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annual review for the year ended 31 December 2002
Annual Review 2002 ISBN: 1-904291-06-6 ISSN: 0790 - 1593
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Contents
4 Introduction
7 Implementing the Arts Plan in 2002
21 A review of the arts in 2002
77 More information about the arts locally
80 Providing nationally and internationally for the arts
101 Acknowledgements and further information
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Introduction Réamhrá
This year, the Arts Council has decided to As this county by county review illustrates, Sa bhliain seo, tá beartaithe ag an Mar a léirítear san athbhreithniú contae ar report on its support for the arts in Ireland the success of our strategies for developing gComhairle Ealaíon tuairisc a thabhairt ar a chontae seo, tá rath na straitéisí atá againn in a different way. In this volume, as well as the arts rests on partnerships with local tacaíocht dona healaíona in Éirinn i slí i leith forbairt na n-ealaíon ag brath ar reporting on progress in implementing the authorities and other public agencies in éagsúil. San imleabhar seo, chomh maith le pháirtíochtaí le húdaráis áitiúla agus eagrais six core objectives of the third Arts Plan, we every part of the country, as well as support tuairisc ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta ó poiblí eile ar fud na tíre, chomh maith le highlight the achievements of artists and for artists, arts organisations and promoters, thaobh an tríú Phlean Ealaíon a chur i tacaíocht le haghaidh ealaíontóirí, arts organisations county by county. Later in wherever they are based. bhfeidhm, tugaimid chun suntais éachtaí eagraíochtaí ealaíon agus tionscnóirí, pé áit the year, when our financial accounts have ealaíontóirí agus eagraíochtaí ealaíon ina bhfuil siad bunaithe. received the Comptroller and Auditor We also report here on the work of touring contae ar chontae. Níos déanaí sa bhliain, General’s certificate, and been adopted by service organisations, and on the expanding nuair atá teastas ón Reachtaire agus ón Tugaimid tuairisc anseo freisin ar an obair a Government, we will produce an Annual network of venues for making, exhibiting Iniúchóir Ginearálta faighte ag na cuntais dhéanann eagraíochtaí seirbhíse ar Report, incorporating an itemised list of and performing the arts nationally, which airgeadais againn, agus nuair atá glactha chamchuairt, agus ar ghréasán na n-ionad expenditure on the arts. has flourished over the last decade with leo ag an Rialtas, cuirfimid Tuarascáil le haghaidh déanamh, taispeántas agus cur capital investment from national and local Bhliantúil ar fáil, ina bhfuil liosta sonraithe i láthair an n-ealaíon go náisiúnta, atá ag In 2001, we celebrated the anniversary of Government. de chaiteachas ar na healaíona. leathnú agus faoi bhláth le deich mbliain the first Arts Act (1951), which brought the anuas le hinfheistíocht chaipitil ón Rialtas. Arts Council into existence. In the thirty Also published simultaneously with this Sa bhliain 2001, cheiliúramar féile céad years since the second Arts Act (1973) the review is the 2002 Annual Report for Acht na n-Ealaíon (1951), a bhunaigh an Foilsithe ag an am céanna leis an role of local Government in supporting the Aosdána, an affiliation of creative artists. Chomhairle Ealaíon. Sna tríocha bliain ón Athbhreithniú seo tá tuairisc bhreise: arts in Ireland has been transformed. From a dara Acht (1973), tá athrú ollmhór tagtha ar Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2002 le haghaidh situation where most arts promoting An Irish language version of this review is an ról atá ag an rialtas áitiúil i dtacaíocht Aosdána, cumann na n-ealaíontóirí organisations were based in the capital or in published on our website, and a print copy dona healaíona. Ó staid ina raibh formhór cruthaitheacha. a handful of major towns, the arts have is available from the Arts Council. na n-eagraíochtaí a bhí ag cur na n-ealaíon become truly dispersed, with arts venues, chun cinn bunaithe sa phríomhchathair nó i Tá leagan Gaeilge den athbhreithniú seo festivals and events supplementing the líon beag dena bhailí móra, tá na healaíona foilsithe ar ár suíomh gréasáin, agus tá cóip amateur and voluntary activity to be found anois scaipthe go fírinneach, le hionaid chló ar fáil ach é a iarradh ón gComhairle in every city and town. ealaíon, féilte agus imeachtaí ag tacú leis na Ealaíon. gníomhaíochtaí amaitéaracha agus deonacha atá le fáil i ngach cathair agus baile, agus in iomad ceantar tuaithe chomh maith.
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To make an arts career a realistic ambition for excellent and innovative artists...
This year we refined and improved our networking. A feasibility grant to the supports for individual artists, making almost emerging Theatre Forum established the 800 awards in response to the many basis for an independent engine of hundreds of applications received. Through professional and sectoral development these awards, we help artists to build their within the wider performing arts sector. body of work, which is the basis on which their careers rest. Financial support for more than half of Aosdána’s members is provided by the cnuas To bridge an acknowledged gap for mid- (annuity). This offers stability to many artists. career artists, we introduced new awards for Paula Meehan, a recently-elected member of professional training and development. This Aosdána and winner of the Denis Devlin flexible and responsive scheme allows artists Award in 2001, gives an illustration of the to apply on a year-round basis for short impact on her career of the support courses, seminars and conferences. This new provided by the cnuas. She had her first scheme was one of the first outcomes of an original work for radio, Janey Mack is Going extensive evaluation of artists’ programmes, to Die broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 in 2002. carried out over a couple of years by an “Membership of Aosdána and the receipt of external analyst, Belinda Mollar. the cnuas has given me the time to work on bigger projects, and longer work,” says the The practical effect of professional training poet, who has gone on to develop other for artists is to help them to build viable work for radio, to produce a number of careers in the arts. A critical step for many plays (all of which have had professional artists is public celebration of their talent or productions) and to start working in fiction their promise. Tom Vaughan Lawlor, an for the first time. acting student who has received three successive acting training awards from the Trí thacaíocht dhíreach leanúnach do Ríonach Council, won the prestigious Laurence Ní Néill, i sraith dámhachtainí sna blianta Olivier Bursary, one of the most important roimhe seo agus deontas cónaitheachta le awards for emerging actors in Britain - the déanaí, cuireadh ar chumas an ealaíontóra first time this has been won by an Irish rince seo Seandálaíocht a chruthú – saothair student actor. oirfidigh ag plé le teanga agus le hionannas. Bhraith saibhreas an tsaothair ar an imoibriú Through detailed negotiation of funding buan le daoine sna ceantair Gaeltachta a supports with a number of key service clúdaíodh faoin gcónaitheacht. Cuireadh an organisations, including the Association saothar i láthair don chéad uair i nGaeltacht of Professional Dancers in Ireland, Chonamara i 2002 agus tugadh ar Shawbrook/LD Dance Trust and the Institute chamchuairt an-rathúil é i rith na bliana, go of Choreography and Dance, we supported dtí Féile Ealaíon Earagail i nGaoth Dobhair the dance sector in a number of measures agus go dtí Inis Oírr, Baile Bhúirne agus to improve the sustainability of dance artists’ Gleann Cholm Chille chomh maith. careers, including training and production
development opportunities and international 7 ➔Actor Olwen Fouere in a staging of Samuel Beckett’s Lessness at the Kilkenny Arts Festival AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 8
To broaden and enrich participation in the arts...
Through residency programmes for artists outside formal education, we supported an working in communities, in schools and International Conference on Youth Theatre, youth work contexts, we maintained our organised by the National Association for commitment to promote high quality Youth Drama and hosted in Cork by Graffiti participation in the arts. To link the Theatre Company. The conference helped to programme with other kinds of support for consolidate links within youth theatre – a arts in communities, we devolved the widespread and vibrant form of youth arts management of one of these programmes organisation in Ireland – and between to CAFE, under the terms of a multi-annual individual youth theatres and the wider arts funding agreement. community. The international potential of youth theatre was highlighted by the Opportunities to extend and enhance the initiation of Calypso’s Tower of Babel project, arts experience of young people in the involving young people from Ireland and formal education sector flowed from the young refugees, mainly from Nigeria. This implementation by the Department of ongoing project provides young people from Education and Science of welcome first level different countries with a rich opportunity curriculum reform. In cooperation with the through artistic experience to understand Department, we actively explored the more about the challenges presented by potential for greater collaboration between physical dislocation. artists, arts organisations and schools, through the appointment of an education Ailbhe Murphy made an important and local arts specialist, Lorraine Comer, a theoretical contribution to our former teacher and arts officer with Wexford understanding of the sustainability of artists’ County Council. Her two-year programme of work in communities. Her work involved a work is focussed on the establishment of series of informal conversations with artists local partnerships to support arts in schools. and curators looking at the challenges of working outside conventional arts structures The objective of this work with the and systems, and the impact of this both on education authorities is to agree a commonly artists’ own work and on that of the host shared definition of good practice in arts in organisations. schools. Key decision-makers and opinion- leaders in arts in education participated in a The exhibition Out of Place marked the meeting in Sligo to inform the direction of culmination of a long-running and successful this work. Chicago Arts Partnerships in residency with filmmaker Joe Lee in St Education (CAPE) presented its model, which Michael’s Estate, Inchicore. Lee worked in has been widely studied elsewhere in the collaboration with the local community USA and in Britain. development project – The Family Resource Centre. The project has taught us a lot in In addition to our ongoing work with the very practical terms about the kind of National Youth Council and in recognition of supports the artist needs in such projects. the arts development needs of young people
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To raise standards in arts leadership and management...
Having identified the need to promote Government’s capital programme for new networking, cooperation and the venue development were acknowledged in strengthening of professional resources, we the form of a report commissioned from responded to a number of important Mayday consultants and published in the sectoral initiatives in the course of the year. course of the year. Arising from an Arts Council report on the development needs of festivals (completed The report reached a number of important last year), a consortium of major arts conclusions that have wide-reaching festivals was established to develop a implications for the planning and common web-based approach to marketing development of venues for the arts. and sales opportunities. The active Significant operational constraints arise as a participation of tourism authorities will be result of venue design decisions, not all of required to realise the potential of this them anticipated at project planning stage. initiative. The profile of staff structures does not always reflect the artistic, technical and In a welcome development from theatre business requirements of running these professionals, a study was made of the facilities, with a range of negative feasibility of establishing a professional body consequences for artists, employees and the to support, represent and develop the public. In particular, a sustainable balance environment in which professionally led between artistic programmes and theatre arts are made in Ireland. The Theatre commercial imperatives is hard to achieve. Forum has set out an ambitious programme As with all arts organisations, governance is of advocacy, capacity building, information emerging as an important issue, with issues exchange and networking, in particular around board membership and capacity. focusing on the training and development Above all, newer arts centres are grappling needs of practitioners and managers. with the need to think and behave more strategically in local and national contexts. The management and organisational needs (A copy of the report can be found at of venue managers arising from the www.artscouncil.ie).
11 ➔International Dance Festival Ireland AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 12
To broaden and enhance audiences for the arts...
