Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Arts, Catherine Martin, announced funding of over €500,000 for the promotion of Irish arts globally through Culture Ireland’s Grants Programme. The funding will benefit 75 projects spread across 24 countries and covering dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts. Announcing the awards, Minister Martin said: “Through Culture Ireland, my … Read more
2000 artists have today been awarded grants for the government’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme. The three-year pilot scheme will provide 2000 artists and creative arts workers with €325 per week as part of the research project Over 9,000 applications were made under the scheme, with over 8,200 assessed as eligible and included in a … Read more
Applications for the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme will be welcomed from 1pm tomorrow (12 April) through the online portal at gov.ie/BasicIncomeArts . The scheme is being run by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme will examine, over a three year period, the … Read more
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, announced a new tender for Online and Live Audience Music Performance and Related Services worth €1.5m over 3 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the Department funded a number of music initiatives comprising both online and live audience based … Read more