John Duffy Young Visual Arts Bursary

Opportunity for young visual artists from or based in Ballymun and the NorthWest area of Dublin.

We're delighted to announce the 2024 edition of a very special bursary opportunity to support the development of a young visual artist from the Ballymun area in honour of John Duffy, the extraordinarily talented Ballymun artist and youth worker who sadly passed away in late 2014.

Axis are looking for submissions from artists with a local connection aged 18 - 25 for this exciting opportunity. The successful candidate will get free studio time, core team support, a mentoring session with a local artist, and a bursary worth €500 towards materials.

This is a bursary for emerging visual artists (painters, sketchers, sculptors, photographers, digital artists etc)

The awardee of this bursary will receive a support package that includes a €500 bursary

plus additional in-kind supports to the value of €1250:

€500 bursary

Up to 50 hours of development time in Axis art room.

Promotion on Axis social media accounts of their work if required.

Interested parties should complete a short form via the following link: https://forms.gle/VAF1pmULgFzB8xiZ8

In addition to some personal info, the form asks for

●       a little info outlining what the bursary would mean to you (250 words approx)

●       photographs of your work, these can be of ideas, sketches etc.

If you find you express yourself better in audio or video, feel free to send us an audio or a video file no longer than 3 minutes via wetransfer in which you cover the items above. These files can be sent to axisplayground@gmail.com. If your images don’t feature in this file, please send these through as separate attachments (max 3).

Applications are open until Tuesday the 8th of October 2024 at 6pm.

Axis Ballymun encourages applications from individuals of all identities and backgrounds. We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic people from putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application — we’d love to hear from you.