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An Chomhairle Ealaíon

An Dara Tuarascáil Bhliantúil is Tríocha maille le Cuntais don bhliain dar chríoch 31ú Nollaig 1983. Tíolachadh don Rialtas agus leagadh faoi bhráid gach T1 den Oireachtas de bhun Altanna 6(3) agus 7(1) den Acht Ealaíon 1951 (P1.2619).

Thirty-second Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1983. Presented to the Government and laid before each House of the Oireachtas pursuant to Sections 6(3) and 7(1) of the Arts Act, 1951

ISBN 0 906627 06 0 ISSN 0790-1593

Cover. Photograph by Jaimie Blandford of The Slide File, of the gold tore symbol of Aosdána. The torc, which was made by Pat Flood, is worn by the Saoi.

Members (Until December 1983) (From January 1984) James White, Chairman Mairtin McCullough, Chairman Robert Ballagh John Banville Kathleen Barrington Vivienne Bogan Brian Boydell Breandán Breathnach Máire de Paor David Byers Andrew Devane Patrick Dawson Brian Friel Máire de Paor Arthur Gibney Bríd Dukes J. B. Kearney Vincent Ferguson Proinsias MacAonghusa Mairéad Furlong Patrick J. Murphy Garry Hynes Donald Potter Barry McGovern Nóra Relihan Patrick J. Murphy Michael Scott Éilís O’Connell Richard Stokes Seán Ó Mordha T. J. Walsh Michael Smith James Warwick Michael Taylor

Staff Director Adrian Munnelly (from July) Director Colm Ó Briain (until July) Drama and Dance Officer Arthur Lappin Opera and Music Officer Marion Creely Traditional Music and Regional Development Officer Paddy Glackin Education and Community Arts Officer Adrian Munnelly (until July) Literature and Combined Arts Officer Laurence Cassidy Visual Arts Officer/Grants Medb Ruane Visual Arts Officer I Exhibitions Patrick Murphy Finance Officer David McConnell Administration Research and Film Officer Phelim Donlon Executive Assistant Nuala O'Byrne Secretarial Assistants Patricia Callaly Antoinette Dawson Sheilah Harris Kevin Healy Patricia Moore Bernadette O'Leary Suzanne Quinn Receptionist Kathryn Cahille 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 764685

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council is an independent organisation set up under the Arts Acts 1951 and 1973 to promote the arts. It operates through a wide-ranging programme of financial assistance and special services, offered to both individuals and organisations. The Council also acts as an adviser on artistic matters to the Government and Government Departments and is one of four bodies which have a statutory right to make representations to planning authorities in connection with applications for planning permission in areas of special amenity throughout the country and in cases where proposed developments might detract from the artistic or architectural appearance of buildings of interest. The Council consists of a board of not more than seventeen members appointed by the Taoiseach. The board went out of office in December and a new board was appointed whose term of office will expire in 1988. The board usually meets ten times a year to set Council policies and make decisions within the terms of the Arts Acts. These policies and decisions are implemented by a staff headed by a Director, appointed by the Council. The Council reports to the Oireachtas through the Taoiseach and its accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Annual grants from the Oireachtas are the Council's main source of income. These grants are supplemented by income from local authorities and private organisations. The Council also administers a number of trust funds, set up privately for specific purposes. The arts are defined in the Arts Acts and include: the Visual Arts (painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, print-making, design); the Performing Arts (theatre, dance, music, opera); Literature; Film; Crafts.

Contents

Page

Chairman's Introduction 5

Review of the Year 6

Artists Programmes 9

Aosdána 11

Literature 14

Visual Arts 16

Drama 22

Dance 26

Traditional Music 27

Opera 28

Music 29

Film 33

Arts Centres and Festivals 34

Community Arts 36

Education 37

Regions 39

Capital 43

Regional Arts Committees 44

Analysis of 1982 Grant Aid 46

Accounts 49

Chairman’s Introduction

In this introductory note to the Report of the Arts Council for 1983 I should like to begin by paying special tribute to my predecessor, James White, and to the outgoing Council. It is edifying that, in trying times, in which unceasing demands were being made upon the Council, he, as its Chairman, zealously promoted its independence and integrity. The explosion in arts activity in the country between 1979 and 1983 - the period of his Chairmanship — was due, in large measure, to the work of the Council under his inspiring leadership. These years witnessed a huge growth not just in the quantity but in the quality of Irish publishing and a significant increase in the amount of art displayed in public places. The growing availability of music of all kinds was striking and — of great importance - access to professional theatre throughout the country was greatly improved by the establishment of the Arts Council Theatre Touring Scheme. During the period 1979 to 1983 the policies and efforts of the Arts Council contributed to the creation of a climate in which the arts can flourish. The pursuit of those policies has resulted in the growth of a much more positive attitude towards the arts in our schools where, we are all agreed, such attitudes must be fostered. The emphasis which the Council placed on support for the individual artist and on the dignity of the artist in society, culminated in the establishment of Aosdána, the affiliation of artists who have made outstanding contributions to the arts in Ireland. Colm Ó Briain, the Council's first full-time Director, resigned in July 1983 having served the Council most ably for over eight years. The arts and artists in Ireland are grateful for his vision, imagination and dynamism during a period of continuous expansion. In March, "Audiences, Acquisitions and Amateurs", a survey of participation in the arts in Ireland, was published by the Council. This survey clearly identified the barriers of attitude and access to greater participation in the arts. The newly appointed Arts Council will continue to break down these barriers and create the greatest possible participation in the arts in Ireland to the benefit of the individual, the community and the country as a whole. This pursuit of greater participation creates, perhaps, a tension between increased involvement and excellence; it remains, however, the duty of the Council to strive for excellence at all times and to promote, in a balanced way, all the arts throughout the entire country - a huge task, given the unfortunately limited resources made available by Government. For many years there has been close practical co-operation between the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and An Chomhairle Ealaíon. This positive relationship operates to the benefit of the arts throughout our island and has strengthened considerably in recent times. It is a relationship which I wish to see continued and developed under my chairmanship.

