Almost half a million in funding for Limerick artists and arts groups

Name: Almost half a million in funding for Limerick artists and arts groups
Uploaded: 2025-08-05T15:00:48+01:00
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Description: SEVEN Limerick artists and art organisations are in the frame for funding of €419,675 from the Arts Council.

Alan Jacques

August 5, 2025

Arts painting picture paint stock funding (120 word brief) — Hatters Castle Art Class and studio are having an art exhibition in support of Novas, the service for people experiencing homelessness in Limerick.

SEVEN Limerick artists and art organisations are in the frame for funding of €419,675 from the Arts Council.

A total of 218 applicants are now to receive funds from the Arts Grant Funding scheme, representing a national investment of €17.1million to support arts activities across Ireland.

Arts Grant Funding is one of a number of funding schemes through which the Arts Council invests in artists, organisations, and arts infrastructure.

The announcement comes at a time of unprecedented demand for the Arts Council’s funding schemes, with 7,568 eligible applications received across all schemes last year.

Recipients in Limerick include Askeaton Contemporary Arts CLG (€70,000), Light Moves Festival Of Screendance (€30,000), Limerick Jazz Society (€25,000), Ormston House (€200,000), Sans Press (€20,000), D’or Seifer,(€4,675), and the Limerick Theatre And Performance Hub (€70,000).