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Our Members Area gives information on how to join VAI, the benefits, as well as access to your Membership account, including renewals, members’ galleries, webinars archive, and access to our discount scheme and discounted members’ events.
Resources
Our Resource section is full of helpful advice on the wide range of topics that constitute an artist’s career and practice. As well as information on best practice, we offer details on our advocacy areas and guides, as well as an online Payments Calculator.
Publications
Our publications section includes subscribing to our weekly eBulletins, as well as information on our bi-monthly Visual Artists News Sheet, our online archive, and how to advertise in the eBulletin and The Visual Artists News Sheet.
Visual Artists Ireland
Vision: We dare to dream of a time when visual artists will live in a world of opportunities.
Mission: Our Mission is to create a trusted space where visual artists are valued and have access to supports and knowledge that enable them to develop at all stages of their professional career.
COVID-19 VAI Status
Our physical offices are closed in Dublin and Belfast, but we are continuing to delivery our Advocacy, Advice, Lifelong Learning, and Information Provision online, by email, or in the case of the Visual Artists News Sheet either online or delivered by post to all members.
Our mainline number can be used to make contact as normal, and all of our email addresses and online forms are still being monitored and responded too. We recommend compliance at all times to Government advice and continue to be the voice of artists to the government and funding bodies during this time. You can find out more about our online events in the VAI Events section, and through the eBulletins which are still operating twice weekly. We are delivering regular networking and information events as part of our wider learning and skills programme. These also include online Help Desks which are supported by our Help Line which is still operating.
Latest Updates
Latest news, events, and jobs and opportunities, click headings to view all.
Job Vacancy | Programme Director of Creative Futures Academy
In September 2020, NCAD, IADT and UCD, welcomed the announcement that the Creative Futures Academy (CFA) received over €10 million in funding to innovate in the delivery of creative education for learners at all stages of their careers. The funding is awarded under the Human Capital Initiative (Pillar 3, Innovation and Agility). NCAD, IADT and…
Per Cent for Art Commission at Merlin College, Doughiska, Galway
The Board of Management of Merlin College wishes to commission public artwork(s) under the Per Cent for Art Scheme, funded by the Department of Education and Skills. Coláiste Mhuirlinne/Merlin College (merlincollege.ie/) was established in August 2013 as a new second level school in Galway city under the patronage of GRETB. The school began as a…
The Poisonous Pivot: Taking Your Art Online | Online Workshop with Rhiannon Armstrong
An introduction to exploring digital tools and contexts for your artistic practice with artist Rhiannon Armstrong. This event will take place via Zoom and participants need a laptop with access to the internet, and a browser that isn’t Safari (Chrome or Firefox for example), and ideally also a smartphone. This workshop is designed for participants…
Plato Programme for Creative Service Providers, Local Enterprise Offices Dublin
Are you a Creative Service Provider such as a Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Photographer, Illustrator, Copywriter, Interior Designer etc? Would you like to join a 9-month online Business Development Programme with 14 other fellow Creative Service Providers? This 9-month programme will focus on the needs of Providers of Creative Services in developing their businesses through…
Digital Marketing without Social Media (1 Dec.)
Do you find that social media takes up too much of your time? Do you want to become less reliant on social media in general? The internet is making it easier for artists to network and reach new audiences both on and off line. Artists are promoting themselves, consciously or not, as a brand. People…
Visual Artists Help Desk with Shelly McDonnell (10 Dec.)
Do you have an area in your practice you need help with or would just like some advice on where to go next? Artists can book a Help Desk session that will be held online. These Help Desks will be free of charge for Members and Non Members. Help Desks can be on any topic…
Webinar | Working with Curators with Brendan Fox (24 Nov.)
It is extremely beneficial for artists to have their work seen by curators. Outside of the potential for exhibitions, there is also the valuable opportunity to engage in a critical discussion of their practice. The webinar will give you an insight into how curators may engage with your work and interpret it differently to your…
VAI Webinar | Per Cent for Art – Applications and Delivery (24 Nov.)
This ninety minute workshop Per Cent For Art in Ireland will address current opportunities, discuss what is needed in a proposal and application to a Per Cent for Art commission, and look at the production, delivery and promotion of a finished project. This workshop will present information but will be discursive in nature, allowing for artists…
Nua Collective’s ‘Premiere Exhibition’
26/11/2020 – 31/12/2020 @ 12:00 am – Featuring the collective’s 50 inaugural artists, Nua Collective’s ‘Premiere Exhibition’ highlights a selection of their artworks through an interactive virtual walk-through. Established in light of the Covid-19 global pandemic and in combat the belief that art is not work, Nua Collective is Ireland’s newest online virtual experience playing host to professional, practicing artists who form […]
In The Studio | Jason Ellis Exhibition, Dublin
07/12/2020 – 20/12/2020 @ – Oliver Sears Gallery is pleased to present In The Studio | Jason Ellis A survey of new work, unseen work & recent highlights Presented in the artist’s studio, Dublin city centre 7th December – 20th December 2020 By Appointment “For me, the discovery of the exhibition is the work of the sculptor Jason Ellis. It seems […]
Collisions | Jiannan Wu at Time Arts Gallery, New York
24/11/2020 – 18/12/2020 @ – Time Arts gallery is pleased to present Jiannan Wu’s solo show “Collisions”, on view from November 24 to December 18,2020 At this show, Jiannan Wu presents 13 pieces of works of his new series “Country Love” which he created in the past two years. These pieces are color reliefs with the theme of daily life […]
Kerlin Gallery at Art Basel OVR, Miami Beach
02/12/2020 – 06/12/2020 @ – Dorothy Cross Callum Innes Brian Maguire Daniel Rios Rodriguez Paul Seawright Liliane Tomasko Marcel Vidal VIP Preview: 2 – 4 December Public View: 4 – 6 December Preview here
November 29, 2020
Artists Announced for PS² Freelands Artist Programme 2021-2022
PS² is delighted to announce the names of the third cohort of artists who will participate in the programme over the next two years: Myrid Carten, Phillip McCrilly, Helouise O’Reilly, Robin Price and Jonathan Ross. The PS² Freelands Artist Programme is an initiative funded by the Freelands Foundation that supports creative and professional development for…
November 24, 2020
Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce Report Published
VAI welcome the publication of “LIFE WORTH LIVING”, the Report of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, announced by Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht today. It has been widely acknowledged that the impact of COVID-19 on the Arts/Culture sector has been more detrimental, and will last longer,…
November 20, 2020
Arts Council Awards 94 Commissions to Artists and Organisations Across Ireland
The Irish emigrant experience, the female munitions workers of the First World War, children’s curiosity for nature, and dance during the pandemic feature among 94 new commissions announced the Arts Council this week. The investment, worth a total of €1.3 million across 20 counties, means that artists will partner with arts organisations to create new…
November 19, 2020
Preparing for Brexit | Trading and Customs – EORI Numbers
If you are an artist based in Ireland or Northern Ireland that plans to ship work anywhere outside of the island after the 1st January 2021 then you should start getting prepared. You currently need an EORI number to move goods from Ireland or the UK to non-EU countries (until 1st January 2021). After the…