This year, we prioritised a long-planned cinema facilities outside of Dublin city initiative in public art, in cooperation with centre. The members of the Cultural the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism. Cinema Consortium are the Arts Council, With the joint aims of improving the Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film implementation of the Per Cent for Art Board, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Scheme, and mobilising art in the public and the Northern Ireland Film and Television sphere more generally as a very tangible Commission. means of enhancing public awareness of the arts, the Arts Council and its parent Increasing the ability of audiences to engage department have established an operational critically with what they read was the structure involving cross-departmental impulse for a joint project with An cooperation and expert artistic advice. The Chomhairle Leabharlanna/the Library first products of the initiative have been a Council. Projects under the Readership series of meetings with local authority Initiative took place in Carlow, Leitrim, Dún personnel, and talks by international experts Laoghaire-Rathdown and Wexford. including Siebe Thissen, Director of Public Art for the City of Rotterdam, and Herve A different approach to achieving the same Berchy, chief editor of www.publicart.com aim was realised for dance through the the Paris-based international online public International Dance Festival Ireland, art newsletter, which featured public art in launched following years of planning with a Dublin in its October 2002 edition. series of unforgettable performances by the Merce Cunningham Company at the Abbey To strengthen the diversity of arts Theatre in May. The two-week festival programming offered outside the major brought a variety of international companies cities, the Cultural Cinema Consortium to Ireland, and showed their work alongside launched the second phase of its work in that of Irish companies and artists including implementing the recommendations of the Daghda Dance Company, Irish Modern Developing Cultural Cinema in Ireland report Dance Theatre and Liz Roche, who was (2001). On a smaller scale, the consortium choreographer-in-residence for the festival. invited proposals for the purchase of up-to- Talks, workshops and dance-related film date equipment to enable film societies and were an integral part of the festival’s venues to screen arthouse film. The programme which also included the launch consortium also invited expressions of of CoisCéim’s Hit and Run, a co-production interest for major proposals to design, with Rough Magic Films. finance, build, operate and maintain a number of two-to-three screen dedicated
13 ➔An audience at the Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 14
To extend the international impact and success of Irish arts and artists...
In response to the changing needs of artists New York Art Fair and the Basel Art Fair, and arts managers, we replaced the long- and the Green on Red Gallery attended the established Artflight scheme with more Cologne Art Fair. flexible mobility awards. At the back of this document, we illustrate the range of places Grants to a range of resource organisations to which artists travelled during the course helped Irish artists to position their work in of the year. In addition, through funding for an international context. Galway Film Fleadh artists’ continuing professional development, consolidated its reputation as a film-makers’ we assisted composers, conductors, actors, festival with a strong programme involving musicians, visual artists, as well as arts actors, directors, producers, film financiers managers and technical personnel, to gain and audiences in a week of intensive activity access to specialist training of a kind not in Galway. This year’s guests included Mira available to them in Ireland. Nair, director of Monsoon Wedding, who came from her home in Uganda to Fellowship programmes to a number of introduce the Indian season of films, and prominent international art institutions were give the annual directors’ masterclass. maintained, with a one year scholarship Declan Quinn gave the cinematographers’ valued at €40,000 to Declan Clarke to masterclass, and Aidan Quinn the actors’ enable him to spend one year at the masterclass. Other guests included director prestigious PS1 International Studio Tom Twyker (Heaven), Richard Attenborough Programme, which is affiliated to the (Puckoon) and director Pan Nalin (Ayurveda). Museum of Modern Art in New York. International co-operation, co-production Support for Irish participation at NEXT, the and exchange formed part of the annual 8th Architectural Venice Biennale, enabled programme of many companies during the the Irish/American practice Bucholz McEvoy year. Here are just four examples, in dance, to exhibit at this year’s event, which ran poetry and music: from September to November. The substance of the Irish exhibit was the In a welcome first tour of Ireland, the Junior Limerick County Council offices at Ballet of the Paris Conservatoire toured to Dooradoyle. Large elements of the project three locations in co-operation with the Arts were assembled in Venice to communicate Council and the Arts Council of Northern the project in a very physical way. Ireland. The company, which is made up of fifth-year students in full-time training at the Irish artists engaged with the international Conservatoire presented a workshop and marketplace at a number of international performance programme in Limerick, Dún fairs. Pallas Studios exhibited the work of its Laoghaire and Derry. artists for the first time at the Fresh Art Fair in London (a fair for the work of younger artists), the Kerlin Gallery attended both the
15 ➔The Irish pavilion by Bucholz McEvoy architects at the 8th Architectural Venice Biennale AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 16 ➔ Akram Khan at the International Dance Festival Ireland Akram Khan at the International Danish, Icelandic and Finnish works, programme also featured Norwegian, Gerald Barry and John Godfrey, the event. As well as featuring Irish composers two works specially commissioned for this featuring three world premières, including keynote concerts during the festival, fm. Crash Ensemble gave one of the Project Arts Centre, Music Network and lyric and Network North, in conjunction with presented in December by Crash Ensemble contemporary Irish and Nordic music was Up North!– a major new festival of between our cultures. potent expression of the rich connections translated by Irish poets and writers was a Argentinean poetry. The 30 poems Ireland Review Poetry The centrepiece of the summer issue was an anthology of Deane, Roger Doyle and Benjamin Dwyer. programme involving composers Raymond talks to support an international by extending its Festival of Canadian and Irish Music participated in O'Leary and Gráinne Mulvey. CMC also Raymond Deane, Stephen Gardner, Jane Finland featured music by composers world. In April the Tampere Festival in festivals and events around the being programmed as part of prestigious some of Ireland's major composers Irish music, which resulted in the work of its active promotion of contemporary The Contemporary Music Centre continued Magnus Lindberg. work by celebrated Finnish composer including Crash’s first performance of a Voyages Meet the Composer - the Montreal scheme 17 AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 18
To help bring the arts closer to local communities...
The impetus behind our work in local arts partnership also saw the completion of this year was to promote greater co- Making Space for the Arts, a study of living ordination between national and local and working spaces for artists in Dublin and policies for the arts through enhanced Cork. This document will form the basis for relationships with local authorities. Clíodhna an agreed programme of future development Shaffrey completed a two-year term as the in both cities. first local authority arts officer on secondment to the Arts Council. During her We completed an important three-year pilot time with the Council, she produced three project with the Eastern Regional Health new publications to document the Authority, resulting in a policy for the ERHA contribution of these centrally important on the arts in healthcare, due for publication agencies: Local Authorities, Local Arts, a in 2003. Based on this work, and on other short survey of activity in each county; initiatives such as the public art project in Making the Visual Arts Visible, which outlines Naas General Hospital, we will be able to the significant role of local authorities in the offer other health boards support in arts development of the visual arts over the past policy development. ten years; and The Place of Cinema: the Cinema of Place, which highlights the B’é 2002 an chéad bhliain den dara particular contribution of screen commissions pháirtíocht trí-bhliana, Ealaíon na Gaeltachta. and the other film development initiatives of Chuir an comhlacht páirtíochta Údarás na local authorities in building the international Gaeltachta–an Chomhairle Ealaíon a shuíomh profile of Irish film. Our thanks to Dún gréasáin le haghaidh ealaíne agus imeachtaí Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for www.ealain.ie i mbun. Sheol an pháirtíocht releasing her to do this invaluable work. ceithre mhór-chlár le haghaidh na n-ealaíon i gceantair Gaeltachta: togra amharclainne In cooperation with a number of county don óige (Amharclann na nÓg) i gCorca councils, we developed new guidelines for Dhuibhne, faoi stiúradh Áine Moynihan; multi-annual partnership agreements with togra Ealaíon don Aosach i gConamara faoi local authorities and supported the riaradh Doras; Dráma san Oideachas dírithe preparation of Arts Plans, three of which ar riachtanais scoileanna Ghaeltachta were published during the year: in Leitrim, eagraithe ag Diarmuid de Faoite agus eolaire North Tipperary and Sligo. de sholáthraithe seirbhíse ealaíon le haghaidh bun- agus meán-scoileanna, curtha As part of one such partnership agreement le chéile ag Sheila Coll. Chomh maith leis na (with Dublin City Council), we supported mór-thograí seo, ceapadh Bríd Ní CADMUS. This project creates opportunities Mhaoilchiaráin, ó Charna, Conamara mar an for musicians to work with people at the chéad amhránaí Seán-Nóis i gcónaitheacht day-care centre in Rialto (age profile 60 – 80 ag Ollscoil Náisiúnta na hÉireann i nGaillimh. years), and on musical skills development with the Finglas Marching Band. This
19 ➔Uilleann piper Robbie Hannon in concert at the Duiske Concert Season in Graignamanagh, Co Kilkenny in November AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 20
Carlow
Carlow County Council launched Visualise production of a series of eight radio Carlow - a professionally curated programmes, which was broadcast weekly programme of visual arts events and on CKR FM during July and August. activities, in anticipation of the development Carlow’s lively youth theatre scene saw the of a major new centre for the visual arts. presentation by Barrow and Carlow Youth Professional curators of the programme Theatres of a series of one-act plays in included Annie Fletcher and Del Whitticase. Ardattin Hall.
During Visualise Carlow, Carlow Young Éigse - a festival of the arts - commissioned Artists’ Choir worked together with artist a film from visual and performance artist Finola Jones on a treatment of a 1940’s Tom Amanda Coogan, which was shown during and Jerry soundtrack. the festival in June. The festival programmed opera for the first time, with an outdoor As part of the Arts Council and An performance of Puccini’s La Bohème by Chomhairle Leabharlanna/The Library touring opera company Co-Opera. The Council readership development initiative, festival also extended its schools’ Carlow County Council Library and Arts programme, to incorporate storytellers in Service launched Picturebooks - a project residence, and visual artists like batik artist that made connections between literary Peter Wenger and the students of Bishop readership and the visual arts. In an Foley National School, Carlow with innovative collaboration with a local radio assistance from our Artist in Residency station, Picturebooks involved the scheme.
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Cavan
Cavan County Council engaged poet visual arts database for Cavan county, art Heather Brett as writer in residence during therapy sessions in St Christopher's Centre the year. Her residency, part of the local for people with physical and sensory authority’s plan to enlarge the range of its disabilities and a five day event of visual art, support for the arts in Cavan, resulted in the readings, drama, history and music production of Voices from the Hollow, an promoting Cavan culture to a Dublin anthology of poetry and paintings which audience. The county's three-year Trading gave expression to the creativity of young Places cross-border programme was initiated people in the Cavan area. in 2002 with the programme commencing in 2003. Trading Places is designed to Another artist in residence in the county, engage young people from Cavan and composer Bill Campbell, collaborated with Belfast with professional artists to explore Sligo-based writer Dermot Healy on a the history of the linen industry. The musical setting of Dermot Healy’s poetry, educational merit of the project is threefold from the collection The Reed Bed. The piece in that it combines tradition with artistic skilfully incorporates the voice of Dermot process and training in new media. This Healy into an instrumental ensemble of three-dimensional approach will be reflected flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. in the outcomes of the project: a website, a touring exhibition and a publication. The Rhonda Tidy, Visual Arts Co-Ordinator, project has two funding partners, Cavan Cavan County Council worked on many County Council and Kid's Own Publishing initiatives throughout the year including a Partnership, and three advisory partners.
