The Arts Council awards Limerick visual artists’ studio funding for 2020

REPRO FREE 17/10/2018 Aerial artists, Jennifer De Brún, Maire Dee and Emma Poole of Fidget Feet Aerial Dance pictured at The Irish Aerial Creation Centre in Limerick where the Arts Council announced the recipients of the invitation to Collaboration Scheme 2019 which will see €350,000 being awarded to five major arts projects around the country, as part of a scheme which promotes ambitious artistic collaboration between local authorities. Don Moloney / Press 22

The Arts Council awards Limerick visual artists’ studio funding for 2020.

The scheme offers grants, up to a maximum of €40,000, towards the running costs of visual artists’ workspaces.

It aim is to support sustainable artists’ workspaces throughout the country to provide the best possible working environment.

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Speaking about the funding, Arts Council Director, Orlaith McBride, said:

“The Visual Artists Workspace Scheme is a very significant award for the Arts Council. It provides artists around the country with essential access to space and equipment, enabling the production of work and the continued development of artistic practice.”

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The Spacecraft studio in Limerick, as well as studios in Galway, Cork, Clare, Dublin, Louth, Mayo and Waterford, will receive grants this year totalling €260,000 (€4,000 for Limerick studio) to allow them to maintain vital facilities and provisions for visual artists.

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