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Applications Open for Joseph M. Hassett Creativity Bursary for Visual Arts

Applications Open for Joseph M. Hassett Creativity Bursary for Visual Arts

The Joseph M. Hassett Creativity Bursary
College of Arts and Humanities
University College Dublin

UCD College of Arts and Humanities is pleased to invite external applications to the Joseph M. Hassett Creativity Bursary (Visual Arts) for 2023-24. This annual bursary is funded by the College of Arts and Humanities Support Fund and named for College alumnus and Yeats scholar Dr Joseph M. Hassett. The successful applicant will be awarded a 5000 euro bursary to work on a visual arts project of their choice that links their contemporary creative practice with UCD’s cultural heritage.

The Bursary holder will be provided with an opportunity to showcase their work at an annual College reading, performance or exhibition within the bursary period.

The Bursary holder will be asked to consent to the use of their name and any photographs, video footage or new media that may be taken of them on University business to be used, distributed or shown as the College of Arts & Humanities deems appropriate.

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The 2023/2024 Joseph M Hassett Creativity Bursary for ‘Visual Arts’ will commence on 1st September 2023 and conclude on 31st August 2024 and will support a creative response to archival holdings in UCD Cultural Heritage Collections.

For further information on UCD Cultural Heritage Collections see (opens in a new window)https://ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/

Application Details

The application must include:

  •  a personal statement (not to exceed 2 pages) indicating suitability for the award and how you might engage creatively with UCD Cultural Heritage Collections
  • a Curriculum Vitae

  • the nomination of two referees by the applicant

  • this form completed - Joseph M Hassett Creativity Bursary (visual arts) 2023-2024

Applications for the bursary should be submitted via email to arts.humanities@ucd.ie no later than 5pm on Friday, 28 April 2023

College of Arts and Humanities

University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland
T: +353 1 716 7777