Funding

The Arts Partnership Application Form and Artist Support Scheme will be published by the 6^th January 2025.

Artist Support Scheme /Tacaíocht do Ealaíontóirí 2024

Artist Support Scheme 2024 Bursaries

Emerging Talent – €600 each                               * 1^st time recipient

	Applicants	Art Form
1	Zara Doody *	Visual Artist/Multimedia
2	Matthew McMahon *	Theatre Practitioner/ Actor
3	Simon Hennessey *	Comedy
4	Dervla McElvaney *	Visual Artist/Textiles/Mixed Media
5	Courtney Mulligan *	Film/Special Effects/Makeup

 

 

Established Artists – €1,000 each.                          * 1^st time recipient

	Applicants	Art Form
1	Seán McElwain	Traditional Arts/Music
2	Kate Beagan *	Visual Artist/Painter
3	JJ Duffy *	Visual Artist/Mixed Media
4	Michelle Kettle	Visual Artist/Painter
5	Joanne Behan	Visual Artist/Sculpture
6	Denise McCabe	Visual Art/Contemporary Drawing
7	Siobhan McDonald	Visual Artist
8	Fiona Longmuir	Author/Childrens Novels
9	Rory Pierce *	Music/Performer & Composer
10	Eileen Ferguson	Visual Artist/Painting/Sculpture
11	Neal Greig	Visual Artist/Drawing & Painting
12	Gráinne Hunt	Music/Singer/Songwriter

                                                                                                        

Opening Date 3^rd January /Osclaíonn sé 3ú Eanáir

Deadline Wednesday 31^st January at 4pm /Sprioc Lá Dé Céadaoin 31ú   Eanáir 4.i.n

Total Available Funds up to/ Iomlán an Chiste atá ar fáil € 15,000

Emerging Talent                                                    Established Artist

Up to 5 Awards of €600 each                             up to 12 Awards of €1,000 each

Monaghan County Council values and wishes to support the work of the Artist and extend the range of opportunities for artists to develop their practice. We recognise that we have a responsibility to provide financial and other assistance to artists, so that they can be supported in the making and presentation of their work, and in their professional development.

The artist is not just the creator of art, they also encourage discourse and navigate us to think outside the box of commonly held opinions of society. They allow us to explore through their work aspects of our own lives and of the world around us. Artists are central to development of the arts in Monaghan. (Framework agreement with Arts Council)

 

EMERGING TALENT SCORESHEET 2024

ESTABLISHED ARTIST SCORESHEET 2024

 

Guidelines

1. This year’s scheme is open to any individual artist who can demonstrate their track record regardless of whether they have received funding from us in the past.
2. Monaghan County Council would like to invite individual Artists to apply under this scheme and to have their application considered for funding by an independent Assessment Panel.
3. The Artistic criteria will include those of you who consider yourselves Emerging talent* as well those of you who have been recognised by your peers as an Established artist**.
4. Due to the competitive nature of this Scheme and the total funding available, this may limit our ability in supporting all the submissions that have merit.
5. If you have been in receipt of funding from MCC under the Value-Added Scheme in the current Calendar year, your Submission will not be considered.
6. If you are successful in being awarded a bursary under this scheme you may not, then seek funding under the Value-Added Scheme in the same calendar year.

https://monaghan.ie/arts/value-added-scheme-2020-2027

 

Criteria and Limits                   Deadline: Wednesday 31^st January 2024

The funding Criteria and Limits will be set under 2 headings.

1: Emerging talent *: an Artist who works in any art form medium should inform us of their current creative process of engagement with their practice will be eligible.  Only twice can one be considered as an emerging talent under this Scheme.

Our aim is to award up to 5 Awards @ €600 each under this heading. This would be a recognition by MCC that you are contributing to the creative and artistic life of the County in a positive way and being rewarded as such.

2: Established Artist **: the Artist has a substantive body of work created in their career and that they have been recognised as such by your peers. This scheme is a recognition of your endeavours in your current arts practice.  A one-year hiatus of being considered for funding may come into effect if you were in receipt of funding 3 years in a row, based on the number of submissions received and available funds.

