Lisa Fingleton is one of the bursary award recipients.THE Arts Council has awarded 258 artists a collective €4.3 million through the latest round of the bursary award scheme and three Kerry-based artists have been awarded a total of €57,500.
The Arts Council’s bursary awards, on behalf of the state, support individual artists with a grant of up to €20,000, which provides practitioners the time and resources necessary to think, research, reflect and engage with their arts practice.
In Kerry, Lisa Fingleton receives €20,000 under the Arts Participation discipline, Emily Fitzell receives €18,500 under the Arts Participation discipline and Kyle Macaulay receives €19,000
under the Traditional Arts discipline.
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The awards emphasise the value and benefit that an extended process of engagement can bring to an artist’s development.
The works and learnings developed through these awards benefit both the individual artist, audiences and the wider arts ecosystem in Ireland.
Bursaries are awarded across a range of artistic disciplines, reflecting the diverse and fluid nature of arts practice.
This announcement relates to Round 1 of the Arts Council’s 2026 bursary award scheme. Round 2 will be announced at a later date.
