Arts Act Grants 2020
Below is a listing of the grants that were available from Kildare Arts Service in 2020 and the listing of successful grant applications for 2020. The 2021 grants will be advertised in January 2021, with a closing date of approximately mid March 2021. Exact details of the application process, including application forms and dates for 'How to apply for Grants' workshops will be posted here in January 2021
Available Grants in 2020
- Arts Act Grant Scheme
- Artist in Schools Residency Bursary Award
- Education Bursary Award application
- Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award
- Dennis O'Driscoll Literary Bursary Award
- Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary Award
- Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition Award
- Executive Coaching for Creative Professionals Bursary Award
- Gill Berry Visual Art Bursary Award (EXCLUSIVE to 2020)
- Local Publishing Award
- Recording Bursary @Platform4 Recording Studio Bursary Award
- Short Grass Short Film Bursary Award €1,500
- Short Grass Short Film Commission Award €12,500
- Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Bursary Award
- Youth Arts Residency Bursary Award
- Research and Thinking Bursary award (NEW FOR 2020)
- Creative Ireland Bursary Award
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Abozaglo | Patty | Maynooth | Project integrating Laban Dance, Movement, Vis Arts | €1,200 | ||
| Buckley | Sarah | Maynooth | Support to work with producer to record debut music collection | €600 | ||
| Burke | Eoghan | Maynooth | ‘Kildare Speaks’ Podcast - workshop & podcast | €800 | ||
| Crehan | Eimear | SpeakUp SingOut Music School | Maynooth | Funding for 'Dare to Sing' festival in Kilcock | €800 | |
| Hendrick | Pat | Teresa Brayton Players | Maynooth | Purchase of Sound System and Projection equipment | €500 | |
| Keena | Pauline | Maynooth | Produce new body of work arising out of project undertaken in Canada | €500 | ||
| McElhone | Maura | Maynooth | Cost to revise first draft of new novel | €500 | ||
| Murphy | Claire | Maynooth | Creation of series of paintings on wooden panels | €400 | ||
| Ní Chearra | Orlaith | Fizz and Chips Theatre Company | Maynooth | Develop multi-disciplinary theatre piece DRAGON | €1,000 | |
| Tully | Alen | St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band | Maynooth | Support for instrument maintenance 2020 season | €600 | |
| Cody | Breda | Craobh Bheartla Uí Fhlatharta | Celbridge /Leixlip | To continue developing traditional Irish music Orchestra & support junior Orchestra | €1,750 | |
| Condron | Claire | Celbridge Concert Orchestra | Celbridge /Leixlip | Five bursaries to enable individuals join the orchestra & learn an instrument | €800 | |
| Gibson | Saidhbhín | Celbridge /Leixlip | Purchase of camera to document visual art project | €655 | ||
| Greene | Laura | Maynooth Gospel Choir | Celbridge /Leixlip | Grant aid for 'Big Gig' production 2nd half of year | €500 | |
| Hayes | Roisin | Celbridge /Leixlip | Purchase of instruments for music therapy | €500 | ||
| Hickey | Karen | Celbridge /Leixlip | Visual artist: Costs to mount exhibition in Maynooth Library | €400 | ||
| Kearney | Damien | Celbridge /Leixlip | All Ireland Ballroom Championship Training /Comp. budget | €700 | ||
| Keegan | Lisa | Celbridge /Leixlip | Research, print and mount exhibition 'Snapshots of Celbridge' | €400 | ||
| Kelly | Denis | Celbridge /Leixlip | Professional Visual Artist: Development of work for a solo exhibition | €1,200 | ||
| Lawless | Aidan | Hazelhatch Park Residents Assoc., | Celbridge /Leixlip | Public Art Project: to transform an electrical box | €250 | |
| Lilly | Nicola | Creative Mamas Leixlip | Celbridge /Leixlip | Exploring creativity in motherhood workshops | €300 | |
| McAtamney | Aoife | Celbridge /Leixlip | Develop solo dance performance piece 'Pink Breath' | €1,800 | ||
| McEvoy | Vera | Celbridge /Leixlip | Professional Visual artist: Development grant to purchase tools | €572 | ||
| Phelan | Emer | Celbridge /Leixlip | Soprano: contribution to costs of Christmas Concert | €400 | ||
| Carton | Brendan | Kill Musical and Dramatic Society | Naas | Purchase of sound and lighting equipment | €400 | |
| De Brí | Pamela | Naas | Complete work on project for exhibition in Mayo in 2021 | €1,200 | ||
| Deegan | Eimear | Ballymore Eustace Concert Band | Naas | Instrument specific Master Classes | €1,750 | |
