
Graphic Studio Dublin are pleased to offer 4 print residencies in 2020:
Graphic Studio Dublin are delighted to be able to award four residencies in 2020, funded by Fingal, Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Councils. We would like to thank the Arts Offices of each council for the ongoing support which they have shown to Graphic Studio.
Awards have been made to the following artists, we look forward to working with them later this year.
1. Fingal Arts Residency Award, in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin 2020
James English and Niall de Buitlear
2. Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency 2020, funded by Dublin City Council
Marie Farrington
Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency 2020, funded by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
Siobhan McDonald
The partnership with Fingal Arts has run since 2013, setting up an extremely successful programme with Fingal based artists. Dublin City Council has funded a residency project since 2017 with DCC based artists, and this year, we are delighted that Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will also fund a residency project with DLR based artists. See below for details of each project.
Further information is included on the relevant application form, or if required, from Graphic Studio Dublin- email info@graphicstudiodublin.com
1.Open Call: Fingal Arts Residency, in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin 2020
Application Date: Thursday 30th April 2020, 4pm
Previous recipients include Una Sealy in 2017-18 and Sorca O’Farrell in 2019.
This residency will offer to an emerging or established artist in any discipline but who is interested in exploring print processes, the opportunity to make a fine art print with the guidance and assistance of a Master Printmaker at Graphic Studio Dublin. The two-week-long residency will provide an ideal environment for the development of a creative project in printmaking and an opportunity to network with other artists. The artist will produce a finished print, a limited edition of which is then completed for the artist by the studio. The work will be displayed along with members’ work in Graphic Studio Gallery during the following year.
Criteria: The applicant must be an emerging or established artist with an interest in printmaking. No printmaking experience is necessary.
To be eligible to apply applicants must have been brought up, have studied, or currently reside in Fingal County Council administrative area.
2.Open Call: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency 2020, funded by Dublin City Council
Application Date: Thursday 30th April 2020, 4pm
Previous recipients include Cian McLoughlin in 2017, Kieran Crowley in 2018 and Gillian Lawler in 2019.
This residency will offer to an emerging or established artist in any discipline but who is interested in exploring print processes, the opportunity to make a fine art print with the guidance and assistance of a Master Printmaker at Graphic Studio Dublin. The week-long residency will provide an ideal environment for the development of a creative project in printmaking and an opportunity to network with other artists. The artist will produce a finished print, a limited edition of which is then completed for the artist by the studio. The work will be displayed along with members’ work in Graphic Studio Gallery during the following year.
Criteria:
The applicant must be an emerging or established artist with an interest in printmaking. No printmaking experience is necessary. To be eligible to apply applicants must have been brought up, have studied, or currently reside in Dublin City Council administrative area.
3.Open Call: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency 2020, funded by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Application Date: Thursday 30th April 2020, 4pm
This is a new residency for artists linked to DLR.
This residency will offer to an emerging or established artist in any discipline but who is interested in exploring print processes, the opportunity to make a fine art print with the guidance and assistance of a Master Printmaker at Graphic Studio Dublin. The week-long residency will provide an ideal environment for the development of a creative project in printmaking and an opportunity to network with other artists. The artist will produce a finished print, a limited edition of which is then completed for the artist by the studio. The work will be displayed along with members’ work in Graphic Studio Gallery during the following year.
Criteria:
The applicant must be an emerging or established artist with an interest in printmaking. No printmaking experience is necessary. To be eligible to apply applicants must have been brought up, have studied in IADT, or currently reside in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council administrative area.
Each residency will include
- A short induction/training course in the use of equipment, health & safety and models of good practice in a collective fine art print studio.
- The assistance and guidance of an experienced printmaker in making a multi-colour print using a pre-prepared drawing/painting as a starting point.
- Professional studio support with regard to technical processes, and artistic development.
- Printing a small edition of the finished work.
- The Master Printmaker will advise as to print methodologies, and assist the artist in all possible ways to professionally fulfill their objectives during the residency.
- The residency will be documented for the artist, for Dublin City Council Arts Office and Graphic Studio Dublin. The finished work will be exhibited in Graphic Studio Gallery.
- The recipient may be asked to give a public presentation on their practice and how the residency has benefitted them.


CURRENT & PREVIOUS RESIDENCIES:
2020: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: to be awarded
2020: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: To be awarded
2020: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council: To be awarded
2019: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Sorca O’Farrell
2019: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: Gillian Lawler
2019: International Residency: Rebecca Lord Gardiner, Boston USA, April 2019
2019: International Residency: Katsutoshi Yuasa, Japan, August 20119
2017-2018: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Una Sealy
2018: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: Kieran Crowley
2017: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: Cian McLoughlin
2016: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Michael Killen
2015: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Alan Clarke
2014: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Elizabeth Comerford
Testimonials:
Una Sealy, Fingal: 2017 & 2018- “I can’t emphasise enough how much this experience has augmented my practice in general. As an artist who works primarily in paint, I found it very beneficial to work in a medium that is mostly new to me. To have the opportunity to work with someone of the calibre of Master Printer Robert Russell, to guide my ideas to fruition, was an opportunity that I greatly appreciated. Not only did the process inform my own practice, but the expert editioning of my pieces has helped bring my work to new audiences. The open and welcoming atmosphere of the Graphic Studio, and the commitment of its Members to broadening the access to print through their skills and programmes is to be congratulated.”
Cian McLoughlin, DCC: “I was paired with master printer Niamh Flanagan during my time there and the sense of purpose and collaboration was fantastic. She made the experience a hugely enjoyable and rewarding one and, thanks to her extensive expertise in every aspect of print making, we were able to make work that we were proud of as it finally came off the press. For me, support of the DCC for residencies like this is so important as a catalyst for artistic development and interdisciplinary cooperation. I hope this support and patronage continues for many years.”
