Welcome to the January edition of our newsletter
Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh go léir!
I hope this finds you well and rested after the break.
Just before the year’s end, we communicated decisions about funding to strategically funded organisations and to arts centres throughout the country. As well as these major investments, 2024 will also be notable for the establishment of Ireland’s first all-island dance company. This represents a truly exciting moment for dance in Ireland. And we’re honoured too to be able to support almost 2,000 artists through various schemes in 2024.
We recently published our schedule of funding opportunities, and we look forward to meeting as many people as possible throughout the country in the coming weeks, as part of our Meet the Arts Council sessions. At these sessions, Arts Council staff from across the organisation will be on hand to answer questions you may have about the funding schedule and about your proposed applications.
In addition to grant funding, we continue to invest in our Creative Places programme, ensuring people in rural Ireland have access to the arts in their own communities for the first time. Next month’s Creative February programme will be a fantastic opportunity to reflect on the impact of the Creative Schools programme, which will reach 1 in 4 schools this year.
Other key areas of work for us will be the continued implementation of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy, as well as new artform policies including Music and Young People, Children and Education (YPCE). Taking a proactive response to climate concerns and tackling the shortage of artist workspaces will also be top of the agenda.
Finally, we say a fond farewell to Kevin Rafter as he embarks on a period as a Fulbright Professor at Boston College. Kevin’s time as Chair of the Arts Council has guided us into a period of significant growth and accomplishment which will see increased investment in thousands of artists and hundreds of organisations throughout the country. We wish him all the very best in his new adventures.
Here’s to a busy and productive year. We look forward to working closely with you in 2024 and to building on the multitude of successes and developments of recent years.
Maureen Kennelly
Director
|
|
Meet the Arts Council sessions Meet the Arts Council sessions will take place in arts venues around the country in the coming weeks, with an additional session taking place online. At these sessions, you can talk to Arts Council staff about funding opportunities and hear about what the Arts Council does. Schedule: - VISUAL Carlow – Friday 19 January, 11am - 3.30pm
- Online event – Monday 22 January, 10am - 1pm
- Triskel Arts Centre, Cork – Thursday 25 January, 11am - 3.30pm
- The Model, Sligo – Tuesday 30 January, 11am - 3.30pm
- The Complex, Dublin – Friday 2 February, 11am - 3.30pm
Tickets are free, but booking is essential. |
|
Disability access surveyWe are putting together an Access Plan to map out and improve the services we offer to disabled artists and arts workers. As part of this process, we are asking disabled artists, arts workers, and people who work with disabled artists to complete a short survey to let us know their opinions and experiences. We appreciate you taking the time to engage with this survey. If you would like to complete the survey in an alternative format, please email access@artscouncil.ie |
|
Outcomes measurement in the arts: online Q&A sessionsIn 2022, we published an Outcomes Measurement Guidebook to help local authority arts services and arts organisations better understand and capture the social impact of the work that they do. To support arts organisations to use the Outcomes Measurement Guidebook, Quality Matters will be hosting monthly live Q & A sessions during 2024, on the last Wednesday of every month. These sessions are open to anyone using, or planning to use, the Guidebook. The first session will be held, online via Zoom, on Wednesday 31st January, 2024 from 2:00 – 3:00pm. If you have any questions about this event, please email Anne@qualitymatters.ie. |
|
Arts Participation Bursary Award 2024: information sessionAre you a professional artist with a track record in participatory arts practice? If so, you will be interested in our information session for the Arts Participation Bursary Award 2024. Ahead of the Arts Participation Bursary Award deadline of 15th February 2024, we are delighted to host an information session. The session will take place online, Tuesday 9th January 12.00 – 13.00. To receive a link to the session please register your interest at 'Arts Participation Bursary Award information clinic'. |
|
Traditional Arts sector surveyThe current Traditional Arts Policy has come to an end and a new policy for the artform is required, in order to align with the final 3 years of Making Great Arts Work (MGAW). As part of this policy development, we will be conducting public consultation. Part of this process will be a public survey and we are seeking your assistance. We are asking artists, organisations, academics and traditional arts enthusiasts to complete this survey and share your views. |
|
Artist in the Community Bursary recipients
Create and the Arts Council have announced Evelyn Broderick and Kathryn Maguire as the recipients of 2023 Artist in the Community Scheme Bursaries.
