Fingal Artist Mentoring Programme 2026/ 2027

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Fingal Arts Office is delighted to announce the return of the Artist Mentoring Programme for 2026/2027. The programme is a professional development initiative where an experienced mentor creates the environment for the artist to explore, test, probe, and create new pathways. The mutually engaged mentoring relationship aims to foster the artistic, personal, and professional growth of the artist at a time of change in their practice.

Benefits include: self-knowledge and an understanding of how to play to your strengths, increased agency and confidence, expanded perspectives, skills development, career advancement, and personal growth. 

About the Artist Mentoring Programme

Fingal Arts Offices offers six professional artists the opportunity to participate in the year-long, developmental 1:1 Artist Mentoring Programme. Open to Visual Artists at any career stage, the programme, led by Sharon Murphy, takes place from May 2026 – May 2027 monthly. The 1:1 Mentoring aims to provide a nurturing and empowering environment for artists to grow, thrive, and sustain their creative practices – at an identified critical juncture - through a structured and holistic mentoring approach.

Sharon Murphy brings over 30 years of experience leading in the performing and visual arts in diverse contexts - national cultural institutions, theatre companies, galleries, local authorities, and public art/per cent for art - as director, producer, curator, commissioner, theatre practitioner, educator, mentor and most recently as a visual artist.

The Artist Mentoring Programme will span over one year, from May 2026 – May 2027, and sessions will take place on a monthly basis. 

Commitment to full participation is required.

Eligibility:

Open to professional visual artists at all career stages.

  • Applicants must have been born, have studied, or currently reside in the Fingal administrative area.
  • Applications from artists who are from under-represented communities are particularly welcome.
  • Applicants must be aged over 18.
  • Applications must be available and committed for the duration of the programme.

 

Applications close Friday 13th March 2026 at 4:00pm.

Please ensure the guidelines have been read in full before submitting an application. 

Download Mentoring Programme Artist guidelines 2026 2027

To apply please see: https://submit.link/4tN