Mairtin McCullough Chairman.

Review of the Year

April 14th 1983 was a most significant date for the arts in Ireland. On this day Aosdána — the affiliation of creative artists who have contributed significantly to the arts in Ireland -- was formally inaugurated in the presence of An Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald, T.D. and two former Taoisigh, Mr Charles J. Haughey T.D. and Mr Jack Lynch T.D. This inaugural meeting was held in the House of Lords of the former Irish Parliament Building, College Green, Dublin, which was very graciously made available by the Bank of Ireland. In his remarks at the opening the Taoiseach said: "This first meeting of Aosdána is one of the most important developments in recent years in the cultural life of the country. It inaugurates a scheme which will be of considerable benefit to artists not only in enhancing their status in society, but also in assisting individual artists..." For artists the significance of the event was that in Irish society the artist had finally come of age, being recognised by the State in an institution devoted exclusively to the concerns of all artists and made up exclusively of artists. The creative arts represented by Aosdána are literature, the visual arts and music. At the end of 1983 there were ninety-six artists in Aosdána. (A list appears on page 12). Of these, fifty were in receipt of the Cnuas - an annual grant of £5,000 payable for a five-year term, available to those members who wish to devote their energies on a full-time basis to their art and whose financial circumstances are such that this can only be achieved by having a Cnuas. (The Cnuas is awarded by the Arts Council on the basis of a detailed examination of the financial circumstances of each applicant). A resume of the activities of Aosdána, which is now an independent organisation with a secretariat provided by the Council, appears on page 11. Another event of importance for the work of the Council in 1983 and the years beyond was the publication in March of the survey of participation in the arts in Ireland, "Audiences, Acquisitions and Amateurs". This survey was carried out by Lansdowne Market Research Ltd for the Council, which for some considerable time had recognised that the level of participation in the various art forms was not as high as it would wish. The survey threw up few surprises. It demonstrated that only two-thirds of Irish adults over sixteen years claimed to have participated to any degree in the arts during 1980, the best aggregated attendance figures at live events being only 20% Comparison with similar data from the U.S.A. shows that, relatively, Ireland lags far behind that country in attendances at film, theatre, and musical performances. The reason most frequently cited for non-attendance was not the cost but the cultural factor — that is, people's attitudes to the arts. This was cited by 29% of non-attenders as an inhibiting factor. The policy implication is that considerable effort still needs to be invested in educational programmes in the broadest sense, with a view to bringing about a more positive attitude to the arts at all levels in our community. During 1983, however, the educational programmes of the Council received a set-back in that the post of the Officer dealing with these matters, having been vacated in July, could not be filled due to Government restrictions on recruitment in the public service. The extent to which the cultural factor is responsible for inhibiting an appreciation of the arts gives an urgency to the Council's dialogue with the Department of Education. It is clear that, unless proper recognition is given to art, music, drama and dance in primary and post-primary schools, the inclination to participate in the arts will be confined to a small sector of the adult population. In June, the Council presented to the Minister for Education, Mrs. Gemma Hussey, T.D., a copy of "A Modest Proposal" a four-year plan for the development of the arts in our education system. The plan was costed and showed that for an increase in education expenditure by the State of less than two million pounds a year, dramatic improvements in creating access to arts education could be brought about.

