Above image: Justyna Kielbowicz, our 2016 recipient, from her project Dr.Nadia Kelbova
A4 TU DUBLIN GRADUATE AWARD
ABOUT
The A4 DIT Graduate Award (2016 – 2019) was established to support the practice and professional development of an outstanding emerging artist. Each June the award was given to a graduate from the Dublin School of Creative Arts and Media based on their work displayed in the graduate show. The award was open to all visual creative disciplines, including Fine Art, Visual Communications, Photography and Design. Four artists were supported with this award between 2016 and 2019.
WHY TU DUBLIN?
A4 Sounds aims to embed itself in the social and cultural fabric of the north inner city area, with a specific focus on Dorset Street and its surrounding areas. With this in mind we decided to focus our graduate award on Dublin Institute of Technology as their new campus, located in Grangegorman, is a 15-minute walk from our studios.
SELECTION PROCESS
Each June, the A4 Arts Studio Management team will form a selection panel and visit the end of year show. There must be between five and seven persons on the panel. Each person must nominate four artists for selection. The panel will discuss all nominees and then vote, selecting four artists in order of preference. All votes are counted using The Edgar-Holland Method, (a ranked voting system).
We do not ask students to apply for the award in advance as we feel this would interfere with their workload at a stressful time of year and those under a lot of pressure to complete complicated works would not have time to complete applications.
AWARD RECIPIENTS
2018: Bara Palcik
2017: Monika Bogyos
2016: Justyna Kielbowicz
CRITERIA
The main criterion for the award is that the recipient must be graduating from DIT in the year of the award. Beyond this, the judging process is more subjective. Panel members are free to choose candidates they feel are of merit of the award, and who will benefit from the support and facilities that A4 Arts Studio can provide. Candidates can be chosen from any of the fields exhibited at the Grangegorman Grad Show.
DETAILS
The award comprises of:
- An exhibition in the A4 Sounds Gallery, with support for the installation and duration;
- Three months’ free membership of the studio, availing of the studio’s shared workspaces, facilities, equipment and training to use as required or for preparation of an exhibition;
- One free course or workshop of the recipient’s choice from our educational programme; and
- A mentor assigned to them for feedback, advice and queries throughout their time in A4 Arts Studio
