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Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award 2024, in association with Kildare Local Enterprise Office (LEO) : Call Out & Application Form

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Description

Kildare County Council Arts Service invites applications to the Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award 2024.

The Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary (€1,500) aims to support the initiation or development of an artistic business based in Kildare. The seed funding may act as a catalyst for an artist to develop their business idea or for a fledgling arts business to expand. The recipient will also receive significant support from Kildare Local Enterprise Office (LEO), including mentoring and training opportunities to the value of €1,000.

Applications are welcome from artists who wish to start a new artistic business or those who have set up an arts business in the past 12 months. Individual artists, art groups, and community projects from County Kildare may apply for the Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary.

Assistance will be restricted to “the arts” as defined in the Arts Act 2003. ‘Arts’ means any creative or interpretative expression (whether traditional or contemporary) in whatever form, and includes, in particular, visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture, and includes any medium when used for those purposes.

We welcome applicants who represent the diversity of Irish society. We encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller Community, or socio-economic background.

We welcome applications from artists whose first language is not English.

Although not an obligatory requirement, applicants might consider demonstrating how their proposed activity addresses the themes of climate change and climate action.

Although not an obligatory requirement, applicants might consider demonstrating how their proposed activity addresses the themes of inclusivity, equality and cultural diversity.

View and download your copy of In Perpetual Motion, An Arts Strategy for County Kildare 2023 - 2027 / Ag Gluaiseacht Go Síoraí Straitéis Ealaíon do Chomhairle Contae Chill Dara 2023 - 2027

Kildare County Council is committed to fair pay and a policy to Pay the Artist. Please refer to the Arts Council's policy on Paying the Artist when valuing artists’ time and those collaborating with you.

Your attention is drawn to safetocreate.ie for information about the Safe to Create Dignity at Work programme which aims to impact change on the culture and practices of the arts sector in Ireland to provide safer working conditions for artists and arts workers.

Application deadline

Applications will only be accepted via the online application form.

Applications must be submitted before the deadline at 12pm Wednesday 28th February 2024.

Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

We suggest that applicants try to submit their application form early in case of technical difficulties. Should they arise, please email arts@kildarecoco.ie and we will endeavour to respond as soon as possible.

Supporting Material

It is advantageous to include supporting material that enhances your application. Applicants to the Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award must include a 3-year business plan with your application form.

Applicants should not assume that the independent assessment panel are familiar with your work or your previous funding history. The panel will use the supporting material to get a better understanding of the track record of your creative collaborator(s) and the feasibility of your proposal.

Information Session

Kildare County Council Arts Service will host a number of Information Sessions in locations throughout the county about applying for arts grants and bursary awards with Kildare County Council. Sessions will be of particular interest to individual artists, art collectives, community groups, youth groups and schools who intend to apply for Arts Grants from Kildare County Council in 2024.

Information Sessions:

Monday 8th January, Athy Library, 11.30am – 12.30pm | Register to attend
Tuesday 9th January, Maynooth Library, 6.30pm - 7.30pm | Register to attend
Saturday 13th January, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, 10.00am – 11.00am | Register to attend

Please note that information imparted at each session will be the same - there is no need to register to attend all 3 sessions. All are welcome to attend this FREE session, but booking is recommended.

In addition, an information video will be made available via Kildare Arts Service’s YouTube and social media channels from Monday 22nd January 2024.

Download step-by-step application 'how to' guide here.

If you need help to complete and submit your application we want to hear from you. Please email or call the Arts Service team at least three weeks before the award deadline, or as early as possible, to give us time to assist you. Email: arts@kildarecoco.ie / Tel: 045 980872.

Eligibility

Applications will be accepted via the official online application system only.
Applications are welcome from artists who wish to start a new business or those who have set up an arts business in the past 12 months.
Applicants resident outside of county Kildare are welcome to apply but must clearly demonstrate how their proposal would benefit the county.
Applicants must be over 18 years of age.
Applications submitted without a 3-year business plan cannot be accepted.
All recipients of grant assistance for projects involving children or young people must have appropriate Child Protection policies in place.
Kildare County Council will require confirmation that the appropriate insurance policies and Health and Safety Procedures are in place.
It is the responsibility of the grant recipient to follow government public health recommendations and guidelines.

Ineligible applications:

Applications submitted after the deadline.
Activities that do not meet the purpose of the award.
Applications from employees of Kildare County Council. These individuals may not apply as lead applicants, however in certain circumstances can be involved as creative collaborators / advisors / participants in proposals submitted by a third party.
Applicants requesting assistance in respect of commercial activities.
Proposals for activities in retrospect.
Activities better suited to others awards and/or schemes offered by the county council.
Activities that could be better supported by other public agency supports for example Arts Council, Creative Ireland, Culture Ireland, Design & Crafts Council Ireland, Music Generation.

Steps to complete and submit your application form

Here we have outlined the steps you will take to complete and submit your application for funding for Arts Grants, and what happens next.

Read the call out and eligibility notes
Click Apply and Register
Create a new Profile or review your existing details. Please include a valid email address with your application – this will be used for all future correspondence relating to your application.
Check your email to confirm your registration
Complete the online application form. This form can be saved in draft for you to review and edit at a later time.
Upload Supporting Material
Send application form
Verify email address (check your email for a copy)
Submit application

Assessment and Decision

Applications will be assessed by an independent assessment panel.
Applications are assessed in a competitive context and with consideration of the application form and the supporting materials submitted. Applications are assessed taking the published assessment criteria into consideration. Consideration is also given to the artform(s) supported and the Arts Service’s remit to support the arts countywide.
Must Fund: In the view of the assessment panel, the application is deemed to have fully met the criteria for the award and merits funding on that basis.
Should Fund: In the view of the assessment panel, the application is deemed to have met the criteria to an extent sufficient to merit funding should resources allow.
Could Fund: In the view of the assessment panel, the application is deemed to have met the criteria, but to a lesser extent within the competitive context than other applications.
Not Shortlisted to Fund: In the view of the assessment panel, the application is deemed to have not met the criteria to an extent sufficient to merit funding.

All applicants will be advised of panel's decision by email.
The Arts Service is not in a position to provide feedback on individual applications.
Grant aid provided by Kildare County Council must be acknowledged in all publicity material associated with the project. Kildare County Council reserves the right to publicise the awarding of the Arts Grants. Failure to acknowledge Kildare County Council appropriately may deem the grant invalid and grant aid received may need to be refunded to Kildare County Council.
All successful applications will receive a copy of Kildare County Council logos, along with the document ‘Requirements for acknowledging Kildare County Council funding’ via email.
If your application is successful, you will be required to submit a short report/update at the end of the project or before 31st October 2024, whether the project has been completed or not. An invitation to submit a report will be communicated to grant recipients in early autumn 2024. Failure to submit a report may deem the grant invalid and grant aid received may need to be refunded to Kildare County Council.
The payment of a grant is not taken as an indication that the equivalent of any grant will be made to the organiser on another occasion.

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Artistic Entrepreneur Bursary Award 2024, in association with Kildare Local Enterprise Office (LEO) : Call Out & Application Form

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