Applying for Arts Funding: * Where to Apply for Funding * Schemes available, Funding sources/opportunities * Application Procedures * Do s and donts of writing a professional application

1. applying for € for artists

2. go for it write persuasively get feedback be aware APPLYING FOR FOR ARTISTS €

3. go for it write persuasively get feedback be aware APPLYING FOR FOR ARTISTS €

4. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback Website: ongoing email: 1x/week Hardcopy: Visual Artists New Sheet : 6x/yr Printed Project : 2x/yr Mostly Irish opportunities Signup on-line: www.visualartists.ie € 50/year € 25 concession Visual Artists Ireland Sample from recent e-bulletin:

5. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback Visual Artists Ireland (www.visualartists.ie)

6. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback Visual Artists Ireland On-Line Information Resource (www.info-pool.ie)

7. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback artDEADLINE.com Internet database & email Trial Internet version: $14 20 days Full Internet version: $24 Annually Full Internet/Email: $34 Annually Mostly U.S. opportunities Some international Sample from website:

8. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback The Artist’s Information Company 319 total current opportunities Academic Art vacancies Awards Beyond the UK Collaborative projects Commissions Competitions Courses Exhibiting International residencies Open studios Professional development Project work Residencies Selling Listings recently on website: Internet database Hardcopy: 1x/month (on-line version also avail) Mostly U.K. opportunities Some international Signup on-line: www.a-n.co.uk £38/year (European artist) £30/year “green” on-line e-bulletin

9. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback PUBLICATIONS Visual Artists News Sheet a-n Newsletter CIRCA The Source Art Review ArtMonthly Art in America Parkett Modern Painters Flash Art Artforum and lots more…

11. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback SOMEBODY’S GOT TO GET IT Projects: Once-Off (Visual Artists) PARTIAL LIST Round 1 (2007) Aoife Desmond € 13,000 Denis Buckley € 9,000 Maeve Mulrennan € 5,000 Multimedia Art Group € 5,000 Oisin Byrne € 13,000 Paki Smith € 60,000 SKART € 4,000 Round 2 (2007) Brian Hand € 30,000 Deirdre O’Mahony € 22,000 Dennis McNulty € 35,000 Denzil Browne € 20,000 Donal Healy € 8,000 Siun Hanrahan € 94,000 SKART € 8,000

12. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback SOMEBODY’S GOT TO GET IT Bursary Awards - 2007 (Visual Artists) PARTIAL LIST Nicky Larkin € 4,422 Sarah Pierce € 15,000 (€30K) Eoghan McTigue € 15,000 (€45K) Mary Burke € 1,673 Lisa-Marie Johnson € 5,000 Mark Garry € 13,699 Elena Duff € 2,880 John Beattie € 13,170 David Beattie € 11,000 Laura Gannon € 15,000 (€45K) Colin Martin € 10,000 Dennis McNulty € 14,040 Brian Duggan € 3,791 Declan Clarke € 15,000 Atsushi Kaga € 5,000 Christine Mackey € 12,362 Andrew Vickery € 15,000 Cecily Brennan € 14,710 Miriam Lohan € 7,607 Alan Phelan € 15,000

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15. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback √ My brother Greg & my friend Sue

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17. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback √ My brother Greg & my friend Sue √ Marketing hat √ Its not personal

18. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback don’t wish for it, you might just get it

19. go for it write persuasively get feedback be aware APPLYING FOR FOR ARTISTS €

24. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback #1: PASS THE 60-SECOND TEST

25. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback #2: DO YOUR HOMEWORK - WHAT DO THEY WANT?

26. write persuasively be aware go for it get feedback #2: DO YOUR HOMEWORK - WHAT DO THEY WANT?

27. go for it write persuasively get feedback be aware APPLYING FOR FOR ARTISTS € Always ask for feedback