ARTISTS' RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Artists Residency Programme 2025  

Call for Applications

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY 4PM ON FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2024

STUDIO RESIDENCIES

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre offers Artist in Residence studio opportunities to practicing artists. Artists are invited to apply for an opportunity to research and develop their practices and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, other organisations in Cork, the local community and general public.

This is a non-accommodation residency. Currently West Cork Arts Centre does not offer a stipend for the duration of a residency other than for Partnership Residencies, two of which are listed below. We recommend that artists apply to their own Arts Councils, Local Authorities etc to source funding for accommodation, travel and expenses. See also the EU Artist Mobility Scheme Culture Moves Europe

The three Artists' Studios are located on Level 2 of Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre's building for the arts, and range in size from 18.2 metres square to 21.2 metres square. They are interconnecting workspaces, with north facing roof lights, that can be closed off from each other. Each studio is equipped with heating facilities, desk/work bench and wireless internet. Weekend and evening access can be facilitated.

The studios provide space for artists to engage in a programme of work over several weeks or months, to interact with the other artists in residence and exhibiting artists, and to facilitate access to their studio practice for specific groups on creative learning programmes and with the general public.

The opportunity for people to engage with artists working on site is central to the programme, and therefore artists are requested to have their studios open to the public for at least 2 days each week.

Uillinn provides a vibrant creative hub and an extensive programme of exhibitions, performances and events. There is a strong emphasis on making connections, networking and working with our geographical, social and community contexts. Priority is given to artists who show a strong commitment to public and audiences and proposals that show relevance to our venue location and facilities.

We invite applicants to submit applications for periods of 4 weeks to 4 months within the timeframe January to December 2025. If you are applying for this residency, please mark the application Uillinn Residency 2025

PARTNERSHIP RESIDENCIES

We are delighted to be working with partners to support our Artist in Residence Programme.

Cork County Council Residency 2025

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in partnership with Cork County Council invite submissions for a 4 week studio residency from a practicing artist who is resident in any part of the Cork County administrative area.

The residency supports artists seeking an opportunity to research and develop their practices and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, other organisations in Cork, the local community and general public. This is a non-accommodation residency. The artist will receive a stipend of €2,500 towards their residency and will share their work with the public via a number of events over the course of the residency.

Artists who have not participated in a previous residency programme at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to artists who live outside of the West Cork area.

We invite applicants to the Cork County Council Residency for a period of 4 weeks within the timeframe January to December 2025. If you are applying for this residency, please mark your application Cork County Council Residency 2025

Bealtaine/Cork County Council Residency 2025

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in partnership with Age & Opportunity / Bealtaine and Cork County Council invite submissions for a studio residency from a practicing artist aged 50 and over to take place from 1 – 31 May 2025.

The residency supports artists seeking an opportunity to research and develop their practice and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, other organisations in Cork, the local community and general public. This is a non-accommodation residency. The artist will receive a stipend of €2,500 towards their residency and will share their work with the public via a number of events over the course of the residency including a Bealtaine event at Uillinn towards the end of the residency period. The successful applicant will feature as part of the national Bealtaine Event Programme.

Organised in association with Age & Opportunity and Cork County Council as part of the nationwide Bealtaine Festival – celebrating the arts and creativity as we age. If you are applying for this residency, please mark the application Bealtaine Residency 2025.

 

 

APPLICATIONS FOR ALL RESIDENCIES:-

To apply, please email one PDF (no larger than 10MB), which must include the following:-

• An up-to-date, concise CV.
• An artist's statement.
• A maximum of 10 images of your work with full captions
• A proposal which clearly states the following:

               1. An outline of your project / programme of work.
               2. The dates that you are available to avail of the opportunity (Bealtaine applicants must be
                   available for 1 to 31 May 2025)
               3. What you hope to achieve during your residency.
               4. Any ideas that you may have about ways to engage with participants on creative learning programmes at Uillinn or with the local community / general                         public or communities of interest.
               5. Details of any public engagement activity, in-person or online (workshops, masterclasses, talks, discussions etc) proposed during your residency.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY 4PM ON FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2024

Applications by email only to opportunities@westcorkartscentre.com

For more information click www.westcorkartscentre.com/residences

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY 4PM ON FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2024

 

ARCHIVE CALL OUTS 

Dance Residency 2025: APPLICATIONS CLOSED
Residencies for 2025 announcement coming soon. 

The Dance Studio (UCC and Bollinger Family Space)
Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre is now accepting expressions of interest from dancers, choreographers, and dance companies wishing to realise their work ​at any development stage from​ research to performance​ rehearsals at Uillinn Dance Studio in 2025.

The dance studio provides​ space for artists to engage in a programme of work, to interact with other artists in residence, exhibiting artists, our public, and our unique rural location at research, development and production stages.​ Ideal for solo, duet or small company upto 4 persons.

