Fingal County Council and Ardgillan Castle Ltd. Studio Award 2025-2026

Fingal County Council Arts Office in partnership with Ardgillan Castle, are offering a funded studio space to a professional Fingal artist for one year, commencing at the beginning of October 2025.

The award offers an artist the chance to develop their practice in a supportive environment and includes the cost of studio rental and administration. The studio measures 5.7m x 4.7m and is on the first floor of the castle.

To be eligible to apply, applicants must: have been born, have studied, or currently reside in the Fingal administrative area. Open to professional artists at any stage of their career and working in any artform.

The closing date for applications is Friday 13th June 2025 at 4.00pm.

Artists wishing to be considered, should apply by emailing the following information in one PDF document to ardgillan.gallery@fingal.ie with “Studio Award 2025-26” in subject line:
1. CV (max. two pages)
2. Artist Bio. Max. 300 words.
3. A covering letter detailing your connection to Fingal, intentions for the allocated period, a work plan, details of your materials/processes and any other requirements. Max. 500 words
4. For visual artists, please include up to six images of your work, a content list and include the title of the artwork, medium and dimensions, if applicable.
6. For video artists, please include a list of website addresses (e.g., YouTube or Vimeo) to access your work with descriptions of the work.
5. For writers, please attach samples of your work (no more than three samples up to a maximum of 1000 words) as a single PDF document.

For queries, please email: eventardgillan@fingal.ie