This month, the Arts Council and the Office of Public Works announce the recipient of the Kevin Kieran Architecture Award 2011-2013.  This award is an opportunity for an emerging architect to develop and deliver a research project over two years supported by the Arts Council, and subsequently to design and run a building contract for the Office of Public Works.

A reminder on the upcoming deadline for the Project Awards is included, along with a notice on a number of information clinics which will be held in March around the country.  The clinics will offer advice and information on the application process to artists and organisations interested in applying for the Project Awards.

The Council announces the deadlines for the Artist in the Community Scheme 2011, a scheme which enables artists and communities of place/or interest to work collaboratively on arts projects.  We include a reminder on the upcoming closing date for the Jerome Hynes Fellowship for cultural leaders, an award that aims to develop outstanding cultural leaders for Ireland. 

In addition, we include an important notice on changes to the Deis Award 2011, applications will now only be accepted through the online system and deadlines for the scheme have been introduced.  Information on the deadline for the Deis Recording Award is also in this edition. This award provides support for the realisation of traditional arts recording projects (including CD production), applications for this award will also only be allowed through the online system.  Furthermore, the application window is now open for the Location One Fellowship, an opportunity for an artist to participation in an international residency programme at Location One based in New York, in order to develop their practice and create new work.

The newsletter rounds off with our regular articles on news from the arts community and international opportunities from the Cultural Contact Point.

Mary Cloake
Director

The Arts Council and the Office of Public Works are pleased to announce architect Andrew Clancy of Clancy Moore Architects, Dublin as the recipient of the Kevin Kieran Architecture Award 2011-2013.

The deadline for the next round of Project Awards is Thursday, 31 March 2011 at 5:30pm.

In advance of the deadline for the Project Awards, the Arts Council will hold a number of information clinics to offer advice and information on the application process.

Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place/or interest to work collaboratively on arts projects.

The Arts Council has announced that the application window is open for the Jerome Hynes Fellowship, an award that aims to develop outstanding cultural leaders for Ireland.

The Deis Award 2011 will now operate on a series of specific deadlines for applications and the award goes online.

The deadline for the Deis Recording Award is Friday 8 April at 5:30pm.  Applications for the award will now only be accepted through the online system.

The Arts Council is offering a fellowship to one artist to facilitate their participation in the international residency programme at Location One based in Soho, New York.  The fellowship aims to help the recipient develop their practice and create new work.

News from the arts community in February includes a call for applications for Music Generation - Ireland’s National Music Education Programme; a notice on Culture Ireland's upcoming deadline for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011; we publish information on the forthcoming auditions for the Irish Youth Choir and we include an invitation to attend a lecture in UCD by Professor Harry Clifton, current holder of the Ireland Chair of Poetry.

News from the CCP in February includes: information on a Culture Programme info event for heritage organisations; a call to vote for your favourite emerging talent in European music; a notice on the 8th call for proposals for the Interreg IVB North West Europe (NWE) Programme and finally the Mintfest International Summer School for Street Arts will return in 2011.