An Chomhairle Ealaíon

An Dathadú Tuarascáil Bhliantúil maille le Cuntais don bhliain dar chrioch 31ú Nollag 1991. Tíolacadh don Rialtas agus leagadh faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas de bhun Altanna 6 (3) agus 7 (1) den Act Ealaíon, 1951.

Fortieth Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1991. Presented to the Government and laid before each House of the Oireachtas, pursuant to Sections 6 (3) and 7 (1) of the Arts Act, 1951.

ISBN 0906627 49 4 ISSN 0790-1593

Members

Colm Ó hEocha, Chairman Dermot Bolger Michael Colgan Máire de Paor Bríd Dukes Arthur Gibney Patrick Hall Charles Hennessy Ted Hickey Richard Kearney Proinsias Mac Aonghusa Larry McCluskey Paul McGuinness Micheal O'Siadhail Donald Potter Eric Sweeney Kathleen Watkins

Staff (at September 1992)

Director Adrian Munnelly

Officers Literature, Community Arts and Festivals Laurence Cassidy Visual Arts Sarah Finlay Film Paul Freaney Drama and Personnel Phelim Donlon Opera and Development Patricia Quinn (until April 1992) Music and Traditional Arts Dermot McLaughlin Popular Music Keith Donald (until April 1992) Regions Emer McNamara (until December 1991) Education Kieran Walsh (from May 1992) European Affairs Marian Fitzgibbon (from June 1992) Finance and Administration David McConnell

Executive Assistants Kevin Healy Nuala O'Byme Bernadette O'Leary Jennifer Traynor

Secretarial Assistants Patricia Moore Mary Hickey Paula Harold Edward Redding

Receptionist Kathryn Cahille

70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Telephone: (01) 611840 Fax: (01) 761302

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council is an independent body set up in 1951 to promote and assist the arts. The Council operates under the Arts Acts 1951 and 1973 and provides a wide-ranging programme of financial assistance and special services. Support of the individual arts practitioner is a fundamental part of the Council's mission and and grant-aid is given to organisations and groups. Council policies are directed towards providing access to the arts widely throughout the country. The Council also acts as an adviser on artistic matters to Government and has a statutory right to make representations to planning authorities in certain instances where artistic or architectural considerations apply.

The Council consists of a board of not more than seventeen members appointed by An Taoiseach. The present Council was appointed in 1988 and its term of office expires in 1993. The Council usually meets eleven times a year to set Council policies and make decisions within the terms of the Arts Acts. These policies and decisions are implemented by a staff headed by a Director, appointed by the Council. The Arts Council, as a publicly accountable body, publishes an annual report and accounts to provide the Oireachtas and the general public with an overview of the year's work.

Annual grants from the Oireachtas and from the net proceeds of the National Lottery are the Council's principal sources of income. These grants are supplemented by income from local authorities and other bodies, usually designated for specific schemes or projects. The Council also administers a number of trust funds.

The arts are defined in the Arts Acts and include: painting, sculpture, architecture, cinema, print-making, design, theatre, dance, music, opera, literature and 'the fine arts and applied arts generally'.

Contents

Page Chairman's Introduction 7 Finance 8 National Lottery, Obituary 9 Membership, Employment Policy 10 Arts Council Publications 10 Aosdána 11 Literature 13 Visual Arts 17 Film 22 Drama 24 Dance 27 Traditional Arts 28 Popular Music 31 Opera 32 Music 33 Jazz 36 Arts Centres 37 Education 38 Development 40 Arts Development in the Regions 41 Community Arts and Arts Festivals 43 Arts/Community/Education 45 Capital 46 Sundry 46 Accounts 47

Chairman's Introduction

1991 was the third year in office of the present Council and a year when many of its plans, policies and objectives began to come to fruition. The arts in Ireland have taken on a significant role in the development and health of our country and this is now beginning to be recognised by the Government and public alike. The inclusion in the Programme for Economic and Social Progress of a funding target for the Council of £13m per annum inflation-adjusted — equivalent now to approximately £15m — was encouraging for the Council and for all those working in the arts.

The often difficult relationship between art and its funding is made all the more crucial at a time when the country's public finances are under severe strain. The question of how the Arts Council's spending of its budget impacts on the public, a public which includes artists and others working in the arts, is paramount. It is a matter which the Council must always keep to the fore. In addressing it, it becomes clear that it is not a simple matter of public awareness or of simply providing the public with art but rather a question of integration. It is the fostering of a dialogue between artists and the community in which they live. More specifically, the Council's policies in community arts, festivals, education and its regional support are endeavouring to create these contexts for integration.

Dublin was the designated European City of Culture for 1991 and many of the Council's activities complemented those of the organisers of the resultant celebrations. The European dimension of the arts is significant as we move closer to a more integrated Europe with its diversity of cultures. There is no longer a sense of the cultural dominance of centres such as Paris, London or Amsterdam. It is perhaps an exaggerated analogy, but a characteristic hallmark of the Renaissance period was somewhat similar, in that there were regional centres which encompassed a cultural wholeness without need for outside reference. This regionalisation is to a great extent the model for a Europe of the regions. The Council acknowledges the growing importance of communities creating their own context for artistic activity, appreciation and experience.

As part of this integration of art and the community, the Council identified the need for recognition and appreciation of the work done both by artists and by arts managers. The Arts Management Conference held in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, in November 1991 and the recommendations of the Council's management development committee, began a process of engendering such public recognition.

1991 saw an even further growth in arts activity and in the number of people involved in the arts in Ireland. With a growing interest from the private sector, encouraged by Cothú, and an increasing audience for art, the Council no longer needs to be the sole mechanism for support. It now works increasingly in partnership with other funding bodies and many important arts events take place without Council support. This diversification is very healthy, and one which makes the Council's role all the more vital as the State support system, in co-ordinating, in initiating and in encouraging excellence.

Again this year I would like to thank my colleagues on the Council for their support, their time and expertise and their unflagging enthusiasm. I thank the Director and his staff for their professionalism and thoroughness in carrying out the work of the Council.

I would also like to thank the outgoing Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey for his support over the years and look forward very much to building a good working relationship with the Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds and the Minister for the Arts and Culture, Tom Kitt.

Tá borradh agus fás ins na healaíona in Éirinn. Tá meas tuillte acu sa bhaile agus i gcéin, a bhuíochas le tacaíocht daoine agus eagraíochtaí ar fuaid na tíre sin ní fhéadfadh an Chomhairle Ealaíon seirbhís atá ríthábhachtach a chur ar fáil do mhuintir na hÉireann.

The Arts Council: Three-Year Financial Summary 1991 1991 1990 1989 £ % £ £ Income State Funding 9,956,000 9,478,000 7,149,000 Other Income 710,000 277,000 274,000 10,666,000 9,755,000 7,423,000

Expenditure Literature 692,000 6.4% 587,000 450,000 European Literary and Translation Prize project 276,000 2.6% - - Visual Arts 1,093,000 10.1% 1,017,000 787,000 Film 336,000 3.1% 254,000 211/000 Drama 3,632,000 33.7% 3,362,000 2,863,000 Dance 301,000 2.8% 321,000 214,000 Traditional Music 270,000 2.5% 213,000 175,000 Opera 563,000 5.2% 513,000 393,000 Music 465,000 4.3% 384,000 320,000 Arts Centres 651,000 6.0% 542,000 422,000 Education 208,000 1.9% 263,000 234,000 Community Arts and Festivals 264,000 2.5% 232,000 197,000 Regions 267,000 2.5% 213,000 161,000 Capital 846,000 7.9% 986,000 249,000 Sundry 212,000 2.0% 125,000 117/000 Administration 695,000 6.5% 666,000 591,000 10,771,000 100.0% 9,678,000 7,384,000 Capital Account 8,000 60,000 28,000 10,779,000 9,738,000 7,412,000 Outturn for year -113,000 17,000 11,000 Opening Balance -51,000 -68,000 -79,000 Closing Balance -164,000 -51,000 -68,000 Trust Funds 140,000 128,000 119,000 Fixed Assets 297,000 289,000 229,000 Total Assets less Current Liabilities at 31st December £273,000 £366,000 £280,000

Detailed lists of grants, etc., are given at the end of each section of the report. Full financial statements will be found on pages 47 to 55.

Finance The Council's state funding in 1991 came from two sources: a grant-in-aid voted by Dáil Éireann, £4.968 million and £4.988 million from the National Lottery Fund: a total of £9.956 million compared with £9.478 million in 1990. Other Council income for 1991 amounted to £710,000, largely arising from grants designated for specific purposes received from other organisations, including £291,000 allocated from the EC Action Culturelle Programme towards the cost of two important Council promotions in the field of Literature (q.v.). Details of these grants will be found at the end of the section reports and in Note 2 to the Council's accounts.

Direct support for the individual artist during 1991 amounted to £1,050,000, almost 10% of total expenditure, including a provision of £552,000 for Aosdána, and £107,000 for awards under the ARTFLIGHT travel scheme operated in conjunction with Aer Lingus. Many more individuals received indirect support and employment through the Council's grants to organisations.

The Council welcomed the statement in the Programme for Economic and Social Progress (January 1991) that

"..(the Government) are moving steadily towards the Arts Council's funding target of £12-£13 million and our aim is to reach this reasonably rapidly and as circumstances permit. The achievement of this figure will allow the Arts Council to pursue even more vigorously its already very successful policies of encouraging creativity in the arts and providing wider and easier access to them throughout the country."

It was, therefore, with considerable disappointment that the Council learned of the repeat (£9.956 m.) level of funding for 1992. In view of significant additional commitments already entered into, some areas of funding had, of necessity, to suffer cutbacks in 1992.

Council's funding since 1989:

[£m] 1989 1990 1991 1992 (est.) Oireachtas Grant-in-aid 4.201 4.530 4968 4.968 National Lottery 2.948 4.948 4.988 4.988 Total State funding 7.149 9.478 9.956 9.956

National Lottery So as to provide a full picture of State funding for the contemporary arts. Arts Council Reports for 1987, 1988,1989 and 1990 listed payments made direct by the Department of the Taoiseach to certain organisations most of which also were grant-aided by the Council. In 1991, the only such payments were:

£ Irish Museum of Modem Art: current 985,000 Irish Museum of Modem Art: capital 565,000 Irish Writers' Centre, Dublin 65,000 Irish Film Board (re Irish Film Centre) 25,000 National Concert Hall 200,000

National Lottery funds expended by the Government on beneficiary projects totalled £88.408 million in 1991. Of this sum, the Arts Council received £4.988 million and other beneficiaries involved in the contemporary arts received £1.840 million as listed above. A payment of £531,000 in connection with Dublin 1991 — European City of Culture could also be regarded, in part, as assisting the contemporary arts.

Those who wish to research this subject further should examine the Annual Reports of the An Post National Lottery Company and the Oireachtas Appropriation Accounts (the Government's annual accounts) under Vote 3 (Taoiseach) and other Votes.

ARTFLIGHT Early in 1991 an imaginative new awards scheme commenced. Ireland being an island, arts workers here sometimes are at a relative disadvantage compared with people who do not have to cross seas to visit other countries. Operated in conjunction with Aer Lingus, ARTFLIGHT is a scheme that makes awards available to creative and interpretative artists in all fields, and arts administrators, to enable them to fly from Ireland to any destination on the Aer Lingus network. Successful applicants must satisfy the Council that there is an artistic benefit to them and, where applicable, their associated organisation.

During 1991,696 ARTFLIGHT awards were made at a cost to the Council of £107,200.

Obituary Seán Ó Faoláin, the writer and Saoi of Aosdána, died on 20th April 1991 in his 91st year. He will be remembered as a great writer, especially of short stories and biographies and as editor in the 1940s of The Bell — a remarkable magazine that provided a publishing outlet for young writers and stood for values such as freedom of expression, integrity and fearlessness in an era when censorship exercised a stultifying effect on Irish writing generally. Seán Ó Faoláin was Director/Chairman of the Council from 1956 to 1959.

Membership of Council 1991 was the third year of office of the Council appointed by the Taoiseach in December 1988. During the year the Council met twelve times in plenary session. The Members met on very many other occasions in sub-committee to deal with specific areas of the Council's work.

Staff Keith Donald, who had been Popular Music Officer since February 1988, resigned in April 1992 to take up the position as first Director of the new organisation, MusicBase. He will continue to advise the Director of the Arts Council on popular music matters.

Sarah Finlay joined the staff in September 1991 as Visual Arts Officer.

Marian Fitzgibbon, a former officer of the Council, re-joined the staff in June 1992 as European Affairs Officer, a joint appointment in co-operation with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Emer McNamara, who had been on the staff since July 1990, resigned in December 1991.

Patricia Quinn, an officer since 1984, most recently acting as Opera and Development Officer, resigned in April 1992 to take up the position of Cultural Manager to Temple Bar Properties Ltd.

Kieran Walsh, formerly Education Officer at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, joined the staff as Education Officer in May 1992.

Safety, Health and Welfare The Council is vigilant as regards the safety, health and welfare of its employees and will shortly introduce a Safety Statement as required by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989.

Employment Policy and Equality The Arts Council is committed to the ideal of a society based on principles of equality and equal opportunity and welcomes the statement on Equality by the Social Partners in the 1991 Programme for Economic and Social Progress.

The Council is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity in its employment practices; and, in particular, aims to ensure that no potential or actual employee receives more or less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national origins, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disability or religious beliefs.

It is a condition of receipt of grant-aid that organisations assisted by the Council agree to avoid any form of discriminatory practice and to pay particular regard to promoting equal opportunities in all areas of their work.

