Part 1: personal information

Information collected in this section will be held by Clare County Council to help us to keep in touch with you. It will not published.

Required. Your real name. (If you use a different name publicly/professionally, you can enter this separately below.)
This is the email address we’ll use to contact you.
Agreements

I would like to receive email updates from Clare County Council’s Arts Office:

You can opt out at any time.

I am happy for Clare County Council’s Arts Office to share my details with other relevant organisations:

Part 2: public profile

Information collected in this section will be shown in the artists’ directory section of the Clare Arts website. (We may edit your submission for quality, style and clarity.)

Only artists from, living or working in Clare may be featured on the directory.

Required. This should be the name you use publicly/professionally. (If you use a single word or phrase as a name, enter it in the ‘last name’ field.)
A summary of your practice. Please follow the style guide below.
If you regularly Tweet and you’d like us to link to your profile, enter your username here.
If you regularly post to Instagram and you’d like us to link to your profile, enter your username here.
Link title
Link URL
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Role
The role(s) that apply to you. (Tick all that apply.)
Context(s)
The context(s) you work in. (Tick all that apply.)
Artform(s)
The field(s) you work in. (Tick all that apply.)
Your profile image. Similar to the profile image on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram; this could be an image of yourself or a piece of your work. The image must be in JPEG format; between 1000 and 3000 pixels along the longest side; up to 4MB in size. Please follow the style guide below.




Up to five images of your work. Each image must be in JPEG format; between 1000 and 3000 pixels along the longest side; up to 4MB in size. Please follow the style guide below.
Agreement

I consent to the content in this section being included in the publicly-available artists’ directory on Clare County Council’s Clare Arts website, and I confirm I have permission to share all of the information and images that I've provided here:

I declare that I am from, living in or working in Clare:

Please check the accuracy of all the information you’ve provided before submitting the form. This form may take some time to process (particularly if you’re uploading images), so please be patient. Don't leave this page until you see confirmation that the form has been submitted successfully.

Biography

Please follow this style guide for your biography. Maximum 200 words. Please write in the third person (see example below). Feel free to leave blank sections that are not relevant to you, but please follow the order provided.

  • XXX is an [artist/musician, etc]
  • Based in/originally from [choose 1]:
    • Name of town or village
    • Area of Clare – north, south, east, west
    • Co. Clare
  • He/She has a [name of qualification] from [awarding institute, year] and a [name of qualification] from [awarding institute, year]. You may enter as many you wish.
  • His/her work is primarily concerned with [brief description]
  • He/She has had solo exhibitions/performed in [max 3]
    • Year; Venue; Title of Exhibition; Curated/Produced/Directed by [if relevant]
  • He / She has participated in group exhibitions in [max 3]
    • Year; Venue; Title of Exhibition; Curated by [if relevant]
  • He / She has recorded albums / podcasts etc [max 3]
    • Year; Title; Collaborators [if relevant]
  • He/She has worked on projects/programmes [please add a description, including:]
    • Year; Venue; Name of programme; Curated by [if relevant]
  • He/she is a member of [name artists collectives, membership organisations etc]
  • He/She is a recipient of [list awards, bursaries, grants; etc; and the year that they were received]
  • His/Her work has been
    • Purchased by [name and date]
    • Commissioned by [name and date]

Example biography

Siobhán Mulcahy is based in Ennis, Co. Clare. She holds a MA in Fine Art from Limerick School of Art and Design (2000). Her work is primarily concerned with developing site specific responses to climate change/painting the landscape of Clare/giving a voice to local communities/participatory arts practices/socially engaged practice etc.

She has exhibited in the Venice Biennale, (2020, 2021) and Clare Museum (2021). She has participated in RHA Annual Showcase, Dublin (1999) and the glór Open Submission (1997) curated by Mick O’Dea RHA.

She is a member of VAI and the Ground Up Artists Collective. She is a recipient of Clare County
Council’s Tyrone Guthrie Bursary Award (2010), Arts Council Visual Arts Bursary (2015), Clare County
Council Arts Grant (2019). Her work has been purchased by The Arts Council of Ireland (2020) and
commissioned by Bank of Ireland (2000).

Images

In order for us to present your work in the best possible way, images should be of good quality – in focus; well-lit (but with no glare or reflections); no extraneous walls or furniture in the background. Images should be of the work alone, without any captions, filters or other overlaid text/graphics.

Our recommended technical specification is:

  • JPEG format (.jpg; .jpeg files)
  • Between 1000 and 3000 pixels along the longest side
  • Maximum 4MB file size

Please ensure you have permission to share your images. If you have worked with a third-party photographer, you may need their permission to use their images in this way.

Privacy

Our use of your information is covered by Clare County Council’s privacy policies.

Contact

For help, please email arts@clarecoco.ie.