Our aim is to award up to 12 Awards @ € 1,000 each under this heading this would be a recognition by MCC that your career as an Artist has contributed in a substantive to the Artistic landscape of County Monaghan and beyond and as such should be rewarded.

Criteria

• Artists of all disciplines and who work in any artform are welcome to apply.
• Artists must be originally from County Monaghan or reside in the County.
• Applicants in a full or part-time education programme are not eligible to apply.
• The term “Established Artist” assumes, that you have a substantive body of works created and that it has been presented to the public in any medium, and that you are recognised as such by your peers.
• The term “Emerging talent” assumes that you have presented your creative through whichever medium that best suits your creative process to the public.
• The Assessment of your Application will be made by a Panel using judgement, experience, and artistic endeavour.

Guidelines

• This Scheme will enable us to assist artists of all disciplines and in their area of creative enterprise, professional development, performance/exhibition of work and residency opportunities.
• Artists’ professional development, (e.g., further training, attendance at peer-to-peer workshops, travel grants within Ireland),
• Artists’ creation of art, (e.g., production costs, materials assistance, exploration and research assistance, residency assistance),
• Artists, their art, and the public, (e.g., performance & recording development assistance, publication & exhibition assistance, projects carried out in collaboration with county organisations)

Artist Support Scheme 2024

 

The Arts Partnership Application Form and Artist Support Scheme will be published by the 6^th January 2025

Arts Partnership Grant 2024

Arts Partners Grant 2024	Amount Awarded
The Garage Theatre	€ 19,000
Castleblayney Drama Festival	€   3,000
N/East Musical & Dramatic Society	€   3,000
Íontas Theatre	€ 22,000
Féile Patrick Byrne	€   6,500
Féile Oriel	€   2,500
Clones Film Festival	€ 11,000
Muckno Mania	€   3,000
TOTAL	€ 70,000

Application & Guidelines /Treoirlínte & Iarratais

Osclaíonn sé 3ú Eanáir/ Opening Date 3^rd January

 

      Sprioc Lá chun iarratas a chur isteach 4.00i.n. Dé Céadaoin 31ú Eanáir

Final date to submit application Wednesday 31^st January 4.00pm.

 

2024 SCORE SHEET FOR ARTS PARTNERSHIP GRANT 2024

• This Grant scheme is open to ARTS organisations, groups, festivals, and projects that are based in Co Monaghan for 2024.
• Applicants must demonstrate a track record of achievement in the delivery of the arts in County Monaghan.
• Applicants are encouraged to apply to the Arts Council for funding. An acknowledgment from them confirming this should be submitted to us.
• The schemes’ focus is firmly placed on the Artist, public engagement and activities that have the Arts at their core.
• MCC’s Arts Framework Agreement with The Arts Council has 3 Shared Strategic Actions in its delivery, please familiarise yourself with them See 2(B) on the Application Form below.
• In your application form please mark which of these goals your submission might address & fulfil.
• The headings are a guide to enable the artistic quality, content, and track record to be discussed and validated by the assessment panel.
• The assessment of the artistic content within your application will be made by a panel using judgement, experience & artistic endeavour.
• Funding received from Monaghan County Council can only be used for your Arts Programme, not administrative, utility nor salary costs.
• Successful applicants will be required to acknowledge the assistance of Monaghan County Council and The Arts Council in relation to all promotional material.

The total funds available under this scheme will not exceed €70K.

