Eligibility

The aim of the Linenhall International Artist Residency is to invite an artist not living in Ireland to experience life and culture in the West of Ireland. Who can apply? • Highly experienced professional visual artists aged over 18 • Artists who can clearly indicate why they want to come for a residency in Ireland • Artists who want to build working relationships or lasting connections in Ireland • Artists working in any medium including but not limited to: sculpture; photography; painting; installation; socially engaged practice; digital media, video. We hope the resident artist will be available for some form of engagement with the community for a minimum of a half day per week. This engagement could be an open invitation to the community as a whole, or be an invitation to local artists, or other formal or informal groups within our community. Public engagement could take the form of artist talks, workshops, demonstrations, skills sharing or other events.

Number of Participants

As we can only offer one residency to one international artist in 2022, we need to select very carefully. We have decided to limit the opportunity to highly experienced artists who will be able to share their knowledge with local artists and the community.

Deadline

June 03, 2022 16:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

June 29, 2022 23:00 UTC

Duration

September 05, 2022 - October 30, 2022

Funding

• €2,000.00 material budget (one-time)
• €650.00 travel budget
• €8,000.00 stipend (one-time)

Facilities

Computer Lab, Individual Studio

Housing

Guest House

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Self-Directed, Visiting Professionals

Disciplines

Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

The Linenhall Arts Centre is based in the heart of Castlebar in County Mayo, Ireland. The Linenhall International Artist Residency will support an artist in the creation of new work and/or the development of their artistic practice. We would like to offer this to a professional visual artist living anywhere in the world outside of Ireland, who can clearly demonstrate why they would like to take part in this particular residency. The Linenhall will facilitate events for the visiting artist and local artists and communities to meet and engage with one another. We see this as an opportunity for engagement across a broad context - to share ideas, to understand different approaches to and perspectives on their art form, to liaise with others and gain a broad range of experiences that will benefit their artistic practice. We hope the visiting artist will complete the residency with new experiences, ideas and inspirations based on their time in Mayo and will have made lasting connections.