EARLY CAREER ARTIST RESIDENCY

Photo Museum Ireland’s Early Career Artist Awards is a mentorship programme providing essential curatorial guidance and resources for the most promising photography graduates as they embark on their artistic careers. Over the course of this year-long programme the recipients will create new work with ongoing support from our expert curatorial team and selected guest mentors.

Current Residency

Early Career Artist Awards 2024-25

Past Residencies
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Early Career Artist Awards 2023-24

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Early Career Artist Awards 2022-23

Crowd at night in blue light

Early Career Artist Awards 2021-22

“This programme gives that bridge to the real world. A tentative baby step towards being a practising artist. So now, outside of the safe confines of a college, I’ve produced the body of work independently, self-motivated, and shown it to a wider community in a distinguished space.”

– Spencer Glover, Emerging Photographer on the Early Career Artist Residency

 

“It has given me a sense of courage to be able to do new things and work in new ways that I hadn’t before. Taking older methodologies I use and applying them in new ways that gave me confidence to work using materials that I hadn’t used before.

It also gave me a stronger direction in what I want to do in my career. I found the final exhibition to be extremely beneficial in that it legitimised the work we did over the year. It was a definitive outcome that gave me a huge sense of accomplishment.”

– Luke Ryan, Emerging Photographer on the Early Career Artist Residency

“The resources and support that made the greatest impact were the guidance and the mentorship. That opportunity to have someone available to me that I could bounce ideas off, who could look objectively at the work and suggest things. As we moved out of the safety net of the college environment, having that outlet for ideas, for missteps and encouragement was very valuable.“

– Spencer Glover, Emerging Photographer on the Early Career Artist Residency

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Photo Museum Ireland stands as Ireland’s leading charity and museum dedicated to contemporary photography. Photo Museum Ireland is the national centre for contemporary photography, dedicated to advancing the development, appreciation and understanding of photography and visual culture across Ireland. We connect diverse audiences with inspirational and exciting photography and visual culture.
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