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We want to let you know that August Craft Month 2026 is now open for applications, providing opportunities for the public to experience, take part in, buy and learn about craft. This year, we are eager to spotlight areas where there are clusters of August Craft Month events. It benefits visitors who will have lots […]

The primary objective of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme is to help artists deal with precarious incomes and to prevent them from leaving the sector for economic reasons The deadline to apply for the new Irish Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) scheme 2026–2029 is 5pm on 12 May 2026. Applications for this new three-year, €325/week […]

Poetry Day Ireland 2026 – Home Poetry Day Ireland is an annual celebration of poetry and creativity across the island of Ireland, coordinated by Poetry Ireland, and will take place this year on Thursday, 28 May 2026. The theme for Poetry Day Ireland 2026 is “Home”, a theme that is significant as poetry has a new […]

Since 1998 the Arts Office has been running this national annual Creative Writing Award to celebrate the rich literary life of the late Molly Keane.  Molly lived in Ardmore, Co. Waterford until she died in 1996. She started writing at a young age to ‘supplement her dress allowance’. Her first ten novels and four plays […]

Arts and Disability Connect Round One 2026 Opens: Monday 23 March Deadline: Tuesday 12 May at 4pm Arts and Disability Connect includes Mentoring, Training, New Work, and Research and Reflection awards for individual artists with disabilities. Application forms, guidelines and other resources can be found at https://adiarts.ie/artists/funding/connect ‘Come Ask Questions’ Live Q&A on Zoom Wednesday […]

Deadline: 18 March, 5pm Artists, teachers, academics and arts education professionals… Would you like to be part of the Portal Spring Regional Day? The Arts in Education Portal Team is seeking submissions for presentations and creative workshops for the Portal Spring Regional Day 2026 with a focus on the North-East Region. This regional event will […]

What do you want to learn? You are invited share what issues you’d like addressed in the next sessions for visual artists. No fees The events are fully-funded, so you can attend of charge. Who this is for Artists living on the island of Ireland may attend. Share your thoughts below. This is confidential, and […]

Regional workshops build rural street performance skills. Four-day spectacle-making training launches in Longford Longford Arts Office, in partnership with six local authority Arts Offices, has announced a four-day training workshop designed to develop skills in spectacle-making and street performance among artists based in rural counties. The programme will take place across two weekends in March […]