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.
The Artist(s) (any discipline) will create a new work, in response to the Museum collection and will engage with staff to learn about and sensitively respond to their chosen theme/ topic.
The Artist will be selected by a panel of museum and arts specialists.
The response to historical events by artists and creative practitioners provides a platform to encourage reflection and the consideration of issues, both past and present, which may be challenging, difficult and sometimes deeply personal. 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 a new piece of 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 Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media 2025 Commemorative Programme and supported by Limerick Museum and Limerick Arts Office, Limerick City and County Council.
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.