Residency Programmes for Artists

To support artists and benefit from their creativity, Dublin City Council hosts a number of residencies each year which engage some of the city's finest creatives in producing work for the city.

Culture Company Creative Residencies

Dublin City Council Culture Company runs cultural initiatives across the city, including its Creative Residency programme.

The first Creative Residency began in 2019 when artist Jesse Jones developed new work while exploring the theme of art and law at King's Inns - Ireland's oldest school of law.

Since then, the Creative Residency programme has matched five artists with five sports clubs, as well as four creatives with four Dublin City Council Sports and Recreation Centres. It also welcomed Dublin's first Historian in Residence for Children and two artists to 14 Henrietta Street.

Most residencies are open to artists from a broad range of disciplines - from architecture and poetry to photography and theatre. By creating these partnerships, Dublin City Council Culture Company aims to develop new ideas and add to the cultural story of Dublin.

Arts Office Incubation Space Award

Dublin City Arts office provides a free studio space for artists, collectives or art companies to work from for a period of 1-6 months. The studio, which is based on James Joyce Street in Dublin's North Inner City and measures around 70 square metres, consists of a kitchen  washroom and a large heated studio.

The brightly lit space has cement floors and is suitable for a range of artistic disciplines. To find out more about the space and upcoming application windows, visit the Dublin City Arts Office's website.

Biodiversity Artist in Residence

In 2024, Dublin City Council put a call out for artists to work within the organisation to change the way council staff think about biodiversity. We want to make biodiversity a priority in all the work that happens in our city and encourage staff to think about protecting and promoting nature in their day-to-day activities.

Three artists will take up residencies that will last six months each. During their time at Dublin City Council, they will develop work that will nurture conversations and transform thinking about biodiversity within the organisation. This programme is supported by Creative Ireland and Dublin City Council.