The Rehab Group recently announced details of its new Visual and Performing Arts Fund which will provide ?150,000 over the next five years to promote careers in the arts for people with disabilities and people with mental health difficulties.
Applications are being sought from people with disabilities working or studying in the arts who require financial support for the year 2013. The scheme is open to people interested in a wide range of visual and performing arts ? from painting, sculpture and graphic art to film and drama, music and dance.
The closing date for the first year of the Rehab Visual and Performing Arts Fund is Thursday, February 28 th 2013.
Details of the Visual and Performing Arts Fund were announced today by Rehab Group Chief Executive, Angela Kerins, who commented:
?Rehab has a long history of both promoting the employment of people with disabilities and mental health difficulties and supporting arts which highlight the hugely important and thought-provoking input of people with disabilities. For example, Rehab supported the making of the Academy Award-winning ?My Left Foot? which told the moving story of quadriplegic author Christy Brown. More recently, Rehab has committed ?25,000 to fund the documentary ?No Limbs No Limits?, which will portray the life of 16-year-old Joanne O?Riordan, from Cork. Joanne has an extremely rare physical condition, Total Amelia Syndrome, meaning that she was born without all four limbs. In addition to these examples, Rehab also supports the development of creativity in people through FETAC level training programmes and a wide range of activities in areas such as drama productions, painting, sculpture, music, dance, writing and poetry.?
She added: ?In this tough economic climate it is more important than ever to ensure that people with disabilities are helped to develop their skills and abilities and participate in economic and cultural life. This new Fund will support a number of people to progress their careers in the arts. An average of ?30,000 will be available annually in this particular Fund for the next five years. We really want to get the message out there that this Fund is available for people who have a disability or a mental health difficulty who wish to develop their career in the arts. We want to give talented people a stepping stone to a successful career in their chosen area of the arts.?
The Rehab Visual and Performing Arts Fund is open to people with disabilities who are 17 years and over and who wish to pursue a career in the arts. Applications will be judged on the basis of their originality and creativity, potential future development, and previous portfolio of work. Applications can be for a particular artistic idea or work, or can support an individual in undertaking a residency or pursuing studies in their chosen area.
Grants of between ?1,000 and ?10,000 per individual or project will be made available and funding can be used to match other funding sources already secured by applicants or to support other funding applications.
Applications can be submitted electronically to artsfund@rehab.ie or by letter to Visual and Performing Arts Fund, Rehab Group, Roslyn Park, Sandymount, Dublin 4, with a full CV and a description of the artistic project or field of study for which funding is sought.
To see the full terms and conditions of the fund go to www.rehab.ie
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