23 ➔Artists Jane McCormack and Patricia McKenna who were present at a five day arts and cultural event at Airfield Trust, Dundrum, Co Dublin AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 24
Clare
County Clare has a strong record in music in exploration of time and its attributes. It was education, and in 2002, the Irish Chamber based on work with older patients in the Orchestra, which is based at the University hospital, and reflects Clare County Council’s of Limerick, built on existing relationships commitment to developing public access to with some local schools in Limerick and the arts and providing opportunities for Clare counties. Other music education older people to explore their creativity. projects included in-school composition workshops with composer Fergus Johnston Under the Clare Arts Development Plan, and singers from the National Chamber new works were added to the County Art Choir. The participants - pre-leaving Collection, created by local or locally-based certificate music students from Coláiste artists. Paintings included work by Lorraine Mhuire, Ennis - were a mixture of traditional Wall and Michael O’Dea, while a new and classical musicians. The workshops sculpture, in African soapstone, by Sandra form part of a two-year programme where Hurley was commissioned for St Joseph’s students have their original compositions Hospital garden. A sculpture piece by performed and recorded by the NCC. Vivienne Walsh was also commissioned and a public art piece was created by Patrick Eleanor Feely was appointed artist in Hassett. residence at St Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis. Her project, A Time to Seek, focused on an
25 ➔Eleanor Feely (pictured centre) was appointed artist in residence at St Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:53 Page 26
Cork
There were a number of noteworthy Culture 2005. The conference featured initiatives from Cork City Council and Cork leading national and international cultural County Council during the year. Following a theorists, arts practitioners and tourism number of years of artistic and critical promoters. It considered the role of festivals success in Ireland and overseas, and cultural centres in consolidating, Corcadorca’s artistic director Pat Kiernan developing and drawing attention to a was invited by the National Theatre Society country’s achievements in attracting to guest direct a show at the Peacock audiences from outside the area and Theatre. As one of its two productions in explored how such events can have a lasting the course of the year, Meridian Theatre impact on that area through joint marketing Company presented a recent play by of tourism and cultural activities. Sebastian Barry, White Woman Street, to considerable critical acclaim. . Composers Maria Judge, John O’Connor and John Spillane were involved in Cork Cork’s long-established contribution to film County Council’s music education culture in Ireland is chiefly maintained programme which included the composer in through the annual Cork Film Festival, the classroom scheme run in partnership which effectively links Irish film-making to with Cork Choral Festival. Cork County the international circuit, through an Council also supported a tour of the Callino important competition for the Best Quartet to venues throughout the county in European Short and Best Irish Short. October.
Cork Film Centre promoted a Visual Arts Kinsale-based Gandon Editions published Mentoring Project (VAMP), to give young profiles of artists, John Shinnors and Camille fine art film-makers the opportunity to be Souter, and architect Shay Cleary in its mentored by Nigel Rolfe - an established important Profiles series. It also produced artist of international reputation. publications for the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the Crawford Cork Mid-Summer Festival held a major Municipal Art Gallery and New Irish conference on cultural tourism, immediately Housing, a series of essays and studies of following the announcement of Cork’s recent housing projects in Ireland. winning of the status of European City of
27 ➔An exhibit at Cork City bus station from Daylighting the City public art project AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:53 Page 28
Donegal
Two of the highlights of the Earagail Arts aonair cumhachtach a rinne Diarmuid de Festival in 2002 were Time Warps - an Faoite, buaiteoir ag an Stewart Parker Trust exhibition of ancient Andean textiles - and Awards, ar Phádraic Ó Conaire, agus léiriú Pre-Columbian and 20th Century Art. These Macdara Vallely ar Ghlór na Farraige. exhibitions were among the most important series of exhibitions to be seen in Ireland in The Donegal Bay and Bluestack Festival 2002. Time Warps at Letterkenny Arts included performances from the Callino Centre and Donegal County Museum Quartet and Finghín Collins, and theatre exhibited pre-Columbian textiles from 400 productions from Diarmuid de Faoite and BC to 1500 AD. The Pre-Columbian and Skehana Productions. 20th Century Art exhibition held at The Glebe Gallery, Churchill, displayed ceramic Uniting news of forthcoming events, and metal artefacts which were juxtaposed community arts information, listings and with works by the 20th century British comment about wider arts issues is the artists Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and newsletter produced by the Donegal Arts Anthony Caro. Network. Donegal Culture - the Cultural Magazine for County Donegal, produced B’é Ristorante Immortale le Floz Productions with local support and now in its fourth – meascán neamhbhriathra iontach ina year, has established a reputation as one of raibh mascanna, dráma grinn, áilteoireacht the finest local arts periodicals in the agus gleacaíocht – ardphointe amharclainne country. na féile gan amhras. Rinneadh ionadaíocht ar amharclann na Gaeilge tríd an léiriú
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Dublin city
Opera Theatre Company presented an Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End. The extraordinary production in Kilmainham Abbey produced seven new plays in its two Gaol, a Dublin location itself rich in Irish theatres and transferred the successful historical associations. The company gave Peacock production of Eugene O’Brien’s first the first Irish performance of The Emperor play, Eden, to the Abbey stage. of Atlantis, an opera written in 1943 by Viktor Ullmann while incarcerated in Terezin It was also a strong year for the visual arts, concentration camp in the Czech Republic with two of the major Dublin galleries from 1942 to 1944. The company also producing important new work and revived the (Little) Magic Flute for children in retrospective shows. The Douglas Hyde a second national tour, and toured new Gallery continued its programme of productions of Smetana’s The Kiss and exhibitions of international artists including Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen to venues Lois Weinberger, Neil Tait and Wolfgang throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland. Laib, and of Irish artists Gerard Byrne, Patrick Graham and Kathy Prendergast. The Dublin Writers Festival had a very good The Royal Hibernian Academy’s programme year. The festival is a promotion of the City featured retrospective exhibitions of the Council’s arts office, with funding from the work of Aosdána member, sculptor Imogen Arts Council. Artistic Director Pat Boran, Stuart, and the late Charles Brady. The RHA with help from the Irish Writer’s Centre, also presented the work of artist, Siobhán created a stimulating and original showcase Hapaska, and organised the Eurojet Futures for new writing from all over the world, exhibition, which showcased the work of with visitors from Italy, Germany, South emerging artists. Africa, Israel and India as well as the Scandinavian countries. Despite clashing In addition to its usual programme of work with some prime World Cup matches, the by Irish and international photographers, festival attracted large and enthusiastic the Gallery of Photography organised a audiences, in a range of city centre venues collaborative project between Irish architect, including Project Arts Centre, the Gate John Tuomey and American artist, Richard Theatre, and the National Gallery of Ireland. Torchia. Architectural Optics brought these The gallery hosted popular lunchtime events artists together in a creative dialogue on the with writers including VS Naipaul and John subject of the camera obscura and related McGahern. optical devices. Tuomey is a member of O’Donnell & Tuomey, the architectural The Gate produced two short plays by Brian practice responsible for designing the Friel, Two Plays After: The Bear and building that houses the Gallery of Afterplay, which later transferred to the Photography.
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Dublin city (contd)
The exhibition of the 18th Annual Awards company’s Artistic Director, Dieter Kaegi. The run by the Architectural Association of production was particularly memorable for a Ireland opened at the Atrium of the OPW in show-stealing farewell to the operatic stage April, and subsequently travelled to venues by Veronica Dunne, the doyenne of Irish in Derry, Belfast, Tallaght and Cavan. The singing teachers for almost half a century. awards are a showcase of the best of Irish architecture and are accompanied by a fully Not to be outdone, the National Chamber illustrated catalogue produced by Gandon Choir was delighted to announce the Editions. appointment of its new Artistic Director, Celso Antunes, who led the ensemble in an Celebrating the tenth anniversary of IFC imaginatively programmed series of five cinemas, the Film Institute of Ireland concerts, Contrasts and Contexts, at the mounted an ambitious programme of National Gallery in Dublin during June and events, including a documentary festival July. Stranger than Fiction. The festival of French film, CineFrance attracted its largest Jazz in the capital went from strength to audiences to date, and was launched by strength with Improvised Music Company emblematic French screen actress Jeanne and Note Productions’ promotion of Irish Moreau prior to the screening of her film and visiting ensembles in a range of Dublin Cet Amour La. venues. Amongst the international artists who performed were Omara Portuondo, the The Film Institute of Ireland continued its Ahmad Jamal Trio and the John programme of curriculum development Abercrombie Quartet. In a welcome addition work with the Department of Education and to Music Network’s ongoing touring of jazz, Science. For the second level English course both IMC and Note also presented regional it produced a study guide for Australian film concerts. IMC created programming director Baz Luhrmann’s film Strictly partnerships in venues such as Garter Lane Ballroom, including a specially-recorded Arts Centre, Waterford, and the Belltable interview with the director. Arts Centre, Limerick, where the three-way collaboration included the local promoters, Opera Ireland scored a hit with its November Limerick Jazz Society. production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, The Queen of Spades, programmed by the
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County Dublin
Seán O’Reilly was appointed as writer in Heaney. The Concourse Installation Series residence by Fingal County Council in March included exhibitions by Margaret Tuffy, Sans 2002. A former Arts Council bursary winner, Facon and Daniel de Chenu, and was he devised a programme of work involving complemented by an education and workshops for writers and writers’ groups outreach programme designed to create an throughout the county. The residency opportunity for greater interaction between culminated in Finscéal Fingal Writers’ Day in the artists and the audience. November, providing writers with a platform to present their own work. Alternative Entertainments programmed a Children’s Book Festival in association with Draíocht Arts Centre in Blanchardstown had South Dublin County Library Service. More its first full year of operation, with a than one thousand students attended programme that included Barabbas...The storytelling performances by Niall de Búrca, Company, Lane Productions and Tall Tales Liz Weir, Len Graham and John Campbell. Theatre Company. As part of the Dublin Fringe Festival, it presented Origin Theatre Civic Theatre in Tallaght presented a wide Company from New York. Its dance variety of performing arts to audiences programme encompassed a diverse and throughout the year. It also produced and exciting variety of styles and practices within co-produced a variety of new theatrical Ireland and internationally with visits from work including Surface Tension, a first play Dance Theatre of Ireland, CoisCéim, Ballet by young writer Shane Carr for the Dublin Wales and Kompany Malakhi. Draíocht Fringe Festival. Denis and Rose was adapted continued its close alliance with Music from the writing of Maeve Binchy and Network and presented a wide range of directed by Gerard Stembridge. Another music events including visits from Ib new play, Knocknashee was co-produced Housemann and Veronica McSwiney. with Tall Tales Theatre Company.
