Open Call: Clancy Quay Studios + Superprojects Professional Development programme 2025/26

Deadline: Monday 30 June 2025 at 6pm

Google Online Form: https://forms.gle/GqySnPwmYP8rJrvW9

Download guidelines here

Superprojects is pleased to announce an Open Call for participants in the 2025/26 Professional Development Programme for recent graduate artists. In 2024, the programme will collaborate with the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Clancy Quay Studios, and Ormston House in Limerick to deliver a comprehensive curriculum aimed at equipping recent graduates with the skills needed to confidently navigate successful careers as visual artists.

The professional development series allows recent graduates from all fine art courses across the country to access knowledge, training and feedback from Ireland’s leading experts in the visual arts. This will take the form of weekly seminars, gallery and studio visits, mentoring and feedback sessions, with knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer collaborations encouraged. Themes of seminars include subjects such as time management, how to approach artists talks and presentations, studio visits and networking, how to write excellent applications, tax and finance for artists, documenting your work and more.

Beginning in October 2025 at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, the programme will include in-person and online meetings and seminars as well as site and studio visits in both Dublin and Limerick. As well as providing training and practical information, participants in the series will be allowed to access one-on-one advice clinics and mentoring sessions with curators and arts professionals. At the end of the series, participants will have developed a strong peer network as well as increased knowledge and confidence in how to proceed and thrive in their careers as visual artists, bridging the gap between University and the professional world. 

At Superprojects, we work exclusively with young people and children, and with this in mind, we accept applications from artists who are at or below the age of 23 on 1st June 2025. 15 places will be awarded based on merit and need, following the receipt of the completed application form. Info on how to apply is below. This programme is an initiative of Superprojects and the National College of Art and Design in partnership with Ormston House in Limerick, kindly supported by the Arts Council. Clancy Quay Studios is supported by Kennedy Wilson.

To be eligible to apply you must:

  • Have graduated with a fine art degree from any Irish university in the year 2025

  • Be at or below the age of 23 years old by 1st June 2025

  • Be able to demonstrate in your written answers how this opportunity would benefit your career development

 Applicants will also be selected on the basis of the following criteria:

  • Dedication to their professional practice

  • Ability to set professional goals

  • Quality of work

  • Willingness to engage with the community and commit to the full programme

 

 How to Apply

To apply complete the Google online form indicated below by Monday 30 June 2024 at 6pm. The form includes the following questions:  

  1. Date of birth

  2. Please describe your current art, design or education practice. Discuss the process, media, main artistic concerns and any recent or upcoming projects/exhibitions you have been part of (Max 500 words).

  3. How do you feel this programme will benefit your practice as an artist? Mention some professional goals and key skills you hope to gain (Max 200 words).

  4. Please submit 1 PDF file containing 5 images of your recent work with captions. (Max file size 10Mb)

  5. Please confirm that you are available to participate fully in this programme; weekly, Tuesday evenings online and in person 5.30pm-7.30pm from October to December 2025, to include at least 3 full days in Dublin/Limerick on-site.

Google Online Form: https://forms.gle/GqySnPwmYP8rJrvW9

About Superprojects
Superprojects is an initiative for young audiences that generates possibilities for creative encounters with contemporary art and artists. Funded by The Arts Council, Superprojects' work includes school-based workshop and artist-residencies, commissions and other programmes that open up the richness of national and international contemporary art practice to young participants; whilst actively fostering their development as meaning-makers and artists.

About Clancy Quay Studios

Clancy Quay Studios is an initiative of the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) School of Education and Access programme. In partnership with Kennedy Wilson, the Clancy Quay Studios offers a one-year studio residency to up to 5 recent graduates from NCAD. Since 2020, the Clancy Quay Studio Project has been partnering with Superprojects to deliver a Professional Development Programme, providing an innovative suite of entrepreneurial and professional development support to the studio residency awardees at Clancy Quay, and a wider group of recent graduates from across the country.