Wicklow artists encouraged to apply for €25,000 Markievicz Award

The award, which supports work focused on the role of women in Ireland, features ten awards of €25,000 available to artists of any discipline. The deadline for applications is June 6.

One of the awards will be assigned to an artist working in Irish because of the importance of the Irish-language movement during the Irish revolutionary period at the beginning of the twentieth century. Joint applications for the award are also welcome.

The Markievicz Award was established as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme (2012–23) to honour Constance de Markievicz, an artist, as well as the first woman in Ireland to be elected to Parliament and appointed to Cabinet.

Previous recipients include singer-songwriter Julie Feeney, composer Amanda Feery, traditional singer Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, sean-nós dancer Edwina Guckian, opera and theatre director Aoife Spillane-Hinks, pianist and vocalist Olesya Zdorovetska, uilleann piper Louise Mulcahy, singer-songwriter Gemma Dunleavy and Dublin-based songwriter Cal Folger Day.

The award is administered by the Arts Council on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

For further information, visit artscouncil.ie.