Tones Studio Residency Award

Clare Arts Office, through Flourish, the Clare Arts Plan, has prioritised working with disadvantaged and marginalised communities in Clare. We are committed to promoting open and accessible opportunities for all and a key action of the plan is to promote cultural diversity through our arts programmes.

A key action of the Arts Plan is to support culturally diverse artists by designing opportunities to encourage and assist these artists to develop their art practice and to share their talents in the county.

This has led to the creation of TONES Studio Residency Award

The aim of this residency is to provide the selected artist with

• access to a shared studio facility at our EASI Studios in Ennis
• a small production budget
• the support they need to progress their work and their career. An arts advisor will be assigned to the resident artist during the year, to work together on providing the most appropriate support.

Eligibility

To apply, you must:

1. be a Clare-based visual artist age 18 or older

2. be in need for studio space and career development support

3. be able to commute to EASI studios in Ennis

4. identify as one or more of the following:

a. a migrant of underrepresented cultural or ethnic backgrounds

b. have asylum seekers or refugee status

c. have another precarious immigration status

- or -

d. come from a family that can be described by one or more of the above.

What the award includes

The artist will be granted:

1. One year of free, 24-hours access to a shared studio space

2. Support from consultants, curators, and other artists; the artist will discuss this with the arts advisor, according to the artist’s specific practice needs

3. €700 production budget

4. €700 fee for participation in a public programme, agreed with the awardee

5. Participation in a professional development programme relevant to their practice

Expectations from the awardee

1. Engage with the programme and opportunities provided by the award

2. Make use of the studio space in order to develop their practice

3. Take part in the public programme

4. Allow documentation of their work and practice during the residency

5. Take part in an open studio event during the residency

How to apply

You may select one of the following application formats:

• Fill out the online application form below and submit
• Download the application form (see Documents Section) and send by email to arts@clarecoco.ie or post to TONES, Arts Office, County Library, Mill Road, Ennis, Co.Clare V95 FX32
• Send us a video/mp3 with your answers to the application form from to arts@clarecoco.ie
• Contact us by phone 065 6899091 to schedule an interview

Selection criteria

• Eligibility - Yes / No
• Suitability of this specific opportunity to the artist’s needs 30%
• Clarity of artistic practice: the applicant has a realistic sense of where their practice is and are and where they want to get with it through this application 30%
• Artistic ambition 30%
• Overall quality of the application 10%

The future

Not sure whether to apply? Our answer is yes, apply.

This is a first step in a long journey to support culturally diverse artists in County Clare and their work. If you are not selected, we will ask for your permission to save your application for future opportunities, and invite you to information sessions, and to parts of the programme that will be publicly open, like programmes, exhibitions, and events.

We are also hosting an information session on Friday, November 5th at 10am if you have any questions. Just contact us at arts@clarecoco.ie if you would like to attend.