Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland, has elected 12 new members. The 12 newly elected members are: Kevin Barry (Literature); Gerard Byrne (Visual Art); Pat Collins (Visual Art); Jim Doherty (Music); Margo Harkin (Visual Art); Martin Lynch (Literature); Gina Moxley (Literature); Valerie Mulvin (Architecture); Mairead O’hEocha (Visual Art); Arthur Riordan (Literature); Liz Roche (Choreography); Jennifer Walshe (Music). This brings the membership to 249 members.

A nationwide artist development scheme led by the 31 Local Authority Arts Offices with the Arts Council opens for applications on November 9^th.

Creative Places Tuam, the Arts Council’s pilot Creative Places | Cumas Ceantar programme, managed by Create has found new ways to build and connect with the community of Tuam over the past few months.

The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council's Bursary Awards is Thursday, 28 January 2020 at 5.30pm

The window for making an application opens on Tuesday, 15 December, 2020.

The Arts Council announces the second of two rounds of the Festivals Investment Scheme (FIS) for festivals taking place between July and December 2021.

The Liam O’Flynn Award is a joint initiative of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the National Concert Hall/An Ceoláras Náisiúnta as part of its partnership for the promotion, appreciation and enjoyment of traditional arts, which includes the Tradition Now festival of traditional music.

Creative Schools TV returns with a new spotlight series as our Creative Associates share behind-the-scenes insights into organisations who work with Creative Schools. This series will spotlight Ceol Connected, Barnstorm Theatre Company, Galway Arts Centre, Bare Cheek Theatre Company and Irish National Opera.

Now in its third year, the National Lottery Good Causes Awards are open to all community and voluntary groups and organisations like yours making an incredible difference in communities with the help of National Lottery Good Causes funding.

To support the work of its growing Quality, Support & Development team, Music Generation is now recruiting for the new role of Reporting & Analysis Manager.

Music Generation is now seeking to appoint a new Music Education Partnership Support Manager to join the team at the National Development Office. 

The deadline for applications for the Co-funding Award 2021 Creative Europe Co-operation Projects is 17:30 on Thursday 10 December 2020.