Arts Council Publications, 1991–1992

1991:

"Awards 1991" ISBN 0906627 40 0

"1989 Annual Report" 53 pp ISBN 0906627 41 9

"Aspects of Personal Taxation in Ireland for Artists" by Martin J. Mulchrone 30 pp ISBN 0906627 42 7

"Organising An Exhibition" by Siuban Barry 47 pp ISBN 0906627 43 5

"The Care and Handling of Works of Art" by John Hunt 40 pp ISBN 0906627 44 3

"Directory of Arts Managers in Ireland 1991" 86 pp ISBN 0906627 451

"Arts Council Exhibition Schemes" Leaflet

"Second Dublin International Writers' Conference 18-21 June 1991" 20 pp programme

"The Art of Managing the Arts" Conference programme

"The Arts Council-Aer Lingus Travel Awards" Leaflet, 1st edition

1992 (to August)

"1990 Annual Report" 51 pp ISBN 0906627 47 8

"ARTFLIGHT — Arts Council-Aer Lingus Travel Awards" Leaflet, 2nd edition

"Awards 1992" ISBN 0906627 48 6

"The Guide to Exhibition Venues in Ireland" 150 pp ISBN 0906627 46 X

"Art Matters, No. 12" ISSN 0790 746 X

Aosdána

The Toscairí during this period were John Buckley, Anthony Cronin, John Kinsella, Gene Lambert, Hugh Maxton, Conleth O'Connor, Ulick O' Connor, Jane O'Leary, Patrick Pye, and Imogen Stuart. On a number of occasions during the year the Toscairí discussed the matter of the non- appointment of the Irish National Commission for UNESCO. Representations were made to the Department of Education where responsibility for UNESCO lies. The difficulties in having the matter addressed by the Department were compounded by the changes in the occupants of the Ministerial office. Aosdána expressed the gravest dissatisfaction at the lack of action by the Department on this matter. Representations made to the Department of Education by the Toscairí in connection with the UNESCO conference on the status of the artist in Helsinki, May/June 1992 gave rise to an invitation by the Department to Aosdána to nominate a Member as an Irish delegate. This invitation was accepted by the Toscairí and the Member nominated was Mr Ulick O'Connor. The Toscairí arranged for a special general assembly in response to a request of the June 1991 General Assembly to discuss issues related to the general perception of Aosdána. The assembly took place on 13th December 1992 and was attended by sixty-three members. Aosdána was concerned at the claims received by Members from the Department of Social Welfare for PRSI payments. The matter was considered on a number of occasions and is still under review. During the year Aosdána considered the provision for live music by RTE arising from the Broadcasting Act, 1990. Representations were made to RTE and to the Minister for Communications in connection with reform of the Act to take account of the statutory obligation of RTE to support the arts. Legal advice sought stated that, while RTE has authority to promote the arts, it has no legal obligation to do so. Aosdána is in continuing dialogue with RTE on the matter. Aosdána made representations to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in connection with the "1,000 days of Salman Rushdie's death sentence". The Toscairí were not satisfied with the response from the Minister which was to the effect that the Irish government was joining with its counterparts throughout the world in making representations to the Iranian authorities. Aosdána requested direct Irish Government representation. The Toscairí noted that there is only one Saoi out of a possible five. Aosdána membership at 31st December was 149 with 74 Members in receipt of the Cnuas. The Toscairí received representations from a number of Members in connection with the purchasing policy of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. It was decided that in advance of adopting a position on the matter, a meeting would be secured with the IMMA Director, Declan McGonagle.

£ Cnuais to Writers (32) 200,749 Cnuais to Visual Artists (36) 286,958 Cnuais to Composers (6) 39,750

Pension Scheme/Arts Council contribution 24,482 Administration 11,765 563,704

Members of Aosdána at 31st December 1991

Visual Arts Literature Music Arthur Armstrong Brian Maguire John Banville Medbh McGuckian Gerald Barry Robert Ballagh Louis Marcus Leland Bardwell Frank McGuinness Walter Beckett John Behan James McKenna Sebastian Barry M.J. Molloy Seóirse Bodley Pauline Bewick Theo McNab Dermot Bolger John Montague Brian Boydell Michael Biggs Seán McSweeney Philip Casey Brian Moore John Buckley Basil Blackshaw Helen Moloney Anthony Cronin Paul Muldoon Frank Corcoran Brian Bourke Michael Mulcahy Margaretta D’Arcy Val Mulkerns Raymond Deane Fergus Bourke Carolyn Mulholland Seamus Deane Richard Murphy Jerome de Bromhead Charles Brady Eilís O’Connell Terence de Vere Thomas Murphy Roger Doyle Cecily Brennan Gwen O’Dowd White Nuala Ní Aloys Fleischmann Dhomhnaill (died July 1992) Michael Bulfin Tony O’Malley Eilís Dillon Seán Ó Coistealbha John Kinsella John Burke Patrick O’ Sullivan Paul Durcanl Conleth O’Connor Philip Martin Patrick Carey Kathy Pendergast Bernard Farrel Ulick O’Connor Jane O’Learey James Coleman Patrick Pye Pádraic Fiacc Julia Ó Faoláin Eric Sweeney Patrick Collins Bob Quinn Brian Friel Críostóir O Floinn Gerrard Victory Barrie Cooke Yann Renard Goulet Patrick Galvin Desmond O’Grady James Wilson William Crozier Patrick Scott Carlo Gebler Micheal O’Siadhail Charles Cullen David Shaw-Smith Ernest Gebler James Plunkett Michael Cullen Noel Sheridan Robert Greacen James Simmons Edward Delaney Maria Simmonds- Gerard Hanley Sydney Bernard Felim Egan Gooding Michael Hartnett Conor Fallon Camille Souter Dermot Healey Smith Mary Farl Powers James Scanlon Seamus Heaney Francis Stuart (died April 1992) Imogen Stuart Aidan Higgins Matthew Sweeney Micheál Farrell Rod Tuach Pearse Hutchinson Mervyn Wall Mary Fitzgerald Charles Tyrell Jennifer Johnston Macdara Woods Martin Gale Barbara Warren Neil Jordan Tim Goulding Michael Warren John B. Keane Patrick Graham Alexandra Wejchert Molly Keane Patrick Hall Anne Yeats Benedict Kiely Charles Harper Tom Kilroy Kieran Hickey Mary Lavin Patrick Hickey James Liddy Eithne Jordan Michael Longley Michael Kane Brian Lynch Brian King Tom MacIntyre Gene Lambert Bernard MacLaverty Sonja Landweer Bryan MacMahon Louis le Brocquy Derek Mahon Melanie le Brocquy Hugh Maxton Anne Madden John McGahern

Literature

International Writers' Conference The second Dublin International Writers' Conference took place from 18th to 21st June 1991. The Board of the conference was Seán Ó Mordha (Chairman), John Banville, Anthony Cronin, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Micheal O'Siadhail. The Writers' Conference in 1991 was on the subject "Europe and its Legacy" chosen by the Board who placed a special emphasis upon Eastern Europe for the 1991 event. Papers were read and discussed before the public over three days in the National Concert Hall (NCH) in Dublin. Readings were given in the evenings. The event culminated in a reading by eight leading English- language poets from abroad on Midsummer's Nightin the Great Hall, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, and the poets were: John Ashbery (U.S.A.); James Berry (Jamaica, lives Britain); Tony Harrison (Britain); Louis Simpson (U.S.A.); C.H. Sisson (Britain); Anne Stevenson (Britain); R.S. Thomas (Wales); and Derek Walcott (St. Lucia, West Indies). The other participants in the Writers' Conference 1991 were: Sebastian Barry (Ireland); Eavan Boland (Ireland); Dermot Bolger (Ireland); Katarzyna Borun (Poland); Anthony Burgess (Britain); Bo Carpelan (Finland); Oleg Chlebnikov (U.S.S.R.); Oleg Chukhontsev (U.S.S.R.); Daniela Crasnaru (Romania); Seamus Deane (Ireland); Paul Durcan (Ireland); Fernanda Eberstadt (U.S.A.); Nuruddin Farah (Somalia, lives Uganda); Brian Friel (Ireland); Mavis Gallant (Canada, lives France); Miroslav Holub (Czechoslovakia); Christopher Hope (South Africa, lives Britain); Hermione Lee (Britain); Antonin Liehm (Czechoslovakia, lives France); Michael Longley (Ireland); Sean Mac Mathuna (Ireland); John McGahern (Ireland); Medbh McGuckian (Ireland); Aidan Carl Mathews (Ireland); Balazs Mezei (Hungary); Richard Murphy (Ireland); Bert Papenfuss-Gorek (Germany); Anna Saed-Shah (U.S.S.R., lives Germany); Piotr Sommer (Poland); Colm Toibin (Ireland); Vladimir Voinovich (U.S.S.R., lives Germany); Marina Warner (Britain); and Edmund White (U.S.A.). The conference was administered by the Arts Council's Literature officer, Laurence Cassidy, with the assistance of specially engaged staff: Aileen Connor (Coordinator); Eveleen Coyle (Public Relations); Maurice Earls (Director, Book Exhibition); and Raymond Kyne (Designer).

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES

During 1991, Dublin was the European City of Culture.

The European Literary and Translation Prizes entered the second year of its operation. The Prize (value ECU 20,000/IR £15,000) is awarded to the author who has made a significant contribution to contemporary European literature with a single work published in the last three years. The European Translation Prize (also ECU 20,000) is given to a translator for an outstanding translation of a significant work of contemporary European literature, published in the last three years. The Arts Council provided the secretariat for the National Jury which chose the three Irish nominations for each Prize. The Irish National Jury 1991 was (nominated by) Richard Kearney, Chairman (Arts Council); Jennifer Johnston (Arts Council); Robert Greacen (Aosdána); Melanie le Brocquy (Aosdána); Diarmuid O Cathasaigh (Bord na Gaeilge); Alan Titley (Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge); Terence Brown (Cultural Relations Committee); Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (Cultural Relations Committee); Michael Cronin (Irish Translators' Association); Celia de Freine (Irish Writers' Union). The National Jury selected the following titles as the three Irish nominations for the European Literary Prize: "New and Selected Poems" by Seamus Heaney (Faber and Faber, 1990); "Selected Poems" by Derek Mahon (Viking/Gallery, 1991); and "Amongst Women" by John McGahern (Faber and Faber, 1990). For the European Translation Prize the following were selected: "Federico Garcia Lorca" by Ian Gibson, translated by Ian Gibson (Faber and Faber, 1989); "After Many Years" by Mario Luzi translated by Catherine O'Brien (Dedalus, 1990); "Cruth an Daonnai/De Vorm van een Mens" by Willem M. Roggeman translated by Gabriel Rosenstock. The Member State which hosts the European City of Culture provides the secretariat for the European Juries. The Arts Council was invited by the Department of the Taoiseach to undertake this role. The European Literary Prize Jury under the chairmanship of the critic Denis Donoghue, assessed the 33 nominations from the Member States. The European Translation Prize Jury under the chairmanship of Miguel Martinez-Lage, the Spanish literary translator, considered the 28 nominations from the Member States. The Juries met three times in Dublin during the year. The Prizes were presented by the Taoiseach, Charles J. Haughey, T.D. at a banquet in the Great Hall of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin. The winner of the European Literary Prize 1991 was Mario Luzi for "Frasi e incisi di un canto salutare" (Garzanti, Milan, 1990), a volume of poetry in Italian. The poet was nominated by Italy. The winner of the European Translation Prize 1991 was Frans van Woerden for "De Brug van Londen — Guignol's Band II" by Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1989), a novel in Dutch, translated from the French. The translator was nominated by the Netherlands.

European Literary Translation Scheme In January 1991, the results of Round 2 of the Scheme were announced with the welcome news that five books involving Irish authors or translators had been successful. The scheme assists publishers to commission translations of literary texts from one EC language into another. A reading of texts by three Irish-language author/translators who have been successful under the scheme was held in June with some funds from Dublin 1991 — European City of Culture. The author/translators were Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Aodh Ó Canainn and Gabriel Rosenstock.

Platform Europe was a new EC scheme introduced in 1991. The International Writers' Conference received a Platform Europe Award in the sum of ECU 25,000 (IR£19,100). Under this scheme, projects involving at least three EC countries are eligible. Toward the end of the year the name of this programme was altered to Kaleidoscope.

LITERARY ORGANISATIONS

The Dublin Writers' Museum was opened by the Taoiseach in November with Pat Seager as Director. Its immediate neighbour, the Irish Writers' Centre appointed its Director, Peter Sirr in August. This dual centre provides services for living Irish writers as well as focussing on the past. The Berlin literary organisation, literaturWERKstatt, mounted a tour of contemporary Irish writers to the city. Those who travelled to participate in a ten-day festival, Tage Irischer Literatur, in November were: Dermot Bolger, Ciaran Carson, Hugo Hamilton, Liam MacCoil, Paula Meehan, John McGuffin, John Montague, Joe O'Connor, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Gabriel Rosenstock and Francis Stuart.

PUBLISHING

Under the editor-in-chief, Seamus Deane, "The Field Day Anthology of Irish Literature" was published. This important and hugely ambitious work spans the history of Irish literature from the sixth century until today. The Anthology is a co-edition between Field Day, Faber and Faber and Norton. In October, Peter Fallon's Gallery Press celebrated its 21st birthday with a reading by eight of its poets at the Tailors' Hall, Dublin. In November, Dedalus issued a fine edition of the "Collected Poems of Brian Coffey", and the poet himself was present in the Dublin Writers' Museum on the occasion.

DUBLIN 1991 — LITERARY DIMENSION

1991 was the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Rising in which several poets were among those executed. Poetry Ireland co-ordinated a tribute to the memory of those poets, Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonogh and Joseph Plunkett. John Stephenson produced the 3-part event called The Flaming Door — An Doras Feasa on Easter Monday. 1991 was also the 50th anniversary of the death of James Joyce. Many tributes and events were organised in memory of the city's greatest prose writer, and Prof. Gus Martin organised three memorable lectures from the American, Marilyn French, the British author Anthony Burgess and from the Italian novelist and critic Umberto co. Dublin City Libraries in association with the Arts Council funded two writers' residencies in 1991. Evelyn Conlon and Michael Scott worked with many of the capital's community writing groups encouraging them to develop a more rewarding engagement with writing through their inspiring and challenging workshops. Finally, Poetry Ireland and Clashganna Mills Trust worked together to create the contemporary equivalent of the Book of Kells, entitled the Great Book of Ireland. Contemporary poets, writers and visual artists combined to create this ornate time capsule of Dublin 1991 in the tradition of the Irish mediaeval illuminated manuscript.

