Kilkenny County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce their call out for applications for their Arts Act Grant 2022

Arts Act Grants 2022

The 2003 Arts Act permits a local authority to provide financial assistance for the purposes of stimulating public interest in the arts, promoting the knowledge, appreciation and practices of the arts or improving standards in the arts. In this act, the expression “the arts” means creative or interpretative expression (traditional or contemporary) in whatever form and includes in particular visual arts, theatre, literature, music, film, literature, dance and Multi-disciplinary events.

Who is eligible to apply:

1. Groups and Organisations promoting the Arts
2. Individual Artists – all art forms - to enable them to pursue their practice, to develop within their chosen discipline and deliver projects.

An application for a grant may be made under one of the above categories only. Groups and individuals can only make one application for an Arts Act Grants annually.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications for the Arts Act Grants is no later than 4pm on Monday 24th January 2022

Application forms, guidelines and criteria for all above may be obtained from:

Bernadette Roberts, Arts Office, Kilkenny County Council

T: 056 779 4938 E: bernadette.roberts@kilkennycoco.ie

Application forms and guidelines can also be downloaded from this link : Arts Act Grant 2022 Application Form and Guidelines.docx (size 348.3 KB)