KERRY County Council’s Art Office is pleased to announce their Cill Rialaig Residency Award 2022.

This Kerry County Council sponsored two-week residency at the nationally and internationally-acclaimed Cill Rialaig artist retreat in Ballinskelligs will allow two Kerry based visual artists two weeks accommodation in Cill Rialaig.

Each artist will be awarded a two-week residency in their own individual cottage studio on the spectacular Bolus Head rent free with utilities paid by the Arts Office at Kerry County Council.

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The Cill Rialaig Project, founded by Dr. Noelle Campbell Sharp, is a voluntary body (a company limited by guarantee) whose main aim is to develop and maintain a retreat for artists and writers from Ireland and abroad.

It involved the rescue and redevelopment of the pre-famine village of Cill Rialaig as a retreat for artists, poets, writers, film makers and composers.

Seven studios, a meeting house and library and a utility house have been completed at the village.

More than 5000 well known Irish and international artists have had residencies here- most often followed by successful exhibitions in their towns, cities and countries.

Applications are limited to visual artists with a connection to the County – either from or living in Kerry. Entries should include an artist statement and CV along with images of no more than three examples of current and past work.

All entries must be submitted by 4pm, Thursday April 21 via email arts@kerrycoco.ie or if necessary via post to Arts Office, Kerry County Council, County Buildings, Rathass, Tralee, Co. Kerry.