Open Call to Artists | The Golden Fleece Award 2025
- Deadline: Friday, 29th November 2024
- Type: Funding/ Opportunities
- Award: In 2025, two Awards of €10,000 will be made – one in each of the two categories: Visual Art and Craft + Applied Art.
- Apply Here: https://www.goldenfleeceaward.com/
The Golden Fleece Award
The annual award supports artists, makers and designers working in all forms of visual, craft and applied arts at critical junctures of their careers.
The Golden Fleece Award provides funding for artists working in all forms of visual, craft and applied arts. It is the largest prize open to both artists and makers in Ireland, and it aims to provide resources for creative practitioners working in all forms of visual, craft and applied arts to innovate and develop their work at a critical point in their careers.
How to Apply
A call for applications is usually announced each August/September and remains open until the end of November. The call for entries for the 2025 Golden Fleece Award opens at 10am on Friday 13 September 2024 and closes at 5pm on Friday 29 November 2024.
- Open to craft and visual artists in Ireland or Irish-born artists overseas
- For visual and craft artists at any career stage who can demonstrate existing artistic merit and expertise in their chosen field, plus the vision/plans to advance their work to a new level.
- One application per cycle, even for those with individual and collaborative practices
- Applications will not normally be considered from students undertaking full-time study, and the Award cannot be used to support fees for postgraduate/higher education or study.
- The Award is intended for artists working in all forms of visual, craft and applied art. Makers using new technologies to support creative processes and hands-on making are welcome to apply.
- Winners of the main Golden Fleece Award are not eligible to reapply, but winners of Commendation, Merit or Special Awards, and all other previous entrants, are welcome to do so.
Once the submission deadline passes, all applications received are assessed by a specialist Advisory Panel and the Golden Fleece Board of Trustees which, according to Lillias’ wishes, includes members of the Mitchell family, independent consultants, and arts experts. Entrants are updated on the status of their applications in February the following year, with the Award Ceremony and announcement of the prizewinners following in March.
Award
The Golden Fleece Award normally consists of one or more major Awards, to which may be added smaller Merit or Special Awards. The total value of the prize fund fluctuates from year to year but generally amounts to at least €30,000 overall. How the fund is divided among recipients and distributed in any given year is at the Trustees’ discretion.
In 2025, two Awards of €10,000 will be made – one in each of the two categories: Visual Art and Craft + Applied Art.
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