Artists’ Residency Programme

The Artists’ Residency Programme is the most effective way we support the creative development of new work whilst advancing various stages of the artists career. Residencies provide the inspirational force for many other programming strands engaging diverse activities such as research and development; creation and experimentation; context, collaboration and participation; exhibition and documentation; archiving and publication and finally promotion and marketing.

Creative Exchange: Research & Collaboration Residency

(LSC & The Glens Centre)

A joint initiative of Leitrim Sculpture Centre and the Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, this new residency programme supports artists from different artforms wishing to conduct interdisciplinary research and collaboration together.

Fostering creative exchange between the visual and performing arts the residency attracts visual artists, musicians, actors, photographers, writers, dancers, designers, architects, video & filmmakers and digital media artists wishing to collaborate together on developing a new project and/or range of approaches and skills in advancing their respective practices. LSC and the Glens allocate up to two awards each year with an Open Call in Feb.

The aims of this research residency are to:
• foster and develop dialogue, exchange & collaboration across different artforms
• advance creative practice through mutual support and interdisciplinary learning
• seed the creative development of new public works of excellence and innovation
(LSC and the Glens offer up to 2 collaboration awards per year at €3,600 each (= €1,800 per artist). Residency period 4 weeks; Open Call in February each year; Funded by the Arts Council and Leitrim County Council)