing the application, please contact the Arts Development Officer relevant to your artform. A list of ACNI’s Arts Development Officers and their contact details can be found at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Contact Us (opens in a new window). i Subsistence costs suppor...
If you have any queries about the programme or need any help or advice completing the application, please contact the Arts Development Officer relevant to your artform. A list of ACNI’s Arts Development Officers and their contact details can be found at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Contact Us (opens in a new window). i Subsistence costs suppor...
If you have any queries about the programme or need any help or advice completing the application, please contact the Arts Development Officer relevant to your artform. A list of ACNI’s Arts Development Officers and their contact details can be found at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Contact Us (opens in a new window). i Subsistence costs suppor...
If you have any queries about the programme or need any help or advice completing the application, please contact the Arts Development Officer relevant to your artform. A list of ACNI’s Arts Development Officers and their contact details can be found at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Contact Us (opens in a new window). i Subsistence costs suppor...
If you have any queries about the programme or need any help or advice completing the application, please contact the Arts Development Officer relevant to your artform. A list of ACNI’s Arts Development Officers and their contact details can be found at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Contact Us (opens in a new window). i Subsistence costs suppor...
If you have any queries about the programme or need any help or advice completing the application, please contact the Arts Development Officer relevant to your artform. A list of ACNI’s Arts Development Officers and their contact details can be found at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Contact Us (opens in a new window). i Subsistence costs suppor...
If you have any queries about the programme or need any help or advice completing the application, please contact the Arts Development Officer relevant to your artform. A list of ACNI’s Arts Development Officers and their contact details can be found at Arts Council of Northern Ireland Contact Us (opens in a new window). i Subsistence costs suppor...
In 2020, every eligible artist nominated for the awards – over 100 in total – received £10,000. In 2021, the awards used the confidential nomination and selection process that we have used for decades, with a simplified model to alleviate the application burden on nominated artists, making 40 awards at £25,000.
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Artist Award Scheme 2022 Page 2 As always, the purpose of Artists Awards is to support and nurture professional artists’ practice in Co. Wicklow. In recognition of the limitations and the challenges posed to artists and their practice, we will: 1. Support the creation of methodologies of practice (virtual, digital and physical), 2.
