Dublin City Public Art Programme

Dublin City Public Art Programme (2021-2026) offers opportunities to commission new artwork across all artforms. The Programme has three strands PUBLIC + ART + CITY. Individually, these strands have distinct characteristics but when combined are intended to offer a cohesive approach to Dublin City Public Art Programme. The programme will create connections and collaboration between different areas of the Dublin City Council’s work and interconnection between public, art and city. The approach of the programme is to embrace the diversity of public art practice while being deeply committed to consultation and engagement with communities and localities. Dublin City Public Art Programme will be in place for five years.   

Strand 1 – Public

Dublin City Council is committed to reinforcing the links between art commissions and the public. The intentions of STRAND 1 - is focused on developing a new approach to public art which intends to place communities and neighbourhoods at the centre of public art commissioning processes. Titled Citizen Commissioners the key principles are to encourage inclusion and diversity and to enable communities to participate as equals in this collaborative commissioning process. 

Strand 2 – Art

Dublin City Council values the contribution which artists make to the city and this strand will offer opportunities for artists to make connections between communities and localities in the city while interacting with Dublin City Council. There is a broad understanding of the term ‘communities’ and they can be communities of interest or place. The focus is on new work and on an openness towards different ways of art-making and expression. In addition to the work of individual artists there is scope for collaborations, collective responses and interdisciplinary practices. There is also respect for different forms of art expression and their duration, encompassing temporary, time-based or permanent work. This gives opportunities for proposals which reflect contemporary artistic practice. This strand is organised through an open-call competition two stage process which will be advertised here and through our social media. 

Strand 3 – City

STRAND 3 - CITY is designed to respond to once off opportunities which arise through partnership within Dublin City Council or with external partners where funding is made available for a specific commissioning context. 

Dublin City Public Art Programme is funded under the Government of Ireland Per Cent for Art Scheme.