Another celebration of new writing was Lucan Boys’ School hosted the second phase Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown’s annual Poetry of a residency project with dance artist Now festival, which takes place each year in Kalichi, who developed his Dancing with the spring. This year it was directed by Poetry and Bodhrán project, marrying writer Conor Callaghan and presented an movement, rhythm, percussion and poetry. ambitious programme of readings by This initiative has so enthused the school national and international poets including that teachers have begun bodhrán training. Helen Vendler, Jorie Graham and Seamus
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Galway
Galway Arts Festival celebrated its 25th clasaiceach agus traidisiúnta, scannánaíocht, anniversary with an excellent programme of litríocht, drámaíocht do pháistí, agus don local, national and international work. chéad uair clár ealaíontóra i gcónaitheacht. Particular highlights in theatre included the co- I measc na n-ardphointí i mbliana bhí cuairt ó production of Michael Healey’s The Drawer Daghdha Dance Company, bunaithe i Boy, which later toured to the National Luimneach, a fuair freagairt thar cionn ón Theatre, Dublin and the Druid production of lucht féachana. The Good Father, a new play by Christian O’Reilly, which subsequently toured nationally. Both Galway City and County Councils, in association with the Arts Council and Galway To coincide with the festival, Galway based Film Centre, supported the ID Project which theatre and public spectacle company Macnas was designed to involve community film and devised Gráinne Mhaol, a large-scale video work. In 2002 the ID Project production involving a professional and concentrated on Pléaráca Teoranta Chonamara community cast. This production was also and Tuam Community Development Project. staged in the grounds of Coventry Cathedral, The Galway County Arts Office also and at Farmleigh House in Dublin. Farmleigh commissioned a film project called Damhsa was recently developed by the Irish which was inspired by a creative dance project Government as a venue for state and public with older people and aimed to introduce the events. art of film to various groups as a means of self expression, creativity and empowerment. Over 50 writers drawn from the local, national and international literary community visited Galway Arts Centre hosted one of its most Galway for the 17th Cúirt International striking exhibitions of new work in recent Festival of Literature. The festival theme was years. The critically acclaimed Cusp featured a the exploration of boundaries – geographical, collection of new paintings by Ger Sweeney. political, sexual, linguistic and aesthetic – and During the Tulca Festival of Visual Art, the highlights of the programme included Imagination-Romantik was launched featuring contributions by Nobel laureate Nadine sculpture, video, painting, photography, light Gordimer and feminist polemicist Andrea and sound installation works by 13 European Dworkin. The Cúirt Debate, War of Words, artists. As part of its literature programme the examined the responsibilities of war reportage centre continued to produce its literary with BBC anchorman and veteran of African quarterly West 47 throughout the year and conflicts George Alagiah, writer and political monthly poetry slams were held during the commentator Eamonn McCann, journalist autumn. Among the events held at the centre Misha Glenny, and Professor William Schabas during the Cúirt International Festival of from the recently established Human Rights Literature were a prose masterclass with Molly Studies Centre at NUI, Galway. McCloskey and the Galway Youth Theatre's presentation of Alien Nation by Max Hafler. Ar Inis Oírr, thairg an t-aon ionad ealaíon bunaithe ar oileán, Áras Éanna, clár ilghnéitheach sa rince, drámaíocht, cheol
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Kerry
Now in its third year, Samhlaíocht Film Chaill an tír bainisteoir ealaíon, a raibh clú Festival, is becoming an important agus cion thar barr air, le bás gan choinne event in the calendar for young Martin Whelan, Bainisteoir Siamsa Tíre le emerging film makers. In keeping with seacht mbliain is fiche, agus rannpháirtí Samhlaíocht’s policy of programming dothraochta ar iomad bord ealaíon agus events throughout north Kerry, 80 tograí forbartha sa rannóg. Cuimhneofar ar screenings were held in Dingle, an méid a thug Martin dona healaíona, ní Killarney, Listowel, Tralee and hamháin i dtuaisceart Chiarraí ach ar fud an elsewhere throughout the county. This oileáin, le blianta fada le teacht. year’s winner of the cash prize of €3,000 was Brendan Muldowney, Kerry County Council commissioned a who won the award for Best Film for number of individual artists to create work his film Innocence. under its Per Cent for Art scheme. Ciara Moore’s short film of associated footage, CoisCéim Dance Theatre’s popular Searching for Echoes, was exhibited in Ezimotion programme for young dancers Muckross House, Killarney as part of the went on tour to Kerry, taking up residency Samhlaíocht Film Festival. In a temporary in the town of Causeway and opening up arts project for the villages of Brosna and opportunities for young dancers. The Knocknagoshel in north Kerry, visual artist, relationship built up between the dancers Oliver Comerford spent a period of time and the community will be sustained over a living and working in the area during 2002. number of years through return visits by the His residency culminated in a series of company. photographs and paintings, some of which now form part of the collection of Kerry County Council, and one of which is featured on the cover of this publication.
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Kildare
To celebrate County Kildare's association approach to making dance with with Shackleton, and to coincide with the communities throughout the country to the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School, Kildare Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare where she Library and Arts Service hosted a series of is now based. creative writing workshops in libraries countywide. The workshops, facilitated by In 2002, the Riverbank Arts Centre’s Mary Russell, examined themes of travel, programme included both performing arts exploration and endurance. In May, the and visual arts. Riverbank is one of a Kildare Children Tzipora Music Festival at number of centres to offer exhibition Goffs showcased the work of Kildare opportunities to young and emerging County Council's music outreach artists, which this year included painter, programme. The festival programme ranged Jackie Askew. The centre was also a host from chamber groups with children as venue for touring companies like the young as seven years of age, to percussion, Reduced Shakespeare Company and Kabosh woodwind and choral work performances. Theatre Company, and provided Kildare Film Four hundred and fifty children were Society with a local venue for exhibiting involved in the festival. arthouse cinema in association with access Cinema. In addition to its core performance work, Kildare-based Fluxus Dance Company In October, Kildare was one of the venues introduced a new strand of touring to its for the eight-venue Music Network tour by residency programme, with performances mercurial Irish saxophonist Michael Buckley. and community-based work in counties as He teamed up with New York-based far afield as Roscommon and Mayo. After guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, bass player many years working in Wexford, Cathy Dietmar Fuhr and drummer Darren Beckett O’Kennedy, the company’s founder and for a memorable series of concerts. artistic director, has brought her unique
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Kilkenny
With the support of the County Kilkenny international cartoonists from the UK, USA Vocational Education Committee, schools and Iran in its Cat Scratchings exhibition. and venues in the county collaborated with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown based Dance Barnstorm Theatre Company, the only Theatre of Ireland. This company’s outreach company touring young people’s theatre in programme involved a series of workshops, Ireland on a regular basis, celebrated its classes and performances. tenth anniversary. A busy active company, producing up to three shows a year, it also Young Irish Filmmakers exists to support provides rehearsal and workshop space for young people in film training and Kilkenny Youth Theatre. This year it production work on a year-round basis. For completed a successful writer in residence the first time, YIFM ran the National Youth programme with playwright Maeve Film School, which produced its feature film Ingoldsby, resulting in the production of The The Children on digital video. Some of its Bus, which toured widely. graduates have already gone on to work professionally in film and animation, for Kilkenny Arts Festival maintained the high example at the on site production company, standards of recent years, with a Cartoon Saloon. In 2002 Cartoon Saloon programme that included two theatrical delivered its animated short, From Darkness. premières of works originally produced as Animated by Nora Twomey and funded fiction. The Watergate Theatre was the through the Frameworks scheme, this is a venue for a production of John Banville’s reworking of the Inuit folktale, The Skeleton The Book of Evidence, and Gare Saint Woman. The Cartoon Saloon also featured Lazare players presented an atmospheric in a Splanc! documentary directed by production of Samuel Beckett’s short fiction Michael Lennon and broadcast during the Lessness, which was subsequently presented year on TG4. at the Royal National Theatre, London. A specially-designed space by architect Orna The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival expanded Hanly was the venue for a major exhibition its programme to include talks with writers, of Irish painting which featured recent work and an international exhibition of cartoons by Seán Scully, Phelim Egan, Brian McGuire including works from the USA and Iran. and Richard Gorman amongst others. The This highly successful international event Butler Gallery presented a challenging and featured Rob Long, David Sedaris, Pete controversial exhibition of work by American McCarthy and India Knight, as well as artist Paul McCarthy, which raised important Pauline McLynn who served as interlocutor issues about censorship and the exhibition of visiting writers. The festival also included of video art in galleries.
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Laois
The Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise Laois County Council’s Bealtaine Festival of attracts audiences from a catchment area of Literature launched its inaugural short story five counties, and provides a programme of prize, which was adjudicated by writer and music, theatre and dance. The centre hosts editor David Marcus and awarded to the Dunamaise Film Club, which presented Maureen Lowndes. The festival included a a fortnightly programme of arthouse cinema number of readings in Emo Court and the on 35mm. One of the film highlights this Dunamaise Arts Centre by a number of year was a special preview screening of Jim writers including Cathal Ó Searcaigh and Sheridan’s feature film In America, as part of Medbh McGuckian. the Laois Arts Festival.
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Leitrim
Leitrim Arts Office and Library Service ran a In association with Leitrim Sculpture Centre, pilot project as part of the readership Leitrim County Council offered a sculpture development initiative of The Arts Council bursary valued at €12,000 to Gerard Cox. and An Chomhairle Leabharlanna/the This practical award enabled the artist to Library Council. The aim of this pilot was to spend a year living and working at the increase the readership of contemporary centre with access to studio and foundry literature. As part of the programme, facilities. An exhibition of his work at the Michael Harding facilitated reading groups county council offices has been offered as in Carrick-on-Shannon, Ballinamore and part of the award. Manorhamilton.
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Limerick
The Concert Hall at the University of in an international context. Each year it Limerick was the venue for the first invites an international curator to select the performances in the highly successful Irish work to be shown and in 2002 the curator tour given by the Junior Ballet of the Paris was Apinan Poshyananda from Thailand. Conservatoire, which also visited Dún Laoghaire, Cork and Derry. In conjunction One of Limerick’s artistic highlights during with the tour, dancers in the company the year was the presentation of Wagner’s visited schools in Co Limerick, giving classes Ring cycle, in a concert performance at the and workshops to local children. The Concert Hall, University of Limerick in July. dancers also visited physical education This mammoth project involved many students at the University of Limerick. partners, including Opera Ireland and lyric fm. It featured the National Youth Orchestra Limerick’s long association with arthouse and choirs from Ireland and the Czech film continues to thrive at the Belltable Film Republic, together with a range of Club. Also based at the Belltable, Fresh Film distinguished Irish and international soloists. Festival runs the Irish Schools’ Video The performance was conducted by Competition, which stimulates young Alexander Anissimov and the entire people from schools all over Ireland to write, production transferred to Symphony Hall, produce and direct their own films. Jane Birmingham for a repeat performance. Foley, who runs the festival, brings a distinguished panel together to adjudicate The annual Sionna Festival of European the awards, and provides an important Traditional Music, led by Professor Mícheál opportunity for serious critical reflection to Ó Suilleabháin, took place in October and young emerging film makers. culminated with the world premiere of Cóisir an tSionnan performed by the Irish Island Theatre Company premiered The Chamber Orchestra and Der Brull Chor in Quiet Moment, a new play by Michael Finn the unique venue of the Turbine Hall at dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. The Ardnacrusha Power Station. company’s artistic director Terry Devlin also directed a new production of Faith Healer The Michael Hartnett Award (worth €6,500) by Brian Friel, which toured to venues was presented by Limerick County Council throughout the country. to the to Belfast poet Gearóid Mac Lochlainn during the Michael Hartnett EV+A, the national exhibition of Festival. contemporary visual arts in Limerick, has established itself as an important exhibition
49 ➔Immaculate Make-over, a performance by Clare artist Áine Phillips at EV+A 2002 AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:53 Page 50
Longford
Shawbrook/LD Dance Trust completed the successful programme of workshops for refurbishment of a second studio, in order local schools. to extend its existing programme into residency work, especially with Fabulous The Atrium Gallery at the Backstage Theatre Beast dance company, whose artistic and Centre for the Arts held 15 exhibitions director, Michael Keegan Dolan, has strong throughout 2002. One of the highlights Longford connections. Shawbrook is a was Emerging Artists which showcased the unique resource for young dance artists, in a work of five young artists from the Longford rural setting. Every year it brings together area. the leading young Irish dance artists for workshops, classes and performance Longford County Council’s web-based experiences. Virtual Writer Project received 28,000 hits during its first nine months in existence. The Backstage Theatre and Centre for the Arts, site is an important resource for writers one of the most popular destinations for offering a global platform for showcasing touring companies, provided a strong and work as well as exploiting the potential for diverse programme. A contemporary dance the creation of new links and virtual support performance from Diversions achieved 88% networks for writers. occupancy and was augmented by a
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Louth
During the year, Louth County Council Calipo’s artistic director Darren Thornton introduced an innovative new structure for attended the prestigious Anne Bogart arts development within the local authority Summer School in Saratoga, in upstate New system. After a long commitment to York. The company subsequently brought employing arts personnel in Dundalk, the rehearsed readings of a work in progress, Council appointed a County Arts Officer Action Movie, to the Dublin Fringe Festival. and two local Arts Officers, one in Drogheda and one in Dundalk. Upstate Theatre Company, also based in Drogheda, brought Epic, written and The conservation of Barlow House was directed by Declan Gorman, to the Traverse completed in 2002, providing a prestigious Theatre in Edinburgh where it had a new facility for the arts in the north-east. successful run. The annual Samba Festival organised by Droichead Arts Centre featured international In the amateur and voluntary sector, Louth guests from the UK and Latin America. This Macra na Feirme continued an active festival takes a unique approach to samba, engagement with Declan Gorman and other working on musical development, technique professional theatre artists in the area. and ensemble with the participants, and introducing other kinds of instrumental expertise.
