Successful Recipients of the Artists' Support Scheme 2021

Fingal Arts Office is delighted to announce the successful recipients of the Artists' Support Scheme 2021.

Artists Support Scheme 2021

A sum of €150,000 was allocated in the Fingal County Council 2021 budget to support payment of the Artists' Support Scheme. The Arts Office recently invited artists in the administrative area of Fingal to apply for funding, the closing date for receipt of applications was Friday 26th February.

This year the budget for the scheme was increased by 50% from €100,000 to €150,000 which has led to an increase in the recommended awards. 102 artists applied and 89 artists were successful in their application, and have been awarded the following amounts, which were approved at a council meeting on 12th April 2021.

DRAMA/FILM
Conor Dowling: €1,750
Jijo Sebastian: €1,500
Sarah Ahern: €1,750
Aonghus McAnally Snr: €2,000
Aonghus Óg McAnally: €2,000
Rachel O’Byrne: €1,500
Declan Gorman: €2,000
Anthony Brophy: €1,750
Simona Roveda: €1,500
Eric Fraad: €1,500
Tony Cash: €800
Helena Gouveia Monteiro: €850
Caoimhe O’Malley: €1,500
Colette Cullen: €1,500
Clare Barrett: €1,750
Gary Keegan: €2,500
Tracy Martin: €1,500
Soirse Burns: €1,000
Robbie Walsh: €1,500

LITERATURE
Melatu Uche Okorie: €3,000
Brian Gallagher: €2,500
Megan Wynne: €1,750
SP(Síle) McArdle: €1,750
Susan McKay: €3,000
Kevin Breathnach: €2,200
Eithne Lannon: €1,750
Bobby Aherne: €1,250
Damien B Donnelly: €1,250

MUSIC
Odd Morris: €1,800
Teresa O’Donnell: €4,000
Rhona Clarke: €1,693
Éadaoin Copeland: €1,470
Danny Carroll: €2,095
Lucy O’Byrne: €4,000
Niall Murphy, Oh Boland: €1,800
Caitriona O’Leary: €2,592
Michelle O’Rourke: €4,000
Rossa Nutty: €1,500

DANCE
Ciara O’Regan: €2,000
Emily Aoibheann McDonnell: €4,000

VISUAL ART
Laura Carroll: €1,000
Joyce Garvey: €1,000
Cliona Noonan: €2,000
Ruth Clinton & Niamh Moriarty: €3,250
Sanja Todorovic: €750
Katie O’Neill: €1,250
Brian Giles: €500
Elizabeth Levey: €750
Aoife Scott: €2,500
Nina McGowan: €750
Andrew Carson: €1,250
Colm MacAthlaoich: €1,250
Elaine Grainger: €2,500
Elke Westen: €750
Niall de Buitléar: €2,500
Marie Hanlon: €1,750
Corrina Earlie: €750
Patricia Hennessy: €750
Deborah Hewson: €265
Kerry Guinan: €3,250
Monika Gupta: €1,000
Elizabeth Archbold: €750
Thomas Brezing: €2,000
Aoibheann Greenan: €3,250
Ann Ensor: €925
Phill Foley: €1,000
Steven Maybury: €1,750
Hazel Egan: €1,250
Nicola Weldon: €1,250
Natalie Pullen: €1,250
Aoife Dunne: €3,250
Sean Molloy: €3,250
Anne Callanan: €500
Sorcha O’ Farrell: €422
Jackie Flanagan: €500
Michele Hetherington: €460
Susan Buttner: €1,000
Rob O’Shea: €1,000
Paul Darcy: €750
Louis Haugh: €1,500
Aideen Farrell: €1,500
Sarah Muthi: €1,250
Ellen Duffy: €1,100
Áine Philips: €1,000
Laura Skehan: €3,250
Dee Barragry: €1,500
Yvonne McGuinness: €1,750
Susan Early: €1,250
Aaron Smyth: €2,028