Arts Council Project Awards
Deadline 5.30pm Thursday, 29 March 2012
The Arts Council will offer the following Project Awards for activities commencing in 2012.
* Arts Participation Project Award
* Dance Project Award
* Film Project Award
* Music Project Award
* Opera Project Award
* Street Arts and Spectacle Project Award
* Theatre Project Award
* Traditional Arts Project Award
* Visual Arts Project Award
The Arts Council Project Awards support specific project activities under each of the above artform/arts practice areas. The Award Guidelines for each award can be downloaded from the available funding section of the Arts Council's website. Applications will only be accepted through the Arts Council's online services website and all supporting material must be submitted online. Applicants who have not previously used this system must register in advance of making an application. It is recommended that applicants allow five days for registration prior to making an application. The window for making an online application opens on 29 February 2012. The awards are open to individuals and organisations. However, organisations in receipt of funding under any of the main Arts Council grant programmes (Regularly Funded Organisations, Annual Funding, Annual Programming Grant) will not be eligible to apply.
Arts Council Music Commissions Awards Deadline 5.30pm Thursday 15 March 2012 The Arts Council is offering a Music Commissions Award in 2012, which supports fees paid to artists for commissions in the field of music.
The primary purpose of this award is to facilitate creative partnerships between a range of commissioners and artists. The process must lead to some form of outcome or conclusion. This might be a public performance, a process of engagement with a community of place or interest or some other form of dissemination or presentation of the commissioned work in Ireland or abroad. The award is open to individuals or organisations including artists, arts professionals, ensembles, local authorities and other agencies. Applications can only be made by the commissioner and not by the artist to be commissioned.
The award guidelines for the Music Commissions Award can be downloaded from the available funding section of the Arts Council's website. Applications for the Music Commissions Award must be made through the Arts Council's online services website. Before you will be able to make an online application the commissioner and the artist/s to be commissioned will have to separately register with the online services site. It may take up to five working days for your registrations to be confirmed so it is very important that you register as early as possible. Arts Council Traditional Arts Project Award Deadline 5.30pm Thursday 29 March 2012
The Traditional Arts Project Award is designed at a level which can accommodate highly creative, large scale and ambitious proposals which will have a lasting effect on the traditional arts landscape. This award is open to organisations and individuals and can be a collaborative project. The maximum amount available is €80,000. Please see the guidelines, criteria and application form here.
Deis Recording Award 2012
Deadline 5:30pm Thursday 5 April 2012 The purpose of the Deis Recording Award is to provide support for the realisation of traditional arts recording projects (including CD production) which:
- are of a significant archival nature or that are pertaining to the music of a specific region or in a particular style;
- assist in making the music/song of an exceptional performer/composer/region publicly available;
- have a particularly innovative theme or original artistic format;
- form part of an individual's career development.
The Deis Recording Award is open to individuals and organisations. The maximum award available is €10,000. Applications will only be accepted through the Arts Council's online services website. Applicants who have not previously used this system must register in advance of making an application. It is recommended that applicants allow five days for registration prior to making an application.
Call for Participants - National Music Day 21/6/12
The date for Ireland's national music day, Thursday, 21 June, was chosen to coincide with the International Music Day/Fete de la Musique, which is celebrated worldwide.
Ireland's national music day, love:live music, which is run by Music Network and is now in its third year, was launched by three musicians, Cora Venus Lunny, Seán MacErlaine and Francesco Turrisi in Dublin last Wednesday. They are urging other professional musicians and music organisations, as well as amateur musicians around the country to occupy a stage and create a free music experience to capture the imagination and showcase Ireland's diverse music talent.
The day is expected to feature a large number of musical performances across the whole country - last year's love:live music saw over 160 individual events take place across twenty-four counties.
Jody Ackland, Project Manager for the event, said, 'Ireland is known throughout the world for its incredible musicians and unrivalled musical talent and we want to celebrate this at home and encourage everyone to enjoy Irish music at love:live music. We hope that musicians, groups and organisations around the country will join in love:live music 2012 to bring the exhilarating experience of live Irish music to people throughout the country and make it a day to remember.'
Anyone can register an event as part of love:live music. For more information visit www.lovelivemusic.ie.
Music Network Seminar - 'The Wealth of Music & Health'
Music Network will host a daylong seminar in Music & Health on 23 May at The Coach House, Dublin Castle. The key objective of the seminar is to explore the wealth of approaches, experiences and practices of musicians working in healthcare contexts in Ireland and to seek to establish a place within that environment for the expertise accumulated through the Music in Healthcare Settings: Training Trainers Programme. The seminar will include presentations from the Irish musicians and international partners involved in the Programme along with panel discussions addressing current developments in the area of arts and health and music and health in Ireland.
Further information about the seminar is available here. To register for this Seminar, please email your contact details to Andreas Ziemons.
National Concert Hall & Music and Health Seminar The National Concert Hall & Music and Health Ireland present:
'Music Matters' - Seminar and Workshop
21 April 2012 The Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin.
All musicians and those working with music in healthcare settings are welcome. Harp therapist, Orla Busteed, will demonstrate how through appropriate tempo, mood and character of music, and the use of musical modes, live music can be used to address individuals' needs in hospital settings. Robert Martin of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland will present a song-writing workshop. There will also be time for an open forum for the general sharing of ideas & techniques.
For bookings, please contact mrpmullins@eircom.net before 12 April, so that The National Concert Hall can print the tickets. This event is free of charge. Free parking is available via the Earlsfort Terrace entrance. Arts Care: Sustainable Creativity in Healthcare Conference 16 - 18 May 2012 Lyric Theatre Belfast
Arts Care is Northern Ireland's leading Arts in Health Organisation and in 2012 it will celebrate 21 years of delivering high quality, sustainable Arts and ClownDoctor programmes across a diverse range of healthcare services in all of Northern Ireland's Health and Social Care Trusts. With an emphasis on a participatory approach, the Anniversary Conference will provide an opportunity for experts, and all those interested in Arts in Health Practice and Evaluation across the globe to come together.
The aim of the conference is to explore, celebrate, share and gain in-depth knowledge of international working models of best arts in health practice and research development. Exploration of the Arts Care model of engagement will provide delegates with insight into how an arts organisation can successfully develop authentic creative communities within healthcare environments.
More information and registration details here.
Donegal Chamber Orchestra Seeks New Members The Donegal Chamber Orchestra seeks new members for 2012-13. Auditions are open to classical string players who are prepared to commit to the Donegal Chamber Orchestra's rehearsal and concert schedule.
Auditions are open to the following positions:
- 3 Violins (Grade 5 RIAM or equivalent or above)
- 2 Violas (Grade 5 RIAM or equivalent or above)
- 1 Double bass (Grade 3 RIAM or equivalent or above)
- 1 Cello (Grade 5 RIAM or equivalent or above)
Age limit Min. 13 years.
Auditions will take place as follows: Saturday, 10th March 2012, 1pm-3:30pm at the Regional Cultural Centre, Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Deadline for applications: Wednesday, 7th March 2012 by 12 noon.
Candidates are advised of their audition time by phone or by email.
For further information / Audition Application Form please contact:
Donegal Music Education Partnership, Tel. 074 917 6293 / E-Mail: musiceducation@donegalvec.ie or visit our facebook page.Dublin Fringe Festival Applications Deadline: 16 March The theme for the festival this year is Creative Disruption. Playful Protest. Joyful Abandon. The deadline for applications is Friday 16th March 2012 at 6pm. You will also need to email supporting documents to emma@fringefest.com by Friday 23rd March 2012. Applications with no supporting documents are considered incomplete. Further details here. | 
