Limerick City and County Council Arts Office and Limerick Museum invite applications from artists working in any form of arts practice or interdisciplinary arts practice for this short-term temporary residency. Closing date for applications is no later than Friday 3rd July at 12noon.
Limerick City and County Council will facilitate an Artist in Residence in the Limerick Museum where the Artist(s) (any discipline) will create a new work, in response to the Museum Collection.
The Artist will be given freedom to respond to the museum collection and archives. The Artist will be selected by a panel of museum and arts specialists.
The selected artist will be invited to engage with the museum collection and archives, including collections in storage and not on view to the public, to create their work. Museum staff will support the artist to spend time engaging with the history and work of the Museum and will support the successful applicant to publicly present the resulting work and retaining it on display.
This residency is being funded under the Limerick Arts Office, through the Limerick City and County Council and Arts Council Partnership programme.
Further details on the residency brief are available to download below.
Applications are accepted by email to artsofficesubmissions@limerick.ie.
Residency period: 1 September to 31 October 2026.
Final presentation/output: 31 October/30 November 2026.
Closing date for applications is no later than Friday 3rd July 2026 at 12noon.