£ Aosdána Cnuais to 32 writers 200,749

Awards Pat Boran 2,500 Mairéad Byrne 750 Marina Can- 4,000 Marita Conlon-McKenna 2,000 Robert Paul Cremins 2,000 Mary Dorcey 4,000 Desmond Egan 700 Michael Harding 3,000 Francis Harvey 3,000 Rita Ann Higgins 400 Patrick McCabe 3,000 Seán Mac Mathúna 2,000 Mary Morrissy 2,500 Michael Mullen 300 Aidan Murphy 3,000 Mary O'Donnell 300 Críostóir Ó Floinn 350 Mary O'Malley 2,000 c/fwd 236,549

£ b/fwd 236,549 ARTFLIGHT: 62 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 9,184 245,733 Grants The Writer Cumann Merriman 250 Dublin Public Libraries 8,000 No.47 & Nun's Island Arts Centre/Cuirt Filíochta Festival (see also Arts Centres) 5,000 Irish Writers' Union, Dublin 1,500 Kavanagh's Yearly, Co. Monaghan 2,500 National Writers' Workshop at UCG 5,000 Opera Theatre Company, Dublin (see also Opera and Music) 2,000 Eastern Washington University/Summer Writing Workshop, Dublin 800 Trinity College, Dublin/Writer-in-residence: George O'Brien 4,000 The Works, Wexford (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation grant) 3,276 Yeats' Society, Sligo 1,000 Literary OrganisationsCLÉ/Irish Book Publishers' Association,Dublin 7,143 CLÉ/Irish Book Publishers' Association (ACNI grant) 3,757 Irish Children's Book Trust, Dublin 1,000 Irish Translators' Association 1,000 Irish Writers' Centre, Dublin 20,000 Poetry Ireland, Dublin 29,950 Poetry Ireland (ACNI grant) 11,050 c/fwd 352,959

£ b/fwd 352,959 Publishers [The charge to expenditure, which represents the amounts paid during 1991, may relate to more than one financial year. The amount offered is given in parentheses] Attic Press [£30,000 (1991-92)] 15,000 Brandon Book Publishers [£18,000 (1991)] 21,000 Clo Iar-Chonnachta [£8,000 (1991-92)] 500 Coiscéim [£13,000 (1991)] 16,000 Dedalus Press [£22,000 (1991)] 22,000 Gallery Press [£32,000 (1991)] 24,000 Lilliput Press [£25,000 (1991-92)] 20,000 Mercier Press [£1,250 (1991)] 1,250 O'Brien Press, Dublin [£15,000 (1991-92)] 14,000 The Passion Machine [see also Drama] [£2,000 (1991)] 2,000 Poolbeg Press [£25,000 (1991-92)] 30,000 Raven Arts Press [£27,000 (1991-92)] 29,500 Salmon Publishing [£6,000 (1991)] 5,600 Saor Ollscoil na hEireann [£1,500 (1991)] 1,500 Sotto Voce Press [£1,000 (1991)] 1,000 Wolfhound Press, Dublin [£25,000 (1991-92)] 20,000

Magazines Books Ireland (from both Arts Councils) 14,000 Cyphers (from both Arts Councils) 1,500 Graph 2,500 Irish Review (from both Arts Councils) 2,500 Krino (from both Arts Councils) 7,500 Riverine 375 Stet 2,000 Less: Previous year's grants not required (1,322) Total/Aosdána, Awards and Grants 605,362

Arts Council Schemes, Promotions, etc. European Literary and Translation Prizes 275,626

Second Dublin International Writers' Conference Expenditure 89,552 Income 7,494 82,058 Writers-in-the-Community Scheme 3,933 Sundry 758 Total/Direct Promotions 362,375

£ Total as Note 4 (page 52) 967,737

Grants Received Arts Council of Northern Ireland: Literary Organisations/2 grants 14,807 Magazines/4 grants 14,585 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (The Works, Wexford) 3,277 Re: European Literary and Translation Prizes:Department of the Taoiseach (National Jury) 2,757 European Commission/Action Culturelle 271,467 Re: Second Dublin International Writers'Conference: Dublin Promotions Organisation (1991 European City of Culture) 20,000 European Commission/Action Culturelle [ECU 25,000] 19,118 Total as Note 2 (page 51) 346,011

Visual Arts

1991 was a particularly fruitful year for the visual arts in Ireland. This year saw the official opening of the Irish Museum of Modem Art and the re-opening of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, both institutions which will undoubtedly play a major role, both nationally and internationally.

Exhibitions The Cultural Capital was host to a number of Arts Council-funded exhibitions. These included Espace, an international sculpture exhibition which was organised by the Sculptors' Society of Ireland and I.C.E. an open-submission show organised by the Association of Artists in Ireland. Women Artists and the Environment was a site-specific project, organised by the Women Artists' Action Group, in which twelve European artists took part. A one-day seminar was held and a catalogue was published to coincide with this event. The European Large Format Print-making exhibition, a most ambitious project undertaken by Black Church Print Studio, presented the work of prominent printmakers from each of the EC countries. This was the first time an exhibition of such large-scale prints was seen in this country. Perhaps the most popular Arts Council funded exhibition held in 1991 was "In a State", an installation exhibition featuring the work of twenty-one invited Irish artists. Held in Kilmainham Gaol, this show was jointly organised by the Gaol and the Project Arts Centre. An increasing number of galleries and arts centres received exhibition funding in 1991. The listings overleaf indicate a broader spread of activity outside of the main cities than in previous years; many of the exhibitions funded were shown in four or five venues.

Studios The Council continued its support to artists' studios in Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Galway and Wexford. The Black Church Print Studio, Dublin, whose premises burned down late in 1990, was without working space. The National Sculpture Factory, Cork, providing workspace for all sculptural media, was officially opened by President Robinson late in the Autumn. There was a marked increase of applications for major bursaries and materials grants. A total of £75,000 was allocated to individuals under these headings.

Organisations The Association of Artists in Ireland (AAI) continued its representation of artists nationally, with an increase in its membership and activities. The Association consolidated its work in relation to Exhibition Payment Right (EPR) and artists' contracts. Both the Sculptors' Society of Ireland (SSI) and the AAI co-ordinated Artsquad, a large community arts programme throughout Dublin County, involving eighty artists and hundreds of individuals. The Sculptors' Society, under the new administration of Aisling Prior, became more active in the organisation of sculpture symposia as well as its millennium events — the above-mentioned Espace and the Sculpture Trail.

Publications The minimal increase in this budget does not reflect the Council's aspirations for visual arts publications in general. Portfolio, an annual survey of the contemporary arts in Ireland, was successfully launched by Gandon Editions. Gandon also provided a series of small monographs in its Works titles. It is hoped that both of these publications will be continued in 1992. CIRCA, jointly funded by the Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, expanded its editorial board, and according to recent figures, its readership. More exhibitions outside of the main cities were reviewed and plans are being made for wider distribution.

Purchase and Collection The Joint Purchase scheme continues to be popular and thirteen public bodies, including schools and libraries, were aided in the joint purchase of works of art. The Council's purchasing budget was reduced by almost 50% in 1991. It is hoped that such a measure will not be permanent. However, in granting substantial sums by way of bursaries, material grants and studio grants, the Council continues its commitment to the individual artist.

£ Aosdána Cnuais to 36 visual artists 286,958

Awards Ireland-America Arts Exchange/International Studio (PS1),New York/Residency by Marie Barrett 11,014 Westmeath VEC/Midland Arts; Residency by Geraldine O'Reilly 3,000 Arts Council of Northern Ireland (re George Campbell Award) 1,839 Brenda Andrews 100 Maree Bannon 200 Michael Beirne 300 Carmel Benson 300 Michael Boran 300 Oisin Breathnach 700 Gerard Byrne 150 Gerry Caffrey 250 Cathy Carman 1,500 Deirdre Carr 1,750 Elizabeth Caulfield 250 Felicity Clear 200 Carmel Cleary 200 Catherine Coakley 200 Eamon Colman 250 Paul Coleman 300 Oliver Comerford 250 Valerie Connor 250 Maud Cotter 4,000 Brian Cross 2,000 Dorothy Cross 2,000 Barbara Cullen 200 Shane Cullen 100 Pauline Cummins 3,350 Aideen Cusack 150 Cliodhna Cussen 300 Dorothy Ann Daly 100 Rosaleen Davey 175 c/fwd 322,636

£ b/fwd 322,636 Jill Dennis 250 Mary Donnelly 300 Micky Donnelly 300 Sarah Durcan 250 Carissa Farrell 200 Anya Fitschen 100 Mike Fitzpatrick 500 Graham Gingles 300 David Godbold 200 Helena Gorey 300 Richard German 3,000 Mairin Grant 300 Karl Grimes 4,000 Brian Hand 1,000 James Hanley 200 Marie Hanlon 250 Ken Hardy 300 Kathy Herbert 300 Lucy Hill 250 Gavin Hogg 200

Jaki Irvine 250 Finola Jones 250 Ian Patrick Joyce 200 Mark Joyce 2,000 Valerie Joyce 250 Fergus Kelly 200 Finbar Kelly 300 Kevin Kelly 250 Brian Kennedy 250 Brian John Kennedy 230 Catherine Kenny 400 David Lambert 1,000 Frederike Lenzing 200 Mary Lohan 200 James McCreary 1,000 Anna Mac Leod 300 Austin McQuinn 200 Alice Maher 500 T.J. Maher 300 Kate Malone 100 Fergus Martin (Dublin Corporation Scholarship) 1,500 345,016

£ c/fwd 345,016 Damien Meade 200 John Moore 300 Tim Morris 300 Paul Mosse 1,000 John P. Murray 200 Sinead Ní Chionaola 200 Chris O'Brien 300 Tina O'Connell 300 Colm O Culain 400 Yvonne O'Connell 100 Alanna O'Kelly 2,000 Geraldine Ormonde 200 Catherine Owens 200 John O'Regan 400 Oonagh O'Sullivan 200 E.J. Peters 1,500 John Renwick 1,000 Michelle Rogers 200 Stephen Rothchild 200 Tom Ryan 200 Scan Taylor 1,500 Brigid Teehan 100 Donal Teskey 2,500 D.B. Twohigk 200 Clea van der Grijn 250 Maria van Kampen 200 Anthony Walsh 500 Louise Walsh 1,500 Katherine West 350

ARTFLIGHT: 201 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 33,878

Commissions Athlone Regional Technical College 5,000 Kiltimagh I.R.D. 2,500 Total/Aosdána, Awards and Commissions 402,894 clfwd 402,894

£ blfwd 402,894 Grants to Organisations All + Ten Sorts Studio, Limerick 2,500 Alternative Entertainments, Dublin (see also Traditional Arts and Community Arts) 1,000 Architectural Association of Ireland 3,000 Artspace Studios, Galway 5,000 Association of Artists in Ireland 20,500 Ballyfermot Arts Group 750 Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick (see also Arts Centres) 200 Black Church Print Studio, Dublin 17,500 Butler Gallery/Kilkenny Art Gallery Society (see also Education) 27,300 Cavan County Council 375 CIRCA magazine, Belfast 9,000 City Arts Centre, Dublin (see also Arts Centres) 3,000 Claremorris Arts Committee 13,000 Cork Artists' Collective 5,750 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork 500 Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 128,000 Droichead Arts Centre (see also Arts Centres) 265 Dun Laoghaire Art Studios 500 Edge to Edge Exhibition 750 Embroidery Designer Group 500 Exhibition of Visual Art, EV+A, Limerick 17,000 Andrew Folan/exhibition (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation grant) 3,846 Martin Folan/exhibition planning grant 1,000 No 47 & Nun's Island Arts Centre, Galway (see also Arts Centres) 2,985 Gallery of Photography, Dublin 36,827 Galway Arts Festival (see also Festivals) 2,500 Gandon Editions, Dublin 13,000 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford (see also Arts Centres) 1,000 Gate Theatre/Samuel Beckett Festival 500 Glor na nGael, Ballymun Sculpture Park 500 Graphic Studio, Dublin 33,800 Hang 10 Arts Studios, Dublin 300 Impressions exhibition 300 clfwd 755,842

£ b/fwd 755,842 International Association of Art Critics 1,500 Invisible City, architectural exhibition 1,000 Irish Arts Review 500 Irish-Welsh Exchange 1,500 Landscape Institute, Northern Ireland 494 Living Artists Trust 2,000 Anne Madden Retrospective Exhibition 4,000 Edward Maguire Retrospective Exhibition 2,500 Midland Arts Resource Centre, Co. Westmeath 1,500 Westmeath VEC/Midland Arts 330 Monaghan County Council 1,750 George Moore Society 1,000 National Sculpture Factory, Cork 35,000 New Art Studios, Dublin 7,000 Nicodemus Productions 3,000 Michael O'Dea exhibition 500 An tOireachtas exhibition 1,500 Places, Echoes, States of Mind exhibition 1,500 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 26,000 RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin 50,000 Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland 4,000

Sculptors' Society of Ireland, Dublin 45,800 Sculpture in Context 1,000 Sculpture on the Shannon 2,500 Sligo Art Gallery Society 22,025 Sligo Community Arts Group 2,000 Tallow Enterprise Group 2,000 Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin 45,500 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (see also Arts Centres) 2,750 University of Limerick 1,000 Visual Arts Centre, Dublin 6,000 West Cork Arts Centre (see also Arts Centres) 3,800 The Western Artists 1,000 Wexford Arts Centre 1,000 Wexford Sculpture Workshops 2,900 Women Artists Action Group 4,000 Working Artists, Roscommon 500

