Practice Awards

Evolve Practice Award 2025 – Digital Media (Closed)

This award is dedicated to professional visual artists who want to expand their practice by testing new materials and techniques. Providing 12 weeks of free access to Digital Media facilities and equipment in FSAS and a €600 stipend, the award provides time for the recipient to develop and push their practice in a new direction receiving technical advice and guidance from the Digital Media Manager and curatorial assistance from the Programme and Outreach Manager. The overall value of the award is €2,570 including in-kind equipment and space rental, staff time and stipend.

Format of the Award

• Access to the Digital Media area over a 12-week period between April and July 2025
• €600 stipend
• Access to FSAS Digital Media equipment (cameras, sound equipment, etc.) free of charge
• Scheduled access to FSAS’s media facilities free of charge
• Technical support from Helena Gouveia Monteiro (Digital Media Manager), up to 2h/week
• 2 x studio visits with Julia Moustacchi (FSAS Programme & Outreach Manager)

See list of Digital Media facilities and equipment, hardware and software.

Who Should Apply

• Professional visual artists (minimum of 3 years after graduating)
• Artists who want to experiment with the particular resources and equipment available in FSAS Digital Media Studio

How to Apply

An awareness of our facilities, resources, and artistic programme is recommended when making an application.

Please send your application with heading ‘Evolve Practice Award – Digital Media’ to apply@firestation.ie  in a single PDF document, including the following items:

• A Project Plan (tell us how you plan to use the residency with as much detail as possible – 500 words max).
• An Artist Statement outlining the main themes and processes in your practice (250 words max).
• A CV (1 page)
• Documentation of work (4-5 high-res images + audio/visual links if relevant). All works need to be captioned.
• Access requirements

Deadline for Applications: Wednesday 5 February, 5pm.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Professional practicing visual artist
• Quality of work
• Openness and interest in experimenting and pushing your practice
• Quality of proposal
• Clarity of project plan
• Expressed and perceived need for the award
• Willingness to engage with the FSAS Community