Dublin Briefing Event Tuesday 27 January for Sky Academy Arts Scholarship 2015

The Sky Academy Arts Scholarships, which are now open for applications, are designed to support emerging artistic talent and will give an artist aged 18-30 living in Ireland the opportunity to receive €38,000 and high level mentoring, allowing them to focus exclusively on their creative practice for a year.

The briefing session will guide potential applicants through the application process, giving tips and hints on how best to communicate their creative vision in the materials submitted. The briefing session will be attended by Sky Academy and IdeasTap representatives, as well as the Ambassador for the Irish application process, Kris Nelson, Director of Tiger Dublin Fringe.

The briefing event will take place on Tuesday 27 January, 5.30 - 7.30pm in The Liquor Rooms, 7 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2

If you would like to book a place at the Briefing Event on 27 January, please contact rowena@businesstoarts.ie

Sky Academy Arts Scholarships are open to individuals working in the following fields:

• Performing arts: theatremakers including directors, spoken word artists, puppeteers and live artists
• Dance: dancers and choreographers
• Music: musicians, composers, songwriters and conductors
• Visual arts: including painters, sculptors, photographers, animators and digital artists
• Creative producing: do you bring together disparate parts of culture in exciting and innovative ways? This category is open to creative producers working in visual arts, theatre, film and performance/dance
• Creative writing: including playwrights, novelists, graphic novelists and poets – but not film or TV scripts

Read more about the Sky Academy Arts Scholarships and the Briefing Event here.

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