Intercultural Arts Grants Programme funding information session

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Intercultural Arts Grants Programme has opened for constituted community and voluntary groups working at a local level with minority ethnic communities. The programme aims to provide opportunities for minority ethnic communities across Northern Ireland to access the arts and use artistic activities as a creative vehicle in which to explore and highlight social issues that impede access and participation in the arts.

The Intercultural Arts Grants programme will support meaningful collaboration between ethnic minority communities and artists.  Grants from £500 to £10,000 are available.  You can apply for up to 100% of the eligible costs of the project.

Artist-led interventions can take many different forms- through music, visual arts (public art, sculpture, craft etc), performing arts (theatre, dance, carnival, circus arts) and literary arts (poetry, playwriting, short stories and so on).

To access an application and guidance visit http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/award/iap.html.

Funding information session

A support event facilitated by the Arts Council for Northern Ireland and Community Arts Partnership Programme for InterCultural Arts Support will take place on Wednesday 31 July at the CAP offices, 3-5 Commercial Court Belfast. This session is suitable for voluntary and community groups interested in making an application and also minority ethnic artists who are interested in applying for the Minority Ethnic Individual Awards under the SIAP programme (opening in early August.)

Agenda

10:30-11:00 Coffee and registration

11:00 Presentation on Intercultural Arts Grants for groups by Arts Council of Northern Ireland

11:30 One to one sessions for groups and minority ethnic artists

12:30 Lunch

1:00 Presentation on the Programme for InterCultural Arts Support (PICAS)

1:30 Presentation on the Support for Individual Artist Programme for minority ethnic artists by Arts Council of Northern Ireland

2:00 One to ones for groups and ethnic minority artists.

Please email lucy@comartspartner.org  if you wish to attend (you can choose to attend morning, afternoon or both) and also to arrange a one to one session. It is advisable to reserve your one to one session soon as spaces fill up quickly.

The closing date for funding applications for this particular programme is 12 September 2013 at 4pm.