Gibson Travelling Fellowship Award

Crawford Art Gallery announces the inaugural Gibson Travelling Fellowship Award, a significant initiative aimed at expanding international mobility and opportunities for professional visual artists.

This 25,000 EUR triennial award will offer a selected professional practicing visual artist with the means to travel outside the island of Ireland, engage with new artistic communities, and cultivate international relationships that will impact their creative practice.

Embodying one of Crawford Art Gallery’s core strategic priorities to support artists, the Gibson Travelling Fellowship Award acknowledges the need to replenish their creative practice in a self-directed process of exploration, research, and connection.

Assessed through an open submission process, the Gibson Travelling Fellowship Award is a legacy of one of the most significant gifts to Crawford Art Gallery. In 1919, Joseph Stafford Gibson (1837-1919) bequeathed his collections and a fund to enrich the holdings of Crawford Art Gallery and to provide a travel scholarship to talented artists from Munster, Ireland.

The selection panel is represented by Dragana Jurišić (Artist and Educator), Megs Morley (Director/Curator, Galway Arts Centre), Paul McAree (Curator, Lismore Castle Arts), and Mary McCarthy (Director, Crawford Art Gallery). Artists will be assessed on artistic quality, feasibility of proposal, artistic ambition and relevance, and likely impact of the proposal to the artist’s practice.

The deadline for applications is 12pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. 

For more information on how to apply for the Gibson Travelling Fellowship Award, including eligibility, terms and conditions, visit crawfordartgallery.ie.