Early in the year the Council was invited by the Department of the Taoiseach to establish an Irish Committee for European Music Year 1985. This Committee, under the chairmanship of Frank Casey, began planning Ireland's contribution to celebrate the tercentenary of the birth of Domenico Scarlatti, (1685-1757), J. S. Bach (1685-1717) and G.F. Handel (1685-1759). The Council pursued its policy of encouraging local authorities to have a greater involvement in the arts and especially to use Section 12 of the Arts Act, 1973, and other measures which empower them to assist the arts. The Council recognises that local authorities faced very great financial difficulties during the year, a fact that may account for the surprising number which provided no grant-aid whatsoever for arts activity and the low level of grant-aid generally. There is, undoubtedly, great goodwill amongst local elected representatives towards the arts, which was amply demonstrated by the response to the seminar on local authorities and the arts organised in September by South- West Arts. The Council hopes that in future this goodwill will be translated into practical assistance. The Council continued to make representations to the Minister of State for Arts and Culture at the Department of the Taoiseach on a number of issues, including: — the reduction of VAT on theatre admissions; — the introduction of a scheme which would require that a fixed percentage of the cost of all public buildings would be allocated to "fine art decoration"; — the introduction of a resale right on the sale of art works — a scheme whereby visual artists would benefit from any appreciation in the market value of their work; — the introduction of legislation to encourage sponsorship of the arts. (Although strictly speaking outside the ambit of this report it is worth noting here that these representations were shortly to be successful on two fronts. From March 1984, VAT on admissions to live performances of plays, opera, ballet, circus and music (although not, regrettably, film performances) was reduced from 23% to the special rate of 5%;and from April 1984, donations of between £100 to £10,000 in any tax year to bodies which promote the arts and to certain third level educational institutions are allowable as deductions for income and corporation profits tax purposes. These reliefs should provide a much needed financial and psychological boost to arts activity and the Minister is to be congratulated on obtaining Government approval for the measures, especially in the current time of economic recession.) During the year it emerged that the Irish Film Theatre was suffering very severe financial difficulties. The Council developed a strategy aimed at keeping the cinema open while at the same time reducing its losses. By the end of the year, however, it was clear that very drastic action would be necessary as the financial situation continued to deteriorate. The arrangements for meeting jointly with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland continued and the seventh such meeting took place in Belfast in November. The meeting heard that Pat Rock, (a former Chairman of An Chomhairle Ealaíon) had resigned as Chairman of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, which is grant- aided by the two Councils. It was agreed to make a special presentation to Mr Rock as a token of the Councils' appreciation of his work for the Centre. The meeting also examined the manner in which cross-border arts touring is organised with a view to simplifying the funding arrangements; and with regard to the promotion of arts magazines, it was agreed that, in future, "Circa" and "Theatre Ireland" (published in Belfast) and "Soundpost" and "Books Ireland" (published in Dublin) would be supported by the two Councils on a fifty-fifty basis. In the latter half of the year, the Council indicated to Government that its minimum grant requirement for 1984 was £5.5 million. The actual grant-in-aid of £5.193 million which was made known to Council in December fell very much short of the minimum required. It was clear to Council that, as a result,

some very difficult and unpopular decisions would have to be made. In order to show the economic value of the Council's funding of arts organisations, a detailed analysis of 1982 expenditure is included in this report, (Page 46) and it is clear from this analysis that state expenditure on the arts is a very sound investment.

FINANCE

The grant-in-aid notified to the Council in January 1983 was £4.594 million and towards the end of the year a supplementary allocation of £360,000 was approved to meet increases in pay costs. The total Oireachtas grant-in-aid for the year was therefore £4.954 million, an increase of 21.4 per cent on the previous year's £4.082 million. Other income in 1983 amounted to £153,000. During the year the Council's expenditure was:

£ (to nearest '00) %

Support Programmes for Individuals 437,600 8.7 Literature 119,400 2.4 Film 138,900 2.7 Traditional Music 87,500 1.8 Drama and Circus 2,338,70 46.3 Community Arts 5,800 1 Arts in Education 58,400 1.3 Music 204,400 4.0 Visual Arts 297,800 5.9 Dance 360,700 7.1 Opera 220,000 4.4 Arts Centres and Festivals 279,700 5.5 Regions 66.500 1.3 Capital 47,300 0.9 Research and Information Services 17,300 0.3 Administration 376,200 7.4 £5,056,200 100.0%

Organisations grant-aided by the Council in 1983 provided direct employment for 515 persons, 381 full-time and 134 part-time. The total annual cost (including PRSI and retirement benefits) of this pay-roll at 31st December was approximately £3.9 million and a further £0.6 million approximately was expended by organisations on free-lance artistic personnel, mainly actors' pay. Other income included £29,858 received from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in connection with grant-aid to jointly funded organisations based in the Republic but which operate throughout the island. During the year the Council gave eight additional interest-free loans to approved bodies. The continued success of the loan scheme depends on repayments being made on the agreed dates. Difficulties experienced by the Council in this regard during 1983 may result in the scope of the scheme being curtailed. The Council agreed to administer money donated by the Dublin singing club. The Bohemians, in memory of the late Reg Cant. The fund will be expended over a number of years and will provide awards for young singers. This brings to seven the number of specific funds administered by the Council on behalf of individuals and groups.

MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL AND STAFF

Council

The Council's term of office ended in December 1983 and in the following month a new Council was announced, which included two existing members, Máire de Paor (appointed 1973) and Patrick J. Murphy (appointed 1982).

Staff

Director Colm Ó Briain resigned and Adrian Munnelly was appointed to succeed him. Phelim Donlon, formerly General Administrator of the Irish Theatre Company, was appointed Administration, Research and Film Officer. Secretarial Assistant Veronica Barker was granted leave of absence and Patricia Moore replaced her.

