2024 dlr Arts Grant Scheme
The closing date for the 2024 dlr Arts Grant Scheme application was 25 October 2023.
Grants are available to provide financial assistance to individual artists, arts groups and arts organisations engaged in arts projects or events at local or county level and to support the professional development and arts practice of individual artists, arts groups and organisations. There are also Arts Access Grants available for older persons and Community Arts Grants for small scale community arts events.
If you have any questions regarding the grant process please contact cbrown@dlrcoco.ie or arts@dlrcoco.ie
2023 Arts Grants Awarded
General Arts Grant
Aisling Smith
Ana Canals Ni Eigeartaigh (LipZinc Theatre)
Caimin Gilmore
Caroline Bracken
Cathal McGuire
Cian Malin
Ciana Fitzgerald
Ciara McMahon
Dalkey Players
DLR Creativity in the Classroom
Dublin Youth Dance Company
Dun Laoghaire Musical & Dramatic Society
Freya Gillespie
Grace Banks
Grace Morgan
Ian Nyquist
Laoise Murray
Lee Welch
Linda Quinlan
Michelle Walshe
Molly O'Shea (Improvised Landscapes)
Natalie Pullen
Olga Vnukova (Art Hill)
Pearse Stokes (Aduantas)
Rachel Enright Murphy
Roisin Lowry - Lawli
Rónán Mac Dubhghaill - (Luke Cassidy)
Sandyford Youth Band
Sara Keating
Sharon Murphy
Shauna Carrick (Aon Sceal Theatre)
Spero String Quartet
Susan Early Artist
Tzarini Meyler
Tzarini Meyler
Community Small Arts Grant
Blackrock Community Mens Shed
Balally Players
Blackrock College Adult Choir
Drama League of Ireland
Eamon Sweeney
Sandyford Little Theatre Company
Dundrum One Act Drama Festival
Ballybrack Climate Action
Hanna Isseyegh workshops
Flossie and the Beach Cleaners
The Dublin School of Drama & Communication
Kilmacud Musical Society
Glencullen Community Hall
Mary Brighid Mc Donagh
St. Patricks Park Residents Association
Artivisim
Yvonne Reddin
Arts Access Grant - Older persons groups
Brendan Supple - Elders Theatre Group
Jennifer O'Neill Vintage Youth Dance Ensemble
Margaret Hendley - Ballinteer Active Retirement Association (BARA)
Rosemary Fox - Mount Merrion Active Retirement Association
Sheila Grace - Shankill Day Care Centre
Siobhan Grant - Saint John of God Hospital
2022 Arts Grants Awarded
Grace Morgan Arts Professional Development €2,500
Niamh Lawlor Arts Professional Development €2,500
Cian Malin Arts Professional Development €1,500
Chris Cole Arts Professional Development €2,000
Naoise Dack Arts Professional Development €2,000
Mark Clare Arts Professional Development €2,000
Michelle Walshe Arts Professional Development €300
Heather O'Sullivan Arts Professional Development €1,600
Caroline Bracken Arts Professional Development €800
Aoife MacAtamney Arts Professional Development €1,800
Janet Moran Arts Professional Development €1,800
Mary Burke Arts Professional Development €875
Kathy Tynan Arts Professional Development €1,500
Ruairi O'Shea Arts Professional Development €1,000
Aingeala de Burca Arts Professional Development €1,300
MiriamSweeney Arts Professional Development €1,300
Beatrix Herriott O'Gorman Arts Professional Development €1,300
Cara Dunne Arts Professional Development €1,300
Aran Sheehy Arts Professional Development €800
Siobhan O'Callaghan Arts Professional Development €1,300
Rebecca Collis Arts Professional Development €650
William Dunleavy Arts Professional Development €1,000
Karen Ebbs Arts Professional Development €385
Leo Cullen Arts Professional Development €490
Martin Meegan (Sandyford Youth Band) Art Participation & Learning €1,600
Carole O'Connor Arts Project & Event €2,500
Claire Halpin Arts Project & Event €4,000
Colin Murphy Arts Project & Event €3,700
Hugh Farrell Arts Project & Event €3,500
Irish Comics Arts Project & Event €2,000
Mariam Ribon (Youth Dance) Arts Project & Event €4,000
Oona Hyland Arts Project & Event €1,200
Monica Munoz Marin Arts Project & Event €2,000
Gina Hogan Arts Access for Older Persons €1,000
Jennifer O'Neill Arts Access for Older Persons €1,800
Sheila Grace (Shankill Day Centre) Arts Access for Older Persons €1,700