Less: Previous years' grants not required (400) c/fwd 1,045,791

£ b/fwd 1,045,791 Joint Purchase Grants Boyle Arts Festival/Roscommon County Council 1,662 Butler Gallery, Kilkenny 950 Contemporary Irish Arts Society 1,300 Crawford Municpal Art Gallery, Cork 1,000 Donabate National School 100 Dublin City University 500 Dublin Public Libraries 500 East Glendalough School 337 Kildare County Council 300 Monaghan County Museum 300 Plassey Management and Technical Centre, Limerick 300 Presentation/de la Salle School, Hospital, Co.Limerick 200 Saor Ollscoil na hÉireann, Baile Átha Cliath 600 Thomond College of Education, Limerick 750 Trinity College, Dublin 500 Total/Aosdána, Awards and Grants 1,055,090

Council Schemes and Promotions Artists-in-Prisons 4,800 Council's Collection — maintenance 14,303 Exhibition Venue Guide 3,765 Consultancies 15,215 Sundry 321

Total/ Schemes and Promotions 38,404 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 1,093,494

Purchase of Works of Art 13 works of art: per Capital Account and list on page 21 8,950

Macaulay Fellowship (Trust Fund) (see Note 8, page 54) Peter Power, printmaker 3,500

£ Grants Received Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Exhibition Venue Guide) 3,244 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Andrew Folan exhibition) 3,850 Department of Justice (Artists-in-Prisons) 3,200 Dublin Corporation (Awards) 1,500 Spanish Cultural Institute (Awards) 400 Total as Note 2 (page 51) 12,194

Purchase of Works of Art in 1991

Artist Title Medium Vendor £ Deirdre Carr Let Us Kitchen Up Your Belly Oil on Paper Guinness Hop Store 600 With a Kiss Michael Coleman Untitled Pastel on Paper Oliver Dowling Gallery 475 Scan Fingleton Trees, Hedgerow and Sky Oil on Paper Taylor Galleries 400 Karl Grimes Il Duomo, Florence Photography Triskel Arts Centre 900 Anita Groener Rain Pain King (Deliverance) Oil on Canvas Taylor Galleries 2,800 Charles Harper Balanced Mixed Media on Paper Riverrun Gallery 300 Finbar Kelly The Island Mixed Media on Paper Temple Bar Gallery 500 Anna Mac Leod Thinking Ink and Pastel on Paper Temple Bar Gallery 650 Joe McGill Male Torso Mixed Media The Artist 300 John Moore Souls in an Energised Space Graphite on Paper Temple Bar Gallery 450 Peter Morgan Dum De Dum Help Colour Photograph Gallery of Photography 750 Sharon O'Malley Siren Oil on Paper Nun's Island Arts Centre 525 Margaret Tuffy In the Garden Grow Heroes and Mixed Media The Artist 300 Children 8,950

Film

While the Council's funding for film has increased dramatically over the past few years, the Council is aware of the severe financial difficulties that continue to face film-makers trying to realise their projects in Ireland. The £100,000 allocated by the Council for Film and Video Awards is currently the only source of direct public finance available to film- makers. The Council's film budget which is allocated in the areas of education, exhibition and a development role through the Awards, is severely hampered by the lack of other direct State support for film.

Organisations The Film Resource Centre in Galway and Film Base in Dublin continued to provide access to equipment and information to low budget film-makers. Their respective short film awards, both in association with RTE, provide vital opportunities to film-makers to obtain hands-on experience in their craft. In 1991, Film Base submitted a document on the funding of Irish film productions. Discussions took place and are ongoing. The building work on the new Irish Film Centre, Dublin commenced in 1991. The Centre will open in September 1992 and will house and centralise many film organisations. The Irish Film Institute and Film Base began to gear themselves up for their move to the new premises. The Centre will provide an unique opportunity for growth and for a much higher public profile for these organisations. The Archive at the Institute made significant progress in 1991 in terms of fundraising and cataloguing and acquisitions. The Federation of Irish Film Societies again increased its membership and organised the National Viewing Sessions in Ennis, Co. Clare. It now has 25 clubs affiliated. Established in 1990 by the Irish Film Institute and the Cinematique Belgique, Espace Video Europeen established itself as one of the key projects in the MEDIA programme working from its Dublin offices in the Film Institute. The MEDIA programme has become a very important mechanism of support for Irish film-making and many Irish projects benefitted from its schemes in 1991.

Festivals The Dublin Film Festival, held in February, building on the successes of previous years has now established itself as one of the most important arts events in Dublin. Consolidating its reputation, the Cork Film Festival in October screened a variety of features, shorts and documentaries from around the world, with a particular focus on Amber Films co-operative from Tyne Side England. The first Irish Lesbian and Gay Film Festival was held and "Three Joes", an Irish short, won the European Short Film Competition. The Galway Film Fleadh held in July has become an important forum for exchanging ideas and discussing the difficulties of film production in Ireland as well as being a relatively new show-case of quality world cinema. The 2nd Junior Dublin Film Festival provided an excellent opportunity for young people to enjoy and discuss the diversity of cinema, while fostering a greater awareness of the medium.

Awards The Film and Video Awards attracted a huge range of projects and almost two hundred applications over the two submission dates. The Awards announced in February went to: Kevin Liddy for his short film "Horse" – £23,000; Stephen Burke for "After 68" – £10,000; Hugh Linehan for "Red and Green" – £5,000; Barra de Bhaldraithe and Aisling Prior for "Cloneely's Choice" – £4,000; Clare Langan for "Nadja" – £3,000; David Donohue for "Evenings" – £4,000; and Pauline Cummins in collaboration with the sculptor Louise Walsh – £1,000. In July, awards were announced to: Marie Therese Duggan and Ronan Sheehan for a feature film entitled "The Rab" – £17,000; David T. Quin for his animated film "The Fool" – £5,000; Cathal Black for his adaptation of the John McGahern story "Korea" – £10,000; Ed Guiney and Paddy Breathnach for "Ailsa" – £5,000; Mago Dunne for "Old Men" – £2,000; and David Bickley for an experimental short – £1,000. The Film community also benefitted greatly from the Arts Council – Aer Lingus Travel Awards scheme.

£ Film and Video Project Awards David Bickley 1,000 Cathal Black (+ £7,000 in 1992) 3,000 Siobhan Bourke (1990 balance) 4,000 Stephen Burke (+ £5,000 in 1992) 5,000 Pauline Cummins 1,000 David Donoghue 4,000 Marie Theresa Duggan 12,000 Hilary Dully (1990 Balance) 5,000 Mago Dunne 2,000 Ed Guiney 5,000 Clare Langan 3,000 Kevin Liddy 23,000 Hugh Linehan and John McDonnell 5,000 Aisling Prior 4,000 David T. Quin 2,500

Minor Awards Peter Butler 750 Joe Comerford 500 Constance Harris 750 Edel O'Brien 750 ARTFLIGHT: 80 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 10,183 92,433

Grants Cork Film Festival 25,800 Dublin Film Festival 20,500 EVE/Espace Video Europeen, Dublin 10,000 Federation of Irish Film Societies, Dublin 39,100 Film Base, Dublin 46,000 Film Resource Centre, Galway 12,000 Dublin Junior Film Festival 2,500 Galway Film Fleadh 5,000 Irish Film Institute 74,790 328,123

Directly Promoted Activities Art-on-Film project 7,420 Sundry 595 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 336,138

£ Grant Received Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Art On Film) 43,567

Drama

1991 was a year of great vitality, energy and excitement and significant development in Drama. Although the level of funding available for Drama in the Council's budgets was much the same as in 1990, the sector as a whole benefitted from increased levels of sponsorship particularly in respect of the 1991 Dublin City of Culture celebrations. There was also increased levels of support for the arts from local authorities throughout the country, most significantly the Cork Corporation/Arts Council Development Plan for the Arts in Cork.

Touring It is particularly encouraging to record that the Council's Theatre Touring scheme assisted not only the now well established professional theatre touring companies in bringing their productions to audiences throughout Ireland, but also enabled a number of venue managers in regional centres to enhance their own programmes by means of increased funding for venue rental and the programming fund aspect of the scheme. Furthermore, a very modest allocation of the budget provided County Arts Officers with guarantees in respect of visits to their regions by professional touring companies which they promote. This has proved to be very successful and the Council hopes to develop this aspect of the scheme in future years.

Awards to Individuals The Council is very encouraged by the response to its Trainee Play Director bursaries scheme and to the Theatre Designers Award scheme which was reintroduced during 1991. The Council hopes to be able to maintain and develop these schemes in future years as it attaches enormous importance to encouraging young people interested in making careers in these aspects of the theatre. Funding was also provided to the Open House Project for young play directors and grants were provided under the Playwrights Commissioning Scheme to the two theatre-in-education companies, TEAM and Graffiti. A grant was also provided to the organisers of Playcircle who do very valuable work in workshopping and play readings for new plays. The Council again provided funding for the Stewart Parker Trust to assist with the encouragement of emerging new playwrights.

1991 Dublin City of Culture Drama made a very important contribution to the 1991 Dublin City of Culture celebrations. The Mayday to Bloomsday Festival organised by the Dublin Theatre Festival proved to be a most imaginative and exciting initiative. The Theatre Festival itself proved to be one of the most ambitious to date and was one of the highlights of the City of Culture year. It is regrettable that the success of the Festival was somewhat marred by the difficulties associated with the Archaos event, but the Council hopes that the Festival management will put that disappointment behind them and will ensure that the Festival plays an important role in Irish theatre for the future.

Production Companies 1991 was a year of great successes and achievements on the part of production companies. Garry Hynes commenced her term as Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre and she presented a programme of work which was both challenging and controversial. During the year, there were also memorable successes for the Abbey in overseas productions in London and on Broadway with "Hedda Gabler" and "Dancing at Lughnasa" deservedly earning the plaudits of audiences and reviewers alike. During 1991, the Gate Theatre once again presented a richly varied programme of work characterised by the high production values which have become the hallmark f this theatre under Michael Colgan's directorship. Undoubtedly, the highlight of the year's work was the Beckett Festival during which the Gate presented all of Beckett's stage plays as its contribution to the 1991 Dublin Theatre Festival. The Arts Council would like to record its appreciation of the contributions which were made by the many individuals and by the festival partners who joined with the Gate management to celebrate the life and work of a truly great writer. 1991 was a year which also marked a growing confidence on the part of a number of professional production companies based in centres in the regions. Red Kettle Theatre Company in Waterford, Island Theatre Company in Limerick, Graffiti Theatre Company in Cork, Yew Theatre Company in Ballina and Na Fánaithe in Galway, each in their own way demonstrated their total commitment to providing access to professional theatre for audiences not only in their own centres but also on touring circuits. The Council recognises that it will require significant additional funding in future years to maintain appropriately the existing professional companies in regional centres as well as to encourage the development of others.

During the Dublin Theatre Festival a seminar was held at the Project Arts Centre on the Council's Theatre Touring Scheme. A very lively and wide-ranging discussion of all aspects of the scheme took place under the Chairmanship of Joe Dowling. The observations and recommendations which emerged from the seminar are being considered by the

Council as part of a review of the operation of the scheme so as to ensure that the funding available is applied in as effective and efficient manner possible.

The Council is also actively considering with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland ways and means in which more extensive cross border exchanges,, touring and co-productions can be encouraged and assisted. The Council is conscious of the enormous potential for growth and development in drama in Ireland and it is hoped the necessary resources will be available in future years to ensure that that potential is fully achieved.

£ Awards Brian Brady 900 Marina Carr 1,000 John Crowley 2,000 Jim Culleton 1,250 Liz Cullinane 2,000 Peter McMahon 1,250 Ian McNicholl 3,500

ARTFLIGHT: 55 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 8,048

Theatre Project Awards Co-Motion Theatre Company, Dublin 5,000 Sarah-Jane Scaife 2,500 Theatre Unlimited/Studio Theatre 2,500 Women Playwrights 2,000

Playwrights' Commission Scheme: Graffiti Theatre Company, Cork 1,750 Second Age, Dublin 750 TEAM Theatre Company, Dublin 1,750

Grants Abbey Theatre, Dublin 1,932,000 Co-Motion Theatre Company, Dublin 20,000 Cork Opera House (see also Theatre Touring) 24,000 Druid Theatre Company, Galway 229,000 Dublin Theatre Festival 98,000 Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork 54,000 Focus Theatre, Dublin 35,500 Gate Theatre, Dublin 572,000 Andy Hinds/Open House Project [includes Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation grant, £7,483] 12,483 Iomha Ildanach Theatre Company 3,000 Island Theatre Company, Limerick 20,500 Meridian Theatre Company, Cork 10,000 The Passion Machine, Dublin 44,500 Pigsback Theatre Company, Dublin 8,500 Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford 41,000 Rough Magic Theatre Company, Dublin 97,000 Second Age, Dublin 10,000 Sligo Community Arts Group 1,000 clfwd 3,248,681

£ b/fwd 3,248,681 Yew Theatre Company, Ballina 10,000 Gate Theatre Trust 1,000 Playcircle, Dublin 500 Playwrights and Actors Company, Dublin 800 Stewart Parker Trust, Belfast 3,072 Less: Previous year's grants not required (1,493)

Theatre Touring/Grants to production companies: Arthur Cleary Productions [4 week tour: "The Lament for Arthur Cleary" by Dermot 32,000 Bolger] Druid Theatre Company, Galway [4 week tour of "Shadow and Substance" by Paul 50,000 Vincent Carroll] Na Fanaithe, Gaillimh [Tour of "Baboga", three one-act plays] 6,000 The Passion Machine, Dublin [4 week tour of "Studs" by Paul Mercier & John Sutton] 51,000 Playwrights and Actors Company, Dublin [6 week season of "Bedroom Farce" by 47,000 Alan Ayckbourn] Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford [4 week tour of "Translations" by Brian 50,000 Friel]

