The Arts Council and Arts & Disability Ireland are delighted to announce that a second round of funding will be available through the Arts and Disability Connect scheme in 2020. Designed to support individual artists with disabilities, the Arts and Disability Connect scheme includes New Work, Mentoring and Training awards.
“The Arts Council’s commitment of additional funding for individual artists with disabilities is a huge endorsement as well as deserved recognition of their contribution to the creative voice of Ireland in a time of tremendous change. In real terms, this additional funding represents a doubling of opportunities for artists to undertake training, mentoring and new work in 2020, through the Arts and Disability Connect funding scheme which Arts & Disability Ireland manages on behalf of the Arts Council.” Arts & Disability Ireland Executive Director, Pádraig Naughton.
Application forms and guidelines for round two of Arts and Disability Connect 2020 will be available to download from Monday 07 September at www.adiarts.ie/connect.
Arts and Disability Connect deadline: Monday 19 October 2020 at 4pm.
Online information sessions
Join Amie Lawless as she shares insights about the New Work, Mentoring and Training awards available through the Arts and Disability Connect scheme. There will be Q&A’s and we’ll leave plenty of time for people to ask questions. For the information sessions focusing on one award type, artists who were successful in round one will share their experiences with us.
15 September - New Work, Mentoring and Training
17 September - New Work with Emilie Conway
22 September - Mentoring with Suzanne Walsh
24 September - Training with Áine O’Hara
All of the information sessions will be between 11.00-12.00
The Arts and Disability Connect information sessions are for artists with disabilities who are applying for funding in round two and for people who are supporting them to apply.
Access: Speech to text will be provided using Streamtext. Irish Sign Language interpretation will be provided on the 15th and by request for the other dates. If you have other access requirements to participate in these information sessions and would like to chat to Amie please email amie@adiarts.ie
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