Siobhan Grant (St. Joseph's) Arts Access for Older Persons €1,900
St. Patricks Res Assoc Community Small Arts Grant €300
Brighid Mary Mc Donagh Community Small Arts Grant €1,300
Carmel Quinn (Blackrock College Choir) Community Small Arts Grant €650
Hailey Kierse (Ballybrack Climate Action) Community Small Arts Grant €750
Peter O’Brien (GMDS) Community Small Arts Grant €1,300
Dalkey Players Community Small Arts Grant €650
Rachel Fallon (Harold School) Community Small Arts Grant €1,300
Grace Tallon (Newpark Music) Community Small Arts Grant €1,300
Kirk St. Lewis (HSE) Community Small Arts Grant €1,200
Thomas Joseph (Social Space) Community Small Arts Grant €650
Steven Slusarski - Bike Hub Community Small Arts Grant €1,300
Denise O'Beirne (Dizzyfeet) Community Small Arts Grant €300
2021 Arts Grants Awarded
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce that it has awarded the Arts Grants through the 2020 grants scheme. These grants will encourage and enable the creation of new projects, events or educational opportunities such as exhibitions, performances and school workshops; all of which will be showcased or celebrated in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The grants will also support artists’ career development.
Additionally grants were awarded under Arts Access Grants. These grants support areas of greatest need where a gap has been identified in the provision of artistic expression within communities, for example our local retirement groups. Arts Access Grants are supported by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
General Arts Grants
Susan Early
Graphic Studio Dublin
Julie Shanley
Jason Dunne
Smashing Times Theatre Project
Jonathan Cummins
Andrea Kavanagh
Laura Dowdell
Aura Stone
Norma Sheehan
Bryan Pepper
Hugh Delap
Doreen Kennedy
Aine O'Brien - 5K Histories
Shauna Carrick
Lee Welch
Laoise Murray
Janet Moran
Arts Access for Older People
Beaufort Day Care Centre Arts Classes
Vintage Youth Dance Ensemble
Brendan Supple - Elder Theatre Group
Community Small Arts Grants
Imagine Dundrum
Sandyford Little Theatre Company
Blackrock College Adult Choir
Dundrum One Act Theatre Festival
Balally Players
Women4Women
Dance Theatre of Ireland
St Patricks Park Residents
Dalkey Players
2020 Arts Grants Awarded
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce that it has awarded the Arts Grants through the 2020 grants scheme. These grants will encourage and enable the creation of new projects, events or educational opportunities such as exhibitions, performances and school workshops; all of which will be showcased or celebrated in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The grants will also support artists’ career development.
Additionally grants were awarded under Arts Access Grants. These grants support areas of greatest need where a gap has been identified in the provision of artistic expression within communities, for example our local retirement groups. Arts Access Grants are supported by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
Arts Grants:
Graphic Studio Dublin
Andrea Kavanagh
Annmarie Greevy
Christopher Guilfoyle
Derek Fitzpatrick
Heather MacLeod
Hugh Hick
Jason Dunne
Laura Connolly
Leah HIlliard
Floating World Productions
Bex Shelford
Colin Murphy & Conall Morrisson
Conor Linehan
Dún Laoghaire Summer Organ Concerts
Joyce Duffy
Dun Laoghaire Musical & Dramatic Society
Púca Puppets
Scream for Ireland
Arts Access grants:
The Mill Theatre over 65s Group
Kilmacud Musical Society
Balally Players
Glencullen Dundrum Musical & Dramatic Society
Dalkey Players
Dublin County Choir
Dundrum One Act Drama Festival
Dance Theatre of Ireland CLG
Creative Adventures
We are also delighted to announce the following recipients of Community Arts Grants:
DLR Creativity in the Classroom
NCCWN SWAN - Southside Women's Action Network
Vintage Youth Dance Ensemble
Young at Art
Rosemount Community Development Group
Shankill Day Care Centre
Saint John of God Hospital clg; Saint Joseph's Shankill
Saint John of God Hospital clg; Saint Joseph's Shankill