Exploring & Thinking Bursary 2020/2021 Announcement

The four Dublin Local Authorities – Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council, Dublin City Council, and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are delighted to announce this year’s recipients of the Exploring & Thinking Bursary.

The Awards will support individual professional artists to develop their artistic practice working with and/or producing work for early childhood arts. Early childhood arts includes a wide range of different arts practices and creative experiences with / for children aged 0 –5 years in different contexts.

Exploring and Thinking is a collaborative framework for early childhood arts in the Dublin region. It came about in 2016 when the four Dublin Local Authorities partnered for the first time to collectively consider early childhood arts provision in Dublin. Each proposal demonstrated a unique line of inquiry and enormous ambition in the area of early childhood arts and we look forward to sharing news with you as these exciting projects unfold during 2021. 

Congratulations to the awarded 2020/2021 artists: Clare Breen,  David Beattie,  Mark Joyce, Cliodhna Noonan, Diane Crotty, Helen Barry, Helen Keenan,  Angelica Santander, Mary O'Donnell, Liam McCarthy and Mark Ball.

Watch this beautiful animation created by design studio Distinctive Repetition to announce the awarded artists. Turn your audio volume up for a treat: https://vimeo.com/539625234