The purpose of the bursary award, part of the Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, is to support and nurture professional arts practice, for an artist in any artform who has a track record of working collaboratively with communities of place or interest in the making and interpreting of art.
This is a developmental bursary aimed at practitioners who are facing particular barriers and/or challenges in developing their collaborative socially engaged arts practice. |
|
Niamh Dunne appointed Traditional Artist in Residence 2024 at UCCThe Arts Council in association with the Music Department at UCC, the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS), and the School of Film, Music and Theatre at UCC, are delighted to announce the appointment of renowned singer and fiddle player, Niamh Dunne as the 2024 Arts Council / UCC Traditional Artist in Residence. As part of the role, Niamh will deliver a series of concerts, workshops, and events throughout the UCC campus community during the course of her one-year residency, beginning in January 2024.
|
|
Laureate for Irish Fiction newsletterWe invite you to sign up to a new monthly newsletter focused on the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme. The current Laureate for Irish Fiction is Colm Tóibín, who was appointed to the role in 2022. The newsletter will share updates from the Laureate programme, including blogs and episodes of The Art of Reading podcast. |
|
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Blog - December 2023
The second installment of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Blog is now available. We are sharing some updates on the implementation plan, along with some exciting upcoming events. |
|
Arts Grant FundingThe deadline for the next round of the Arts Grant Funding Award is Thursday 14 March, 2024 at 5.30pm. The window for making an application opens on Tuesday 30 January 2024. The purpose of Arts Grants Funding is to ensure that there is a breadth of high-quality arts activity and programmes throughout the country by offering flexible support that responds to the needs of those who are making, presenting and supporting work. Guidelines will be published in mid-January. |
|
Deis Recording & Publication AwardThe deadline for the next round of the Deis Recording & Publication Award is 15 February, 2024 at 5.30pm. The window for making an application opens on Tuesday 16 January 2024. The purpose of this award is to provide support for traditional arts recording projects, or recording projects involving collaboration between the traditional arts and other artforms and for projects centred on the publication of work, such as tutors, tune collections and critical writing that are in line with the Arts Council’s policy on the traditional arts. |
|
141 new schools join the Creative Schools initiative141 new schools, Youthreach centres and alternative settings have joined the Creative Schools programme. This initiative gives opportunities for children and young people to build their artistic and creative skills. Each of the 141 schools taking part will receive a grant and work with a professional Creative Associate who will support them to develop and implement their own bespoke Creative School Plan over a two-year period. The 141 new Creative Schools comprise 97 primary schools, 25 post-primary schools, 4 special schools and 10 Youthreach centres. Joining the programme this year are five schools in Alternative Settings who cater for young people with severe emotional and behavioral challenges. |
|
Creative February / Fuadar FeabhraThe Creative Schools team invites you to save the date for Creative February / Fuadar Feabhra, a national celebration of creativity. Creative February is open to every school and educational setting in the country. We warmly invite school communities to make, see and do creative things and for every student to connect to their own creativity. Keep an eye on our social media and Creative February webpage in the lead-up to Creative February for inspiration sessions, webinars for students, creative ideas, and more. Throughout the month, we ask schools to send in photos at creativeschools@artscouncil.ie and to share on social media with #CreativeFebruary. |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Musician-in-Residence SchemeDún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office and Music Network invite applications for the 2024 dlr Musicians-in-Residence Scheme. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 6 February at 2pm.
Now in its 10th year, the scheme provides musicians with space and time to create new work, develop their skills, collaborate with other artists and showcase their music.
Successful artists will receive funding up to a maximum award of €8000, a space to work in and advice and mentoring to support their career development. |
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment