Arts Council bursaries worth nearly €74,000 awarded to five artists in Tipperary

The Arts Council has awarded bursaries to five artists in Tipperary with a combined total funding of €73,974.

The Bursary Award is one of the Arts Council’s key funding schemes, supporting individual artists to concentrate on developing their practice, research, and new work.

Each award, valued at up to €20,000, provides artists with the time and resources to focus on their creative process.

Recipients represent the full diversity of Ireland’s arts sector, working across visual arts, theatre, dance, literature, music, film, opera, architecture, circus, street arts, and traditional arts.

Awards have been made in every county, as well as to artists based in Northern Ireland and internationally.

Examples of bursary awards in Tipperary include:

Sam Barker, Music: To spend four days a week for 18 weeks developing and composing ten instrumental sonnets based on Seamus Heaney’s Glanmore Sonnets (€20,000)

Katherine Hunka, Music: 68 days from Sept ‘25–Feb ‘26 exploring compositional voice without distractions, emphasis on work with loop pedal (€19,666)

Aoife Molly Delany Reade, Theatre: Develop practice through structured mentorships exploring devising, Irish language & the use of technologies in creative work (€19,159)

To view the full list of awardees please follow this link: https://artscouncil.ie/funding/funding-decisions/?_funding_decision_year=2025&_funding_decision_type=bursary-award

Maura McGrath, Chair of the Arts Council said: "The bursary awards are about giving artists the most precious resource they need — time. Time to think, to create, to experiment, and to develop their craft. These artists are working across an extraordinary range of disciplines, and their projects will have a lasting impact not only on their own practices but also on audiences and communities across Ireland and beyond.”