In 2025 Roscommon Arts Centre (RAC) will offer four residency opportunities under our “AIR Programme” through an Open Call.
Residency 1 New Voice
Our New Voice Residency specifically for an artist/collective with an idea or project, who would benefit from receiving support to further develop the project. This residency is specific to individuals from underrepresented backgrounds, including those based on age, civil or family status, disability, gender, membership of the Traveller Community, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. This residency aligns with The Arts Council’s Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Implementation Plan, recognising the challenges faced by such artists who are striving to advance their careers and enhance their artistic practice.
Residency 2 Seed
The Seed Residency will offer an opportunity to an artist to start/develop a new idea/project/body of work and who would benefit from time and space in a studio/workshop setting with access to mentored support and resources.
Residency 3 Next Steps
The Next Steps Residency will offer an opportunity to an established artist/collective to develop/progress an already existing idea/project/body of work and who would benefit from time and space in a studio/workshop setting with access to mentored support and resources with a possible view to applying for a Project or similar Arts Council award or which may be considered for support in 2026 directly by Roscommon Arts Centre. If you would like access to work in the auditorium as part of this residency, please include this in your application.
Residency 4 Show Development in partnership with Motion Chapel
The Show Development Residency is an exciting new partnership with Roscommon’s newest residency space Motion Chapel (MC) and Roscommon County Council Arts Office. Suitable for companies or artists who would like time to remount a piece of work or develop existing work further with support of a residency time and space in MC and time to work on technical aspects within the RAC’s studio/workshops space and auditorium. Suitable for ground based artforms/artists in the process of creating or remounting an indoor show for theatres/arts centres, open to circus, dance, movement, theatre or multidisciplinary artforms. Please note there are no rigging points in MC for aerial artforms.
Please see the online application form for more details and to apply.
Residencies 1-3
Duration: 2 months
Period: February 2025 – January 2026
Artist Fee: €6,000 paid in three instalments
Mentor Budget: €750
Stipend up to €135 per week (8 weeks) to cover subsistence, travel and accommodation for artists from outside Roscommon
A dedicated studio space for the duration of the residency at RAC
Access to human and physical resources at RAC.
A minimum of four weeks of the residency must be spent on site at RAC.
Residency 4
Duration: 2 weeks (1 week in MC and 1 week in RAC)
Period: 23 – 27 June in MC, various weeks in RAC (see application form)
Artist Fee: €1000
Week 1: half days exclusive training space usage (MC), shared use of community and office areas, five nights of accommodation. €150 travel stipend. Daily community dinner included.
Week 2: Access to studio, workshop, auditorium (RAC), Tech/Producer support/resources, €250 accommodation stipend, €150 travel stipend.
*Please Note – Residencies 1-3 do not provide living accommodation and successful applicants are responsible for finding their own accommodation. There is a stipend available to assist with this. Residency 4 only covers accommodation during time in MC.
All residencies are in line with our Arts Centre for All Policy
The AIR Programme is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland Residency
Application Information: www.roscommonartscentre.ie
Further Information: boxoffice@roscommoncoco.ie
Application Details
Artists applying will:
-have a proven track record of work in their chosen field
-provide a detailed residency plan
-provide an outline of the work/project to be developed
-provide a statement of benefit (max 1 page) as to how you as an artist would benefit at this time from this opportunity
-provide an up-to-date CV (max 2 pages)
-provide 5 images (max) in jpeg format (max file size 3MB) and/or 3 links to previous projects
-For Residencies 1-3 – provide a shortlist of up to 3 potential Mentors you may wish to work with and biographies on same. Note: Mentors can be based anywhere and mentoring sessions can be conducted face-to-face or via online platforms regularly over the two-month period. The mentor should be experienced as a mentor and also have a high level of experience in your artform/art practice area.
-For Residencies 1-3 – be available to engage fully in the residency for a two-month period between February 2025 and January 2026.
The residencies are open to professional artists, professional freelance artists and professional arts practitioners who are resident in the island of Ireland. There are certain exceptions where the assessing panel may deem eligible, applications made by those based outside the island of Ireland. However, before admitting as eligible any such application, Roscommon Arts Centre would need to be satisfied that the outcomes of any such proposal would benefit the arts in the island of Ireland and/or the arts practitioner mainly works in the island of Ireland.
Application Checklist:
-CV (max 2 pages)
-Outline of residency and project plan (max 2 pages)
-A Statement of benefit (max 1 page)
-5 images jpeg format max file size 3MB and/or 3 links to projects
-Shortlist of Proposed Mentors and their Biographies (Residencies 1-3)
Closing date for applications: Midnight, Friday 31st January 2025
If you wish to receive information on the AIR programme, require additional support in making an application, or wish to submit an application please email boxoffice@roscommoncoco.ie with the Subject Line: AIR 2025
