Cruinniú na nÓg Commission 2026

You will need to include the information listed below. 

• C.V. Please outline your arts experience, please include examples of creating art with children. If you intend to work with other artists, we will need their C.V/s. 
• An outline proposal to give us a sense of your ideas and starting point for your time with the children from Kilcross Youth Club. We would like to get a sense of what the children and volunteers may expect to experience by working with you. Please mention what medium/artform(s) you plan to work in and any other artists/professionals that will be working with you. 
• A budget. Please include a budget that breaks down what fee you will pay yourself for this commission. Please also include fees for other artists/professionals that you may wish to work with. Please list the costs of any resources that you may need (for example materials or equipment hire). We understand that you will not yet know what will be created as part of this commission and that will be hard to cost. However, we need to see that you will have left enough budget for this to happen so please insert an estimated figure for this.
• Examples of previous work. We would like to understand more about your work. You can help us by adding photographs, audio files, written texts or other examples that help us get a sense of your work. Please include examples of work where you have collaborated with children to create art. 
• The name and contact details of two referees. Please make sure that one of these people has worked with you on a similar project.

We will assess the applications with a panel which will include representatives from Kilcross Youth Club. The decision of this selection panel will be final. The applications will be marked based on the scoring system outlined below. 

• The minimum qualifying mark is 80. This means that any application which scores under 80 will not be eligible for selection. 
• If none of the applications we receive reach the minimum 80 marks, we will not choose from this open call. We will then use a different selection process instead. 
• We will select one application. We may form a panel from the applications if any also score over 80 marks. We may use this panel for further projects if more funding becomes available within a one-year timeline. 

• The previous experience of the artist/s 40/100: The selection panel will mark by assessing your C.V and examples of previous work.  
• Quality 40/100: The selection panel will mark by assessing your statement and budget.  
• Evidence of collaborating and creating art with children 20/100: The selection panel will mark by assessing your C.V and examples of previous work. 
• We will let you know by email if your application is successful or not. 
• We will not accept applications that are late. 
• We will not accept applications that do not have everything we have asked for. 

• Professional artists who have experience creating art with and for children.
• We are open to applications from artists who work together. We understand that artists from different disciplines may wish to work together on this commission.
• We welcome artists who represent the diversity of Irish society. We encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller Community, or socio-economic background. 

Full Garda Clearance will be required for this residency. It is a legal requirement that everybody working with children, young people and vulnerable people are Garda Vetted.