Theatre Touring/Grants to venues, etc Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick (see also Arts Centres) 15,000 City Arts Centre, Dublin (see also Arts Centres) 1,500 Cork Opera House (see also General Drama grants) 70,000 Cornmill Theatre, Carrigallen 500 Droichead Arts Centre (see also Arts Centres) 1,492 Everyman Palace, Cork 15,000 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford (see also Arts Centres) 6,000 Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo (see also Arts Centres) 10,000 c/fwd 3,618,052

£ blfwd 3,618,052 Linenhall Arts Centre (see also Arts Centres) 500 Siamsa Tire, Tralee (see also Traditional Arts) 5,000 Wexford Theatre Royal 1,280 Cavan County Council [Performances by Charabanc Theatre Company] 800 Donegal County Council [Performances by Charabanc, Fablevision and Tinderbox] 2,322 Dundalk UDC [Performances by Charabanc, Dry Bread, Fablevision and Michael 1,000 Lunts] Monaghan County Council 300 Monaghan VEC [Performances by Charabanc Theatre Company] 725 Total Awards, Commissions and Grants 3,629,979 Sundry 1,535 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 3,631,514 Grant Received Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 7,483

Dance The Council's ability to address properly the area of dance in 1991 was most adversely affected by the absence of a specialist Dance Officer. The Council continued to provide significant revenue funding to a number of dance organisations. The Dance Council of Ireland, which is a representative body and an information/advice resource, continued its Choreography Course, organised the Irish Youth Dance Festival and the New Music New Dance Festival. It administered the Irish Youth Dance Company which mounted a full length Ballet, choreographed by Terry John Bates, in the Mansion House in August. Dance Theatre of Ireland's production of Touching the Moon' in November, at the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin, choreographed by Janet Smith, was a particular highlight of the year. Icontact produced a piece, based on the novel Spy in the House of Love, for the New Music New Dance Festival and will perform Tower of Babel, with music by Roger Doyle and choreographed by Snaggy CY Sullivan, in the Irish Museum of Modern Art in February of 1992. Daghdha Dance Company continued its vital role in providing dance-in-education services throughout the country. Barefoot Dance Company continued its dance in the community and dance-in-education in the South-East of the country. The Council held its annual Dance Bursary adjudications in April. The awards were announced in May, and were able to help fund eight young dancers in furthering their dance training abroad. The Council sees the appointment of a Dance Officer as a matter of vital importance. Awards £ Fred Berstock 3,000 Victoria Brady 2,500 Victoria Brady (Dublin Corporation Scholarship) 1,500 Darren Dadabhy 2,493 Nadine Dowd 4,000 Judy Hayes 2,500 Stephen Jorgensen 2,000 Mary Lally 750 Kevin Woods 3,000

Summer Course at Kirov School of Ballet, St Petersburg Aoife McGrath 500 Karen O'Neill 500 Dara Pierce 500 Sonja Shiel 500

ARTFLIGHT: 35 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus) 2,971

Grants Barefoot Dance Company, Wexford 15,000 Co-Motion Theatre Company, Dublin 5,000 Daghdha Dance Company, University of Limerick 57,000 Dance Council of Ireland, Dublin 63,600 Dance Theatre of Ireland, Dublin 53,500 Dundalk U.D.C. 5,000 Icontact Dance Theatre, Dublin 52,000 Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Dublin 3,000 Mandance 3,000 Terri Colman-Black 1,500 Royal Academy of Dancing (Irish Region) 1,000 Rubato Ballet Company, Dublin 3,500 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 3,000 University of Limerick (Dancer-in-Residence) 7,000

Sundry 1,214 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 301,028 Grant Received Dublin Corporation (Awards) 1,500

Traditional Arts

The Arts Council's budget for traditional music in 1991 was £270,000 a 27% increase on the previous year. The Council allocated these funds in accordance with policies established and refined during the preceding five years. The greater part of the Council's budget for traditional music continues to be spent on a number of key organisations which are in a position to provide services, resources, information and advice on a national basis to practitioners and those generally interested in Irish traditional music. 1991 was an important year for the Council's largest client in traditional music, Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann, established by the Arts Council in 1987 as a unique national resource centre for traditional music. During the year this organisation moved to a prestigious new base at 63 Merrion Square, a fine Georgian house which formerly housed the Irish Architectural Archive. The organisation now occupies the top two floors of this building and during 1991 was at last able to develop along the lines envisaged when first established, providing full access to its extensive holdings in all media and also to initiate a number of fieldwork programmes based outside of Dublin. One of the highlights of the year in traditional music was the official launch of Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann by President Mary Robinson at a reception in the Guinness Hop Store on 19th November. The Council maintained its support for a number of organisations based in 15 Henrietta Street, including Na Píobairí Uilleann, and Cumann Cheol Tire Éireann. The building remains in almost constant use and is a valuable focus of activity for traditional music in Dublin and the organisations housed here implemented a wide range of varied programmes throughout the country in 1991. Na Píobairí Uilleann continued to expand its Pipes-on-Loan Scheme and assisted in the organisation of many piping seminars and Tionóil throughout the country. Na Píobairí Uilleann also organised an extremely successful concert in the National Concert Hall which considerably raised the organisation's profile. The Council substantially increased its support for Cumann Cheol Tíre Éireann and an important new publication is expected from this organisation in early 1992. The Council maintained its commitment to ensure that touring performances of solo traditional musicians of the highest calibre can be heard throughout the country. The Council also maintained its support to the Music Network which has established a reputation for quality and excellence in a wide range of venues. Among the musicians who took part in the tours during 1991 were Sharon Shannon, Paddy Glackin, Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin, P.J. Crotty and Robbie Hannon. Summer Schools continued to be an important area of educational activity and the Council increased its support to a number of these events. One particularly encouraging development was the emergence of Scoil Acla on Achill Island as an increasingly important centre for activity in traditional music not only during the summer months, but also throughout the year as a result of the energetic activities of the dynamic committee led by John McNamara. The largest of the summer schools funded by the Council is Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, which pursued its policy of seeking to obtain ideal pupil teacher ratios and this involved some additional expenditure on the part of the Council. The Dublin Festival of Traditional Music was a great success and an interesting development was the inclusion of an ensemble from Bulgaria. The festival this year also included workshops which were very well attended and all events played to capacity houses. A new festival "Music Under the Mountains" took place in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow, in September and the workshops by Desie Wilkinson, Martin O'Connor and Aidan Prunty were warmly received. Alternative Entertainments pursued its traditional music programme, the highlight of which was the fifteen-day long seminar on traditional music, featuring experts and performers on all aspects of vocal and instrumental traditional music. Among those who directed masterclasses during the seminar were Paddy Glackin, Steve Wickham, Stephen Cooney and Fintan Vallely. The Arts Council's traditional music masterclass scheme continues to be used extensively and masterclasses were held in venues throughout the country directed by performers of the highest calibre. The Council received a report on the final stages of pre-publication work on the massive Thematic Index to the Sources of Irish Traditional Music which is the culmination of 40 years work by Dr Aloys Fleischmann and his dedicated team of research assistants. It is expected that this important work will be published in 1992. The Council maintained its commitment to this project, which also received grant-aid from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The Council remained heartened by the level of support and assistance available from a number of sources within Ireland for the promotion of traditional music and these included the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the British Council, Clare County Council, Donegal County Council, Dublin Corporation and Sligo VEC. In recognition of his outstanding achievements in traditional music over the years, the Council made a special award to fiddle player, Sean McGuire.

Awards £ Seán Maguire, Cavan and Belfast 3,000 Mel Mercier, Cork 1,000

Grants Alternative Entertainments, Tallaght (see also Community Arts) 7,000 Cáirde na Cruite, Baile Átha Cliath 500 Cáirdeas na bhFidléirí, Tír Chonaill 3,500 Cavan County Council 500 CCE/Ballyheigue Branch, Co. Kerry 250 CCE/Craobh Joe O'Dowd, Sligo 175 CCE/Lixnaw Branch, Co. Kerry 300 Ceirníní Cladaigh, Baile Átha Cliath 2,500 Coiste Forbartha Ceanntair Mhín an Aoire, Tír Chonaill 200 Cumman Cheol Tíre Éireann, Baile Átha Cliath 4,100 Dublin Folk Dance Group 100 Dublin Traditional Music Festival 3,500 Dublin Traditional Music Festival (ACNI grant) 660 Dundalk Urban District Council 200 Éigse na Laoi, Corcaigh 500 Ennistymon Festival of Traditional Singing, Clare 1,000 Ennistymon Festival of Traditional Singing (ACNI grant) 441 Féile an Eanaigh, Inbhear, Tír Chonaill 150 Féile Caomhán, Inis Oírr 441 Féile Chomórtha Joe Éiniú, Conamara 300 Dr Aloys Fleischmann/research grant (from both Arts Councils) 1,500 Inishowen Traditional Singers Circle 800 Inishowen Traditional Singers Circle (ACNI grant) 330 Irish Pipe Band Association 5,725 Irish Traditional Music Archive, Dublin 81,500 Irish Traditional Music Archive (ACNI grant) 12,115 Killarney Folk Club 400 Leixlip Salmon Festival 200 The Music Network, Dublin (see also Music) 16,500 Music Under the Mountains, Co. Wicklow 176 c/fwd 149,563 b/fwd 149,563 Na Píobairí Uilleann, Baile Átha Cliath 17,200 Na Píobairí Uilleann/Cumann Cheol Tíre Éireann 15,500 Newpark Music Centre, Dublin 300 Nordic-Celtic Legend Symposium, Galway 1,000 North West Folk Music and Poetry Society, Deny 500 O'Carolan Festival, Co. Meath 200 O'Carolan Harp Festival, Co. Meath 200 Rosemary O'Connor/masterclass 200 Oideas Gael, Tír Chonaill 600 Oidhreacht Chorea Dhuibhne, Ciarraí 150 Scoil Acla, Oileán Acla 2,000 Scoil Cecil Inis Meáin 600 Scoil Samhraidh Liatroma 1,700 Scoil Samhraidh Liatroma (ACNI grant) 220 Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, Sráid na Cathrach 12,000 Slieve Gullion Festival of Traditional Singing, Co. Down 1,000 Siamsa Tíre, Trá Lí 63,000 South Sligo Summer School 3,000 Less: Previous year's grant not required (851) 268,082 Sundry 2,000 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 270,082 Grant Received Arts Council of Northern Ireland 15,930

Popular Music

The appointment of a Popular Music Officer in February 1988 arose from a partnership of the Arts Council and the Popular Music Industry Association (PMIA), which met the costs associated with this appointment. Discussions took place during 1991 on how best to progress the relationship between the Arts Council and the popular music industry. As a result of these discussions, and following visits by the Officer to facilities in Canada and Denmark, plans were made to establish the Arts Council MusicBase, in Temple Bar. MusicBase will continue and expand the work of the Popular Music Officer and is expected to be open to the public in 1992. During 1991, Córas Tráchtála consulted with the Popular Music Officer in order to organise Irish participation in the New Music Seminar, New York. This led to an increased involvement in the seminar with 15 Irish companies on two stands at the trade fair; the distribution of a CD with 18 emerging Irish bands; six speakers at panel discussions and seven Irish bands playing show-case concerts. With substantial aid from the Arts Council — Aer Lingus Travel Award Scheme, seventy delegates attended the seminar. The Irish International Music Seminar, initiated by the Officer through the PMIA and Hotpress in 1989 moved location to the Riverside Theatre and was attended by over 200 young people. The Officer also contributed to regional seminars and gave talks in several schools. The two full-time courses in Ballyfermot Senior College — on rock performance and music management — were assisted throughout the year. Placements were organised for the music management students, and many of the students from both courses have gained related employment. Advice and information was provided via telephone, fax, letters and interviews to many emerging bands and musicians. The Officer was also consulted on a wide variety of projects including the Stokes Kennedy Crowley report on the music business; Dublin Tourism's Rock and Stroll Trail and the proposed National Music Centre in Temple Bar. The Officer met with many of his European counterparts during 1991, including those from Denmark, Bruzelles- Wallonie, France and Holland. He visited facilities in Canada and New York while attending the New Music Seminar in July. A meeting was held in Brussels in November which, it is hoped, has laid the foundations for a European federation of organisations in the popular music area, which would share information, enable young bands to tour outside their home territories and have a common voice on legislative matters. The Popular Music Officer will continue to advise the Director of the Arts Council on popular music matters.

£ ARTFLIGHT: 122 Travel Awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 25,143

Grants 1,000

Administration 42,779

Total (included in Music and Sundry Sections) 68,922

Opera

In 1991 the Council continued its funding of DGOS Opera Ireland, the Wexford Festival Opera and Opera Theatre Company. During the year the Opera Theatre Company significantly expanded its activities. The company's main touring production of 1991 was Falstaff in which the principal roles were taken by five young Irish singers. The tour of Hansel and Gretel was extended to include four venues new to OTC. The company also carried out its first commissioning project with financial support from a variety of sources including the Council. The OTC was the winner of a major award in the Arts and Culture category of the AIB Better Ireland Awards which enabled the company to tour four new operas to a number of centres outside Dublin. 1991 was another good year for Wexford Festival Opera. The Festival attracted audiences of 92% to the operas and an average attendance of 82% at non- opera events. There were exceptionally good reviews in the international and national press. This year marked the final part of Wexford's four-year development plan which has doubled the capacity of the Theatre Royal since 1987. There was an overall increase of 14% in attendances in 1991 compared to the previous year. A very serious deficit which threatened the company at the end of 1990 was brought under control by a very successful fundraising campaign. The year also saw structural changes in the Wexford Festival Opera including reducing the size of the board and the introduction of new financial controls. In October a new Chairman was elected, Mr John O'Connor, who will replace the outgoing Chairman, Ms. Barbara Wallace, in 1992. This year the Dublin Grand Opera Society changed its name to DGOS Opera Ireland. It presented four new productions in 1991. The productions attracted an 87% seat occupancy and the company secured its first major performance sponsor for the Spring, with Stokes Kennedy Crowley sponsoring the second performance of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia". The Winter season was the first to be directed by the new Artistic Director, Elaine Padmore. The season's productions attracted high attendances with a seat occupancy of 96%. Toyota Ireland sponsored the full production of "Lucia di Lamermoor". 1991 was the 50th anniversary of the Dublin Grand Opera Society and a special concert, sponsored by Arthur Andersen Accountants, was held in the National Concert Hall in October. In December, DGOS Opera Ireland, in association with RTE, FM3 and International Management Group presented Placido Domingo and Regina Nathan in concert at the Point Theatre, Dublin.

