2020/2021 RESIDENCIES at SAMPLE-STUDIOS, CORK

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW!​

​Graduate Studio Residency Award
Each year Sample-Studios, Cork, offers two studio residency awards, available to graduates of Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork and Limerick School of Art and Design. What do you get?
  • 6-month free Associate Membership with associated access to use the shared facilities
  • 6 month free concurrent use of an individual studio space studio facilities and workspaces. Residencies will commence to suit the recipient but must be terminated by end 2021. The artist will be expected to make use of the studio space will be asked to participate in member activities.
  • A solo exhibition of new work under the TACTIC Visual Arts Programme and the full support of Sample-Studios. The exhibition must take place in 2021.​
  • Mentorship from an established professional artist.
The successful applicants will be presented with the award following a visit to their degree show by our TACTIC curatorial team.
See below to apply
Recipients of this award:
2019 (CURRENT)
Aoife Claffey (CCAD)
Roz Spencer (CCAD)
2018
Dori O'Connell (CCAD) - Suspended Now, St Luke's Crypt, Cork (June 2019)
Anna O'Rioran (CCAD) - Material Reverie, St Luke's Crypt, Cork (November 2019)
2017
Roisín McCabe (LSAD)
Chloe Tetrault Kearney (CCAD) - Apeiron, St Luke's Crypt, Cork (November 2018)
2016
Sophie Gough (LSAD), Concretus: Ulterior Object, ​Elizabeth Fort, Cork (March 2017)
Evgeniya Martirosyan (CCAD) - Between Something and Nothing, St Luke's Crypt, Cork (February 2018)
2015
Andrew McSweeney (CCAD) - Sincerely, COLGATE - TACTIC Gallery, Cork (March 2016)
2014
David Mathúna (CCAD) - 110 bits pr Second - TACTIC Gallery, Cork (May 2015)
2013
John Dwyer (CCAD)
2012
Robert Power (CCAD).
1Graduate Curatorial Residency Award 
Each year Sample-Studios, Cork, offers two studio residency awards, available to graduates of Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork and Limerick School of Art and Design. What do you get?
  • 6-month free Associate Membership with associated access to use the shared facilities
  • A fully-funded online course in curatorial studies from the NODE Centre for Curatorial Studies (http://www.nodecenter.org). The course must be chosen and taken before end 2021​
  • Training in front of house, event management and planning, artist liaison, gallery management and administration with TACTIC programmed exhibitions. 
  •  The opportunity to curate your own exhibition of new work which will be shown as part of the TACTIC Visual Arts Programme with the full support of Sample-Studios. Experience with install/dismantling with at least one TACTIC show is essential prior to taking on a solo curation. The curated exhibition must take place in 2021. ​
  • Mentorship from an established professional curator.
The successful applicants will be presented with the award following a visit to their degree show by our TACTIC curatorial team. The applicant should be willing to live in Cork for the duration of the residency and show flexibility in schedule to meet exhibition deadlines
See below to apply
Recipients of this award:
2019 (CURRENT)
Sinéad Barrett (CCAD)
2018
Catriona Osborne (LSAD) - Archives of Shame, St Luke's Crypt, Cork (October 2019)
Alison O'Shea (CCAD) - Burning Down the House, St Luke's Crypt, Cork (July 2019)
2017
​Irene Berkerey (CCAD) - I see Crimson, I see Red - Elizabeth Fort, Cork (January 2019)
​Katie O'Grady (LSAD) - Rolling Hills (part of Cork Midsummer Festival)- The Guesthouse, Cork
2016
Alison Fogarty (CCAD) - Oh Everywhere There is Gladness (part of Cork Photo)- Lord Mayor's Pavilion, Cork. (January 2018)
Dervla Mulcahy

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for either, or both, of the above opportunities, send the below information, along with your CV, to:
 TACTIC@sample-studios.com
Please include either  Graduate Studio Residency Award ​ or Graduate Curatorial Residency Award  in the subject heading.
Applications are accepted from NOW up to 5th June 2020. 
 
Personal Details
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number:
Email Address:
Contact Details of Referee:
 
Please outline what you hope to achieve from this residency (maximum of 350 words).
Some questions to consider may be:
How do you intend to use the studio facilities for the duration of the residency?
How will this experience further your education and career plans?
 
For more information about Sample-Studios, please visit our website: www.sample-studios.com
Queries may be directed to Info@sample-studios.com

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • The TACTIC and Sample-Studios team will visit both the LSAD and CCAD degree shows in June 2019.
  • To be considered for for either awards, your interest must be registered by 6 June. Awards will be granted based on both the merit of the application and the work on display at the respective graduate exhibitions. 
  • Should an applicant have other obligations or opportunities, this will be taken into  consideration and the residency may be postponed/expedited. 
  • Due to the limited resources of our artist-run organisation, we are unfortunately not in a position to visit degree shows outside of Limerick (LSAD) and Cork (CCAD) in order to consider applicants outside of these colleges.  We do however have a number of different membership options for new graduates which you are welcome to apply for at info@sample-studios.com.
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