<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Arts Council funding deadlines</title><description>Upcoming funding deadlines for the Arts Council</description><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/</link><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2007 Arts Council</copyright><item><title>Engaging with architecture scheme</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=f8258e53-c983-45ac-bc0f-e43ce5e0e332</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					31 May 2012&lt;/p&gt;
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					The purpose of the scheme is to support ambitious, innovative and creative, high-quality initiatives that specifically aim to enhance and extend the publics experience of and engagement with architecture. This is a partnership scheme between the Arts Council and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, under the Government Policy on Architecture Implementation Programme 2009-2015.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:16:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Artist in the community scheme</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=40fbd581-bd45-4118-9023-2bf236b9e46c</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					25 June 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The aim of the scheme is to encourage intense collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists, culminating in an artwork or a project in which the members of the community group and the artists work together in order to realise an artistic project or an event. The Artist in the Community Scheme is managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts, providing services for arts development and collaborative arts practice in Ireland. 
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			</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:41:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Local partnership scheme</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=c5adcd82-57c6-4319-9ac3-fefde19f1e37</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					28 June 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					Scheme to encourage new, local authority-led partnerships to develop innovative collaborative arts projects in the area of Cultural Diversity and the Arts.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:43:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Visual arts bursary award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=91067055-c6f8-4e0e-8af0-d2f800d0140e</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					12 July 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The award supports professional individual artists in the development of their practice. &lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:52:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>YPCE bursary award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=99eaeb2c-11fc-4aab-9310-0e25562fc11f</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					12 July 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The Young People, Children, and Education Bursary Award supports individual professional artists working with, and producing work for, children and young people across a range of artforms. The purpose of the award is to support professional artists to develop their art practice. &lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:36:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dance bursary award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=a5a78b03-64ef-4243-8c84-68e05cc85fef</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					12 July 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The purpose of the award is to support professional artists in the field of dance to develop their art practice. It provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their art.

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			</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Traditional arts bursary award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=d06d210e-950e-4081-a733-853c0218727d</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					12 July 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The purpose of the traditional arts bursary award is to support professional artists to develop their art practice. It provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their art.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Literature bursary award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=d8212f34-2eac-4ece-847d-90be6155e1a8</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					12 July 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The award supports professional individual writers in the development of their arts practice.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Architecture bursary award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=de8c38d0-e171-4289-b22e-23406525fb04</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					12 July 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The award supports professional individual architects in the development of their arts practice.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:35:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opera bursary award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=e8f59bcc-359d-436f-b93f-a8cb016f6a2b</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					12 July 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The award supports professional individual artists in the development of their practice.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:52:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Travel &amp; training award</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=5b99f00f-1c14-4545-b363-85e62e50bf44</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					31 December 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					There are three strands to this award: Travel and Training Outbound to support individuals who wish to avail of training and other professional development opportunities abroad; Travel and Training Inbound to support individuals or organisations who wish to invite specialists from abroad to deliver high-level training or mentoring; and the CCP International Award which offers support to arts organisations planning to make applications to the EU Culture Programme.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:05:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Visual artists in prisons scheme</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=a5f9cddf-39f3-4b7d-8579-db5349420464</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					31 December 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The scheme allows artists to work with prisoners in prison/
detention centres for a period of 10 days and complements
an existing arts and education programme in the Education
Units within the prison system.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:47:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Writers in prisons scheme</title><link>http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=ef98d634-f385-42bf-a157-09ac34c40ad2</link><description>
				
					&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date:&lt;/strong&gt;
					31 December 2012&lt;/p&gt;
					&lt;p&gt;
					The scheme offers writers the opportunity to work with prisoners in prison/detention centres and complements an existing arts and education programme in the Education Units within the prison system.&lt;/p&gt;
				
			</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:48:19 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