2024 Arts Partners Application Form 

Artist Support Scheme 2023/ Tacaíocht do Ealaíontóirí 2023

Emerging Talent                                                    Established Artist

Up to 6 Awards of €400 each                             up to 12 Awards of €800 each

Emerging Talent

	Applicants	Art Form
1	Julieanne Black Reel, Castleblayney *	Singer/Songwriter
2	Lorraine Coffey, Clones *	Pastel & Clay Sculpture
3	Aisling Slattery Fanning, Scotstown *	Mixed Media
4	Benedict Lambe O’Sullivan, Monaghan Town	Musician/Songwriter
5 6	Claire McCluskey, Clones Hannah Nic Eindrí, Ballinode*	Sculpture/Installation Music/Songwriting

 

Established Artists

	Applicants	Art Form
1	Jonathan Hughes, Castleblayney	Film maker
2	Claire McCabe, Rockcorry	Film maker
3	Rachel Mae Hannon,  Monaghan Town	Musician
4	David Marron, Carrickmacross *	Musician/Composer
5	Niamh McPhillips, Carrickmacross	Performance Artist/Dance
6	Orlagh Meegan Gallagher, Carrickmacross	Visual Art
7	Emily McGardle, Carrickmacross	Printmaking/Drawing
8	Gráinne Hunt, Carrickmacross	Singer/Songwriter
9	Shay Sweeney, Castleblayney	Drummer/Producer
10	Sorcha McCague, Scotstown *	Musician
11	Declan Gorman, Skerries	Theatre
12	Ben Reel, Castleblayney *	Composer/Musician/Singer

* 1^st time recipient

Total                                                                                       € 12,000

 

 

Scéim Tacaíochta Ealaíontóir/ Artist Support Scheme 2023

1. Tallann ag teacht chun cinn /Emerging Talent

2. Ealaíontóir bunaithe/ Established Artist

Iomlán an Chiste atá ar Fáil / Available Funds up to €12,000

 Scéim Oscailte 23ú Márta: Open 23rd March:

 Sprioc Lá       Déardaoin 20ú Aibreán 4 i.n.

Closing date  Thursday 20^th April 4pm

Iarratas a dhéanamh faoin scéim seo, íoslódáil an fhoirm iarratais ó

To apply for funding under this scheme download the application form.

Application Form 2023 Artist Support Scheme (MS Word)

Download Criteria and Guidelines:

Guidelines 2023 Artist Support Scheme (MS Word)

or contact artsoffice@monaghancoco.ie  call 047-38162

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olga McConnon           

Director of Services                                                                                                        

Head of Finance, Housing & Culture

23rd March 2023

 

2020 – 2027

 

Scéim Breisluacha Ealaíontóra Ghairmiúil

Professional Artist ‘s Value added Scheme

AIM: The purpose of the Scheme is to add value in our support to Professional Artists who have been awarded a bursary from bodies such as The Arts Council/Culture Ireland or from any national agency with a remit in funding, developing and promoting the Arts. This Scheme should allow the Artist to develop their art practice and provide Artists with the time and resources to research, reflect and critically engage with their art.

 Rationale:  Our Shared Strategic actions with the Arts Council under Priority 1 of our joint framework agreement of 2020 -2027

 

1. Supporting Artists Value and support the work of Artists, and extend the range of opportunities for Artists to develop their practice

 

• We will provide support funding to Artists who have secured external public funds for a project commission from bodies such as The Arts Council or Culture Ireland

Policy: This Scheme is available to professional, individual Artists, at any stage of their career, whose principle place of residence is in County Monaghan. They might be applying or have received a bursary towards the development of their own practice from a designated National Arts Funding Body, such as The Arts Council, Culture Ireland or any State organisation which has a national remit in supporting the Arts.

Criteria and Conditions to observe:

• Open to Individual Artists who work in any and all Art forms
• your principle place of residence must be in County Monaghan
• the Bursary or award from the statutory body must be towards your own creative practice, not as part of a Residency or in collaboration with a 3^rd party organisation
• You should Include an M.O.U. from The Arts Office prior to submitting your application to the stated organisation, where possible.
• A copy of the ‘Letter of Offer’ indicating amount being awarded must be supplied before being considered for support.
• only 1 submission will be considered for funding per Artist per Year under this Scheme. An Artist may make multiple funding requests to external bodies.
• There is no minimum amount for consideration under this scheme
• The maximum amount available under this scheme will be €2,000, this sum would be realised if an Artist was awarded €10,250 or above, from the statutory funding organisation (check below to view calculations on this scheme)
• No matter what sum awarded in bursary by the external body to the Artist, MCC’s maximum value-added investment will not exceed €2,000
• This Scheme limit is set on a 1^st come basis, when a submission may be considered.
• The total budget available under this scheme in any year will not exceed €10,000
• The onus is on the Artist to Notify the Arts Office of Monaghan County Council within 1 Month of being in receipt of an award, in order to be considered for this Scheme.

