• Wednesday, March 8th  2 – 3.00pm  

Closing Date: Friday, March 31st at 12pm

For information on the scheme and how to apply, contact Saoirse Reynolds, Youth Arts Programme Officer at saoirse@nyci.ie 

Operated by the National Youth Council of Ireland

This scheme is managed by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) on behalf of the Arts Council and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Please note that the award may be subject to different conditions and criteria than awards directly administered by the Arts Council. Requests for information or application forms should be directed to the Youth Arts programme at NYCI.

Description

The Artist and Youth Work Residency scheme is designed to promote innovative partnerships between youth groups, artists and (where relevant) arts organisations. A residency may take the form of an artist in residence in a youth work setting and/or a youth group in residence in an arts setting.

There are two strands to the artist and youth work residency scheme:

• Strand 1 – Youth Arts Explorer

• Strand 2 – Artist and Youth Work Residency scheme

Strand 1 – Youth Arts Explorer Grant €1,500

This grant is for projects, services and organisations that are beginning to explore introducing youth arts experiences to their youth work setting but are not yet sufficiently experienced/confident to develop or manage a larger scale residency project.

The aim of the grant is to support an organisation to explore the introduction of arts practice to the youth service through a flexible approach.

Potential activities could include to test an idea or concept, host introductory sessions, facilitate exploratory meetings between artist, young people and youth service, or connect the group to a local arts centre, cultural venue, etc. for a performance, workshop, or exhibition (with a view to facilitating further partnership).

Strand 2 - Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant €5,000

The Artist and Youth Work Full Residency Grant aims to promote innovative partnerships between youth groups, artists and (where relevant) arts organisations; to support the development of youth arts practice in youth work and support young people’s access to quality youth arts experiences. A residency may take the form of an artist in residence in a youth work setting and/or a youth group in residence in an arts setting.

This grant is intended to support residency programmes that have been jointly developed by the partners involved (i.e., the artist, youth group and any other key partner organisation), that offer meaningful creative experiences where young people are at the heart of decision-making and that fully meet the criteria for the award.

 Deadline

Friday, March 31st  at 12pm

Further information

Email: saoirse@nyci.ie   

Web:www.youth.ie for further details.