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Mayo
Based in Ballina, Yew Tree Theatre Company give people in care settings an artistic voice. produced Grand, a new work by artistic The project received support from the director John Breen. The company’s Western Health Board and Mayo County production of Alone it Stands, also by John Council. Increasingly local and health Breen, enjoyed enormous success on its authorities are becoming interested in the nationwide tour. The play had a new potential for the arts to transform production in Australia which also toured to healthcare environments. New Zealand. Ballinglen Arts Foundation marked ten years One of the highlights of Mayo's music of providing residential facilities for artists in programme was the tour by concert Ballycastle, Co Mayo. Thirty eight Irish and pianist Miceál O'Rourke to venues international artists used the studios during throughout the county. This was part the year, and a printing press was acquired of a ten-concert tour of the western to provide the facility for print-making to Gaeltacht by the renowned Irish pianist. The professional standards. Ballinglen’s local county's music programme also included a exhibitions programme became a year-round series of masterclasses with concert bands activity with the completion of the and choirs in the region, and maximised the Courthouse Gallery, while its outreach and use of the county’s instrument bank in a education programme involved the artists in partnership with schools in the area. class visits to national and secondary schools throughout north Mayo. As part of its ongoing arts and health programme, Mayo County Council arts Chaith ceathrar is fiche ealaíontóirí agus office launched the publication, Creative scríbhneoirí cónaitheachtaí ghearra idir dhá Reverie: Meeting the Person as an Artist at agus cheithre seachtaine ag teachín Heinrich the Mayo Education Centre, Castlebar. This Boll ar Acaill. Tá an teachín in úsáid ó 1992 publication accompanied an exhibition mar áit chónaithe le haghaidh ealaíontóirí featuring paintings by a group of older Éireannacha agus idirnáisiúnta araon agus people who participated in a unique and tugann sé spás príobháideach agus innovative art project in the Sacred Heart cúlráideach dóibh le haghaidh a gcuid Hospital, Castlebar. The aim of the project, saothair. under the direction of Mayo County Council artist in residence, Deirdre Walsh, was to
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Meath
Meath County Arts Office ran a programme Gallery Press produced a range of of professional theatre and music events by publications by Irish poets and dramatists companies such as Upstate Theatre such as Derek Mahon, Vona Groarke, Tom Company (Epic), Music Network (Best of Kilroy and Marina Carr. The short-listing of Irish Tour) and the RTÉ Vanbrugh String three Gallery Press poets for the Forward Quartet with pianist Alexander Milnikov. Trust prizes was a notable achievement for Irish poetry, and was the first time that one Dhírigh tionscadail ina raibh Liam Mac Cóil publisher had authors included on its three páirteach, i nGaeltacht Ráth Cairn, ar na shortlists. Both Tom French and Medbh healaíona bhriathra agus an scríbhneoireacht McGuckian went on to win the awards in chruthaitheach. Bhí sraith ceardlann ar siúl the categories in which they had been chun tacaíocht a thabhairt do dhaoine a short-listed. scileanna scríbhneoireachta agus cruthaitheacha trí Ghaeilge a fhorbairt.
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Monaghan
Following the success of Cracked, a moving artist/sculptor), Jerry McGrath new play dealing with male suicide, Quare (photographer/sculptor), Margot Quinn Hawks Theatre Company produced Leaving, (painter) and Neal Greig (painter). a new play by Philip Osment. For much of the year, the company moved from Dublin The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at and spent time based at the Garage Annaghmakerrig, internationally renowned Theatre, on the outskirts of Monaghan as a workplace for artists, celebrated its 21st town. anniversary in September. The centre, which is supported jointly by the two Arts Councils During the year, Monaghan County Council in Ireland, was developed thanks to a Arts Office coordinated a series of artists’ bequest of his family home by the residencies each lasting approximately eight twentieth-century theatre director and weeks. The idea of the residency impresario Tyrone Guthrie. Having played programme is to encourage artists to live in host to some of the most important Irish the county town of Monaghan. The main and international artists over two decades, emphasis is to facilitate the artist in the the centre celebrated its birthday with a free research, development and creation of programme of music, readings and work. In 2002, artists on the programme exhibitions for the public. included Una Walker (installation
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Offaly
Birr Theatre and Arts Centre was one of the commitment to arts development. In new centres to avail of access Cinema’s partnership with Iarnrod Éireann, the service during the year, with regular Council launched the first public showing of screenings of recent arthouse releases being the County Council collection. In an exciting exhibited on newly-purchased DVD initiative, work from the art collection was equipment. transferred to large scale foamex boards and exhibited on the platform of Tullamore Tullamore’s Phoenix Arts Festival took place Railway Station. This busy midland station in the summer. An important festival in caters for more than a quarter of a million terms of showcasing local work, the passengers every year. programme included workshops, an exhibition of the work of artists living in the Offaly County Council also presented the county and a performance of Michael Vienna Boys Choir at the Church of the Harding’s one man show Talking Through Assumption, Tullamore in November 2002. His Hat. The choir was supported by performers from the Sacred Heart School Choir, Offaly County Council completed a major Tullamore. study of the infrastructure for the arts in the county and made a major financial
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Roscommon
Home to the Boyle Arts Festival, long a with a comprehensive film programme. Its staple in the national visual arts calendar, visual arts exhibitions included the work of Roscommon has added another distinctive local artists and print loans from the Irish festival, this time in the literary field. Museum of Modern Art. Eamon Coleman, Strokestown International Poetry Festival, the winner of the Roscommon Per Cent for although only in its fourth year, has Art scheme award gave a series of public established a reputation as a notable event. workshops in visual art, music and poetry to With strong support from the town, and a variety of outreach arts groups throughout from the local authority in the person of the the county. County Arts Officer, the four-day long festival is run by cartoonist Merrily Harpur, Art@work, Roscommon County Council’s and attracts amateur and professional poets innovative artist in industry programme, from all over the country to its readings and extended the number of participating prestigious prizes. companies and broadened the project to include all artforms. The purpose of this This year, the festival appointed Martin Dyar, programme, which has been developed in a local poet, as poet in residence. He collaboration with local industry, is to create worked with a number of schools in the an opportunity for artists to undertake a area in the run-up to the festival and then short-term residency in an unconventional participated as a reader and facilitator. In environment. Among the artists included in the poetry competition, adjudicated by this year’s programme were Maria Casey Senator Joe O’Toole and Máire Mhac a’ and Margo McNulty. tSaoi, this year’s offerings were noteworthy for their satirical flavour. Work was In another collaboration, this time with local submitted and read in English and Irish, to a radio, Scott Fredericks conducted a packed audience in Strokestown House. programme of workshops, culminating in the development, rehearsal, recording and Roscommon Arts Centre opened for broadcast of a series of 10-minute radio business in early 2002. During the first dramas in association with Shannonside year of operation, theatre, music, dance and Radio Plays. comedy performances took place, along
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Sligo
In April, access Cinema held its annual an active role for the Sligo Education Centre viewing sessions at the Model Arts and in the music education elements. The 2002 Niland Gallery in Sligo. The Mexican ESB Vogler Spring Festival attracted Ambassador joined the gathering for the significant local, national and international opening film of the weekend, a screening, audiences to Drumcliffe in May, and was of the Mexican film Y Tu Mama Tambien. broadcast on both lyric fm and BBC Radio 3. Delegates from throughout Ireland gathered together for the weekend to view a variety Sligo local authorities hosted a colloquium of 35mm and DVD film releases. The session on Public Art in Rural, Coastal and Small also provided a forum for sharing ideas Urban Environments which provided a about how best to run a local film group. platform for presenting and discussing the Placing Art programme, and offered One of three festivals programmed by the opportunities to talk about case studies and Model Arts and Niland Gallery, is the festival approaches. Invited artists, curators and of twentieth century music, ISNOW. The critics included Luke Gibbons, Rebecca Solnit fifth festival took place over the Easter and Anthony Gormley. weekend, and was curated by musician and composer Benjamin Dwyer. Highlights of the Forty six choirs took part in the 15th Annual festival included the performance of work by Sligo International Choral Festival. This four Dutch composers, Theo Leovendie and day event, featured 13 competitions and a Louise Andrissen, performed against the prize fund of over €10,000. New backdrop of an exhibition of work by Dutch competitive elements included a special artist Arno Kramer. category for Gospel choirs and confined competitions for male and female voice. Sligo County Council took the welcome decision to extend the residency of the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company's major Vogler Quartet for a further two years, in productions during 2002 included The cooperation with Music Network. The Hollow in the Sand by Brendan Ellis and A partners agreed that this extended period Brief Taste of Lightning by Malcolm would enable the three programme Hamilton. Both plays were directed by Niall elements of music education, instrumental Henry. The latter production was invited to tuition and performance to be more fully perform in both Berlin and Warsaw during integrated into the local community. The the year. extension to the residency will feature significant additional developments, such as
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Tipperary
With the benefit of commission funding Buckley exhibited An Domhain Fothoinn and received in 2000, dance company Rex developed a residency programme which Levitates was the company in residence at involved working with dance and visual arts South Tipperary Arts Centre in Clonmel. as part of an education programme to Choreographer Liz Roche developed her accompany this residency. Rex Levitates also new work Senses in collaboration with the completed residencies in two schools with Northern Ireland-based company Maiden transition year students. Voyage before taking it on tour to venues throughout the island. North Tipperary was host to touring organisations including Streetwise Street The fourth Terryglass Arts Festival was held Theatre and Skehana Theatre Company. A in the autumn. This multidisciplinary event is masterclass in acting for local drama groups an important catalyst for introducing was provided by John O’Hare, the Australian audiences to the best of local and national director of On the Way Out and Head of artists. In 2002 the programme included Acting at Queensland University of visual arts, music, theatre and puppetry. Technology. In December 2002, a string quartet from The Irish Chamber Orchestra Brian Morrissey, was North Tipperary’s toured to two day-care centres in Newport composer in the community during the year. and Thurles and to Nenagh General Hospital His successful residency included a series of performing a varied musical programme music appreciation workshops in schools, which included audience participation and nursing homes, hospitals, adult education discussion. classes, youth clubs and active retirement groups.
The North Tipperary Arts Office programme continued to flourish across a variety of artforms and in various contexts. Artist Kate
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Waterford
Waterford Spraoi celebrated ten years in I mí Aibreáin, i measc na n-imeachtaí ag an operation with dozens of Irish and Seán Dunne Literary Festival bhí international acts at the annual festival. léitheoireachtaí le Nuala Ní Dhomnaill, David Spraoi is a uniquely public event, using the Marcus, Dermot Bolger, Gabriel Rosenstock streets and public spaces of Waterford for agus Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin agus seimineár spectacle and live performances. This year, it ar an scríbhneoireacht do pháistí le Tony had a cast of 300, giant floats, live music Hickey agus John Sexton. and a wide array of special effects. In June and July the IRMA Trust, in In May 2002, Waterford Youth Drama and partnership with Waterford City Council Garter Lane Arts Centre together co- and Waterford County Council mounted a produced Ripples in Time. A huge project pilot project Music in Motion. This project that involved almost 60 young dancers offered children and young adults the collaborating with choreographer Libby chance to gain experience of the recording Seward, theatre practitioner Sile Penkert and process and provided them with the music composer Eric Sweeney, Ripples in opportunity to perform at a showcase gig. Time brought a new and exciting contemporary dance and music work to audiences of over 800 people in Waterford city.
