Visual Arts Residencies in Ireland

Artlink Fort Dunree

Dunree, Ireland

Artlink Fort Dunree is a professional visual arts residency program based at a historic clifftop military site in County Donegal, Ireland. The four-week residencies (April-September ) support artists across all disciplines to develop new work responding to the unique site and local community, with expectations for studio practice (20+ hours/week) and public engagement.

Black Church Print Studio

4 Temple Bar, Ireland

Name of Residency: Black Church International Artist in Residence ProgrammeCall for submissions:Extended Deadline: 30th May 2025Black Church Print Studio would like to invite International artists actively engaged or informed by contemporary printmaking practice to apply for a four-week residency in Black Church Print Studio, Dublin in 2026. Applicants must be practicing printmakers. Irish residents are not eligible. Residency dates to be confirmed between winning participant(s) and the Studio.B

Cill Rialaig Project

Ballinskelligs, Ireland

Cill Rialaig Project is a contemporary arts retreat founded in 1991 by Noelle Campbell-Sharp, located in a restored pre-famine village (c.1790) on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic in County Kerry, Ireland. It offers free residencies to visual artists, writers, poets, composers, and other creative professionals from around the world, providing isolated living-work spaces without television, telephones, or internet to enable artistic focus and reflection.

Custom House Artists Studios

Westport, Ireland

Custom House Artists Studios, located in the restored Old Custom House at the Quay in Westport, Ireland, houses seven studios for locally based visual artists on year-long tenancies, along with a printmaking workshop and gallery space. Established in the 1980s through local artist initiatives and council support, it integrates artists into the community, provides exhibition opportunities, and hosts events to develop visual arts careers. The facility supports painting, printmaking, and related visual arts practices while offering public access to high-quality arts.

Dublin City Council Arts Office

Dublin, Ireland

The Dublin City Council Arts Office administers the Residential Artists' Studios program, offering fully furnished live/work spaces in serene parkland settings like Albert Cottages in Hampstead Park and historic park buildings such as St Patrick’s Park and Albert College Park. These annual residencies, available to local and international artists for 11 months or periods of three to ten months, require public engagement and support artistic practice at a monthly rent of €750 with no stipend provided. Applications typically open in September for the following year, fostering new work and community connections in Dublin.

Fire Station Artists' Studios

Dublin, Ireland

Fire Station Artists' Studios (FSAS) is a Dublin-based residency center offering subsidized combined living and working studios for Irish and international visual artists. The organization provides short-term (1-3 months) and long-term residencies with access to large-scale sculpture workshop facilities, communal spaces, and self-directed research opportunities in the city center.

IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art

Dublin, Ireland

The IMMA Residency Programme at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin supports emerging and established practitioners in contemporary visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities through onsite residencies that foster research, dialogue, and symbiotic engagement with the museum's programming and historic site at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The 'Dwell Here' strand offers one-year residencies, one-year studio residencies, and one-month residencies, involving site-responsive research and seasonal Research Assemblies. Residents benefit from IMMA’s Collection, exhibitions, and proximity to Dublin's cultural scene.

Interface

Moyard, Ireland

Open to visual artists/musicians/writers. The studio is located in a centre of aquacultural research, formerly a salmon hatchery, sited in one of the most beautiful glacial valleys on the west coast of Ireland.Projects have included a research station for seaweed farming and a product which protects bees from the varroa mite and the nosema virus. In 2019, they have undertaken what will be the largest reforestation project in the country, as they plan to replace the surrounding Sitka spruce fores

Live Art Ireland

Milford house, Ireland

Name of Residency: Live Art IrelandResidencies are for 3 weeks to 3 monthsWe generally do a call out for a themed residency twice or three times a yearWe aim to support artists working with live art and performance art, video and film, dance -art, participatory practice and new mediaWe ask artists to consider the socio political context of the site and perhaps engage with the landscape. Information on the history of the site and the nature of the re-wilding land surrounding the house and barns i

Oghyll

Redbarn House, Ireland

Name of Residency: Redbarn ResidencyRedbarn Residency is a renovated 1870 Irish Cottage in South-East Ireland. It is a spacious, open plan home with one double bed, a large kitchen, bathroom and shower. 10 minute walk to Redbarn Beach. Access to Youghal town: 40 minute walk or 17 minute cycle. Buses run from Youghal to Cork city on the hour throughout the day, the bus stop is 40 minute walk from the cottage.The studio is a large room, 30 seconds from the cottage and is bright.Residency: Recommen

Shankill Castle

Kilkenny, Ireland

Shankill Castle in Paulstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland, offers an artist residency program welcoming artists of all mediums for productive retreats in the Dairy Cottage or main house, with stays typically ranging from two weeks to six months. Residents have access to a shared studio and outdoor spaces to pursue their creative projects, amid the historic castle grounds, gardens, and organic farm run by the Cope family. Applications are submitted via an online form or email to shankillcastle@gmail.com, and the program is listed on ResArtis.

St. Patrick's Lodge

Dublin, Ireland

St. Patrick's Lodge is a residential artist studio program run by Dublin City Council Arts Office, located in St. Patrick’s Park next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. It provides fully furnished accommodation including two bedrooms, living area, kitchen, and a small studio/workspace for an 11-month residency at €750 per month, open to Irish and international artists and arts organizations. Selected artists are required to engage with the public, contributing to the park's visitor experience through events and activities.

Studio 468

Dublin, Ireland

Studio 468 is a studio space in St. Andrew's Community Centre, Rialto, Dublin 8, Ireland, hosting Irish and international artists since to foster community-based practices and collaborations. It offers non-residential access to a 24-hour accessible workspace of approximately 40sqm, often through residencies like Common Ground's programs for socially engaged or collaborative artists. Applications are open to practitioners in any discipline interested in community contexts.

The Cabin at Road Books

Garravagh, Ireland

Name of Residency: The CabinRoad Books is a not-for-profit organisation. Residencies can be brief, for one or two weeks, or longer stays of up to three months are encouraged. The weekly fee of €200, including heating, bed linen etc, is for short stays. The fee for longer stays is negotiable, and could involve greater participation in our land work.  If you have a project you want to work on, please send a brief outline (up to 250 words), with the dates you’d like to come, and a link to your own

The Good Hatchery

Offaly, Ireland

The Good Hatchery was an artist-led residency program and experimental art space founded in by graduates of Ireland's National College of Art and Design, located in the rural boglands of North Offaly near Croghan Hill. It hosted artists through invitations and open calls for residencies, on-site projects, exhibitions, and discussions, challenging norms of contemporary art production until closing its residential studios after 9 years.

The Guesthouse

Cork, Ireland

The Guesthouse is an artist-led residency program in Cork's Shandon area that hosts visual artists, filmmakers, sound artists, composers, and researchers for 1-3 month stays. The initiative facilitates experimentation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community engagement through a shared creative space centered around social gatherings and artistic exchange.

The Sirius Arts Centre

Cobh, Ireland

Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh, Ireland offers artist residency programs that provide accommodation and professional development opportunities for visual artists and collaborative practitioners. The residencies support artists in developing or consolidating their practice through research, networking, and critical feedback in a multidisciplinary arts environment.

Watershed Studios

Galway, Ireland

Watershed Studios is an artist residency program located in Galway, Ireland, offering artists of all career stages time, space, and community to encourage growth and experimentation. The program provides studio space converted from a historic fish factory and farm shed, along with newly refurbished cottage accommodation with views of the River Corrib, accommodating six artists at a time.