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Closing date for tender:  Friday 19th April, 2024 at 5pm  Age & Opportunity is seeking tenders from key individuals with an interest and background in the arts and older people in a care context, to act as facilitator for the third iteration of, the Artists Care Exchange (ACE), an Age & Opportunity Arts initiative. We wish […]

JUNIOR EUROVISION IS BACK! Applications are now open for 2024.  Do you have a great singing voice? Are you between the ages of 9 and 14 years this Autumn? Well, this is your chance! TG4 and Adare Productions are looking for the Top 10 young singers or groups in Ireland to join us in studio and battle […]

EMERGING VISUAL ARTIST RESIDENCY AWARD JULY 1ST – SEPTEMBER 30TH 2024 An Táin Arts Centre is looking for our next Emerging Visual Artist in Residence for Summer 2024. The resident artist will be provided with the studio space adjoining The Basement Gallery from July 1st to September 30th, administrative and outreach support, and the opportunity to use […]

Creative Coastal Resilience invites socially engaged artists from all disciplines to apply for the opportunity to become an embedded artist within the unique community and ecosystems of the Maharees. Closing date for applications is Sunday 25th February 2024. Please visit www.dinglehub.com/vacancies or email zoe@dinglehub.com for more details. Cuirfidh Teacht Aniar Cruthaitheach Cóstaí fáilte roimh ealaíontóirí pobail ó gach réimse ealaíne cur […]

Laois is a county of quiet natural beauty. It has a wide diversity of scenery ranging from the Slieve Bloom Mountains to the rich farmland that covers much of the county. There are extensive forests in the county and within a mile of several of the main roads there are bogs and tracts of peat […]

This summer First Music Contact worked in collaboration with Age & Opportunity to survey professional musicians aged 50 & over, working in Ireland, to assess their needs and to hear about their experiences as they move forward in their careers. One of the main areas of professional development that emerged from this survey was the […]

The Arts Office of Louth County Council will hold 3 information sessions on the grant funding that will be available in 2024. Each session will cover the funding that will be available through the Art Office and through the Creative Ireland Louth programme. Spaces on each session are limited so please email your interest to arts@louthcoco.ie and […]

31% of new music commissions between 2004 and 2019 went to women. THE JOURNAL OF MUSIC A new report on commissioning opportunities for composers has called for a ‘significant cultural change’ in the commissioning of contemporary music on the island of Ireland due to a ‘marked gender imbalance’. A total of 784 new music commissions over […]

On November 8th and November 22nd – Festival in a Van will deliver two seminars with speakers who took part in both projects (Vital Signs On the Road & Songlines 2023) discussing the challenges and sensitivities around this line of work and key learnings from both projects, as we wrap up our 2023 activities and work to share […]