| Garvey | Celine | The Moat Theatre Writers | Naas | Funds to have an event with John MacKenna | €350 | |
| Hallahan | Paul | Naas | Professional visual artist: Support to create new work, two person show, Complex Dublin, Oct., 2020 | €1,200 | ||
| Higgins | Patricia | Herbert Lodge School of Music | Naas | Support for 7th year Car. Barbato Borza Memorial lectures Naas library | €800 | |
| Johnson | John | Millicent Singers | Naas | Create CD & digital version of choir’s popular repertoire | €700 | |
| McCartney | Karen | Naas | Writing a play about the discovery of a possible feral woman | €800 | ||
| Murphy | Sharon | Embrace Music | Naas | Arts in Health: Run a pilot music project for people living with Parkinson’s Disease | €1,000 | |
| Ó Catháin/Hazzard | Micháel/Mark | Naas Arts & Culture Centre, | Naas | Audio visual installation, Solo Harp & voice performance National Harp Day Oct, 2020 | €1,200 | |
| O'Brien | Martina | Naas | Professional visual artist: 11 day marine expedition residency, research vessel The Celtic Explorer Sept., 2020 | €1,200 | ||
| O'Brien | Cathy | Naas | Support for development of Creative Journal Club meeting weekly in The Moat | €650 | ||
| Proctor | Rev Mark | Soulworks | Naas | Youth Arts: Open Mic Youth Music gigs: Purchase of pair of overhead condenser microphones | €397 | |
| Barber | Mark | KARE | Kildare/Newbridge | Supported mentorship programme with professional visual artist Dominic Thorpe | €1,000 | |
| Butler | David | CelticCon Midland Comic Convention | Kildare/Newbridge | CelticCon midland Comic Convention development funding | €800 | |
| Conlan | Katie | Kildare/Newbridge | Support to represent Ire.,'Performing Arts World Championships L.A. | €400 | ||
| Golubowska | Marta | Kildare/Newbridge | Professional Visual Artist: Assistance in establishing new artist studio, kiln | €500 | ||
| Hensey | Noel | Kildare/Newbridge | Professional Visual Artist: Support for Artist Residency in Berlin | €1,200 | ||
| Kavanagh | Eilis | Pop up Art Newbridge | Kildare/Newbridge | Pop Up' exhibitions Newbridge Town Hall | €800 | |
| Kavanagh | Denise | Kildare Branch Down Syndrome Ire., | kildare/Newbridge | Funding for children’s Summer camp | €500 | |
| Leahy | John | South Kildare Photography Club | Kildare/Newbridge | Exhibit work in Aras Chill Dara 28 Sept - Oct 12 (dates TBC) | €400 | |
| McBride | Michelle | Kildare Art Collective | Kildare/Newbridge | Professional Visual Artist: Regenerate abandoned sites through art collaboration with Tidy Towns | €800 | |
| Reardon | Brid | Monasterevin Drama Group | Kildare/Newbridge | Monasterevin Drama Group 4 night Drama Play Nov 2020 | €400 | |
| Ronayne | Mary | Kildare/Newbridge | Professional Visual Artist: Artist book: support towards costs, scanning, photography etc | €1,200 | ||
| Ryan | Daniel | Newbridge Musical Society | Kildare/Newbridge | Development funding: 40th production: West Side Story end | €400 | |
| Walsh | Keith | Kildare/Newbridge | Development funding Work in progress of a show around mental health | €800 | ||
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Kildare/Newbridge | Professional Visual Artist: Produce a new body of work in order to apply for a solo show in the future | €800 | ||
| Byrne | Roxanne | Athy | Develop original play 'Home Truths' | €400 | ||
| Byrne | Ann | Athy Musical and Dramatic Society | Athy | Purchase and upgrade PA equipment | €1,000 | |
| Conway | Natasha | Athy | Funds to maintain studio and produce new work | €600 | ||
| Foster | Angelina | Athy | Research and host workshops based on the creative output of Ernest Shackleton | €500 | ||
| Freeman | Lisa | Athy | Professional visual artist: Funding the video editing of 'Green Skies, A Double Rhythm' | €1,200 | ||
| Hughes | Brian | Athy | Professional Musician: Duet Album trad Irish music Uilleann Pipes / Whistle / Fiddle | €450 | ||
| Hyland | Hugh | Athy Film Club | Athy | Costs to promote Film Club through posters and print media | €300 | |
| Monasterevin Tidy Towns | Athy | Jacinta Hughes botanical illustrations of canal | €400 | |||
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER THE ARTS ACT GRANT SCHEME 2020 | €43,624 | |||||
| TYRONE GUTHRIE RESIDENCY | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Kearney | Brenda | Maynooth | Time to think creatively about research from recent projs.,& develop it into a more cohesive, unique practice | €350 | ||