Uillinn provides a vibrant creative hub and an extensive programme of exhibitions, performances and events. There is a strong emphasis on making connections, and working with our geographical, ​envoronmental and community contexts. Priority is given to artists/proposals who demonstrate a commitment to public ​engagement, and relevance to our venue location and facilities.

The Residency programme offers practical supports including studio space, key holder privileges, wifi, café facilities, technical and administrative support. The Dance Studio is located on Level 3 of Uillinn, is 56 metres square and is fully accessible throughout. It is double height and equipped with sprung wooden floor, marley, mirrors, barre and sound system. Changing room with shower is available on Level 4. Weekend and evening access can be facilitated.

This is a non-accommodation residency. Uillinn does not offer a stipend for the duration of these studio Research or Production Residency Awards. We recommend that artists apply to their own Arts Councils, Local Authorities etc to source funding for accommodation, travel and expenses. See also the EU Artist Mobility Scheme www.i-portunus.eu/ 

 We aim to make the process as simple and clear as possible, so please make contact if you have any queries or would like more information on access requirements.

HOW TO APPLY:

Applications are currently being accepted for residencies taking place in 2025

Applicants should send their proposal as one PDF or you may submit with a max 8 min voice or video mail

APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:

1. An up-to-date CV with links to at least one video / weblink and an image of previous work (jpegs no larger than 2mb each)
2. A proposal with:

an outline of your residency plans
Why you are choosing Uillinn (eg. location, multidisciplinary network, rural location, been before)
how you will engage with the community/ audiences 
when in 2025 you propose to come on residency
how many studio days you are seeking (usually between 5 and 15)

3. If your proposal includes other artists, please give details.

For artists with a disability, we welcome contact to arrange a conversation about meeting access needs

We recommend you take a look at past projects before making submission - see HERE

Please send a proposal to opportunities@westcorkartscentre.com

Please use subject line DANCE STUDIO RESIDENCY APPLICATION 2025

Submissions CLOSED

The Dance Studio programme is also accessed through Invited Commissions which comprise a Dance Artist in Residency Programme (Luke Murphy 2021 - 2024); Dance Company in Residence (Croí Glan 2022 - 2025); and a Access Dance Development Awards (with up to 10 days studio time, stipend, assistant and accommodation allowance) for an artist with a disability.

Call for Applications Now Closed for 2024 Studio Residencies

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre offers Artist in Residence studio opportunities to practicing artists. Artists are invited to apply for an opportunity to research and develop their practices and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, other organisations in Cork, the local community and general public.

This is a non-accommodation residency. Currently West Cork Arts Centre does not offer a stipend for the duration of a residency other than for Partnership Residencies, two of which are listed below. We recommend that artists apply to their own Arts Councils, Local Authorities etc to source funding for accommodation, travel and expenses. See also the EU Artist Mobility Scheme Culture Moves Europe.

The three Artists' Studios are located on Level 2 of Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre's building for the arts, and range in size from 18.2 metres square to 21.2 metres square. They are interconnecting workspaces, with north facing roof lights, that can be closed off from each other. Each studio is equipped with heating facilities, desk/work bench and wireless internet. Weekend and evening access can be facilitated.

The studios provide space for artists to engage in a programme of work over several weeks or months, to interact with the other artists in residence and exhibiting artists, and to facilitate access to their studio practice for specific groups on creative learning programmes and with the general public.

The opportunity for people to engage with artists working on site is central to the programme, and therefore artists are requested to have their studios open to the public for at least 2 days each week.

Uillinn provides a vibrant creative hub and an extensive programme of exhibitions, performances and events. There is a strong emphasis on making connections, networking and working with our geographical, social and community contexts. Priority is given to artists who show a strong commitment to public and audiences and proposals that show relevance to our venue location and facilities.

We can offer a Letter of Support for your application. However, we require 4 working weeks notice in advance of the funding deadline. Last minute requests for letters of support cannot be accommodated.

We invite applicants to submit applications for periods of 4 weeks to 4 months within the timeframe January to December 2024. If you are applying for this residency, please mark the application Uillinn Residency 2024 (closed)

Partnership Residencies

We are delighted to be working with partners to support our Artist in Residence Programme.

Cork County Council Residency 2024

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in partnership with Cork County Council invite submissions for a 4 week studio residency from a practicing artist who is resident in any part of the Cork County administrative area.

The residency supports artists seeking an opportunity to research and develop their practices and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, other organisations in Cork, the local community and general public. This is a non-accommodation residency. The artist will receive a stipend of €2,500 towards their residency and will share their work with the public via a number of events over the course of the residency.

Artists who have not participated in a previous residency programme at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to artists who live outside of the West Cork area.