Artists’ Programmes

Support programmes for individual artists have been one of the Council's priorities in recent years. Total expenditure in this area during the year under review was £437,610, almost 9% of the total funds available to the Council. This represents support for approximately 240 individuals. Many more were helped through the Council's grants to organisations.

Aosdána

At 31st December 1983, membership of Aosdána was ninety-six: 42 writers, 46 visual artists and 8 composers. Fifty members have been awarded a Cnuas. The value of the Cnuas is currently £5,000 a year and it is awarded by the Arts Council for a five-year period to those members of Aosdána whose financial circumstances warrant it. The annual report of the Toscairí is on page 11.

Ciste Cholmcille, Minimum Income Guarantee

The Council administers a trust fund, Ciste Cholmcille, which was set up in 1966 to honour distinguished writers, artists and composers and to relieve distress among them. During the year the Council supplemented the fund's own income with a grant of £15,000. The fund has been built up by private subscription and the Council would welcome further donations. The Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme referred to in the 1982 Report was continued. It was devised by the Council as a measure to assist a continuing involvement in the performing arts by the recipient. The Council continues to explore other means of honouring outstanding achievement in the performing arts.

Tyrone Guthrie Centre

The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan had a successful year and a list of the persons and groups who visited and made use of its facilities is on page 10. The Centre is administered by a Board appointed by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and An Chomhairle Ealaíon who jointly provide the necessary finance.

£ Aosdána: Cnuais 207 500 Ciste Cholmcille 15,000 Minimum Income Guarantee 3,910 *Tyrone Guthrie Centre 52,500

278,910 Aosdána: Sundry expenses 9,610

Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £288,520

*In association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Bursaries, Scholarships, Travel Grants

Awards approved during 1983 are listed at the end of each section of the Report. As payment often extends over two or more financial years, the amount charged in the Accounts refers to payments during the year rather than amounts approved.

Approved Payments Literature 47,250 34,500 Visual Arts 33,720 37,547 Drama 1,200 2,500 Dance 8,304 7,314 Traditional Music 6,900 3,290 Music 30,450 22,950 Film 9,365 29,365 Education 28,800 11,624

Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £165,989 £149,090

Residents in Tyrone Guthrie Centre, 1983 Randall Ackley, poet (U.S.A.) Loreena McKennitt, writer (Canada) Don Akenson, writer, (Canada) Joseph McLoughlin, painter (Belfast) Barbara Alien, illustrator (Belfast) Patricia McMenamin, writer (Dublin) Brian Ballard, painter (Belfast) James McNamara, writer (Wales) Dermot Bolger. writer (Dublin) Dennis Magee, painter (Derry) Lawson Burch, painter (Lisburn) Tom Magill, writer (Belfast) Helen Lucy Burke, writer (Dublin) Frances Moran, painter (Dublin) David Byers, composer (Belfast) John Morrow, writer (Belfast) Mairéad Byrne, writer (Dublin) Paul Muldoon, writer (Armagh) Kevin Byrne, writer (Dublin) Jim Nolan, writer (Waterford) Harry Clifton, writer (Dublin) Seán Ó Carraoin, writer (Dublin) Michael Davitt. writer (Dublin) Clairr O'Connor, writer (Maynooth) Kay Doyle, painter (Dublin) Liam O'Connor, writer (Belfast) David J. Elliott, writer (Downpatrick) John O'Conor2 pianist (Dublin) Conleth Ellis, writer (Athlone) Breandán Ó hEithir, writer (Aran Islands) Nicholas Emmett, writer (Dublin) Padraig O'Farrell, writer (Mullingar) Shimon Finkel, actor/director (Israel) Helen Place, writer (Hong Kong) Gene Finnegan, writer (Cavan) Nancy Potter, writer (U.S.A.) Elizabeth Fletcher, sculptor (Cork) Nancy Price, writer (U.S.A.) Michael Foley, writer (Derry) Niall Quinn, writer (Dublin) Barbara Freeman, sculptor (England) Peter Rannsley, writer (England) Norah Gaston, painter (Belfast) Noreen Rice Giff, painter (Enniskillen) Elgy Gillespie, writer (Dublin) Billy Roche, writer (Wexford) Kevin Grattan, writer (Dublin) Gibbons Ruark, writer (U.S.A.) Ann Hartigan, writer (Dublin) Peter Sirr, poet (Dublin) Dermot Healy, writer (Cavan) Bill Smart, writer (U.S.A.) Ursula Holden, writer (England) Sydney Bernard Smyth, writer (Inishbofin) John Hughes, poet (Belfast) Matthew Sweeney, writer (Co. Donegal) Adrienne Hume, fabric designer (Tipperary) Ann Tallentire, painter (Portadown) Oliver Hynes, composer, (Dublin) Mervyn Wall, writer (Dublin) Aileen Ireland, writer (England) Seán Walsh, writer (Dublin) Fred Johnston, writer (Belfast) Theatre Omnibus, Limerick John Jordon, writer (Dublin) Writer's Workshop, Galway. Danny Keegan, painter (Dublin) Julie Kelleher, painter (Cork) Maeve Kelly, writer (Limerick) Douglas Kennedy, writer (U.S.A.) Martin Lynch, writer (Belfast) Séamus MacAnnaidh, writer (Enniskillen) Padraic MacAnna, poet (Co. Tyrone) John McArdle, writer (Castleblayney) Michael McConveille, writer (Dublin) Evelyn McDonald, painter (Scotland)

