Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award 2022

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Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award 2022

Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award 2022
Location
County-wide

Deadline 4pm, Thursday September 29th 2022

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS:

Age & Opportunity is the national organisation that provides a range of opportunities for older people who want to get more involved in arts and culture, sport and physical activity,civic engagement and personal development.

Specifically, our Arts programme aims to support and provide resources for artists, arts participants/audiences and arts organisations. We do this through our annual Bealtaine Festival, which is Ireland’s month-long (May) national festival celebrating the arts and creativity as we age and our Resource, and Development Programme.

RESIDENCY AWARD:

The Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award (in partnership with Meath and Louth County Councils) aims to support older professional artists to develop their practice, by creating time and space to think and reflect on their work and to bolster their peer network. This will be achieved through a dedicated bursary to attend a residency over the course of a week.

This award is a partnership between Meath County Council Arts Office, Louth County Council Arts Office and Age & Opportunity and is in association with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.

Two artists (one based in Meath and one based in Louth) will receive a funded week-long residency in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre including a small stipend.

The residency dates for both artists are the same week from Monday 24th October-Monday 31st October.

The Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award will be offered to two professional artists, (working in any artform) aged 50 + and qualifying criteria includes:

  •  Artists must demonstrate that they are at pivotal stage in their professional career and clearly propose how the residency would benefit them to develop their practice or project.
     
  • Artists should demonstrate an understanding of Tyrone Guthrie Centre and its ethos.
     
  • Artists can be working in any artform but must be based in Meath or Louth for consideration.
     

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

Application Process:

Those wishing to apply for the Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award should complete the application form, as well as sending a short biography, CV and three samples of work. Applicants must also provide 2 professional referees from their field.

Please email artsfunding@meathcoco.ie if applying from Meath and arts@louthcoco.ie if applying from Louth to request an Application Form.

Applications will be assessed according to the following criteria:

  • Track record of the artist
  • Demonstration of ambition and vision for their work with dedication to their artistic development
  • Demonstration of how this award will benefit the development of their creative practice
  • Quality of supporting material

Applications should be submitted to artsfunding@meathcoco.ie if applying from Meath and arts@louthcoco.ie if applying from Louth no later than 4pm, Thursday September 29th 2022.

Any queries relating to the award may also be directed to artsfunding@meathcoco.ie if applying from Meath and arts@louthcoco.ie if applying from Louth.