Bealtaine Festival: Visual Art Open Call

As part of this year Bealtaine Festival Sligo one artist will be offered a solo exhibition at the Primary Care Unit, Markievicz House (main foyer space).

The exhibition opportunity is seen as a chance for the artist to showcase their artwork in a very public space, reaching a wide and varied audience. As the exhibition will run over a twelve-month period, reproductions of the original work are used so that the artist can continue to exhibit and sale the original body of work. Once the exhibition ends the reproduction work will be given back to the artist.

This year’s Bealtaine theme is lust for life. Artists are asked to interpret this theme as relating to a wide spectrum of imagery. We are not expecting artists to create new work for submission but rather look to their current body of work.

The artwork exhibited will be reproductions of the artist’s original artwork. The cost for artwork reproduction is covered by the festival. The awarded artist will also receive an artist stipend of €150.

 If you are interested in putting your name forward for the Bealtaine exhibition opportunity, please email your application of interest to catherinefanning@hotmail.com by Monday 17th March, email heading: Bealtaine Festival Sligo Exhibition May 2025 

Applications must include:

• an outline of proposed artwork for exhibition
• five images of artwork (please include details of artwork medium, size)
• links to artists social media/ website

Please note, if selected you will need to provide 10- 12 high quality images of artwork to be printed for exhibition.

If you have any questions in relation to the any of the above, you can email catherinefanning@hotmail.com 

Number of Awards: 1

Closing Date for receipt of applications: Monday 17th March 2025

Email Applications Only to: catherinefanning@hotmail.com 

 

The Model Studio Residencies    - DEADLINE PASSED -

Sligo Arts Service in partnership with The Model Arts Centre launched a pilot Studio Residency Programme, offering 4 artists the opportunity to avail of a 6-month Artist Studio Residency commencing February 2024.

The four residency opportunities are in response to Sligo’s Creative Ireland Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023 – 2027 public consultations and discussions with Sligo Artist Network. Each identified a need to support visual artists in securing studio space in Sligo. The four Artist Studio residencies aim to enable Sligo-based artists to develop their studio practice during a 6-month residency.

Twenty-eight artists applied through an Open Call by The Model. The following four artists have been selected for the residencies: Karen Donnellan, Erik Nuding, Emma Stroude and Kathryn Maguire.

Number of Residencies: 4

 

National Mentoring Programme Spring 2025    - DEADLINE PASSED -

In association with The Irish Writers Centre

The National Mentoring Programme is an opportunity for writers to receive sustained creative and professional mentoring from an established Irish writer of your choosing. Writers living in all 32 counties are eligible to apply. This opportunity is specifically for:
Mentee opportunities are open to writers over the age of 18 who are resident on the island of Ireland.

Number of Bursaries: 1