Aosdána

Annual Report of the Toscairí

The Inaugural Assembly of Aosdána ( 14th April 1983) elected an Executive Committee of ten Toscairí representing the three artistic disciplines - literature, the visual arts and music. Those elected were: for literature: Anthony Cronin and James Plunkett; for visual arts: Michael Kane and Patrick Scott; for music: Seóirse Bodley and Gerard Victory; and for the General Panel, Paul Durcan, Aloys Fleischmann, John Montague and Noel Sheridan.

In all, six meetings of the Toscairí were held. It was agreed that Anthony Cronin should chair the meetings and, in his absence, John Montague, Noel Sheridan and Gerard Victory chaired meetings on separate occasions. At the time of the Inaugural Assembly ninety-six members had already been admitted to Aosdána and consequently there were a possible fifty-four places available out of the permitted maximum of one hundred and fifty. For these places a very large number of applications were outstanding. Under the rules of Aosdána, the procedure for the consideration of these applications is as follows: applications are examined by the Board of Toscairí and a short list is circulated to the members of the Aosdána discipline concerned. Only those receiving a two-thirds majority approval of the postal vote of the discipline are eligible for election by the full Aosdána membership. In all, the Toscairí had to consider sixty-seven applications from aspiring members. Seventeen from writers, forty- two from visual artists and eight from composers. Thirty-two applications were forwarded to the disciplines for their approval: eleven from writers, sixteen from visual artists and five from composers. Nine, six and five applicants, respectively, were approved and their names will be submitted to the General Assembly of Aosdána in 1984.

Public Perception of Aosdána

This matter was of prime concern as it was felt that the public as yet does not have a fully clear and accurate picture of the role of Aosdána. Of equal importance is the inter-communication within the general membership of Aosdána itself. Interim statements were issued to the membership and the Toscairí recommended that much greater public contact be developed as soon as the procedure for the introduction of new members has been developed.

Role of Radio Telefís Éireann

Among the subjects raised at the Inaugural Assembly was the question of RTE's assistance to and representation of Irish creative work in its programmes. It was felt that where poetry on the radio and literature and visual arts on TV were concerned there are serious shortcomings. A meeting was held in September 1983 with Ted Dolan (Controller of Programmes, RTE 2 Television), Brian MacAonghusa (Controller of Programmes, Radio 1) and Billy Wall (Controller of Programmes, Radio 2) to discuss how the situation could be improved.

Public Exhibitions

Among several artistic projects discussed by the Toscairí, ROSC received particular attention from the point of view of the representation of Irish artists.

Education

Discussions were held on the quite inadequate development to date in arts education and difficulties in opening channels of fruitful contact between Irish artists and the Department of Education and other educational authorities.

Summary

The Toscairí wish to express their deepest thanks to the two Directors of the Arts Council, Colm Ó Briain and (following his resignation) Adrian Munnelly, for their expert assistance not only at Toscairí meetings but on a day-to- day basis, without which the effective work of the Toscairí and Aosdána could not proceed with success.

MEMBERS OF AOSDÁNA at 31st December 1983

Visual Arts Literature Music Arthur Armstrong Leiand Bardwell Seóirse Bodley Robert Ballagh Samuel Beckett Frank Corcoran John Behan Anthony Cronin Aloys Fleischmann Pauline Bewick Margaretta D'Arcy John Kinsella Basil Blackshaw Éilís Dillon Frederick May Brian Bourke Paul Durcan Jane O'Leary Fergus Bourke Pádraic Fiacc Gerard Victory Charles Brady Brian Friel James Wilson Michael Bulfin Ernest Gebler John Burke Gerald Hanly Michael Byrne Michael Hartnett Patrick Carey Séamus Heaney James Coleman Áidan Higgins Patrick Collins Pearse Hutchinson Barrie Cooke Denis Johnston Edward Delaney (obit 1984) Mary Farl Powers Jennifer Johnston Martin Gale John Jordan Tim Goulding Neil Jordan Patrick Hall Molly Keane Charles Harper Benedict Kiely Patrick Hickey Mary Lavin Michael Kane James Liddy Brian King John McGahern Cecil King Tom Maclntyre Sonja Landweer Derek Mahon Louis le Brocquy M. J. Molloy Melanie le Brocquy John Montague James McKenna Paul Muldoon Theo McNab Val Mulkerns Helen Moloney Richard Murphy Tony O'Malley Thomas Murphy Patrick O'Sullivan Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Patrick Pye Seán Ó Coistealbha Yann Renard Goulet Máirtín Ó Direáin Patrick Scott Seán Ó Faoláin Noel Sheridan Liam O'Flaherty Maria Simonds-Gooding (obit 1984) Camille Souter Demond O'Grady Imogen Stuart Michael O'Siadhail Rod Tuach James Plunkett Charles Tyrrell Sydney Bernard Smith Dairíne Vanston Francis Stuart Michael Warren Anthony C. West Alexandra Wejchert Anne Yeats

