IN CONTEXT 5 – CONNECT
Strand 1. Every Individual is Part of Our Story
South Dublin County Councils Public Art programme 2023 – 25
under the Percent for Art Scheme
South Dublin County Council would like to invite proposals from Artists, in any discipline, for six new Public Art commissions which will focus on the artist working with early years, children and young people (and their wider families and communities) to create new artworks.
Imagined as a series of dynamic and ambitious public art commissions, IN CONTEXT 5 aims to gather temporary communities around inspirational ideas. Collaboration between artists and local, national or international partners will help to extend the depth of public engagement. Artists proposals are invited for temporary public art projects and no permanent works of art are envisaged.
Artists should take into account that South Dublin County Council administrative area is formed by multiple cultural backgrounds and stories of its people. It is a place for experimentation and new forward thinking that respects the foundations upon which it has been built. Its future is made up of the individual and community life stories of the people who have chosen to live there. Its outward face is made up of the pride that people find in the local communities that they have built. Every INDIVIDUAL is part of OUR story.
IN CONTEXT
These commissions are part of IN CONTEXT (1998-2025) South Dublin County Council’s Public Art Programme under the Per Cent for Art Scheme. It is now coming into its fifth phase of commissioning public art.
IN CONTEXT 5 aims to build upon the strengths of earlier phases of the programme, which are widely considered models of best practice in Public Art commissioning. The most recent phase, IN CONTEXT 4 – In Our Time, created a framework for artists to reflect on the situation of the County, respond to themes and issues that are prominent in our time, gathering temporary communities around an inspirational idea that aspires to a legacy. Please visit www.incontext4.ie for more information on the projects that took place.
These strategies are a commitment to increasing investment in Arts Services for Children and Early Years; increasing access and participation in the Arts for Children and Early Years across the County and promoting the significant value that meaningful arts participation can play in the life of the child. To support work in this area, an assistant arts office for early years, children and young people was appointed in 2022.
Timeline
· Application open week of the 25th September
· Online information session: 3pm, 17th October (please register for the online session by email to Meabh Butler mbutler@sdublincoco.ie)
· Deadline for queries: 5pm, Friday 20th October – all queries to Meabh Butler, Assistant Arts Officer, Early Years Children and young people mbutler@sdublincoco.ie
· Deadline for applications: 5pm, 15th November
· Review of applications – 20th November
Applications will only be accepted through sdcc.submit.com. For more information please download the artists brief
here.
In this application form, there is an option to answer some questions either in text or by video.