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The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

As Gaeilge

As Gaeilge

Home Funding Available funding Markievicz Award

Markievicz Award

Closing date	17:30, Thursday 16 February 2023
Maximum awarded	€25,000
Artform and practice(s)	Architecture, Arts participation, Circus, Dance, Film, Literature, Music, Opera, Spectacle, Street arts, Theatre, Traditional arts, Visual arts, YPCE
Applicant type	Individual Artist
Collaborative application possible?	Yes
Telephone	01 6180200/01 6180243
Email	awards@artscouncil.ie

Purpose of the award

The Markievicz Award was established to honour Constance de Markievicz – herself an artist – as the first woman to be elected to Parliament and appointed to Cabinet and is intended to:

provide support for artists from all backgrounds and genres to buy time and space in order to develop new work that reflects on the role of women in the period covered by the decade of centenaries 2012–2023 and beyond.

Markievicz Award recipients will receive €25,000, and awards will be made to up to ten applicants this year. Joint applications are welcomed.

The award is administered by the Arts Council on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and is open via a public call to artists working in all arts genres supported by the Arts Council.

How do I apply for this?

Download and read the guidelines available at the top right-hand corner of this page.
Check if there is any mandatory supporting material that must accompany your application. We may provide a template for the supporting material. If so, you can download it from the supporting materials section at the top right-hand corner of this page.
All applications must be made through the online services website. You will be able to upload a wide range of support materials in electronic format along with your application form.
You must be registered with the online services website to make an application. If you are not already registered, we recommend you register for online services as far in advance of the deadline as possible, as it may take five days for your online services registration to be processed.