Following the 16 x 16 bursary award for emerging artists last year, the Arts Council is now offering 15 Next Generation Bursary Awards of €12,500 each.

The bursaries will include the opportunity to participate in a collective week-long residency for all 15 artists. Applications will be accepted from 14 June and the deadline is 14 July.

The bursaries are open to all art forms and the Council has provided specific guidelines for each, including music, opera and the traditional arts.

For music, prioritiy will be given to proposals that achieve one of the following:

Allow creative artists of proven talent, assurance and potential the opportunity to develop and compose new work in processes that engage directly with audiences and performers; allow conductors of proven talent, assurance and potential to significantly develop their skills through structured mentoring and/or practical experience in professional settings; enable artists to work on developing performing editions and performances of previously unpublished and unrecorded historic Irish music and of new Irish music. 

For opera, as well the first music point above, priority will be given to proposals that:

Allow for creative collaboration between composers/librettists/dramaturgs in the development of new work – in particular, collaborations that incorporate/benefit from mentoring; allow operatic artists of proven talent, assurance and potential to participate in professional development in established opera studio environments.

Within the context of traditional arts, priority will be given to proposals that support the applicant to:

Explore traditional style and repertoire in the fields of music, song, dance or the oral arts, including informal mentorship programmes with established individuals or masters in these areas; develop, compose or choreograph a body of work from within the tradition and/or in collaboration with other artforms.

For full details on the Next Generation Bursary Award, visit http://goo.gl/6nXPe4