dlr Arts office is delighted to offer a mentorship scheme for professional artists working in all artistic disciplines.
The applicant should be the mentee with a letter/email of confirmation from the mentor.
Mentees must be living or practicing their art professionally in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Mentors do not need to be from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
Mentees will select their own mentors. If the mentee does not have a specific person in mind dlr arts has a list of artists interested in offering their services as mentors. This list can be requested by emailing cbrown@dlrcoco.ie
Proposed activity should take place by the end of June 2026.
It is designed to support artists working in any discipline in furthering their career through advice, support, critique and coaching from a more established artist.
Up to 10 mentorships will be awarded with a payment of €1,400 to the mentor and €400 to the mentee to cover travel and subsistence. Both the mentor and the mentee will be required to supply their bank details for payment if the application is successful.
The mentee should provide a detailed plan for the proposed mentorship including what areas will be covered, the timescale, goals and objectives.
They will also need to state how the mentorship will be beneficial to the mentee's career.
The mentee will be required to submit the following:
A mentorship plan
CV's of the mentor and the mentee
Samples of previous work
A letter/email of confirmation from the mentor.
Artists must live in or be practicing their art professionally in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
Individual artists working in all art-forms (architecture, circus, craft (designers/makers), dance, film, literature, music, opera, spectacle, street art, theatre, traditional arts and visual arts) are eligible to apply. (Please note the word artist refers to arts practitioners working in all artforms).
Employees of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are not eligible to apply.
You cannot apply for funding for any activity you have already received funding for from dlr in the last 12 months. You can apply for a different project even if you have been successfully funded in the last 12 months.
A maximum of one application will be accepted from any one individual.
No late applications will be accepted
Applications will be marked on the following criteria:
Category and Weighted Score
Quality of previous work of mentee 30
Quality of proposed mentorship plan 30
Demonstrated ability to achieve 10
Experience and suitability of the mentor 30