Kildare County Council announces a series of Artist Development workshops for Kildare Creatives in 2024
29th April 2024: Kildare County Council’s Arts Service has announced a series of artist development workshops as part of a programme of wider supports for professional artists living and working in Kildare. The first of these, programmed in collaboration with Visual Artists Ireland (VAI) will take place across the coming months. These sessions will provide Kildare artists with the knowledge and insights to analyse and speak about their own practice, bringing awareness to where it sits within the artistic landscape nationally. Two workshops scheduled for autumn 2024 will identify suitable funding streams and deliver a hands-on ‘How To’ workshop on writing effective funding applications.
Session 1: 'Critiquing your Work' - Led by Laura Mc Cafferty, Public Programmes Curator, CCA Derry ~ Londonderry
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Thursday 9th May, 6 - 8.30pm
Visual Artists at all stages of their professional career can expect to gain insights into how to analyse and critique their own work as an effective tool for development.
Registration for this event is via the Visual Artists Ireland website through ‘VAI Events’.
Session 2: ‘Presenting your Work – Meet the Curator’
Online Speed curating session, Thursday 6th June
One-to-one sessions where Kildare-based visual artists will have the opportunity to present their work and discuss their practice with 2 curators. Curators involved are:
- Valeria Ceregini, Visual Arts Curator and Historian
- Dermot Browne, Artist and Curator
- Moran Been Noon, Artist, Curator and Writer
- Michele Horrigan, Artist, Founder and Curator of Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Limerick
Registration for this event will be via the Visual Artists Ireland website through ‘VAI Events’.
Session 3: ‘Practical Advice for Funding Applications’ - with Curator and Art Writer, Marianne O’Kane Boal
Athy Library, Thurs 3rd October, 10am – 1pm
Celbridge Library, Thurs 7th November, 10am – 1pm
Registration for this event will be via the Visual Artists Ireland website through ‘VAI Events’.
Learn more about the funding landscape in Ireland, types of funding available and avenues to support your work and practice. This hands-on workshop will also present practical examples to write your pitch, scheduling, presenting a feasible timeline and budget, appropriate supporting material and addressing the assessment criteria. It is hoped that this session will provide participants with a workable toolkit for writing proposals for creative projects. While the focus will be on visual art application forms, this session has limited availability for Kildare-based professional artists practicing across artforms.
In addition to the VAI workshops (May – November), Kildare County Council’s Arts Service will develop several development and networking opportunities for Kildare-based artists working in all mediums. Details of these opportunities will be published online and in future Kildare Arts Service monthly e-bulletin editions as they are confirmed.
Other practice development supports already available for professional artists in Kildare include Executive Coaching for Creative Professionals, Research and Thinking Awards, Artist in Residence opportunities.
