Creative Ireland Awards

dlr Creative Ireland Awards 2023 

Funded by Creative Ireland

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to invite applications for dlr Creative Ireland Awards which focus on supporting arts and cultural organisations, collectives and groups in delivering new and existing programmes or initiatives that help create Creative Communities in dlr.

Applicants such as theatres, galleries, choirs, artist studios, artists collectives; theatre, music, dance, circus and spectacle companies; amateur dramatic and musical societies are eligible to apply.

Only not for profit organisations and groups are eligible to apply.

dlr County Council is pleased to also welcome submissions from arts or cultural organisations and groups based outside the County for programmes or initiatives which will have a significant impact on our Creative Communities in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

This funding opportunity forms part of the Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023 -2027 funded by Creative Ireland and delivered by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Empowering Creative Communities is a key strand of our new strategy which will enable people to work together to transform their communities, their lives and their environment through creativity.
Creative Ireland is a culture-based programme designed to promote individual, community and national wellbeing. The core proposition is that participation in cultural activity drives personal and collective creativity, with significant implications for individual and societal wellbeing and achievement.

dlr Creative Ireland awards offer the opportunity to secure funding to support the development of our local creative communities though projects, events and capacity building.

The awards will support activity taking place from July to December 2023. Applicants will be informed of the outcome in early June.

The dealine for applications has now passed.

dlr Creative Ireland Bursary - Professional Development and Mentorship Bursaries 2022

The artist's professional development and mentorship bursaries offer the opportunity to support and invest in the capacity of professional artists in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Examples of things the bursary can support include short term training courses, residencies in artist retreats, a skills exchange or mentorship with a more experienced practitioner. Maximum Award €2,000.

dlr Creative Ireland Award 2022 - organisations

 dlr Creative Ireland Awards focus on supporting cultural organisations and institutions in dlr in delivering new and existing programmes or initiatives to artists an/or the general public. Arts or cultural organisations based outside the County for programmes or initiatives which will have a significant impact for artists or the public within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown were also eligible to apply.  Maximum Award: €4,000

Awarded in 2022: 

Banbha McCann €1,130.00

Cecilia Bullo €2,000.00

Chris Cole €2,000.00

Cian Malin €1,500.00

Debi Paul €1,983.00

Gemma Crowe €1,000.00

Grace Morgan €870.00

Jane Cummins €2,000.00

Laoise Murray €1,970.00

Leah Hilliard €2,000.00

Michelle Walshe €1,585.00

Ronan Mac Dubhgaill €1,400.00

Susan Early €500.00

Laoise Murray - Grace Morgan - Taste in your mouth  €4,000.00

Tzarini Meyler €2,000.00

William Dunleavy €1,340.00

dlr Creative Ireland Artists' Professional Development Bursaries 2021

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce the recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Professional Development Bursaries 2021.

Funding was given to arts practitioners working in a range of artforms including theatre, opera, music and visual art. This funding will support these artists to develop their practice through  short term training courses, residencies in artist retreats and mentorship opportunties with a more experienced practitioner.

Bursaries were awarded to a maximum of €1,500 and were funded by Creative Ireland

dlr Creative Ireland Arts Organisations Bursaries 2021

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce the recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Bursaries 2021.

These bursaries focused on supporting cultural organisations and institutions in dlr in delivering new and existing programmes or initiatives to artists and the general public. Funding supported activities such as an animation festival, purchasing instruments for a youth band and the development of programmes for an over 50's dance club.

dlr Creative Ireland Innovation & Incubation Bursaries 2020

 dlr Creative Ireland Bursaries  support the  innovation and incubation of new ideas, projects and ways of working in cultural organisations and institutions in dlr.

This funding opportunity forms part of the Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown Culture and Creativity Strategy 2018- 2022, funded by Creative Ireland and delivered by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

Creative Ireland is a culture-based programme designed to promote individual, community and national wellbeing. The core proposition is that participation in cultural activity drives personal and collective creativity, with significant implications for individual and societal wellbeing and achievement.

This round of dlr Creative Ireland bursaries offers the opportunity for professional, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown based not-for-profit cultural organisations and institutions to invest resources and time to develop innovative ways of working, engaging with their audiences or artists in new ways, test new ideas and practices or incubate a new project or strand to their work. Researching and testing pilot projects, prototyping new initiatives and establishing innovative partnerships are encouraged.

The recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Innovation and Incubation Bursaries 2020 are:

• Blackrock Animation Festival       €2,000
• dlr Mill Theatre                             €3,000
• Dance Theatre of Ireland             €3,000
• Parity Studios                               €3,000
• Dalkey Castle                               €1,200
• Floating World Productions          €2,500
• Blue Diamond Theatre                 €2,480

dlr Creative Ireland Artist Professional Development and Mentorship Bursary

The artist professional development and mentorship bursaries offers support and invests in the capacity of professional artists working in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The objective of this bursary is to support further creative development among professional artists in Dún Laoghaire -Rathdown and to grow that capacity of the arts community by supporting professional development and mentorship

The recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Artist Professional Development and Mentorship Bursary are:

• Kevin Gildea (Literature)          €1,000
• Helen Hughes (Visual Art)       €1,500
• Cecilia Bullo (Visual Art)          €1,500
• Elizabeth Hilliard (Music)         €1,500
• Nora Kelly Lester (Theatre)     €1,000
• Jane Robinson (Poetry and Music) €1,500
• Niamh McCann (Theatre)        €700
• Leah HIlliard (Visual Art)         €1,500
• Sinead Keegan (Script Writing) €770
• Emma O'Kane ( Dance)           €1,500
• Grace O'Malley (Performing Arts) €1,500
• Laoise Murray (Theatre)          €800
• Norma Sheahan (Performing Arts) €1050
• Aisling Smith (Performing Arts) €155
• Michelle Walsh (Literature)        €710

Writer's Bursaries 2020

Writer's Bursaries of €3,000 were awarded for the creation and development of new literary work

• Angela Finn for the development of her novella
• Catherine Talbot for the development of her second novel

dlr Creative Ireland Bursary 2019 (round 2)

The Artist Professional Development and Mentorship Bursaries Round 2, 2019 supported 11 individual artists to engage in short term training courses, residencies in artist retreats or mentorship with a more experienced practitioner.

The artists awarded bursaries were Sheena Lambert, Ali Hardiman, Pamela Quinn, Denise Deegan, Elaine Harrington, Grace Morgan, Laoise Murray, Shane Kelly Lester, Susan Early, Kathryn Maguire, Emma O'Kane, Cathal McGuire.

The Innovation and Incubation Bursaries, awarded to dlr Mill Theatre and IADT allowed both organizations to invest resources and time to develop innovative ways of working, engaging with their audiences or sectors in new ways or incubate a new strand to their work. 

Congratulations to all the artists, mentors and organisations involved.

The bursaries are funded by Creative Ireland.

These bursaries form part of the Dún Laoghaire- Rathdown Culture and Creativity Strategy 2018- 2022, funded by Creative Ireland and delivered by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

Creative Ireland Bursaries 2019 - Round 1

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce the recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Bursaries 2019.

The awards aim to encourage the development of partnerships between local communities and artists, creative practitioners and/or arts organisations in the design and development of creative and cultural projects and events throughout the County.

The awards are funded by Creative Ireland, a five year all-of- Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 

3 projects are awarded bursaries, amounting to €13,793 in total, supporting activity taking place around the County.

The artforms supported include visual art and graphic design, theatre and dance.

Creative Ireland Bursaries 2018 announcement

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce the recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Bursaries 2018.

The bursaries aim to support the considerable number of individual artists and cultural organisations that sought to engage with Creative Ireland in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County.

The awards are funding by Creative Ireland, a five year all-of- Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 

9 projects are awarded bursaries, amounting to €25,000 in total, supporting activity taking place in Cabinteely, Ballybrack, Glencullen, Glasthule, Stillorgan, Dundrum, Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire.

The projects include Festivals, Early Year Family, Older Persons and intergenerational art activities and Community Arts. The artforms supported include architecture, craft, animation, choral music, theatre, literature, visual art and dance.

Welcoming the announcement, An Cathaoirleach Councilor Ossian Smyth said

 “We are very pleased to partner with Creative Ireland to offer bursaries for communities throughout Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to engage in our local culture through festivals, events and workshops. We look forward to seeing a variety of creative projects throughout the County in the coming months”.