Artist in the Community Scheme Research and Development/Mentoring Award

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Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place/or interest to work together on projects.

The scheme is open to artists from any of the following artform disciplines: architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts. The projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts eg arts and health; arts in prisons; arts and older people; arts and cultural diversity.

The aim of the scheme is to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists. It is essential that consultation take place between the artist and the community group, so that both parties are involved in deciding on the nature of the project realisation. Group ownership of the art should be maintained at every stage. The Project Realisation may result in a variety of outcomes.

The Artist in the Community Scheme is managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. There are two phases to the Scheme: Research and Development, and Project Realisation.

Research & Development/Mentoring is open to artists who wish to develop a community based project and who have identified an artist mentor they want to work with a during the research and development phase. The maximum award is €1500, which includes €500 fee payable to the mentor.

Deadlines: (Round 1) Thursday 15 March 2012 (Round 2) Monday 25 June 2012

For further information on application criteria and assessment, or to book an advisory session about the Scheme, contact Katherine Atkinson, Professional Development, 01-4736600 or email support (at) create-ireland.ie. Application forms are available below in English and Irish, and are also available in large format.

Read the AIC FAQ

2012 Application Pack (form + guidelines): AIC Research & Development/Mentoring [DOC] / AIC Duais Taighde agus Forbartha Meantóireacht [DOC]

Since 2001 the Artist in the Community Scheme has funded more than 100 artists. Visual artists, writers, theatre practitioners, musicians, film makers, architects and dancers have worked with many communities of place/and or interest including Termonfeckin Macra na Feirme, Ballymun Pigeon Club, Irish Wheelchair Association, an Ionad Culturtha and ALAF.