Fingal Artist Mentoring Programme 2024/2025
Fingal County Council Arts Office is offering six professional artists the opportunity to participate in a new year-long, developmental 1:1 Artist Mentoring Programme. Open to artists in the Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance at any career stage, the programme, led by Sharon Murphy, takes place from October 2024 – October 2025 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.
About the Artist Mentoring Programme
The Fingal Artist mentoring 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 through:
- Time and space for reflection and experimentation
- Guidance and support: tailored to help navigate challenges and make informed decisions.
- Knowledge sharing: Insights and expertise from the mentor’s/mentee’s experiences.
- Personal and professional development: balancing artistic practice with personal responsibilities and goals.
- Constructive feedback: Supportive critiques to refine and improve artist’s work.
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.
By taking part in the Programme, each mentee will:
- Develop a 3-5 year strategic artist plan
- Enhance self-knowledge and understanding of personal strengths.
- Increase openness to change and generosity in sharing experiences.
- Sustain creative practice through self-reliance and focus.
The Artist Mentoring Programme will span over one year, from October 2024 – October 2025, and sessions will take place on a monthly basis.
Application Closing Date: Friday 27th September 2024 at 4pm.