| Lennon | Ferdia | Maynooth | To work on his novel set in Syracuse, Sicily | €350 | ||
| Ní Chatháin | Eithne | Maynooth | Work on pre - production of new album of sean-nos songs | €350 | ||
| Scarlett | Fiona | Maynooth | Time & space to complete & edit a novel | €350 | ||
| DENIS O'DRISCOLL LITERARY BURSARY AWARD | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | TYPE | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Donohue | Darren | Professional | Kildare/ Newbridge | The award will enable development of new play for the stage | €2,000 | |
| Tobin | Emma | Emerging | Kildare/ Newbridge | Proposing 1st collection of poerty, monetry award would help with completion MA Creative Writing UCD | €1,500 | |
| SHORT GRASS SHORT SHORTS | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Kearney/Butler | Richard/David | Frame it Productions | Naas | WW1 Drama | €1,500 | |
| Kennedy | Sandy | Naas | Experimental, non narrative | €1,500 | ||
| Moloney | Bobby | Whackala Ltd | Cel/Leix | Comedy /Drama | €1,500 | |
| YOUTH ARTS RESIDENCY | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AWARDED | |
| Balfe | Pat | Monasterevin Youth Action | Kildare/ Newbridge | Artist will deliver series w/shops developing drawing.painting,photography skills | €2,500 | |
| EXECUTIVE COACHING AWARD WITH MATTHEW RALLI | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Mc Donald | Martina | N/a | Kil / New | Make & Clarify creative goals | €600 | |
| Doyle | Elizabeth | N/a | Naas | Wants to get out of the slushpile to the people who make decisions | €600 | |
| PLATFORM4 RECORDING BURSARIES | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Carroll | Damian | KARE | KILDARE / NEWBRIDGE | Soundtrack to accompany video planned to record later in year | €900 | |
| Crehan | Eimear | MAYNOOTH | Live recordings to support her headline show in Whelans June 26th | €900 | ||
| LOCAL PUBLISHING AWARD | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Boland | Frank | Kildare/ Newbridge | A History of Newbridge Cavalry Barracks, houses & residents 1934 - 1996 | €650 | ||
| Bolger | Michael | Publication about 'Ancient Sport of Horse Shoe Throwing' | €650 | |||
| Malone | Martin T | Athy | Definitive account of the Civil War executions in Kildare Town | €650 | ||
| ARTISTIC ENTREPRENEUR AWARD | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Flanagan | Paula | The White Box Gallery | Naas | Develop Art Gallery / w/shop space in Naas town | €1,500 | |
| ARTIST IN SCHOOLS BURSARY AWARDS | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | SCHOOL | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Fitzpatrick | Niamh | St Laurence's NS | Naas | Working with 3, 5th class's (90 children) w/shops focusing on rhythm, harmony & intro to Flamenco music | €2,500 | |
| O'Toole | Ciaran | Curragh Camp NS | Kildare/Newbridge | €2,500 | ||
| Shanley | Catherine | Scoil an Linbh Iosa | Bespoke 10wk drama prog. Theme of memtal health, wellbeing & emotional resilience | €2,500 | ||
| Travers | Lucy | Rathmore NS | Naas | Dance & movement proj. to encourage students to trust their bodies & become competent movers & dancers | €2,500 | |
| Walsh | Lorna | Scoil Bhride | Kildare/Newbridge | €2,500 | ||
| EMERGING VISUAL ARTIST BURSARY AWARD | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Hynan | Shane | Kildare/Newbridge | Beneath / Beofhod' photographic proj. examining degraded raised bogs of NW Kildare | €2,500 | ||
| EDUCATION BURSARY AWARD | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Behan | Caroline | Naas | Applying for MA in Music Performance degree at RHA acredited by TCD | €2,000 | ||
| Maher | Stacy | Newbridge/Kildare | Support: Currently in 1st yr of training at Laine Theatre Arts in London | €2,000 | ||
| RESEARCH AND THINKING BURSARY AWARD | ||||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | MD AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED | |
| Baxter | Sarah | Maynooth | Freelance Director in theatre & opera bursary will facilitate identifying career goals | €1,700 | ||
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER OTHER GRANTS | €39,350 |
Kildare County Council Arts Service,
Riverbank, Main Street,
Newbridge, County Kildare
Telephone 045 980872
arts@kildarecoco.ie
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