Wednesday, 10 October 2012

THE GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD

The Golden Fleece Award aims to support and promote the diversity of contemporary Irish creativity in the arts and crafts. Its mission is to help artists of innovative talent, needing support at strategic stages of their careers.


The Golden Fleece Award is an artistic prize fund established as a charitable bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell. The Award was launched in 2001, and is now widely seen as a stamp of merit in the realm of Irish art. Applicants will normally have been born on the island of Ireland and must maintain a strong connection with Ireland. They should be artists or researchers working in the area of figurative visual art or of the traditional crafts. (Researchers planning a submission should consult the Guidance for Research Applicants).

The areas of figurative visual art includes painting, sculpture, and other visual media such as etching, drawing and printmaking. Traditional craft refers to work with a basis in traditional skills and materials. These include woven textiles, spinning, dyeing, glassmaking, jewellery, ceramics, metalwork, stonework and woodwork, etc. Further details, requirements and how to apply can be found on The Golden Fleece Award website. The deadline for applications is the 23rd of November 2012.

W: www.goldenfleeceaward.com

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