We invite applicants to the Cork County Council Residency for a period of 4 weeks within the timeframe January to December 2024. If you are applying for this residency, please mark your application Cork County Council Residency 2024

Bealtaine/Cork County Council Residency 2024

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in partnership with Age & Opportunity / Bealtaine and Cork County Council invite submissions for a studio residency from a practicing artist aged 50 and over to take place from 1 May to 1 June 2024.

The residency supports artists seeking an opportunity to research and develop their practice and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, other organisations in Cork, the local community and general public. This is a non-accommodation residency. The artist will receive a stipend of €2,500 towards their residency and will share their work with the public via a number of events over the course of the residency including a Bealtaine event at Uillinn towards the end of the residency period. The successful applicant will feature as part of the national Bealtaine Event Programme.

Organised in association with Age & Opportunity and Cork County Council as part of the nationwide Bealtaine Festival – celebrating the arts and creativity as we age. If you are applying for this residency, please mark the application Bealtaine Residency 2024.

APPLICATIONS FOR ALL RESIDENCIES:-

To apply, please email one PDF (no larger than 10MB), which must include the following:-

• An up-to-date, concise CV.
• An artist's statement.
• A maximum of 10 images of your work with full captions
• A proposal which clearly states the following:

1. An outline of your project / programme of work.
2. The dates that you are available to avail of the opportunity (Bealtaine applicants must be available for 1 May to 1 June 2024)
3. What you hope to achieve during your residency.
4. Any ideas that you may have about ways to engage with participants on creative learning programmes at Uillinn or with the local community /general public or communities of interest.
5. Details of any public engagement activity, in-person or online (workshops, masterclasses, talks, discussions etc) proposed during your residency.

Applications by email only to learning@westcorkartscentre.com

For more information click www.westcorkartscentre.com/residences

please submit your application by 5pm on Friday 8 September 2023

The Dance Studio (UCC and Bollinger Family Space)
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre accepts expressions of interest from dancers, choreographers and dance companies wishing to realise their work from idea to performance at the Uillinn Dance Studio.

The dance studio provides space for artists to engage in a programme of work to interact with other artists in residence, exhibiting artists, our public and our unique rural location at research, development and production stages.

Uillinn provides a vibrant creative hub and an extensive programme of exhibitions, performances and events. There is a strong emphasis on making connections, networking and working with our geographical, social and community contexts. Priority is given to artists who show a strong commitment to public and audiences and proposals that show relevance to our venue location and facilities.

The Residency programme offers practical supports including studio space, key holder privileges, wifi, café facilities, technical and administrative support. The Dance Studio is located on Level 3 of Uillinn, is 56 metres square and is fully accessible throughout. It is double height and equipped with sprung wooden floor, marley, mirrors, barre and sound system. Changing room with shower is available on Level 4. Weekend and evening access can be facilitated.

This is a non-accommodation residency. Uillinn does not offer a stipend for the duration of these studio Research or Production Residency Awards. We recommend that artists apply to their own Arts Councils, Local Authorities etc to source funding for accommodation, travel and expenses. See also the EU Artist Mobility Scheme www.i-portunus.eu/ 

We aim to make the process as simple and clear as possible, so please make contact if you have any queries or would like more informaion on access requirements.

HOW TO APPLY:

Submissions Closed

APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:

1. An up-to-date CV with links to video and images of previous work
2. A proposal with:

    - an outline of your project idea

    - how you will engage with the community/ audiences 
    - when you propose to come on residency

3. If your proposal includes other artists, please give details.

For artists with a disability, we welcome submissions of an Access Ryder WHAT IS AN ACCESS RYDER 

Applicants should send their proposal as one PDF or you may submit with a max 8 min voice or video mail

We recommend you take a look at past project before making submission - see HERE

The Dance Studio programme is also accessed through Invited Commissions which comprise a Dance Artist in Residency Programme (Luke Murphy 2021 - 2025); Dance Company in Residence (Croí Glan 2022 - 2025); and three Dance Development Awards (with up to 10 days studio time, stipend and accommodation allowance) including one Dance Development Award for an artist with a disability.

About The Artists' Studios
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre offers Artist in Residence studio opportunities to practicing artists for research, the development of their arts practices and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, other organisations in Cork, the local community, communities of interest and general public.

This is a non-accommodation residency. Uillinn does not offer a stipend for the duration of a residency other than for Partnership Residencies which are advertised separately. We recommend that artists apply to their own Arts Councils, Local Authorities etc to source funding for accommodation, travel and expenses. Artists who are legal residents of Creative Europe countries outside of Ireland, can apply for Culture Moves Europe individual mobility action awards.

The studios provide space for artists to engage in a programme of work over several weeks or months, to interact with the other artists in residence and exhibiting artists, and to facilitate access to their studio practice for specific groups on creative learning programmes and with the general public.

