Westmeath County Council INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS’ BURSARY AWARDS 2011

This fund provides funding to individual professional artists based in Westmeath who earn a proportion of their annual income through their artistic endevours. Westmeath County Council will offer bursaries, each year, in respect of the professional development of individual professional artists practicing in any of the artistic disciplines outlined in the County Arts plan.

Examples of professional development include:

• Opportunities to facilitate a shift in direction of work
• Opportunities to create a new body of work
•  Further educational or training opportunities
•  Development opportunities in other countries
•  Opportunities to be professionally mentored
•  Funding for Materials or Equipment
•  Opportunities to apply directly to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for a residential.

Bursaries will be awarded on the basis of artistic or cultural merit over any other factors.

Individual Bursaries will not exceed €500

Deadline for the receipt of completed applications is Friday 25th February 2011.

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