Group taken following Inaugural Meeting of Aosdána held on 14th April 1983 in the House of Lords of the former Irish Parliament Building, College Green, Dublin

Literature

The major development in the Council's assistance to literature during 1983, was the introduction of administration grants to publishers, a departure from the previous approach of giving assistance only to specified titles. This new system involves allocating a "block" grant to the publisher, who then administers it at his/her own discretion, in the same way as the Council's grants to other organisations are utilised. This meant substantial increases to the publishers involved and it is worth noting that the Council achieved an increase in its subvention to publishers by as much as 50% in 1983. The first two publishers to receive this form of assistance were the Dolmen Press, where the Council recognises the many years of special service rendered to Irish literature, and the Gallery Press, which concerns itself solely with contemporary poetry. At present, only those houses dealing exclusively in contemporary creative work or which have rendered long service to literature, are eligible. Other titles are assisted in the normal way. This strategy was adopted in order to build-up Irish publishers' professional administration standards, because the Council recognises that the industry now requires to be shaped so as to tackle the export market more effectively. The Council had worked closely with publishers in the take-off phase of the Irish publishing revolution (1974-82), thus creating a viable industry. Now that this has been substantially achieved, the emphasis must switch from quantity to quality. The Council was pleased that CLE (The Irish Book Publishers' Association) joined with the Irish Booksellers' Association and with the Irish Books Marketing Group to create a new office complex, Book House Ireland, in Abbey Street, Dublin. Book House Ireland will be able to handle all inquiries relating to publishing, bookselling and book marketing through the one secretariat, thereby maximising the resources of the book trade. In the areas of bursaries and awards, major bursaries went to Dermot Healy for work on a novel (£8,000 over two years) and to the Irish-language writer Dara Ó Conaola, a native of Inis Oírr, who is working on a novel of Aran life (£6,000 over three years).

GRANTS

Publishers £ Beaver Row Press 900 Brandon Press 6,250 Children's Press 3,500 Dolmen Press 7,800 Gallery Press 12,100 *Goldsmith Press 625 Irish Writers Co-operative 2,500 *O'Brien Press (see also under Visual Arts) 2,810 Raven Arts Press 5,050 Wolfhound Press(see also under Visual Arts) 3,500 Magazines and Periodicals *"Books Ireland" 5,625 *"Cyphers" 3,150 "The Beau" 1,000 "The Crane Bag" 1,900 Literary Organisations and Events *Poetry Ireland 14,600 Society of Irish Playwrights 200 Society of Irish Playwrights/Association of Irish Composers: Joint Administrative Centre (see also under Music) Writers' Week, Listowel (see also under 10,100 Visual Arts and Music) 6,370 Writers' Workshop, Galway 4,000 Yeats' Society, Sligo 1,000 Publishing Industry *CLÉ (Irish Bookpublishers' Association) 9,100 Irish Bookhandling 10,400

£112,480 *In association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland

DIRECTLY PROMOTED ACTIVITIES

Writers-in-Schools 5,194 Writers' Workshops for Prisoners 966 Authors' Royalty Scheme 944 Sundry (183) £6,921 Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £119,401

LOANS

Irish Writers' Co-Operative 3,000 Children's Press 2,500 Wolfhound Press 21,000

£26,500

GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS

Bursaries in Creative Writing £ James Brennan 1,500 Philip Davison 3,000 Dermot Healy 8,000 Adrian Kenny 4,000 Brian Lynch 4,000 Thomas McCarthy 4,000 Dara Ó Conaola 6,000 Billy Roche 1,500 Maura Tracy 3,000

Marten Toonder Award, 1983 Anthony Cronin 3,000

University of Iowa International Writing Programme Kevin Kiely 2,000

Dublin Corporation Brendan Behan Memorial Fellowship, 1983-84 Niall Quinn 3,000

Dublin Corporation Christy Brown Award Patrick Doyle 1,000

An Duais don bhFilíocht i nGaeilge, 1980-81-82 Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill 1,000