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Westmeath
As an ample demonstration of its Mullingar Arts Centre is contained in commitment to developing the arts in the totally re-furbished county hall, the county, Westmeath County which was originally built in 1913 on Council appointed its first Arts Officer, the site of the old Gaol. The centre's Catherine Kelly, in the course of the programme of events for 2002 year. One of the priorities for the included music concerts, gallery newly-appointed officer was to exhibitions, weekend workshops with establish the Westmeath Arts Forum the artist Lorcan Walshe, ballet, opera and to undertake research and and activity for children in school consultation for the development of through its arts appreciation initiative. the first Westmeath Arts Plan.
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Wexford
Building on project funding initially provided worked with many distinguished artists such by the Arts Council, Myriad Dance as composers Sue Furlong and Elaine Company, an Enniscorthy-based company Agnew, and American choral director Emily has grown in recent years with significant Ellesworth. support from the local authority. In addition to their annual performance programme, Over 40 daytime events as well as 18 the company has developed Pulse, a youth evening performances of three major dance initiative, which brings visiting productions formed part of Wexford Festival choreographers to work with young dancers Opera 2002.The three main operas in the county. presented were the melodrama in three acts II giuramento by Saverio Mercadante 1795- County Wexford Children’s Choir was an 1870, the comic opera Mirandolina by initiative aimed at developing the growth of Bohuslav Martinu 1890-1959 and the opera music education in Co Wexford. The choir comique Manon Lescaut by Daniel-Francois- represented Ireland at the 2002 Esprit Auber 1782-1871. International Choral Music Experience Institute at the National University of Also in 2002, the Dr Tom Walsh Lecture, Ireland, Maynooth where the singers had established in memory of the Wexford the opportunity to work with internationally Festival’s founder, was given by renowned musicians Dr Doreen Rao, internationally renowned Dublin-born Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and mezzo-soprano Ann Murray. Murray made composer Daniel Brewbaker. Founded in her Wexford debut in 1975 as Myrtale in September 1997, CWCC has worked with Massenet’s Thais, and later performed in over 4,000 individuals including primary and Eritrea by Cavalli. secondary pupils, primary teachers and community choirs. The choir has also
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Wicklow
The long-awaited opening in August of the performances included concerts with Nollaig Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray marked the Casey and Arty McGlynn, Lyra - a Russian emergence of an important new venue on vocal quartet, several Music Network tours the touring circuit for theatre, opera, music and a visit by the Irish Chamber Orchestra. and dance as well as a platform for locally- The centre continued its popular Courthouse generated performance. Among the events Film Circle screenings as well as launching programmed were Autumn Dances (Irish Let's Go to the Movies! - a film club for Modern Dance Theatre) and Women in young people aged 8 to 18 years. Arms (Storytellers Theatre Company). In 2002 Wicklow County Council awarded Glendalough Film Club, a member of access its Tyrone Guthrie Centre Regional Bursary Cinema, used new DVD equipment for Award to James Hayes, a Bray based artist fortnightly screenings in the Brockagh who was organiser and participant in Umha Resource Centre in Laragh, Co Wicklow. Aois - an experimental bronze casting symposium. Wicklow County Council also The Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely had appointed five artists to work as artists in a busy year with a full programme of residence in schools throughout the county activity. The centre held ten visual arts and in Newcastle Hospital. The artists exhibitions including work by Kristine Byrne appointed were Margaret Deignan, Rick (paintings), Desmond Kenny (paintings) and Bentham, Trish Kenny, Gerlinde Kugler and Gerard Cox (graphics and sculpture). Music Christien Van Bussel.
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More information
For more information about the arts locally in Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil ar na healaíona go every county in Ireland, the local arts officer is an háitiúil i ngach contae in Éirinn, is pointe invaluable point of contact. teagmhála fíorluachmhar é an t-oifigeach ealaíon áitiúil. Based on agreed local arts plans, the Arts Council provides funding to local authorities towards Bunaithe ar phleananna ealaíon áitiúil a their arts programmes, and towards the costs of aontaíodh, tugann an Chomhairle Ealaíon arts facilitation and administration locally. maoiniú d’údaráis áitiúla le haghaidh a gclár ealaíon, agus chun cabhrú le costais a bhaineann le háiseanna agus riarachán ealaíon go háitiúil.
Caoimhín Corrigan Traolach Ó Fionnáin Marilyn Gaughan Arts Officer Arts Officer Arts Officer Carlow County Council Donegal County Council Galway County Council + 353 503 70300 + 353 74 72222 + 353 91 509 000 www.countycarlow.ie www.donegal.ie/dcc www.galway.ie/gcc/gcc.shtml
Caitríona O’Reilly Rosemary Collier James Harrold Arts Officer Arts Officer Arts Officer Cavan County Council Drogheda Borough Council Galway City Council + 353 49 433 1799 +353 41 983 3511 + 353 91 536 546 www.cavancoco.ie www.droghedaboro.ie www.galwaycity.ie
Siobhán Mulcahy Jack Gilligan Kate Kennelly Arts Officer Arts Officer Arts Officer Clare County Council Dublin City Council Kerry County Council + 353 65 682 1616 + 353 1 872 2816 + 353 66 718 3541 www.clarelibrary.ie www.dublincity.ie www.kerrycoco.ie
Liz Meaney Sarah Searson Lucina Russell Arts Officer Arts Officer Arts Officer Cork City Council Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Kildare County Council +353 21 492 4298 County Council + 353 45 431 215 www.corkcorp.ie +353 1 205 4700 www.kildare.ie www.dlrcoco.ie Ian McDonagh Mary Butler Arts Officer Rory O’Byrne Arts Officer Cork County Council Arts Officer Kilkenny County Council +353 21 434 6210 Fingal County Council + 353 56 52699 www.corkcoco.com + 353 1 890 5099 www.kilkennycoco.ie www.fingalcoco.ie
77 ➔Rosemary Butcher at the International Dance Festival Ireland ➔ Ar Muir www.mayococo.ie + 353 94 24444 Mayo County Council Arts Officer Anne McCarthy www.dundalktown.ie + 353 42 933 5457 Louth County Council Arts Officer Brian Harten www.longfordcoco.ie + 353 43 41124 Longford County Council Arts Officer Fergus Kennedy www.limerickcoco.ie + 353 61 214 498 Limerick County Council Arts Officer Joan McKernan www.limerickcorp.ie + 353 61 415 799 Limerick City Council Arts Officer Sheila Deegan www.leitrimcoco.ie + 353 782 0005 Leitrim County Council Arts Officer Terre Duffy www.laois.ie + 353 502 64181 Laois County Council Sentient Cog ts Of eann Ní Chonaill ficer – an exhibition exploring the relationship between electronic, mechanical and human emotion at the Guinness Store House, Dublin www.tipperarynorth.ie + 353 67 44852 Council North Riding County Tipperary Arts Officer Melanie Scott www.sdublincoco.ie + 353 1 414 9000 South Dublin County Council Arts Officer Vacant www.sligococo.ie + 353 71 40987 Sligo County Council Arts Officer Mary McAuliffe www.roscommoncoco.ie + 353 903 26100 Roscommon County Council Arts Officer Philip Delamere www.offaly.ie + 353 506 46800 Offaly County Council Arts Officer Sally O’Leary www.monaghan.ie + 353 47 71114 Monaghan County Council Arts Officer Somhairle MacConghail www.meath.ie + 353 1 824 0000 Meath County Council Arts Officer Gerardette Bailey www.wicklow.ie + 353 404 20155 County Council Wicklow Arts Officer Leah Coyne www.wexford.ie + 353 53 65000 Wexford County Council Arts Officer Rosaleen Molloy www.westmeathcoco.ie + 353 44 32000 Westmeath County Council Arts Officer Catherine Kelly www.waterfordcoco.ie + 353 58 41416 Waterford County Council Arts Officer Margaret Organ www.waterfordcorp.ie + 353 51 309 922 Waterford City Council Arts Officer Conor Nolan 79
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Providing for the arts nationally Ag soláthar dona healaíona go náisiúnta and internationally agus go hidirnáisiúnta
Besides the artistic activity supported by the music and opera touring, and the Chomh maith leis an ngníomhaíocht agus dáileadh náisiúnta na n-ealaíontóirí a Arts Council and local authorities, a great distribution nationally of artists whose work ealaíonta atá lonnaithe i ngach áit sa tír a fuair tacaíocht dhíreach ón gComhairle dá deal of national touring and international has been directly supported by the Council. fhaigheann tacaíocht ón gComhairle Ealaíon gcuid saothair. Léireofar camchuairteanna exchange is generated by arts service Future reports will illustrate theatre and agus óna húdaráis áitiúla, is iad comhlachtaí amharclainne agus rince go náisiúnta agus companies, touring organisations and dance touring, nationally and internationally. seirbhíse ealaíon, eagraíochtaí chamchuairte go hidirnáisiúnta i dtuairiscí amach anseo. buildings for the arts located in all parts of It would be impossible to illustrate all of the agus foirgnimh dona healaíona suite ar fud the country. international links established by artists and na tíre a ghineann an-chuid camchuairteanna Bheadh sé dodhéanta na nascanna náisiúnta agus malartaithe idirnáisiúnta. idirnáisiúnta ar fad atá bunaithe ag The maps that follow help to give a picture arts organisations working overseas, but this ealaíontóirí agus eagraíochtaí ealaíon atá ag of this physical and organisational year we have illustrated the reach of obair thar lear a léiriú, ach i mbliana infrastructure. This year, we have individual artists supported with mobility Cabhraíonn na léarscáileanna a leanas taispeántar raon na n-ealaíontóirí a bhfuil highlighted spaces for making and grants, and Irish writers whose work was pictiúr a thabhairt den bhonneagar fisiciúil deontais soghluaisteachta faighte acu, agus rehearsing work, the network of venues translated into other languages this year. agus eagraíochta seo. I mbliana, scríbhneoirí Éireannacha a aistríodh a providing access to touring cinema and to tarraingítear suntas ar spásanna i gcomhair déanamh agus cleachtadh saothair, ar saothar go teangacha eile sa bhliain seo. ghréasáin na n-ionad a sholáthraíonn rochtain ar scannáin ealaíonta agus ar chamchuairt ceoil agus ceoldrámaíochta,
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Venues for the arts Ionaid dona healaíona
Venues for the arts, with full-time Tugann ionaid dona healaíona, le professional management, provide year- bainistíocht ghairmiúil lán-aimseartha, round opportunities for people to deiseanna do dhaoine i rith na bliana taithí experience the arts locally – whether in the a fháil ar na healaíona go háitiúil – bíodh sé performing arts (theatre, music, opera, sna healaíona oirfideacha (amharclann, dance), the visual arts or film. During the ceol, ceoldrámaíocht, rince), sna físealaíona year, the Arts Council provided funding to nó sa scannán. I gcaitheamh na bliana, 58 of these. The map opposite illustrates chuir an Chomhairle Ealaíon maoiniú ar fáil the extent of the national distribution of do bhreis is 58 díobh siúd. Léiríonn an these venues. In addition, there are many léarscáil thall dáileadh náisiúnta na n-ionad other public buildings (libraries, town halls, seo. De bhreis orthu seo, tá iomad university buildings) which are used to foirgneamh poiblí eile (leabharlanna, tithe promote the arts. baile, foirgnimh ollscoile) in úsáid chun na healaíona a chur chun cinn. More than a third of these venues have been developed since 1996, when the Forbraíodh níos mó ná aon trian dena Cultural Development Incentive Scheme hionaid seo ó 1996, nuair a sholáthair an initiated by the then Minister for Arts, Scéim um Spreagadh Forbartha Chultúrtha, Culture and the Gaeltacht provided tosaithe ag an Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus matching funding for local authorities who Gaeltachta a bhí ann, maoiniú coibhéiseach wished to improve local infrastructure for d’údaráis áitiúla a bhí ag iarraidh the arts and heritage. bonneagar áitiúil a fhorbairt dona healaíona agus don oidhreacht. In the years that followed, new theatres and arts centres opened in towns in all Sna blianta ina dhiaidh sin, osclaíodh parts of the country, from Donegal to amharclanna agus ionaid ealaíon nua i Dublin and from Cavan to Cork. mbailte ar fud na tíre, ó Dhún na nGall go dtí Baile Átha Cliath agus ó Chabhán go dtí As key local centres for building audiences Corcaigh. for the arts, these venues act as a focus for the presentation of the work of local artists Láronaid áitiúla príomhúla is ea na hionaid and companies both professional and seo chun lucht féachana a thógáil dona amateur, and for national and international healaíona, agus feidhmíonn siad mar fócas touring. In devising a year-round artistic chun saothair de chuid ealaíontóirí agus programme, venues play an important role comhlachtaí áitiúla, idir ghairmiúil agus in showcasing local work and increasingly amaitéarach a chur i láthair, agus le Dublin commissioning and producing new work. haghaidh camchuairteanna náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta. Nuair atá clár ealaíonta bliantúil á bheartú, bíonn ról tábhachtach ag ionaid i dtaispeántas saothair áitiúil agus tá an bhaint atá acu le coimisiúnú agus léiriú saothair nua ag méadú freisin.
