Closing Date for Applications: 5pm Wednesday, 2nd December 2026.
Limerick City and County Council is inviting applications from professional artists who wish to be considered for a Bursary award of up to €4,000 for Individual Arts, and up to €4,000 under the Dolores O’ Riordan Music Bursary, and up to €5,000 for Theatre. All bursaries are towards the development of work/professional skills. Artists based in Limerick City and County Council’s administrative area, or operating substantially within Limerick city and county may apply for a bursary in any art form, including Visual Arts, Circus, Dance and Literature, Theatre and Music.
This scheme is in line with the Limerick Cultural Strategy Aim and Objective 1:
To grow Limerick’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Limerick
- Support and develop the creativity of individual artists in Limerick through recognising the need to support the making and development of creative work as well as its presentation and exhibition.
- Encourage the highest standards of creativity and excellence in all aspects of cultural activities
Purpose of the Awards
The Individual Arts Bursary Awards scheme is to support professional artists to develop their artistic practice. It is designed to support the development of Limerick based professional artists through any means that will demonstratively contribute to an artist’s development such as:
- Costs relating to the production of a specific body of new artistic work - development of new work for exhibition, publication or presentation.
- Costs relating to improving your knowledge - research or short-term courses in Ireland or a structured mentoring relationship.
- Costs relating to improving your professional capacity – such as website development, on-line supports, or documentation.
- Other - or any purpose that contributes to the removal of existing barriers to an artist’s development.
This competitive open call, offers the opportunity for funding for Individual Arts Bursary, Theatre Bursary, and Dolores O’ Riordan Music Bursary Awards Scheme until 31 December 2027.
Persons currently in, or who will be in, undergraduate, or full time post-graduate education during the period for which this bursary is offered, are not eligible.
Online application portal: https://limerickarts.submit.com/
Closing Date for Applications: 5pm Wednesday, 2nd December 2026.
Guideline are available below or via the application portal.
For further information, please contact:
Phone: 061 556370
Email: artsofficesubmissions@limerick.ie