£ ARTFLIGHT: 9 travel awards 652 (in association with Aer Lingus) Grants Dublin Grand Opera Society 259,763 Opera Theatre Company, Dublin 158,500 (see also Literature and Music) Wexford Festival Opera 143,000 Directly Promoted Activities Opera Workshop 650 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 562,565

Music

The 1991 music budget was £465,000 a 21% increase on the previous year. The Council managed to provide a small increase in its provision for bursaries, scholarships and awards to young instrumentalists and singers. In the absence of any assistance from the Department of Education, the Arts Council remains the primary state agency to which young people, who hope to pursue a professional career in music, can apply for assistance. During 1991 the Arts Council reviewed its overall policy for the promotion of contemporary music and noted that there is a need for much encouragement, advice and financial support in order to advance contemporary Irish music and the work of Irish composers. The Council recognises that there is a need for adequate support for the composition of new work, for its performance and for its wider dissemination outside of Ireland through touring and recordings. The Council also undertook an extensive review of the Composers Commission Scheme and, as a result of this, the scheme was revised. Fees were substantially increased to composers and these come into effect in 1992. The Council was pleased to be able to substantially increase its grant to the ACCENTS Festival of Contemporary Music which was met with public approval in Dublin in September. The Council also made a special grant to Micheal Seaver to enable him prepare and give a performance of Stockhausen's "Harlequin" at the ACCENTS festival. The Council funded a number of events originated by Project Arts Centre which involved the collaboration of Irish composers with traditional musicians and another collaborative project assisted by the Council was undertaken by TEAM Theatre in Education Company. The Council's main expenditure in contemporary music continued to be the Contemporary Music Centre. It is hoped that, in the coming year, the CMC will be in a better position to fulfil the agenda it has set for itself and this will go a long way towards improving much needed services for modern Irish.music. During the year the magazine. Music Ireland, ceased publication and the Council acknowledged the valuable information service provided by this publication. The Council continued to fund a number of performance ensembles specialising in 20th century music, such as Concorde and Nua Nós. The Council increased its funding to Clifden Arts Society, a dynamic organisation in the west of Ireland which organises a remarkable series of concerts throughout the year. The Council commissioned two major works by the composers John Buckley and Micheal Ó Súilleabháinin 1991. The Ennis Composition Summer School was a great success this year and the Council increased its funding to enable the programme directors to proceed with their ambitious plans for the school. £ Aosdána Cnuais to 6 composers 39,750

Awards Gerald Barry 200 Melanie Briggs 500 Brona Cahill 1,397 Maria Cleary 500 Nicola Cleary 1,000 Neil Cooney 2,000 Seamus Conroy 1,750 Gareth Costello 500 Adrian Daly 2,000 Declan Daly 2,500 Jayne Donnelly 500 Ríona Ó Duinnín 200 Ben Dwyer 1,000 Gerard Grennell 1,000 Deirdre Gribben 2,000 Aedin Halpin 1,500 Ian Hogan 1,300 Michael Joyce 750 Oonagh Keogh 1,000 Emmanuel Lawlor 1,500 Lynda Lee 1,000 Siobhán Lynch 1,500 Hilary Macken 1,250 Paul McNamara 500 Charles Marshall 700

Juliet Montaque 900 Patricia Moynihan 1,000 Miamh Murray 1,000 Niamh Ní Chanainn 500 Ann O'Byrne 750 Sinead O'Carroll 300 Dara O'Connell 750 Aisling O'Dea 700 Cliodhna O'Driscoll 300 Cormac Ó hAodáin 1,250 Mark O'Keefe 900 Shane O'Neill 300 Elizabeth O'Sullivan 500 John Reidy 140 Kenneth Rice 1,750 c/fwd 78,837 £ blfwd 78,837 Caitriona Ryan 1,750 Cliodhna Ryan 200 Michael Seaver 2,500 Louise Thomas (Dublin Corporation Scholarship) 1,500 Anita Vedres 750 Louise Walsh 750 Bernadette Woods 500

ARTFLIGHT: 108 Travel Awards (Music) 14,329 122 Travel Awards (Popular Music) 25,143 (in association with Aer Lingus)

New Music Commission Scheme

Composer Commissioned By Gerald Barry John Finucane 540 Rhona Clarke Avondale Singers 450 Raymond Deane Nua Nós 1,200 Michael McGlynn Judith Harris 300 Michael Seaver ACCENTS Festival 600 Opera Theatre Company for operas by (see also Opera John Buckley and Literature) Raymond Deane Marion Ingoldsby 7,500 136,849

Collaborative Music Projects Project Arts Centre, Dublin 2,000 TEAM Theatre Company, Dublin 1,300

Grants to Organisations Association of Irish Composers/ACCENTS Festival 7,000 Ballyfermot Senior College 500 City Arts Centre, Dublin 500 Clifden Arts Society 1,000 Concorde, Galway 3,000 Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin 56,500 c/fwd 208,649 £ b/fwd 208,649 Cork Orchestral Society 5,000 Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór, Corcaigh 86,300 Early Music Organisation of Ireland 1,500

Ennis Composition Summer School/Clare County Council 3,000 Irish Chamber Orchestra, Dublin 61,000 Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, Dublin 2,000 Limerick Music Association 8,000 Music for Galway 12,000 Music Ireland magazine 7,000 The Music Network (see also Traditional Arts) 55,700 Newpark Music Centre, Dublin: International Association of Jazz Schools 1,000 Dublin 1991 Jazz Festival 3,000 National Jazz Society 1,500 Nua Nós, Dublin (instrumental ensemble) 9,000 Symphony Club of Waterford 1,000 Waterford Music Club 3,000

Less: Previous year's grants not required (3,500) Total as Note 4 (page 52) 465,149

Marten Toonder Award (Trust Fund) (see Note 8, page 54) John Buckley, composer 3,500 Grant Received Dublin Corporation (Awards) 1,500

Jazz

Arts Council expenditure on jazz in 1991 was £5,500. Among the events assisted by the Council was the second annual meeting of the International Association of Jazz Schools which was hosted by Newpark Music Centre. This is an extremely important event which brought together young jazz students and teachers from America, Holland, Austria, England, Finland, Spain, Sweden and Ireland. Newpark Music Centre also received funding for an innovative series of workshops and educational activities in jazz. The National Jazz Society received funding for an event that featured Louis Stewart. During the year a new organisation emerged which seems certain to improve greatly the services and facilities for jazz and other musical forms in Ireland. This is the Improvised Music Company which organised a series of concerts in the Focus Theatre, Dublin and also has plans for an ambitious tour of Ireland. One of the more innovative events organised by Newpark Music Centre was a workshop/seminar directed by a number of Indian classical/traditional musicians and this workshop was directed mainly at vocalists. The workshop aimed to draw on many of the techniques essential to the Indian vocal art and show how these can be applied successfully and with spectacular results to jazz and, indeed, classical singing. While the Council's expenditure on jazz remains low, the Council is aware of the needs of jazz and improvised music in general.

Arts Centres

The Council's commitment to arts centres was reflected in the decision of the Council in November of this year and in advance of knowing its level of Government grant-aid to decide upon the 1992 grants for arts centres. The Council was especially keen that such action on its part would help contribute to better financial planning and programming by the centres in 1992. The Council increased the overall budget for arts centres for 1992 by over £50,000. In addition, as is also noted in the regions and drama section of this report, the Council provides additional funds from those budgets for arts centres. In order to provide opportunities to raise finance from their own resources the Council continued its representations to the Department of Justice concerning the introduction of bar licences for arts centres. Such representations are ongoing. Many arts centres augment their income and add to the through-flow of patrons by the provision of restaurant and cafe facilities. Bar licences would strengthen this aspect of the centres' ancillary funding activities. During the year, arts centres provided a range of arts events for the public in their areas including music recitals, classical, contemporary and popular; professional drama productions; professional dance productions; poetry and other readings; workshops in various artforms. All of the arts centres supported by the Arts Council are governed by committees or boards of directors and employ fulltime staff. Responsibility exercised by these board members who give of their time freely is onerous and the Council gratefully acknowledges the selflessness and public spiritedness which informs the contributions of such individuals. The Council looks forward to being in a position to provide funding to arts centres more closely related to their needs. However, the Council also hopes that local authorities will begin to see the ongoing funding of arts centres as a central part of their support for arts provision at local level. The Council is determined to ensure, insofar as possible, that new centres coming on stream will see a more realistic sharing of the funding responsibility between the local authorities and the Council. During 1991 the Council noted with satisfaction that the emphasis being laid by the centres on outreach activity both in education, through liaison with schools and teachers, and in community arts. The programmes in Triskel, the Belltable, Wexford and the City Centre are noteworthy in this connection.

Grants £ ARTFLIGHT: 6 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 757

Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick 83,500 City Arts Centre, Dublin 70,000 Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda 8,000 No. 47 & Nun's Island Arts Centre, Galway 45,500 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford 61,600 The Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo 66,500 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar 41,000 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 106,000 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 94,000 West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen 10,000 Wexford Arts Centre 64,100 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 650,957

Most arts centres also receive financial assistance for specific schemes and projects from other Arts Council budgets (q.v.).

Education

Activity in the area of education was somewhat curtailed during the year because of the absence of an Education Officer. Nevertheless, the Council continued to provide a range of services to schools and to support professional arts in education organisations and other organisations providing services to schools. These services include Writers- in- Schools, Visual Artists in Schools (funded from the visual arts budget), touring exhibitions for schools, artists-in- residence programmes for schools and colleges of education, support for TEAM and Graffiti theatre-in-education companies (funded from the drama budget) and services for schools provided by the Music Association of Ireland and Ceol Chumann na nÓg. To date, the education policy and practice of the Arts Council has concentrated on schools but is increasingly expanding its interest beyond the formal education system. The Council now supports education programmes such as those in Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin and the education programme run in conjunction with the Exhibition of Visual Art in Limerick. Support for youth arts organisations like the National Association of Youth Drama, Wet Paint Arts and The Dublin Youth Theatre, as well as initiatives like the European Youth Theatre Encounter and the National Youth Arts Committee indicate the Arts Council's awareness of and commitment to the vital need for the provision of experiences of art for young people in and out of schools. During the year, the Council continued to seek sanction to fill the Education Officer post and records its disappointment that such sanction was delayed. £ Awards ARTFLIGHT: 9 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 653

Kieran Daly 750 Gordon Douglas 350 Patricia Hegarty 750 Siobhan Keane 350 Teresa Leahy 334 Mary Lennon 750 Regina Murphy 350

Grants Butler Gallery, Kilkenny 270 Ceol Chumann na nÓg, Dublin 7,500 City Arts Centre, Dublin 1,500 Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 1,400 Drumcondra Teachers' Centre 500 Dundalk Urban District Council 1,940 Eucrea 7,000 Exhibition of Visual Art, Limerick 10,000 Graffiti Theatre Company, Cork 37,000 Irish International Cultural Educational Trust, Thomastown (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation grant) 1,085 Music Association of Ireland 18,500 National Association for Youth Drama: General revenue grant 16,600 European Youth Theatre Encounter (plus £7,500 in 1992) 15,000 Newpark Music Centre, Dublin 1,200 St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin 1,000 TEAM Theatre Company, Dublin 61,000 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 900

Artists-in-residence-in-schools Árdscoil Lorgan, Baile na Lorgan 1,100 Aughacasla National School, Tralee 1,200 Castle Park School, Dublin 1,200 Central Remedial Clinic, Dublin 1,200 Crossabeg National School, Wexford 1,200 Inver College, Co. Monaghan 1,200 Our Lady of Victories G.N.S., Dublin 1,200 St Brigid's National School, Dublin 1,200 St Luke's National School, Cork 1,200 c/fwd 197,382 £ b/fwd 197,382 St Pius X Girls National School, Dublin 1,200 Sligo School Project 1,200 Total/Awards and Grants 199,782 Arts Council Promotions Writers-in-Schools Scheme 8,131 Sundry 171 Total/Direct Promotions 8,302

Total as Note 4 (page 52) 208,084

Grant Received Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 1,085

Development

In 1991 a management development committee reported to the Council on various measures to help support the professional development of Irish arts managers. The members of the committee were Michael Colgan (Chairman), Paul McGuinness, Laura Magahy, Ed Delaney, Emer McNamara and Patricia Quinn. Its recommendations included the establishment of a bursary fund for arts management training, the publication of a series of handbooks on practical aspects of arts management, and the promotion of an arts management conference. The conference took place at the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham on the 14th, 15th and 16th November, and was attended by more than 300 individuals from all over Ireland, North and South. Funding partners were the National Lottery, IMMA and the Arts Council, and assistance was also received from the British Council and Aer Lingus. Arising out of the conference, an ad hoc committee was co-opted by conference delegates to consider the ongoing need of Irish arts managers for a forum to discuss their concerns and promote their interests. This committee entered 1992 under the title of the Standing Conference on Managing the Arts. Research initiatives in 1991 included the collection of comprehensive information on Local Authority spending on the arts in 1990 and 1991, and the initiation of the two-year economic research project on Dublin theatres, with funding from the Irish- American Partnership.