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Types of venues for Cineálacha ionad dona l n Letterkenny the arts healaíona
No two arts venues are the same: theatres Ní hionann aon dá ionad ealaíon: bíonn require backstage, storage, box-office, cúlstáitse, stóráil, oifig ticéad, tosach an tí front-of-house and office spaces, in agus spásanna oifige ag teastáil ó n Manorhamilton addition to an auditorium with fixed or amharclanna, chomh maith le halla mobile seating. Exhibition spaces are éisteachta le suíocháin daingnithe nó Sligo n u ll l Monaghan simpler in form, but their design is critical soghluaisteachta. Foirmeacha níos simplí is to their success as venues for promoting iad spásanna taispeántais, ach tá sé the visual arts. Arts centres usually combine riachtanach go bhfuil an dearadh ceart acu Castlebar n l Virginia performance and exhibition spaces, and ionas go n-éiríonn leo mar ionaid chun na Drogheda n Roscommon n often provide the opportunity for artists to físealaíona a chur chun cinn. Meascán de l Farneyhoogan work in residence in studio spaces of spásanna oirfidigh agus taispeántais a n Mullingar various kinds. bhíonn in ionaid ealaíon de ghnáth, agus n Moate go minic tugann siad deis d’ealaíontóirí Galway An important recent trend has been the oibriú i gcónaitheacht i spásanna stiúideo n Newbridge n growing demand for exhibition space for de chineálacha éagsúla. n Inis Oírr Aran Islands Portlaoise cinema, supported by a joint initiative of n the Arts Council and Bord Scannán na Claonadh tábhachtach a tháinig chun cinn hÉireann/the Irish Film Board. A map of film le déanaí ná fás ar an éileamh le haghaidh n Tinahely exhibition is illustrated within the following spásanna taispeántais don cineama, á thacú Limerick pages. faoi chomhthogra idir an Chomhairle u n u l Kilkenny Ealaíon agus Bord Scannán na hÉireann. n Listowel Clonmel Léirítear na spásanna taispeántais l Kilmallock n l New Ross l n Wexford scannánaíochta ar na léarscáileanna sna n Tralee Waterford n leathanaigh a leanas.
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Arts festivals Féilte ealaíon
Although they take place only for a limited Cé nach mbíonn siad ar siúl ach ar feadh period each year, arts festivals in every part tréimhse teoranta gach bliain, tugann féilte of Ireland provide the focus for huge ealaíon ar fud na hÉireann fócas le voluntary effort, highly original and creative haghaidh iarracht dheonach ollmhór, artistic programming and extensive cláracha ealaíona atá iontach úrnua agus audience participation in the arts. cruthaitheach, agus rannpháirtíocht leathan den lucht féachana sna healaíona. Some have existed for many years, like Wexford Festival Opera, which recently Tá cinn áirithe atá ann le blianta anuas, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. Other cosúil le Wexford Festival Opera a raibh long-established multi-disciplinary festivals ceiliúradh caoga bliana aici le déanaí. Tá in Kilkenny and Galway have been alive to tuiscint mhaith ag féilte ildisciplíneacha eile the challenge of renewing their artistic atá bunaithe le fada, ag Cill Chainnigh agus purpose and their audience reach. Gaillimh, ar an dúshlán a bhaineann lena gcuspóirí ealaíonta agus raon a lucht More recent ones, like Earagail in Co féachana a athnuachan. Donegal, Iniscealtra in Co Clare and Samhlaíocht in Co Kerry have built on a I gcás féilte a tháinig chun cinn níos déanaí, powerful interest in the arts outside major cosúil le hEaragail i gCo Dhún na nGall, towns and cities, and have succeeded in Iniscealtra i gCo an Chláir agus Samhlaíocht involving the local authority and a range of i gCo Chiarraí, tá tógtha acu ar spéis láidir voluntary resources. Uniquely in the arts, sna healaíona taobh amuigh de na festivals usually make a particular point of mórbhailte agus na cathracha, agus d’éirigh using many different kinds of venues and leo úsáid a bhaint as an údarás áitiúil agus performance spaces throughout the county, as raon acmhainní deonacha. Go sainiúil involving a wide range of communities sna healaíona, díríonn féilte ealaíon go young and old. Bealtaine, the Age and háirithe ar chineálacha éagsúla ionad agus Opportunity festival, is another recent spásanna oirfidigh ar fud na tíre a úsáid, ag development and celebrates the arts and obair le réimse leathan pobal, idir óg agus older people. sean. Déanann Bealtaine, forbairt eile le déanaí, na healaíona agus seandaoine a cheiliúradh agus tugtar tacaíocht dó i Dublin gcomhar le Age and Opportunity.
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u Portstewart Music and opera touring Camchuairteanna ceoil £ u Coleraine n£ u Derry u Ballymoney agus ceoldrámaíochta £ u l Letterkenny Besides performances by the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Opera Theatre Company and the u Antrim Chomh maith le seónna de chuid an Irish u Bangor National Chamber Choir, audiences u Lough Eske Chamber Orchestra, Opera Theatre £ ª u l Belfast throughout Ireland have enjoyed u Lisburn Company agus an National Chamber Choir, u Ballyshannon u Omagh performances by music production bhain luchtanna féachana ar fud na companies and the many ensembles toured £ u Armagh Downpatrick hÉireann taitneamh as ceolchoirmeacha de u by Music Network and the Improvised £ ª Enniskillen chuid na gcomhlachtaí léirithe ceoil agus na £ u l Sligo u n Monaghan Music Company. Ballina u Mullaghmore Clones ngrúpaí uile a thug Music Network agus an u ª Improvised Music Company ar chamchuairt, Boyle u Virginia u Carlingford During the year, Music Network alone u ª ª i réimse cineálacha agus traidisiún ceoil. u n Castlebar u Carrick-on-Shannon ª Ardee toured 167 performances by more than 30 u Drogheda different artists or ensembles in classical, ª Ballyhaunis u Kells I rith na bliana, chuir Music Network leis u Castlepollard u Navan traditional and other contemporary genres u £ Roscommon féin 167 seónna i láthair le níos mó ná Ashbourne in almost 90 venues throughout the north u Clifden u n £ u tríocha ealaíontóirí nó grúpaí éagsúla i Connamara Mullingar and south of Ireland. ª u Keadue gcineálacha claisiceacha, traidisiúnta agus u Moate comhaimseartha eile i ngar do 90 ionaid ar £ ª u n Galway Leixlip u Like Music Network, Opera Theatre Athenry fud tuaisceart agus deisceart na hÉireann. ª u l Bray uuInis Oírr Birr u Newbridge Company has an agreement with the Arts Aran Islands Council of Northern Ireland to tour opera Cosúil le Music Network, tá comhaontas ag Roscreau £ u Portlaoise to a range of venues there. Opera Theatre Company leis an Arts l £ ª u n Ennis u n Tinahely n Killaloe u Carlow Council of Northern Ireland chun n Ardnacrusha On this map, all of the locations visited by u £ Kilkenny camchuairt ceoldrámaíochta a dhéanamh £ l ª u n Limerick Callanu u n Graignamanagh these five music and opera touring go dtí ionaid éagsúla ansin. Tipperary £ organisations are shown. In addition to u Cashel u Listowel u New Ross these venues, local concert promoters, arts l ª n Clonmel Ar an léarscáil seo, taispeántar na háiteacha Cahir u u £ Wexford centres and festivals have promoted music £ u n Tralee Waterford l £ u ar fad ar a thug na cúig eagraíochtaí events in every major town in Ireland. ª Mallow camchuairte ceoil agus ceoldrámaíochta seo u n Killorglin cuairt. Chomh maith leo seo, tá imeachtaí u Kells Cork ceoil curtha chun cinn ag tionscnóirí l £ ª u n u Cobh ceolchoirme áitiúla, ionaid ealaíon agus u Timoleague Kinsale u u Bantry féilte i ngach mórbhaile in Éirinn. ª u Castletownsend Dublin Principal sources of music and opera touring l Improvised Music Company n Irish Chamber Orchestra u Music Network u ª National Chamber Choir £ Opera Theatre Company l £ u n
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Artists Ealaíontóirí
The Arts Council is the only body providing Is í an Chomhairle Ealaíon an t-aon eagras consistent direct support to artists to make amháin a thugann tacaíocht dhíreach work, develop their artistic practice and leanúnach d’ealaíontóirí ionas gur féidir leo pursue opportunities for further study and saothar a dhéanamh, a gcleachtadh work internationally. This map shows on a ealaíonta a fhorbairt agus dul sa tóir ar county-by-county basis the number and dheiseanna chun tuilleadh staidéir a spread of awards made to individuals by dhéanamh agus oibriú go hidirnáisiúnta. the Arts Council in the course of the year. It Léiríonn an léarscáil seo ar bhunús contae- includes recipients of the cnuas, a stipend ar-chontae líon agus forleathadh na paid to qualifying members of Aosdána. ndámhachtainí a bhronn an Chomhairle Ealaíon ar dhaoine aonair i rith na bliana. Tá faighteoirí an chnuais san áireamh – tuarastal a íoctar le baill Aosdána atá cáilithe dó.
