As part of the Iron Mountain Literature Festival, and with the support of the McGahern Estate, Leitrim County Council developed the John McGahern Award to encourage the development of emerging Irish writers and to pay tribute to the exceptional contribution of John McGahern to literature, and to Leitrim. The recipient of the 2021 John McGahern […]
Local Live Performance Programming Scheme 2021 Leitrim County Council is now seeking proposals from organisations, groups, producers, promoters or venues that we can work with to facilitate the programming of outdoor live performances in Leitrim throughout the summer between now and the end of September 2021. Applications Sunday July 11thshould be submitted as soon as possible by […]
The Arts Council Agility Award – Deadline July 8th The Arts Council Agility Award is available across all art forms and arts practice areas supported by the Arts Council. This award was developed to support people following the Covid-19 crisis and is open to all. This award aims to support individual professional freelance artists and […]
Exciting training opportunity for artists and writers interested in working with children and young people with Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership. Deadline: Monday 21st June 2021, 5pm. Kids’ Own is seeking applications from artists and writers to join a panel to work on collaborative book projects. We are seeking professional artists and writers to join our […]
International Arts Award – Deadline : Friday 23rd July 2021 The International Award programme is designed to support Leitrim based professional artists from any arts discipline to perform, exhibit or have their work presented outside the island of Ireland. – The programme is open to professional artists* ordinarily basing their practice in County Leitrim. – […]
Leitrim County Council Assistant Arts Officer – Professional Development Manager (6-month fixed term contract – maternity leave) Applications are sought from suitably qualified persons for the position of Assistant Arts Officer – Professional Development Manager (6-month fixed term contract – maternity leave) Open Competition Application forms and full particulars are available on the Council’s website […]
Project Awards (Dance, Theatre, Film , Visual Art) – Deadline: April 15th The purpose of the award is to support professional artists to develop projects in the fields of Dance, Theatre, Film and Visual Art. It provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their artform. Artforms […]
CruinniĂş na nĂ“g 2021 Do you have an idea for a creative event for children and young people that you would like to see happen? CruinniĂş na nĂ“g 2021 – the national day of creativity for children and young people – will take place on Saturday 12th June this year. The model is similar to […]
Creative Ireland Co-Support Scheme Artists (Leitrim) – Deadline: April 23rd The Co-Support Programme provides grants to Leitrim based professional practitioners in the culture and creativity sector to avail of any service provided by another Leitrim practitioner that will demonstrably contribute to the applicant’s practice, enhance their work, or assist in the promotion of their work. […]
Artist in the Community Scheme This scheme is funded by the Arts Council and managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. Please note that this award may by subject to different conditions and criteria than the awards directly administered by the Arts Council. Description Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to […]
