Fingal Bursaries

Fingal County Council, in partnership with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, is offering four special bursary awards for professional artists in Fingal.

These awards are offered to enhance the development of four specific arts disciplines:

• visual arts
• writing
• music
• dance

Each award will grant successful applicants the opportunity to spend two weeks in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Monaghan. This centre provides an ideal environment for the development of creative projects and an opportunity to network with other artists.

Criteria:

• The applicant must be an emerging or established artist/writer, poet/musician/dancer or choreographer.
• The applicant must be born or currently resident in Fingal administrative area.

Application forms and further information about the bursaries are available through Fingal Arts Office at 01-8906237 or email sarah.oneill@fingalcoco.ie

The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 2 June 2009 at 4pm.