Small arts festivals scheme

Closing date: 10/09/2010

Maximum awarded: €20000

Art area: All

Audience type: All

Collaborative application possible? Yes

Contact: Regina OShea

Position: Festivals, Local Arts and Venues Officer

Telephone: 01 618 02 60

Email: smallfestivals@artscouncil.ie

This closing date is for festivals and events that will take place between 1 January and 30 June 2011, or if you are organising a series of events (e.g. concerts) over the calendar year.

*In exceptional circumstances organisations planning a festival or event in the second half of 2011 and requiring a longer planning lead in time may apply under Round 1. However such an arrangement must be agreed, in advance and in writing, with Úna McCarthy, Head of Festivals.

Who can apply?

The Small Arts Festivals and Events Scheme is open to organisations that organise and promote festivals or events with a clear artistic purpose that will take place in the calendar year 2011.

A festival may represent one artform or may include a wide variety of different art-forms. Events may be one-off projects or programmed over a number of months (e.g. a concert series).

The scheme will provide a grant up to €20,000. 

Applications will be considered according to published criteria.

Who cannot apply?

  • Organisations that receive funding under another Arts Council funding scheme, or where the activities proposed would be better suited to another Arts Council funding scheme.
  • Commercial organisations which share out profits to members
  • Competitive events e.g. where the competition is the dominant element of the programme
  • Once-off academic conferences/symposia with no wider public benefit
  • Activities taking place in a formal education setting where the activity does not engage with the local community
  • Charity/fund-raising events
  • Festivals or events that have taken place before the respective closing date for the application
  • Festivals or events taking place in Northern Ireland unless the primary benefit of the festival/event is delivered in the republic.

What you can apply for?

  • Artists’ fees (this includes performance fees)
  • Venue rental
  • Staff costs (e.g. administrative, technical and front-of-house support directly related to the event/ festival)
  • Audience development (activity carried out to help organisations develop ongoing relationships with extant and new audiences)
  • Marketing/Publicity
  • Travel costs and expenses for artists

What you cannot apply for?

  • Activities that are not arts-related (e.g. heritage, commercial, craft, sport, food fairs)
  • Training programmes for individuals
  • Academic activities in third level institutions

How do I apply?

In order to apply for the small festivals scheme you will need to register at https://onlineservices.artscouncil.ie/Secure/Login.aspx?lang=en-ie

  • Click on the Sign-up button under ‘New user’.
  • Choose to register as ‘organisation/group’ and select ‘Next’.
  • Fill in the required details and click ‘Register’.
  • You will shortly receive an email giving you password details to log in.

When you’ve received your email and logged in to the online site you will be able to download an application form and guidance notes for the Small Festivals Scheme.

E-mailed and faxed applications will not be accepted.

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Guidelines

Click on the following link to download a copy of the guidelines for the Small Festivals Scheme:

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