The climate crisis is unfolding rapidly and action at scale and speed is required from all of us. The Arts Council has embarked on a new project to understand what we can do to support the arts community to take action and get to grips with climate action ourselves.

We are delighted to share our newly published Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit.

An Táin Arts Centre’s Louth Culture Quest is a futuristic, app based, county-wide, arts and heritage treasure hunt, funded by the Arts Council of Ireland | In the Open / Faoin Spéir and delivered in partnership with Louth County Council that runs from April – December 2022.

In June 2022 the Arts Council will be launching a new approach to the procurement of artform support services such as Advisory, Assessment and Research services. We will be transitioning to a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) approach that has been designed in response to a rigorous internal consultation and feedback process identifying opportunities for improvement.

The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council's Project Awards is 5.30pm Thursday, 28 July 2022

The window for making an application opens on Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Deadline for receipt of applications: 5.30pm on Thursday 8 September 2022

The application window will open on 28 June 2022

Applications are invited for proposals seeking funding to support touring and dissemination of work across a range of artforms and art practices. This scheme is designed to support the touring and dissemination of work starting from January 2023 to June 2023.

ilDÁNA is designed to enhance the TG4 schedule by supporting the making of ambitious and cinematic long-form documentaries on the arts in Irish.

Opportunities for Creative Associates to work with the Creative Schools initiative will be announced on Arts Councils social media accounts in the coming weeks.

Scoileanna Ildánacha / Creative Schools have extended the window for applications to Creative Schools 2022. The new deadline is: Thursday, 16^th June, 17:30.

Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools 2022 welcomes applications from schools and Youthreach centres across the country who would like to join the programme in autumn 2022. The application guidelines are published here.

Ealaín na Gaeltachta is developing a new strategy for 2023-2027.  This new strategy will be a central element of the national policy framework for arts development, alongside the strategies of Údarás na Gaeltachta and An Comhairle Ealaíon/Arts Council's strategy Making Great Art Work.