The opportunity for people to engage with artists working on site is central to the programme, and therefore artists are requested to have their studios open to the public for 2 days each week.

Uillinn provides a vibrant creative hub and an extensive programme of exhibitions, performances and events. There is a strong emphasis on making connections, networking and working with our geographical, social and community contexts. Priority is given to artists who show a strong commitment to public and audiences and proposals that show relevance to our venue location and facilities.

The three Artists' Studios are located on Level 2 of Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre's building for the arts, and range in size from 18.2 metres square to 21.2 metres square. They are interconnecting workspaces, with north facing roof lights, that can be closed off from each other. Each studio is equipped with heating facilities, desk/work bench and wireless internet. Weekend and evening access can be facilitated.

Residency Award for Dance Artist with a Disability 2023 - Commissioned by our partners Croi Glan Integrated Dance
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre is currently seeking submissions for a Dance Development Award from dance artists with a disability wishing to create work, develop their practice or learn new skill. The residency supports artists seeking an opportunity to research and develop their practices and to engage in dialogue with Uillinn, partner organisation Croi Glan Integrated Dance and the local community. This is a non-accommodation residency with an offer of up to 10 days studio time between January and June 2024. The artist will receive a stipend of €1,500 towards their residency and will share their work with the public through a performance sharing/blogging/social media. Additional support of €500 is availabe on request for assitance support or identified need.

 

CALL for Partnership Residency 2023
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Residency Award supported by the Crespo Foundation.
Residency dates: 22 July to 16 September 2023 (8 weeks)
Closing date for receipt of submissions: CLOSED
Application Requirements:
- This residency opportunity is open to contemporary visual artists who live outside the county of Cork.
- Submission headings are detailed below.
Services provided:
- Free accommodation in Skibbereen and a studio space at Uillinn.
- Weekly remuneration of 350 EUR.
- Travel costs for the journey to and from Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen.

We invite artists to submit applications for a residency period of 8 weeks from 22 July to 16 September 2023. The residency will coincide with Skibbereen Arts Festival 2023 (28 July to 5 August 2023).

To apply, please email one PDF (no larger than 10MB), which must include the following:
- An up-to-date CV.
- An artist's statement.
- A maximum of 10 images of your work with full captions
- A written proposal which clearly states the following:
- An outline of your project / programme of work.
- What you hope to achieve during your residency.
- Any ideas that you may have about ways to engage with participants on creative learning programmes at Uillinn or with the local community, communities of interest, general public.
- Details of any public engagement activity (workshops, masterclasses, talks, discussions etc) proposed during your residency.

Applications by email only to ann@westcorkartscentre.com

Please mark the application Uillinn/Crespo Residency 2023

 

Opportunity for Artist - St. Patrick’s Day 2023

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre presents an open call for artists or arts collective to deliver a community based project as part of St Patrick’s Day 2023 celebration in Skibbereen.

The Project Award includes a studio residency of up to 6 weeks from 3 February to 18 March and a fee of €2000 to include all materials and costs required to deliver the project. Please note this is a non-accommodation residency.

The studio allocated is one of three Artists' Studios are located on Level 2 of Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre's arts building, which range in size from 18.2 metres square to 21.2 metres square. Each studio is equipped with heating facilities, with north facing roof lights, desk/work bench and wireless internet. Weekend and evening access can be facilitated and additional workspace or dance studio can be booked for public engagement activities (subject to availability)

This residency will require the artist to reside in the County of Cork and MUST have community engagement built in. The studio residency will enable artists to interact with the other artists in residence and exhibiting artists, and to facilitate access to their studio practice for specific groups on creative learning programmes and with the general public. The opportunity for people to engage with artists working on site is central to the programme.

The Award objective is for an artist/arts collective to create a spectacle artwork/event celebrating and including the local community for Skibbereen St. Patrick's Day Parade on 17th March 2024.

To apply:

Please send a proposal to residencies@westcorkartscentre.com by 6pm,Saturday 7th January 2023. Successful applicants will be notified by 5pm on 12th January 2023

The application should include:-

An up-to-date CV with links to previous work and 2-page document outlining the proposal.

The proposal should include:
1. An outline of your project idea including details of all artists involved, how you will engage with the community, what community you intend to work with and your anticipated outcome (parade float, installation, outdoor performance etc.)
2. Schedule
3. Budget

We recommend you take a look at past project before making submission - see HERE

 

Uillinn Residencies are supported by the Arts Council and Cork County Council.

Image credits: 
Angie Shanahan Studio Residency, 2023
Pascal Ungerer Studio Residency, 2023
Sarah Iremonger, Bealtaine Residency 2022
Loosysmokes 2022 Studio Research Residency
Toma McCullim, Cork County Council / Uillinn Artist Residency for 2023, Bender