Kildare County Council Arts Service will host a series of information sessions throughout the county about applying for arts grants and bursary awards with Kildare County Council. Sessions will be of particular interest to individual artists, art collectives, community groups, youth groups and schools who intend to apply for a Creative or Arts Grant from Kildare County Council in 2023.

Attendees at an information session can expect to learn more about:

• Arts Grants available in 2023 including Arts Act Grants, Bursary Awards and Short Grass Film opportunities (see list below).
• Application criteria
• The application process
• How grants are assessed

This information session will be delivered in person and questions from attendees will be welcomed. The window for applications to be submitted is open from 5th December 2022. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm Tuesday 28th February 2023.

A list of Arts Grants 2023 available through Kildare County Council:

• Arts Act Grant
• Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award
• Arts, Health & Wellbeing Award
• Arts in Education Residency Award
• Creative Ireland Bursary Award
• Cruinniú na nÓg 2023 Commission Award
• Culture Night Commission Award
• Dennis O’Driscoll Literary Bursary Award
• Drama League of Ireland (DLI) Summer School Bursary Award
• Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition Bursary Award
• Executive Coaching for Creative Professionals
• First Fortnight Award
• Local Publishing Award
• Platform 4 Recording Studio Bursary Award
• Research & Thinking Bursary Award
• Short Grass Film Bursary Award (€1,500)
• Short Grass Film Commission Award (€12,500)
• Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Bursary Award
• Youth Arts Bursary Award

Kildare Arts Service will host 3 in person Information Sessions throughout County Kildare:

• Tuesday 17^th January, Athy Library, 6.30pm -7.30pm | Register to attend
• Wednesday 18^th January, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, 11.00am – 12.00pm | Register to attend
• Wednesday 18^th January, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, 2.00am – 3.00pm | Register to attend
• Saturday 21^st January, Leixlip Library, 11.00am – 12.00pm

In addition, a presentation will be recorded and made available via Kildare Arts Service’s YouTube and social media channels from Tuesday 24^th January 2024.

Queries to Lucina Russell, Kildare County Council Arts Officer at lrussell@kildarecoco.ie / Tel 045 980872.