ARTIST IN YOUTH WORK RESIDENCY SCHEME 2006

The Artist in Youth Work Residency award is offered as a means of extending and enhancing opportunities for young people to experience and participate in the arts.

During 2006, 3 awards will be offered:

1. Artist in Youth Work Residency (rural area)
2. Artist in Youth Work Residency (urban area)
   
3. Youth Arts Development Grant

1. Artist in Youth Work Residency rural youth arts development

Youth organisations, or consortiums of organisations working with young people in a specific rural area, are invited to apply for funding to deliver a youth arts project with a professional artist. Applicants are required to state their chosen art form and project plan the NYAP can provide information on recommended artists to guide the project or applicants may nominate their chosen artist.

For the purposes of this scheme, rural is understood to mean all areas outside those listed in the urban category below.

Deadline for receipt of application forms: 5pm, Thursday September 21st, 2006

2. Artist in Youth Work Residency urban youth arts development

Youth organisations, or consortiums of organisations working with young people in a specific urban area, are invited to apply for funding to deliver a youth arts project with a professional artist. Applicants are required to state their chosen art form and project plan the NYAP can provide information on recommended artists to guide the project or applicants may nominate their chosen artist.

For the purposes of this scheme, areas designated as urban are the following cities: Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Limerick and Galway. Please do not submit an application in this category if your project is not based in one of the above areas.

Deadline for receipt of application forms: 5pm, Thursday September 21st, 2006

3. Youth Arts Development Award

The Youth Arts Development Award is offered as an extension of the Artist in Youth Work Residency Scheme, to further sustainable development of youth arts practice at a local level. The aim of the Youth Arts Development Award is to encourage the formation of partnerships between relevant agencies and organisations at a local level, to work towards integrated development of long-term youth arts programmes in a specific geographical area.

The award will fund a fixed period of research and/or development, towards the establishment of long-term, sustainable youth arts programmes at a local level. The aim of research should be to identify what the needs and opportunities for youth arts development are in the target area. Development projects should be focussed on building partnership models for sustainable practice.

Applicant organisations are required to submit applications on the enclosed standard Application Form by 5pm on Monday 4th September 2006 together with support documents requested.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION PACK

Please contact:

Margot Kenny or Philip Good
National Youth Arts Programme
National Youth Council of Ireland
3 Montague Street
Dublin 2
Tel: 01 478 4122
Fax: 01 478 3974
Email: arts@nyci.ie
Web: www.youtharts.ie

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