Like magpies, we’ve nabbed links and information from e-shots, tweets and mailouts about funding and creative opportunities for theatre artists. We’ve collated them here and will update opportunities as they come in. If you have a funding opportunity you’d like us to include, give us a shout at tomorrow@thisispopbaby.com.
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- Cork Theatre Collective – Bursaries
CTC is delighted to kick start a year of artist residency offerings with two exciting ‘flash residency’ offerings in April – the Space to Think residency for an individual artist, with a bursary of €1,500 and desk space, and the Space to Play residency, with a bursary of €3,000, and development space. Applicants must be theatre artists based in Cork city or county.Closing Date 2 April. Full details HERE.
- Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council – Emerging Artist Bursaries
Emerging Artist Bursaries support individual emerging artists from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to develop and further their practice through the creation of new work at this vital stage in their career development. Successful recipients will receive an award of €2,000 for the development and creation of new work during the period July-December 2024. Individual artists working with all artforms are eligible to apply.Closing Date 12 April. Full details HERE.
- Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council – Creative Ireland Bursaries
These bursaries focus on supporting arts and cultural organisations, collectives and groups in delivering new and existing programmes or initiatives that help create Creative Communities in dlr. Applicants such as theatres, galleries, choirs, artist studios, artists collectives; theatre, music, dance, circus and spectacle companies; amateur dramatic and musical societies are eligible to apply. Closing Date 12 April. Full details HERE.
- Galway International Arts Festival – Elevate Bursaries
Applications are welcomed for these bursaries, designed to support the development of new work or provide opportunities for the exploration of creative practices. Three bursaries of €10,000 each and four of €5,000 will be offered through an Open Call to collectives, ensembles and groups based in Galway and who are not otherwise regularly funded. Closing Date 19 April. Full details HERE.
- Arts & Disability Ireland – Arts + Disability Connect Scheme
The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is designed to support artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in the Republic of Ireland. It offers artists an opportunity to; make a change in their practice; ‘step up’ in terms of scope and scale; engage in new learning experiences; develop new working relationships; buy time to research and develop work; and to make and present new work to audiences. Awards up to €15,000 Closing Date 7 May. Full details HERE.
- Minding Creative Minds – Counselling Services
Minding Creative Minds has announced an enhancement of its service to include specialist trauma and abuse counselling care. This primary advancement in our service offering was announced in recent weeks in collaboration with Screen Ireland, The Arts Council and Irish Theatre Institute as part of the Safe to Create programme announcement initiative.
The Minding Creative Minds programme includes access to a number of additional services to help users overcome various practical issues they may face: Advice on practical, day-to-day issues that cause anxiety and stress; Legal Assistance; Financial Assistance & Consumer Assistance; Career Guidance & Life Coaching; Support for non-Irish nationals & their familie; Mediation Service.
24/7 Dedicated Phone Line:
ROI: 1800 814 244
NI/UK: 0800 0903677
International: 00353 1 518 0277Or Text/WhatsApp “Hi” to 087 369 0010
https://mindingcreativeminds.ie/what-we-do/
- Report + Support now live
Report + Support, an anonymous reporting facility for those working in the arts and creative sectors, is now live on the Safe to Create website: https://reportandsupport.safetocreate.ie/report
Through Report + Support, you can voluntarily report incidents of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment experienced or witnessed in arts and creative workplaces.
