Levelling Access – Mapping Arts and Disability Provision in Clare, Galway City and Mayo
Levelling Access Artist Practice Bursary Award 2024
The Arts Services in Clare County Council, Galway City Council and Mayo County Council published the Levelling Access Report in 2023 (see linked documents below). The partners now invite applications from professional artists with a disability, working in any artform and at any career stage, for the Levelling Access Artists Practice Bursary, which is supported by The Arts Council.
The bursary aligns with the Arts Councils Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
Implementation Plan, and delivered in partnership with local authorities, aims to provide specific support to an artist who has experienced barriers in their career development.
This Artist Practice Bursary Award will offer the successful recipient the opportunity to focus on the development of their professional practice, develop a specific artistic project, or both. The purpose of this award is to highlight the value and benefits of engaging with one’s artistic practice and to provide an artist with a disability with the resources needed to support this process.
Treoirlínte - Levelling Access Bursary
Guidelines - Levelling Access Bursary.
Foirm Iarratais - Levlling Access Bursary
Application Form - Levelling Access Bursary
Background Information:
Levelling Access – Mapping Arts and Disability Provision in Clare, Galway City and Mayo was commissioned by Mayo County Council Arts Service in partnership with local authority arts offices in Clare and Galway City. It was awarded funding from the Arts Council’s An Invitation to Collaboration scheme.
This report explores arts and disability provision in Clare, Mayo and Galway City, profiling projects and programme pathways. It highlights current and potential barriers to sustaining and developing arts and disability provision. It also considers a framework for future development that is flexible and can be adapted for different local authority contexts and guide progress for different stakeholders.
Levelling Access Report (Word)
A limited number of hardcopy Levelling Access Reports are available. Please contact the relevant arts office to order a hardcopy version of the report.
Mayo Arts Service: mayoarts@mayococo.ie
Galway City Arts Office: arts@galwaycity.ie
Clare Arts Office: arts@clarecoco.ie
Main Image: Cast of Silent Moves, Artists from Ridgepool Training Centre and Scannán Technologies at Ballina Arts Centre in 2014. Photo credit: Aideen Barry