Regions

The Council endeavours to have all of its policies informed by a need to address the regions. In drama, for example, the Council provides support for a number of theatre companies based in the regions as well as providing special programming fund grants to regional arts centres to enable the presentation of high quality theatre productions. The Council's visual arts policy lays emphasis on support for visual arts exhibitions and the provision of workplaces for artists in the regions. The Council's music policy encompasses the need for music touring through Music Network and support for regional music associations. The education policy of the Council encourages exhibitions in schools and visits by artists be they visual artists or writers under various Council schemes. The Council's film policy continues to provide support for film development in Cork and Galway and for film exhibition throughout the country through the Federation of Film Societies. Central to the Council's policy for regional development is the principle of subsidiarity whereby local arts organisations are empowered through grant-aid to make decisions locally. A major element in this approach by the Council is to devolve responsibility to local authorities and, in fact, encourage local authorities to become the arts council for their own areas. The strategy adopted by the Arts Council in this connection is to fund up to 50% of the cost of employment of specialist County Arts Officers by County Councils. The Council is pleased to note the success of this approach in the range and quality of arts activity now taking place in those counties with County Arts Officers. Currently there are 12 County Arts Officer posts (with a further three under discussion) and the Council is committed to continuing to engage with local authorities in this way. The Council is greatly encouraged by the enthusiasm for arts development evident in a number of local authorities including Louth, where proposals are being developed for a major arts centre in Drogheda, and in Galway and Kilkenny where proposals for new municipal theatres are being addressed. The Council would wish to be in a position to provide substantial capital funds towards such projects throughout the country but, unfortunately, resources do not at present so permit. The Council's regional policy reflects its concern to provide the widest possible access for the general public to arts activity throughout the country. At local level many of the people most dedicated to arts provision are found in the amateur arts movement where the quality of work can often be of a high professional standard. This area of amateur arts provision is one which the Council hopes that local authorities can satisfactorily address. However, as with all of the Arts Council's policies, the Council's position remains under review. A review of the Council's approach to regional arts development was undertaken during 1991 by a committee chaired by Council member Larry McCluskey and including Council members Brid Dukes, Máire de Paor, Micheal O Siadhail and Pat Hall. A report was presented to Council making strong recommendations for the creation of a greater balance of funding and arts provision between Dublin and the regions. The recommendations of the report were adopted by the Council and, subject to resources, will be implemented over the next number of years. In this Annual Report, the Arts Council wishes to acknowledge the commitment of the corps of County Arts Officers who devote a remarkable degree of time and energy to the promotion of the arts in their areas. It should be noted that funds provided by the Council under this particular heading do not reflect the total amount being applied by the Arts Council in the regions.

Awards £ ARTFLIGHT: 4 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 652 Mary Cloake 641 Traolach Ó Fionnain 100 c/fwd 1,393 £ b/fwd 1,393 Grants Cavan County Council: arts programme 8,500 administration 9,017 Clare County Council: arts programme 5,000 administration 10,766 Donegal County Council: arts programme 11,000 administration 10,146 Dublin Promotions Organisation Dublin Arts Report 5,000 Dundalk UDC: arts programme 10,000 administration 8,871 Galway County Council: arts programme 4,000 administration 7,836 Kerry County Council: administration 6,102 Kildare County Council: administration 3,399 Kilkenny County Council: arts programme 3,600 administration 9,290 Laois County Council: administration 2,362 Limerick Corporation: arts programme 8,200 administration 9,033 Mayo County Council: arts programme 10,000 administration 8,880 Monaghan County Council: arts programme 4,000 administration 9,000

Tyrone Guthrie Centre 66,000 Tyrone Guthrie Centre (ACNI grant) 33,000 Total Grants 264,395

Directly Promoted Activities Exhibitions to regional venues 2,889 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 267,284

Grant Received Arts Council of Northern Ireland (re Tyrone Guthrie Centre) 33,000

Community Arts and Festivals

Organisations Macnas appointed Rod Goodall as its artistic Director at the close of 1990 and, with the founder Manager, Padraic Breathnach, embarked upon restructuring the company. At Galway Arts Festival Macnas performed "Tír Faoi Thonn II" to a crowd of some 20,000 people. At Christmas, Macnas performed a children's show in Galway, entitled "Circus Stories", written by Trish Forde. Creative Activity for Everyone (C.A.F.E.), the national umbrella organisation for community arts, opened an office in Belfast with funds from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust. CAFE also published a booklet, entitled "The Fact Pack", to assist groups around the country with the practice of community arts. Terri Mulhall was appointed Administrator. Alternative Entertainments continued as a very lively broker of a large range of community-based activity in Tallaght. Under Chairman, Pete Smyth and its Administrator, Liam Morrissey, numerous events were organised, among them the Traditional Music Seminar and the Tallaght Rock Week-End. Alternative Entertainments is now housed in the Tymon Bawn Community Centre. The Tallaght Community Arts Centre project was advanced significantly by its promoter, Dublin County Council, with the purchase of the old farm at Virginia House, next to The Square in Tallaght. The Arts Council is working in association with Dublin County Council on this project and has offered a significant capital grant. It is envisaged that Tallaght Community Arts Centre will place an important emphasis on outreach and community involvement. The Arts Council commended the County Council for its willingness to steer the project in a hands-on and very committed way.

Festivals Throughout the country there was a proliferation of both major and minor arts festivals, particularly during the summer months. In July 1991, Galway Arts Festival was once again a phenomenal success under its new Programme Director, Trish Forde, who succeeded the founder, Ollie Jennings. Royal de Luxe, the French theatre company, held their audiences spellbound at their free show. A number of new theatre companies have set up in Galway in the past few years, and these were on view during the Festival. Apart from Druid and Macnas, Punchbag performed a piece by Rita Ann Higgins and Na Fánaithe gave a a radical version of Lorca's "Yerma", in an Irish-language translation. Éigse Carlow achieved the very difficult feat of doubling its scale in one year, under the dynamic committee, led by Bev Carbery. In Blanchardstown Dublin 15 Community Arts Festival expanded and Vincent Sheridan completed a fine community mosaic in Roselawn Library. In Dublin under CAFE's brokerage, the first Community Drama Festival took place with nine groups taking part in an exciting set of performances in April and May. The groups were: The Balcony Belles, Sheriff Street; Brown Street Family Centre Women's Drama Group; Clondalkin Travellers' Drama Group; Lourdes Youth and Community Services Drama Group; St Helena's Drama Group, Finglas; Walk the Talk, Coolock; Women's Education and Training Initiative; Fatima Mansions Women's Group. Liz Riches produced a report on the event which is published by CAFE.

ARTIST-IN-THE-COMMUNITY SCHEME

Several of the projects from Round 1 came to fruition. President Robinson opened two of these, namely the ceramics project of Fiona Bourke and the women and young people of Adapt House, Limerick, and the print project of Lil Sullivan with the Mayfield Community Arts Project, Cork. Four projects were announced as part of Round 2 of the scheme and these took place in whole or in part in 1991.

1. Adrian Kenny and Clondalkin Women Travellers' Development Group This involved Adrian Kenny taking photographs throughout the country on travellers' sites with the women producing audiotape interviews. 2. Cormac Herrity and Overture and Beginners Group This was a dance project held in Kilcar, Co. Donegal in August with several community dances based on the traditional fiddle music of South Donegal.

3. Anthony Cuthbert, Cork He will work in 1992 with several groups, including some persons with disabilities, on a percussion project.

4. Lyn Waterson, Co. Donegal She is working on the re-creation of a Fair Day in Falcarragh, Co. Donegal.

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY ARTS

The Committee achieved its goal of assisting in the provision of training courses. A grant was offered by the Committee to CAFE for its National Arts Worker Course, a new course for community artists. The Committee encouraged Wet Paint Arts in its attempt to devise arts modules for the courses in Youth and Community Studies at Maynooth College. This may develop into useful provision for community activists and youth workers. The Committee also encouraged the Arts Administration Unit, UCD, under Anne Kelly, to try to devise a course, or courses, for local authority personnel to enhance their awareness of the benefits of community arts practice.

Special Events The Council contributed to the Irish Quilt Tour, which was an exhibition of quilt pieces made by those who commemorated relatives or friends who had died of AIDS-related illnesses. A Woman's Place was a series of projects by several women's groups in Dublin to produce their own visual works. It was facilitated by the sculptor, Patricia Hurll and eventually exhibited centrally at the City Centre Arts Centre. The Dublin Theatre Festival provided an opportunity to see the astounding Edinburgh community drama, "Glad", performed by homeless men and women on the topic of homelessness. This classic of community drama was presented by the City Centre Arts Centre.

£ Awards Éilis Ní Fhaolain 200 ARTFLIGHT: 5 travel awards (in association with Aer Lingus) 708

Organisations Alternative Entertainments, Tallaght (see also Traditional Arts) 8,000 CAFE/Creative Activity for Everyone, Dublin (see also ACE) 12,692 CAFE (ACNI grant) 6,608 CAFE (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation grant) 7,654 Dublin Youth Theatre 8,500 Macnas, Galway 25,000 Theatre Omnibus, Limerick 20,500 Theatre Omnibus, Co. Clare (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation grant) 5,394 Wet Paint Arts, Dublin 27,000

Festivals Galway Arts Festival 45,800 Kilkenny Arts Week 20,000 Sligo Community Arts Group/Sligo Arts Festival 12,500 The Arts is Magic Festival, Dublin 1,500 Ballyfermot Arts Group 1,500 Boyle Arts Festival 500 Cibeal Cincise, Kenmare 2,000 Clifden Community Arts Week 4,000 Cootehill Arts Festival 1,500 Daonscoil na Mumhan 300 Dublin 15 Community Arts Festival 2,000 Éigse Carlow 2,000 F.R. Higgins Committee, Co. Mayo 200 Monaghan County Arts Committee 2,000 George Moore Society, Co. Mayo 1,000 c/fwd 219,056 £ b/fwd 219,056 Westport Arts Festival 600 Writers Week, Listowel 1,000 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Dublin 1991 European City of Culture grants: Dublin 15 Community Arts Festival 550 Dublin City Public Libraries 550 Kilbarrack Local Education for Adult Renewal 550

Artists-in-the-Community Projects Adapt House, Limerick (Mid-Western refuge for abused women and their children) Project with Fiona Bourke, artist 1,000 Clondalkin Women Travellers Development Group Project with Aidan Kenny and Anita Ward, photographers 1,500 Falcarragh Tourists and Traders, Co. Donegal Project with Lynda Waterson, artist 1,500 Galway Rape Crisis Centre Project with Maria Gibbon, videomaker 1,500 Kilcar and Teelin Community Drama Group Project with Cormac Herrity, choreographer 2,000 Killinarden Parish Community Centre, Dublin Project with Peter Smith, photographer 1,000 Lourdes Youth and Community Services, Dublin Project with John Byrne, artist 1,000 Mayfield Youth Training Workshop, Cork Project with Lil O'Sullivan, artist 1,000

Less: Previous year's grants not required (3,300) Total Grants 229,506

Sundry 330 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 229,836

£ Grants Received Arts Council of Northern Ireland (re CAFE) 6,608 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 14,698 21,306

ARTS/COMMUNITY/EDUCATION (ACE) PROGRAMME CAFE/Creative Activity for Everyone (see also Community Arts) 3,500 National Youth Council of Ireland 21,785

Administration 9,071 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 34,356

Capital

Grants Payments during 1991 for capital purposes amounted to £846,000. The Irish Film Centre, Dublin received a further payment of £138,000, leaving £292,000 to be paid out over 1992-93, out of a total commitment of £550,000. The Fire Station Artists Studios, Buckingham Street received £305,000, leaving £238,000 outstanding out of a total of £750,000. The Buckingham Street Studios and the Irish Film Centre will be opened during 1992. In July 1991, President Robinson officially opened five self-catering studios at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan. The construction of this very well-designed and significant addition to the existing facilities at the Centre was made possible by grants from the Council (£170,000) from the International Fund for Ireland (£190,000) and other sources. Future capital commitments at 31st December 1991 amounted to £1,813,000, payable over the years 1992- 93-94. If payments already made are taken into account, allocations by the Council for capital purposes over the five-year period 1990 to 1994 will have amounted to almost £4 million. 1991 Capital Grants £ Abbey Theatre, Dublin 100,000 Fire Station Artists Studios, Dublin 305,000 Fossetts Circus, Dublin 10,000 Gate Theatre, Dublin 90,000 Irish Film Centre, Dublin 138,000 Kilkenny Corporation/New Theatre Project 6,100 National Sculpture Factory, Cork (balance) 60,000 Project Arts Centre, Dublin (plus £17,500 in 1992) 10,000 Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin (plus £11,000 in 1992) 17,000 Irish Traditional Music Archive, Dublin 40,000 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan (balance) 50,000 Tyrone Guthrie Centre (Guthrie Estate) 20,019 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 846,119 Grant Received Tyrone Guthrie Trust 20,019

Sundry Grants £ Arts Act, 1973, Section 12 (Scholarships) 3,000 Ciste Cholmcille 10,000 COTHÚ/Business Council for the Arts and Heritage 1,000 Irish American Partnership 1,750 Minimum Income Guarantees 9,240 24,990 Directly Promoted Activities Aosdána: Administration 11,765 Pension Scheme 24,482 36,247 Management of the Arts Conference (Cost to Arts Council, net of grants received: £17,921) 62,921 Popular Music Project 42,779 Annual Reports (1989 + 1990) 8,712 Information and Arts Management Handbooks 5,702 Research and Information projects 11,250 Awards programmes 16,210 Sundry 2,946 Total as Note 4 (page 52) 211,757 Grants Received British Council (Management Conference) 5,000 Drogheda Corporation (Arts Act, 1973, Section 12) 1,000 Irish Museum of Modem Art (Management Conference) 10,000 National Lottery (Management Conference) 30,000 Wexford Corporation (Arts Act, 1973, Section 12) 2,000 Total as Note 2 (page 51) 48,000

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31st December 1991

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General

I have examined in accordance with auditing standards the Accounts set out on pages 47 to 55 which are in the form approved under the provisions of the Arts Acts, 1951.1 have obtained all the information and explanations which I considered necessary for the purpose of my audit. In my opinion proper books of account have been kept by An Chomhairle and the Accounts, which are in agreement with them, give a true and fair view of the state of its affairs at 31st December 1991 and of its transactions and sources and application of funds for the year then ended.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES

1. General An Chomhairle Ealaíon is an independent body set up pursuant to the Arts Acts 1951 and 1973 to promote and assist the arts.

