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The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council is pleased to announce that entries are now being accepted for the Waterford Poetry Prize 2023. The Waterford Poetry Prize is open to all writers currently living on the island of Ireland.  The winners of the Waterford Poetry Prize 2023 will be announced at the SpeakEasy event […]

Curated by Amanda Jane Graham Commuovere (ko’mːwɔvere)– to affect, stir, or touch emotionally.   The Open Submission Exhibition for 2023 has a focus on diversity and inclusion.  We invite artists to share their stories to create links between their personal experiences and the audience using the power of visual language to start conversations, establish new […]

Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Boyne Valley, Droichead Arts Centre and film maker Frank W. Kelly launch the second Boyne Valley International Film Festival which takes place this August. BVIFF are now inviting screen writers to pitch a short film idea by email, no longer than 2 pages, limited to one entry per person, and […]

Do you want to explore your creative interests and meet other like-minded people? Do you want to pursue a career in the creative industries in Ireland? Do you want to try out different art forms in colleges in Dublin and Cork in an exploratory and fun way? The Creative Arts Summer School will take place […]

Applications are now being sought for the 2023 Birr Writers’ Residency. ncy offers professional writers’ accommodation and workspaces for six nights, at Brendan House in the centre of Birr, County Offaly. This Georgian Heritage Town in the midlands of Ireland has a remarkable history, and is embedded in a community with a thriving arts culture. […]

An event to help artists with research will be held Kildare Town library on Monday 22nd May 2.00pm – 5pm. 2024 marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid. Brigid lived long ago and many traditions, customs and symbols are associated with her. Five people, experts in their field, have been invited to […]

The Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award in partnership with Louth County Council Arts Office and Meath County Council Arts Office, aims to support older professional artists to develop their practice, by creating time and space to think and reflect on their work and to bolster their peer network. This will be achieved through a […]

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 […]