Deadline Reminder | Primary Arts Programme 2025/26 from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office

dlr Arts Office in partnership with Blackrock Education Centre wish to engage six artists for the 2025/26 Primary Arts Programme. The programme supports children, artists and teachers to create, explore and encourages creative, process-based play in the classroom.

We are open to applications from artists from all artforms.

• The programme will run during the academic year (October 2025-May 2026).
• Schools apply to take part in the programme. Six classes will be chosen.
• Six artists are matched with six different teachers and their classes.
• We will fund 24 hours for the artist to work with the children and teachers in the classroom.
• We will pay artists for their time to plan with the teacher outside of the classroom.
• We will fund time for the artists research and time to input into the dlr Primary Arts Blog.
• There will be three meetings with the artists and teachers during the programme in Blackrock Education Centre.

Each artist that works on this programme will be paid the following:
1. €1,528 for 24 contact hours in the classroom with the children.
2. €550 for research/preparation
3. €300 for time to feed into the blog.
4. €275 for five meetings to plan with the class teacher outside of the classroom.
5. €100 for each meeting they attend in Blackrock Education Centre.

For more information and to apply click here