2. Basis of Accounting The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention.

3. Oireachtas Grant Income shown as Oireachtas Grant-in-Aid is the actual cash received in the year from the Vote for An Chomhairle Ealaíon (£4,724,000) and the Vote for Increases in Remuneration (£244,000). Income from the National Lottery is also the cash received in the year.

4. Fixed Assets Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation which is charged at rates calculated to write-off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life on a straight line basis, as follows:

Furniture and Equipment over 5 years Motor Vehicle over 4 years

Works of art are stated at cost and are not depreciated.

5. Capital Account The Capital Account represents the unamortised amount of income used to acquire fixed assets. The transfer to or from the Income and Expenditure Account represents the net change in the book value of fixed assets.

6. Bad Debts No provision is made in these accounts for bad debts. Debts and loans are written-off as necessary in the year in which it is recognised that they have become irrecoverable.

7. Superannuation The Council's contributions to superannuation costs are charged to the Income and Expenditure Account in the period to which they relate and over the length of an employee's service or of membership of Aosdána.

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31st December 1991

1991 1990 Notes IR£ IR£ Income Oireachtas Grant-in-aid 4,968,000 4,530,000 National Lottery (la) 4,988,000 4,948,000 Funds of Suitors (1b) 125,000 - Other Grants (2) 551,295 246,561 Other Income (3) 33,307 30,302 10,665,602 9,754,863 Current Expenditure Expenditure on the arts (4) 10,076,100 9,011,535 Administration (5) 694,592 665,546 10,770,692 9,677,081 Surplus (Deficit) (105,090) 77,782 Transfer to Capital Account (7) (7,842) (60,142) Net Surplus (Deficit) for the year (112,932) 17,640 Accumulated deficit brought forward (50,631) (68,271) Accumulated deficit carried forward (163,563) (50,631)

The Statement of Accounting Policies and Principles and Notes 1 to 12 form part of these financial statements.

Colm Ó hEocha, Chairman

Adrian Munnelly, Director

19th May 1992

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

BALANCE SHEET AT 31st December 1991

1991 1990 Notes IR£ IR£ Fixed Assets (6) 297,047 289,205

Financial Assets Trust Funds (8) 139,837 128,238 Loans (9) 173,942 219,950

Current Assets Grants paid in advance 178,820 72,277 Debtors and prepayments 123,793 55,777 Bank - 161,335 302,613 289,389 Current Liabilities Creditors and accruals 93,082 76,657 Grants outstanding 540,908 483,313 Bank 6,128 - 640,118 559,970 Net Current Liabilities (337,505) (270,581) Total Assets less Current Liabilities 273,321 366,812

Represented by Capital Account (7) 297,047 289,205 Income and Expenditure Account: Deficit (163,563) (50,631) Trust Funds (8) 139,837 128,238 273,321 366,812

The Statement of Accounting Policies and Principles and Notes 1 to 12 form part of these financial statements

Colm Ó hEocha, Chairman

Adrian Munnelly, Director

19th May 1992

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

STATEMENT OF SOURCE AND USE OF FUNDS for the year ended 31st December 1991

1991 1990 IR£ IR£ Sources of Funds Surplus (Deficit) for the year (112,932) 17,640 Fixed asset disposal 9,685 Loans repaid 110,350 65,266

Items not involving the movement of funds Depreciation 29,431 29,257 Surplus on disposal of fixed assets (1,851) - Transfer to Capital Account 7,842 60,142 Loans converted to grants 2,000 2,600 Total generated from operations 44,525 174,905

Use of funds Loans advanced (66,342) (139,175) Purchase of fixed assets (45,107) (83,999) Decrease in Working Capital (66,924) (48,269) Represented by movements in Grants paid in advance 106,543 (38,699) Debtors 68,016 (13,153) Creditors (16,425) (12,868) Grants and guarantees outstanding (57,595) (23,501)

Net liquid funds/cash at bank (167,463) 34,552 (66,924) (53,669)

Colm Ó hEocha, Chairman

Adrian Munnelly, Director

19th May 1992

Note 1a: National Lottery Pursuant to Section 5(l)(a) of the National Lottery Act, 1986, a sum of £4,988,000 was paid to the Council on the determination of the Government and was expended in accordance with Section 5(2) of the Arts Act, 1951, as part of the Council's programme of support for the arts.

Note 1b: Funds of Suitors Pursuant to Section 3(2)(a) of the Funds of Suitors Act, 1984, a sum of £125,000 was paid to the Council on the determination of the Taoiseach and was expended in accordance with Section 5(2) of the Arts Act, 1951, as part of the Council's programme of grant-aid for capital purposes. This payment was the final instalment of funds allocated to the Council under the provisions of the Act.

Note 2: Other Grants [The project or scheme for which each grant was designated is given in parentheses] £ £ Literature: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 29,392 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Grant) 3,277 Department of the Taoiseach (European Literary and Translation Prizes) 2,757 Dublin Promotions Organisation Ltd (International Writers' Conference) 20,000 European Commission (International Writers' Conference) 19,118 European Commission (European Literary and Translation Prizes) 271,467 346,011 Visual Arts: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Exhibition Venue Guide) 3,244 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Andrew Folan Exhibition) 3,850 Department of Justice (Artists-in-Prisons) 3,200 Dublin Corporation (Award) 1,500 Spanish Cultural Institute (Award) 400 12,194 Film: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Art-on-Film project) 43,267 Drama: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Open House project) 7,483 Traditional Arts: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 15,930 Music: Dublin Corporation (Award) 1,500 Dance: Dublin Corporation (Award) 1,500 Education: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Grant) 1,085 Community Arts: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grant) 6,608 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Grants) 14,698 21,306 Regions: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grant to Tyrone Guthrie Centre) 33,000 Capital: Tyrone Guthrie Trust (Grant) 20,019 Sundry: British Council (Arts Management Conference) 5,000 Irish Museum of Modern Art (Arts Management Conference) 10,000 National Lottery (Arts Management Conference) 30,000 Drogheda Corporation (Awards) 1,000 Wexford Corporation (Awards) 2,000 48,000 551,295

Note 3: Other Income 1991 1990 £ £ Sundry Income 31,456 30,302 Surplus on disposal of fixed assets 1,851 - 33,307 30,302

Note 4: Expenditure on the Arts Grants Directly 1991 1990 Promoted Total Total Activities £ £ £ £ Literature 605,362 362,375 967,737 586,687 *Visual Arts 1,055,090 38,404 1,093,494 1,016,495 Film 328,123 8,015 336,138 254,279 Drama 3,629,979 1,535 3,631,514 3,361,769 Dance 299,814 1,214 301,028 320,901 Traditional Arts 268,082 2,000 270,082 212,483 Opera 561,915 650 562,565 512,858 Music 465,149 - 465,149 384,352 Arts Centres 650,200 - 650,957 542,349 Arts in Education 199,782 8,302 208,084 263,381 Community Arts and Festivals 229,506 330 229,836 194,625 Arts/Community / Education 26,042 9,071 34,356 36,800 Arts development in the regions 264,395 2,889 267,284 213,400 Capital 846,119 - 846,119 985,846 Sundry 24,990 186,767 211,757 125,310 TOTALS 9,454,548 621,552 10,076,100 9,011,535

*Visual Arts expenditure includes grants towards the cost of works of art acquired by approved bodies under the Council's Joint Purchase Scheme. The works may not be sold without the prior agreement of the Council and, in the event of such agreement, they may not be resold for less than their original price and half the sum realised shall be refunded to the Council.

Previous year's figures have been restated where necessary for comparison purposes.

Note 5: Administration 1991 1990 £ £ Salaries, PRSI and Superannuation 398,453 369,219 Council and Staff Expenses 109,258 100,586 Consultants' Fees and Expenses 7,716 15,692 Rent, Light, Heat, Insurances, Cleaning, Repairs and other House Expenses 76,621 83,083 Printing, Stationery, Postage, Telephone and Sundry Expenses 73,113 67,709 Depreciation 29,431 29,257 694,592 665,546

Note 6: Fixed Assets Works of Art Motor Vehicle Furniture and TOTAL Equipment Cost £ £ £ £ Balance at 31st December 1990 214,318 15,670 144,340 374,328 Additions at cost 8,950 17,985 18,172 45,107 Disposals at cost - (15,670) - (15,670) Balance at 31st December 1991 223,268 17,985 162,512 403,765 Depredation Balance at 31st December 1990 - 7,836 77,287 85,123 Charge for the year - 4,496 24,935 29,431 Disposals - (7,836) - (7,836) Balance at 31st December 1991 - 4,496 102,222 106,718 Net Book Value At 31st December 1991 223,268 13,489 60,290 297,047 At 31st December 1990 214,318 7,834 67,053 289,205

Note 7: Capital Account 1991 1990 £ £ Balance at 1st January 289,205 229,063 Purchase of Fixed Assets 45,107 89,399 Disposal of Fixed Assets (15,670) - 29,437 89,399 Depredation 29,431 29,257 Depreciation on disposals (7,836) - 21,595 29,257 Transfer from Income and Expenditure Account 7,842 60,142 Balance at 31st December 297,047 289,205 53 Note 8: Trust Funds: Assets at 31st December 1991 President Douglas Hyde Award £2,161 7.50% Capital Stock, 1999 2,000 (Market Value of Securities £1,976) Cash at Bank 502 2,502 W.7.B. Macaulay Foundation £31,337 13% Exchequer Stock, 1994 31,249 £ 1,000 9% Capital Loan, 1996 1,020 (Market Value of Securities £34,702) Cash at Bank 7,727 39,996 New York Irish Institute Fund £1,870 7.50% Capital Stock, 1999 1,736 (Market Value of Securities £1,710) 1,736 Denis Devlin Foundation £3,761 13% Exchequer Stock, 1994 3,766 £1,000 9% Capital Loan, 1996 1,020 (Market Value of Securities £5,030) Cash at Bank 3,203 7,989 Ciste Cholmcille £1,200 7% National Loan, 1987-92 1,030 £1,020 9.75% National Development Loan, 1992-97 1,005 £2,000 11 % National Loan, 1993-98 1,840 £5,466 7.50% Capital Stock 1999 5,000 £5,360 Bank of Ireland Capital Stock 11,921 Allied Irish Banks pie 25p shares 15,855 (Market Value of Securities £39,893) 34,729 Debtor 837 Cash at Bank 13,878 49,444 Marten Toonder Foundation £6,000 11 % National Loan, 1993-98 5,583 £6,600 12% Conversion Stock, 1995 6,711 £4,370 13% Exchequer Stock, 1994 4,373 £8,433 Bank of Ireland Capital Stock 6,291 19,804 Allied Irish Banks pie 25p shares 11,998 (Market Value of Securities £68,025) 34,956 Creditor (3,500) Debtor 1,474 Cash at Bank 4,826 37,756 Concannon Arts Award Cash at bank 414 139,837

Securities are shown at cost and are held in trust by An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Note 8: continued Movement of Trust Funds 31st Income Expenditure 31st December December 1990 1991 £ £ £ £ President Douglas Hyde Award 2,227 275 - 2,502 W.J.B. Macaulay Foundation 38,837 4,659 (3,500) 39,996 New York Irish Institute Fund 1,691 215 (170) 1,736 Denis Devlin Foundation 7,214 775 - 7,989 Ciste Cholmcille 41,892 14,052 (6,500) 49,444 Marten Toonder Foundation 35,991 5,265 (3,500) 37,756 Concannon Arts Award 386 28 - 414 128,238 25,269 (13,670) 139,837

Note 9: Interest-free Loans During 1991 eleven additional interest-free loans were given: £ Balance at 31st December 1990 219,950 Additional Loans 66,342 Repayments (110,350) Loans converted to grants (2,000) Balance at 31st December 1991 173,942

Note 10: Premises The Council occupies premises at 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 under a lease which expires in 2014. The annual rent is £53,000 subject to a review every five years. The next review falls due in 1994.

Note 11: Future Commitments At 31st December 1991 the Council had entered into commitments in connection with activities due to take place after that date. The amount involved, £8,025,000, is not reflected in these financial statements.

Note 12: Superannuation Schemes (a) A Staff Superannuation Scheme under the Arts Act, 1973, Section 10, is in operation. Benefits are defined and the Scheme provides for equal contributions to be made by Council and staff. The assets of the Scheme comprise a combination of an insured fund and a managed fund and are controlled by Irish Pensions Trust Ltd, acting as independent corporate trustees. The investment manager is Irish Life Assurance pie. Actuarial reviews are carried out every three years. The last review, carried out as at 1st January 1989, showed that, while the assets were more than sufficient to cover accrued liabilities based on current salary levels, they were not sufficient to cover accrued liabilities in respect of past service taking into account future salary increases. In view of this, the Actuary strongly recommended a funding increase. A provision at current premium rates is maintained in respect of the expected liabilities but funds have not been provided to meet these liabilities. The next actuarial review will be undertaken as at 1st January 1992. Total staff superannuation costs charged to the Income and Expenditure Account for the current year are £30,163 (1990: £30,082).

(b) A Superannuation Scheme is in operation for members of Aosdána on the basis of insured annuity contracts and defined contributions. The cost of the annual premiums is shared equally by the Council and the members. The charge to the Income and Expenditure Account for the current year is £24,482 (1990: £20,595).