Denis Devlin Memorial Award for Poetry, 1980-81-82 DerekMahon 1,000

Travel Grants John F. Deane 300 Desmond Egan 600 Hugh Maxton 350 £47,250

Visual Arts

More than sixty schools, hospitals and other public bodies throughout the country borrowed works of art from the Council's collection which had been exhibited at the RDS early in the year. As part of its policy to promote art in public places, the Council helped a number of agencies to buy paintings, sculptures and graphics made by Irish artists. A special report on art in public places was presented to the Minister of State for Arts and Culture, setting out recommendations for a scheme based on the introduction of art-works as a normal item in all State building. The report, which was endorsed by the Cultural Division of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union, the Association of Artists in Ireland, the Sculptors' Society of Ireland and other interests, made proposals which parallel current practice in the United States, France and Germany. The first sculpture to be made under the Council's own Commission Scheme was unveiled at Dunmanway, West Cork, and was executed by Cork artist, John Burke. Preliminary work on a similar sculpture project was commenced at Mountshannon, Co. Clare, the sculptor being Conor Fallen. International trends support the Irish experience of the visual arts as being a rapidly growing area, both for practitioners and for the public, and in particular among young people. The Council's objective is to introduce and maintain structures that will capitalise upon these increased levels of interest and skill and infuse the visual arts tradition with a sense of permanence. Provision of studio space and working facilities for Irish artists is an important feature of this policy. Co-operative studios in Dublin and Cork were funded. Printmaking facilities were improved by the Graphic Studio at Hanover Quay, Dublin, and by the Black Church Print Studio at The Coombe, Dublin. These facilities are, however, the only such public studios in the country which operate outside the art colleges: insufficient funds frustrated the Council's desire to introduce such activities outside Dublin. The key structures within which both practitioners and public are engaged are Galleries. More than fifty exhibitions were brought to the public through funding of the Douglas Hyde Gallery and the Gallery of Photography in Dublin, Kilkenny Art Gallery, and Sligo Art Gallery. In the absence of a Director, the restructured Douglas Hyde Gallery was unable to exploit fully its potential but succeeded in staging a well-attended programme of exhibitions and workshops. Kilkenny Art Gallery, which is the sole public forum of this kind outside coastal towns, mounted an excellent programme and appointed its first full-time administrator during the year. The Gallery of Photography has become the focal point for amateurs and professionals alike, largely due to the efforts of its Director, John Osman. These agencies receive only a third to one-half of the level of subsidy of their counterparts in Britain: it is the Council's policy to redress this imbalance, although general financial restrictions are delaying the pace at which this policy can be implemented. Co-operation with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland increased following the decisions to jointly fund Circa, the only visual arts magazine and critical review in the country, and also the annual Limerick Exhibition of Visual Art, thus helping it to travel to Belfast and Dublin. Plans were also begun, in conjunction with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to acquire a studio for Irish artists in New York, with the assistance of Ireland-America Arts Exchange. Dublin County Council was host to the Independent Artists open-air sculpture show, which was held at Marlay Park, Rathfarnham during the summer. The Independent Artists' paintings and graphics show travelled from Dublin to Kilkenny, while the Oireachtas exhibition was exhibited in both Dublin and Limerick. The Embassy of the People's Republic of China helped Writers' Week Listowel to show an exhibition of Chinese graphics. Claremorris Art Exhibition remained the only open-submission exhibition west of the Shannon. Lack of suitable venues continued to inhibit the number and scale of shows in the country and forced the Irish Exhibition

of Living Art to postpone its annual exhibition. The Living Art Committee resigned at the end of the year, following a term which began in 1973. Information about the architecture of Irish towns was increased through publication by the O'Brien Press of The Buildings of Irish Towns, written and illustrated by Maura and Patrick Shaffrey. A grant was also made towards a publication on architect Kevin Roche, published by the Architectural Associaton of Ireland, to coincide with a touring exhibition of his work. Bluett and Company produced Henry J. Sharpe's book on Michael Kane. The Urbana Report, prepared by An Taisce was endorsed by the Council. The Council also made submissions to a number of local authorities in its role as a designated body in connection with the Planning Acts. Twenty-eight awards were made to Irish artists for the purchase of materials and equipment, for studio space, apprenticeships, post-graduate study and travel. In addition, the Council administered the Mont Kavanagh Award for Environmental Art and the Irish National Insurance Commission. The Council also presented a proposal to the Minister of State on Resale Rights for Artists, which would provide for a resale payment analogous in principle to royalties paid to writers and composers.

Exhibitions The Council's two-pronged exhibition policy of originating touring exhibitions and encouraging other venues to organise and tour exhibitions continued. Conor Fallon's steel sculpture was featured in the Council's Artist's Response Series: the exhibition toured to Kilkenny, Sligo, Galway, Tuam, Limerick, Tralee and Cork. In conjunction with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland a survey exhibition of the primitive painters of Tory Island was organised, and toured in Northern Ireland and to Dublin, Tralee, Cahir, Limerick and Monaghan; and the Belfast-originated "Aspects of Drawing" touring exhibition was shown in Bailieborough and Monaghan. The Council continued to work with the Goethe Institut and presented its exhibition 'Prinzip Collage' in Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Dublin. To coincide with the World Craft Council's Conference in Ireland in September the Council was host to an exhibition from the Ulster Museum entitled 'New Irish Ceramics'. The Council's Exhibition Hire-Subsidy Scheme and Exhibition Transport Scheme were not availed of to their full capacity. Grants were given to three organisations to mount and tour exhibitions to over fourteen venues; the Graphic Stuido, Dublin, celebrated its 21st anniversary with an exhibition of graphics; the Contemporary Irish Arts Society toured an exhibition of its recent collection of work on paper by young Irish artists; and the Patchwork Artists' Guild, a new organisation, mounted an exhibition of contemporary patchwork. 1983 saw the inaugural exhibition of an international programme which the Council is organising in conjunction with the Cultural Relations Committee of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Council's expertise in assembling and touring exhibitions has been made available to the Cultural Relations Committee for the purpose of bringing a major exhibition of Irish art to continental Europe every four years. The first exhibition "Six Artists from Ireland" opened in the National Gallery in Athens in early November. The artists included were Basil Blackshaw, Patrick Collins, Barrie Cooke, Louis le Brocquy, Tony O'Malley and Camille Souter. It will travel to eight venues in Europe. The next exhibition in the series will concentrate on younger artists.

