Artists’ Open Call
Commemorations Bursary 2026
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Closing date for applications – 2 June 2026, 4 p.m.
Wexford County Council Arts Office and Wexford Libraries invite applications for an Artist Bursary focused on the themes of commemoration and funded through the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
Commemoration Artists Bursaries 2026
This artist bursary will offer the opportunity to support and invest in new work developed by a professional artist in any art form based in County Wexford.
There is one bursary for €5,000 and it will be awarded to artist(s) addressing the broad theme of commemoration. This should be informed by the period of Irish history which was commemorated in the recent Decade of Centenaries Programme (1912-1923) as well as the post-civil war years (1924 -1935). Applications are open to artists working in all artforms such as, but not limited to, literature, film, music, drama, visual arts, or artists working in a combination of art forms.
How to apply
Please complete the application form below and email it to arts@wexfordcoco.ie on or before 2 June 2026, 4 p.m.
For Full Guidelines on this award please click here
For application form please click here
Image Credit: John Busher, Commemorations Award Recipient 2025, Image from project ‘Fallow Bridge’ 2025