Number of awards to individuals
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Touring cinema Cineama ar chamchuairt
A major element of our strategy for the Príomhghné de straitéis na Comhairle i leith development of film is to support forbairt na scannánaíochta ná tacú le opportunities for more people to see deiseanna ionas gur féidir le tuilleadh contemporary film in all parts of the daoine scannáin comhaimseartha a l Letterkenny country. access Cinema, a film touring fheiceáil ar fud na tíre. Is é access Cinema, eagraíocht acmhainne do resource organisation, is the principal means of giving local audiences chamchuairteanna scannánaíochta, an opportunities to see contemporary arthouse príomhmheán chun deiseanna a thabhairt cinema not usually available on commercial do lucht féachana áitiúil cineama ealaíonta comhaimseartha a fheiceáil, nach bhfeictear n Manorhamilton cinema screens. Its core activity is the go hiondúil ar scáileáin cineama tráchtála. booking and despatch of films to its 25 Sligo l affiliated groups - local film clubs and arts An phríomhghníomhaíocht a dhéanann sé centres throughout the country. ná scannáin a chur in áirithe agus a chur Achill amach don chúig is fiche grúpaí atá Castlebar l comhcheangailte leis – clubanna Drogheda n The Cinemobile is Ireland's first travelling scannánaíochta áitiúla agus ionaid ealaíon n Roscommon cinema. It tours the island bringing ar fud na tíre. l Letterfrack Mullingar l Skerries contemporary Irish and world cinema to l small communities which would not Is é Cinemobile an chéad cineama taistil in Dublin otherwise have access to mainstream Éirinn. Téann sé timpeall na tíre ag tabhairt l Galway cinema. During 2002 it had free screenings cineama comhaimseartha Éireannach agus Newbridge l Birr for over 1,000 pupils, showing new domhanda go dtí pobail beaga nach n l Portlaoise n Laragh arthouse releases like The Snapper and The mbeadh rochtain acu ar an cineama l Scarriff Boy from Mercury. The Cinemobile also cuilithe. I rith 2002 chuir sé scannáin i Tinahely l Ennis l participated in RTÉ’s 40 Years of Television láthair saor in aisce le haghaidh ós cionn celebrations and several small festivals 1,000 daltaí scoile, ag léiriú eisiúintí n l Limerick throughout the course of the year as well ealaíonta nua cosúil le The Snapper agus as the Galway Film Fleadh and the Irish Film The Boy from Mercury. Ghlac Cinemobile Centre's 10th Birthday celebrations. More páirt freisin i gceiliúradh RTÉ ar 40 Bliana na Wexford Waterford l than 22,000 people attended screenings in Teilifíse agus in iomad féilte bheaga i rith na l the Cinemobile during 2002. bliana, chomh maith leis an Galway Film Fleadh agus ceiliúradh 10 mbliana Irish Film Cork This map illustrates touring cinema exhibition in Ireland. Centre. D’fhreastail níos mó ná 22,000 Macroom l l daoine ar scannáin ann i rith 2002. l Kinsale Léiríonn an léarscáil seo taispeántas l Skibbereen cineama camchuairte in Éirinn.
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Studios and rehearsal Stiúideonna agus Falcarragh ª facilities áiseanna cleachtaidh n Gweedore
Just as important as performance and Tá na próisis táirgthe agus cumadóireachta exhibition are the processes of production a théann isteach i ndéanamh na n-ealaíon and fabrication that go into the making of díreach chomh tábhachtach le cur i láthair art. The Arts Council supports studio and agus taispeántas. Tugann an Chomhairle rehearsal facilities for sculptors, print- Ealaíon tacaíocht d’áiseanna stiúideo agus Manorhamilton makers, photographers, other visual artists cleachtaidh le haghaidh dealbhóirí, n Ballycastle n and film-makers. déantóirí prionta, grianghrafadóirí agus l Newbliss físealaíontóirí eile, agus le haghaidh Through funding to companies in Dublin, déantóirí scannáin. ª Achill Island Dún Laoghaire, Limerick and Cork we support the essential provision of daily Trí mhaoiniú i gcomhair comhlachtaí i classes for dance artists. mBaile Átha Cliath, i nDún Laoghaire, u Legan Summerhill u Luimneach agus i gCorcaigh, tugaimid l Mullingar Writers have access to studios at the Tyrone tacaíocht do sholáthair riachtanach Guthrie Centre in Monaghan (which also ranganna laethúla d’ealaíontóirí rince. provides studios for visual artists and n Galway musicians), the Heinrich Boll cottage on Tá rochtain ag scríbhneoirí ar Ionad Tyrone l Inis Oírr Achill Island, and the Poet’s House in Guthrie i Muineachán (a sholáthraíonn Aran Islands Falcarragh. stiúideonna le haghaidh físealaíontóirí agus ceoltóirí freisin), teachín Heinrich Boll ar Acaill, agus Teach na bhFilí san Fhál Carrach. u Limerick u Enniscorthy l Clonmel n Wexford Studios and rehearsal facilities l Tralee Waterford l
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International mobility Soghluaisteacht idirnáisiúnta and literary translations agus aistriúcháin liteartha
The map opposite illustrates the number and destinations Léiríonn an léarscáil ar an taobh eile líon agus cinn scríbe of artists travelling overseas to develop or promote their na n-ealaíontóirí a thaisteal thar lear chun a saothar a work, and to establish or build on international contacts. fhorbairt nó a chur chun cinn, agus chun tógáil ar This year, with our help, individuals travelled to some 43 theagmhálaithe idirnáisiúnta nó iad a bhunú. Sa bhliain countries throughout the world. This figure does not seo, le cabhair uainne, thaisteal daoine aonair go dtí thart include funding for visits by companies participating in ar 43 tíortha ar fud an domhan. Ní chuirtear san áireamh networks or developing opportunities for co-production or sa bhfigiúr seo aon mhaoiniú do chuairteanna a thug touring. We will report on these next year. comhlachtaí chun páirt a ghlacadh i ngréasáin nó chun deiseanna le haghaidh comhléirithe nó camchuairteanna a The map overleaf illustrates the 30 languages into which fhorbairt: tabharfaimid tuairisc orthu seo an bhliain seo work by Irish writers has been translated, through funding chugainn. to the Ireland Literature Exchange. Léiríonn an léarscáil ar chúl an leathanaigh na 30 teangacha ina n-aistríodh saothar de chuid scríbhneoirí Éireannacha, trí mhaoiniú don Idirmhalartán Litríocht Éireann.
Number of mobility grants awarded to individuals to visit highlighted countries
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Number of Irish literary works translated into other languages
1 2 -5 6 - 10 Paddy O'Brien at the Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival Paddy O'Brien at the Cape Clear Island International AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 16:14 Page 100 ➔ Acknowledgements Admiring the view at Galway Arts Festival the Gallery Press. Centre; Upstate Theatre Company; Ken Wardrop; Wexford Festival Opera; and Suella Wynne, Shawbrook/LD the Tyrone Dance Studio; Derek Speirs; Studioworks; Rhonda Tidy; Guthrie Council; Sarah Searson and Catherine Farmer, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; County Cinemobile; Lucina Russell, Kildare County Council; Melanie Scott, North Tipperary Gandon Editions; Siobhán O'Reilly; Opera Ireland; Sandra Peavoy; Anne Peters; Dee Quinn, Nash; Ríonach Ní Néill; Marie Noone; Sally O'Leary, Offaly County Council; John O'Regan, Nora-Marie Murphy,Mullarney; Kerry County Council; Sheila Murray; Music Network; Chris Neary, Earagail Arts Festival; Emilie Menager, Bucholz McEvoy Architects; Denis Mortell; Janet Leitrim Sculpture Centre; Conor McKeon, Na Píobairí Uilleann; Linda McMahon and Edel Mac Aodha and Máire Ní Dhonnchadha, Ireland Literature Exchange; Robbie McDonald, County Council; Maura Kennedy, Festival of Literature; Cúirt International Joe Lee; Sinéad Music Centre; Dance Festival Ireland; International Con Kelleher; Catherine Kelly, Westmeath Siamsa Tíre; Cathy Hanrahan, Waterford Youth Drama; Karen Hennessey, Contemporary Film Institute of Ireland; Liam Halligan, Quare Hawks Theatre Company; Niamh Hallissy, Company; Colette Farrell, Calipo Theatre Company; Eleanor Feely; Paul Grealy; Anna Hackett, County Council; Maretta Dillon, access Cinema; Averyl Dooher, Éigse Carlow; Druid Theatre Council; Noel Crowley, Clare County Librarian; Philip Dawson; Delamere, Roscommon Factory; Oliver Comerford; Caoimhín Corrigan and Noeline Kavanagh, Carlow County Marguerite Bourke, Calypso Productions; Michael Brown; Tara National Sculpture Byrne, their assistance with this publication: The Arts Council is very grateful to the following individuals and organisations for 101 AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 16:14 Page 102
Further information about the arts in Ireland
More information about the arts in Ireland Tá breis eolais maidir leis na healaíona in is available from a range of arts resource Éirinn le fáil ó réimse eagraíochta acmhainne organisations, journals and other ealaíon, irisí agus foilseachán eile. publications. Seo liosta eagraíochtaí seirbhíse náisiúnta le Below are details of some national service suíomhanna gréasáin ar a gcuirtear eolas organisations and their websites. nua go minic.
For information about Name Website Amateur drama in Ireland ➔ Drama League of Ireland ➔ www.dli.ie Architecture in Ireland today ➔ Architectural Association of Ireland ➔ www.archeire.com Brass and concert bands in Ireland ➔ Irish Association of Brass and Concert Bands ➔ homepage.tinet.ie/~iabcb1/ Children’s literature ➔ Children’s Books Ireland ➔ www.childrensbooksireland.com Choral music and Irish choirs ➔ Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór ➔ www.cnc.ie Community arts ➔ C.A.F.E. ➔ www.communityartsireland.com Concert touring and performing artists in Ireland ➔ Music Network ➔ www.musicnetwork.ie Contemporary artists in Ireland ➔ Aosdána ➔ www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana/ Contemporary dance in Ireland today ➔ Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland ➔ www.prodanceireland.com Contemporary Irish and world literature in translation ➔ Ireland Literature Exchange ➔ www.irelandliterature.com Contemporary Irish literature ➔ Irish Writers’ Centre ➔ www.writerscentre.ie Contemporary performing arts ➔ The Theatre Shop ➔ www.theatreshop.ie Film culture in Ireland ➔ Film Institute of Ireland ➔ www.fii.ie Ireland’s contemporary music and composers ➔ Contemporary Music Centre ➔ www.cmc.ie Irish composers ➔ Association of Irish Composers ➔ www.composers.ie Irish traditional music ➔ Irish Traditional Music Archive ➔ www.itma.ie Pipe bands ➔ Irish Pipe Band Association ➔ www.iol.ie/%7Eipba/bands Poetry and poets ➔ Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann ➔ www.poetryireland.ie Resources for film-makers ➔ Film Base Ltd ➔ www.filmbase.ie Resources for popular music ➔ Federation of Music Collectives ➔ www.fmc-ireland.com Sculpture and contemporary visual arts ➔ Sculptors’ Society of Ireland ➔ www.sculptors-society.ie The arts by and for children ➔ The Ark ➔ www.ark.ie Uilleann pipers and piping ➔ Na Pióbairí Uilleann ➔ www.pipers.ie Visual arts in Ireland ➔ National Irish Visual Arts Library ➔ www.ncad.ie Youth arts in Ireland ➔ National Youth Council of Ireland ➔ www.youtharts.ie Youth drama ➔ National Association for Youth Drama ➔ www.youthdrama.ie Youth orchestras in Ireland ➔ Irish Association of Youth Orchestras ➔ homepage.tinet.ie/%7Eiayo/
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