Calculations

• up to €3,000 awarded as a bursary to an Artist from external sources MCC commitment @ 25% of sum awarded to a maximum of €750

 

• From €3,001- €5,000 if Bursary awarded to an Artist (up to €3K @ 25%) and balance @10% will not exceed €950

 

• if the bursary is in the range of €5,001 – €20,000, (€950 up to €5K plus @ 20% of any figure thereafter to a maximum sum of €2,000 as a funding limit under this scheme.

 

• The maximum threshold of €2K of the Value-Added Scheme will be realised at €10,250 of any bursary awarded to an Artist

Le do chás a chur ar aghaidh déan teagmháil linn /To advance your case please contact

 

An Oifig Ealaíon                                                         The Arts Office

Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin                             Monaghan County Council

Teach an Mhargaidh                                                 The Market House

Baile Mhuineacháin                                                  Monaghan Town

047 38162                                                                 047 38162

artsoffice@monaghancoco.ie                                                     artsoffice@monaghancoco.ie

https://monaghan.ie/arts                                                            https://monaghan.ie/arts

 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/artsinmonaghan

 

Successful Arts Partners Grant                                              Amount Awarded

1            The Garage Theatre                                                   € 22,000

2            Castleblayney Drama Festival                                  €   4,000

3            Clones Film Festival                                                   € 11,000

4            Féile Patrick Byrne                                                     €   6,000

5            Muckno Mania                                                           €   3,000

6            Íontas Theatre                                                            € 22,000

  Total                                                                                         €68,000

 

 

2023

Arts Partnership Grant /Deontas Comhpháirtíochta Ealaíon

Application & Guidelines /Treoirlínte & Iarratais

      Sprioc Lá chun iarratas a chur isteach/ Final date to submit application

                       4.00i.n. Déardaoin 23ú Feabhra / Thursday 23rd February 4.00pm.

• This Grant scheme is open to ARTS organisations, groups, festivals, and projects that are based in Co Monaghan who deliver on Arts Programme.
• Applicants must demonstrate a track record of achievements in the delivery of the arts in County Monaghan.
• Applicants are encouraged to apply to the Arts Council for funding under the appropriate scheme. An acknowledgment from The Arts Council confirming this should be submitted to us. artscouncil.ie/funding
• The schemes’ focus is firmly placed on the artist, public engagement and activities that have the Arts at their core.
• MCC’s Arts Framework Agreement with The Arts Council has 3 Shared Strategic Actions in its delivery, please familiarise yourself with them See 2(B) on the Application Form.
• In your application form please mark which of these goals your submission might address & fulfill
• The headings are a guide to enable the artistic quality, content, and track record to be discussed and validated by the assessment panel.
• The assessment of the artistic content within your application will be made by a panel using judgement, experience & artistic endeavour.
• Funding received from Monaghan County Council can only be used for your Arts Programme, not administrative, utility nor salary costs.
• Successful applicants will be required to acknowledge the assistance of Monaghan County Council and The Arts Council in relation to all promotional material.

The total funds available under this scheme will not exceed 70k

 

Download Form:

2023 Arts Partners New Application Form (Word Doc)

or requested by contacting   artsoffice@monaghancoco.ie

or 047-38162 at The Market House, Monaghan Town

John Murray, Director of Services

Finance, Housing & Culture

1^st February 2023.

 

 

 

	Arts Partner Grant Applicants	Amount Awarded
1	The Garage Theatre	€17,000
2	Clones Film Festival	€9,000
3	Ballybay Comm Arts Init	€2,500
4	Féile Patrick Byrne	€3,305
5	Scoil Cheoil na Botha	€4,200
6	Muckno Mania	€2,650
7	Íontas Theatre	€ 20,000
	Total	€58,655