PURCHASES FOR COLLECTION 1983

Artist/Title/Medium Purchased From Anne Carlisle/Wing and Wing (mixed media) Limerick Exhibition of Living Michael Coleman/Blue Rose Blue (oil) Art Patrick Collins/Rain on the Moon (oil on canvas) Oliver Dowling Gallery Patrick Collins/Atlantic Window (oil on canvas) Artist Patrick Collins/Predator Bird (oil on canvas) Artist Barrie Cooke/Yggdrasil (Triptych) (oil on canvas) Artist Barrie Cooke/The Great Irish Pike (portfolio of five hand-coloured lithographs) Artist Conor Fallon/Dove (steel) Artist Mary Fitzgerald/Grid Drawing 1 (paint and graphite on paper and acrylic) Taylor Galleries Trevor Geoghegan/Maroon and Gold (acrylic on canvas) Oliver Dowling Galleries Charles Harper/Visit B (acrylic on canvas) Solomon Gallery Robert Janz/Green Flask with August Rose (oil stick on paper) Tom Caldwell Gallery Seán McSweeney/Reclaimed Bogland (oil) Oliver Dowling Gallery Éilís O'Connell/Eaxlespan (steel and polished limestone) Belltable Arts Gallery Éilís O'Connell/Allihies Finds (mixed media) David Hendriks Gallery Paul O'Keefe/Hap (steel) David Hendriks Gallery Tony O'Malley/Clare Island Greys October 1981 (oil on board) Oliver Dowling Gallery Tony O'Malley/Summer Kite, 1976 (oil on board) George McClelland Tony O'Malley/Jerpoint Abbey No. 2, 1977 (oil on board) George McClelland Nigel Rolfe/12 Blue Chevrons (pigment on card) George McClelland Camille Souter/Flower Study (oil) Oliver Dowling Gallery Taylor Galleries

Total cost of 21 works purchased: £20,640

GRANTS Exhibitions £ An tOireachtas 2,000 Claremorris Art Committee 3,000 Independent Artists 5,000 Irish Exhibition of Living Art (re 1982) 2,000 Limerick Exhibition of Living Art 2,700 Munster Fine Arts Society 210 ROSC 1984 36,000 Writers' Week, Listowel (see also under Literature and Music) 2,000 Exhibition Assistance Schemes Graphic Studio, Dublin/"Studio Artists Exhibition" 5,000 Patchwork Artists Guild of Ireland/ "Contemporary Patchwork and Wallhangings" 5,000 Contemporary Irish Arts Society/ "Collection of Works on Paper " 1,000 Belltable Arts Centre/"Independent Artists", "Oireachtas", and "Burren Paintings" 375 Clonmel Arts Society /"Michael Cullen" 135 Cork Arts Society /"Architectural Fantasies" 50 Garter Lane Arts Centre 120 Goethe Institut/"Prinzip Collage" 550 Grapevine Arts Centre 75 Ireland-Australia Council/"Sidney Nolan" 750 Irish Museums Trust: Arts Administration Course /"University 150 Collage" Sligo Art Gallery Society/"Making Sense" 250 Wexford Arts Centre/"Photography Exhibition" 78 Galleries Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 39,000 Gallery of Photography, Dublin 8,500 Kilkenny Art Gallery Society 6,850 Sligo Art Gallery Society 1,675 Artists' Studios and Organisations Architectural Association of Ireland 400 Artspace, Cork 2,250 Association of Artists in Ireland 9,100 Black Church Print Studio 18,200 Graphic Studio, Dublin 17,700 New Art Studio, Dublin 2,700 Sculptors' Society of Ireland 7,700 Visual Arts Centre, Dublin 3,650 Publications Bluett and Company 2,500 * "Circa" 3,800 O'Brien Press (see also under Literature) 2,000 * Wolfhound Press (see also under Literature) 3,500 Joint Purchase An Chomhairle Oiliúna 1,800 Ardtona House School, County Dublin 250 Bandon Grammar School 280 Birr Community School 175 Church of Ireland College of Education 313 Carysfort College of Education, Co. Dublin 1,312 Clare County Library 508 Convent of Mercy, Roscommon 200 Co. Tipperary Joint Library Committee 525

Co. Westmeath Vocational Educational Committee 517 Dublin County Council 1,735 Dublin City Library 500 Employment Equality Agency 650 Friendly Companions of Jesus Convent, Bunclody 500 Irish Management Institute 350 Kildare County Council 575 Kildare County Library 150 Kilkenny Art Gallery Society 208 Longford-Westmeath County Library Committee 450 Mary Immaculate College of Education Limerick 920 Mount Temple Comprehensive School, Dublin 358 National Institute for Higher Education Dublin 1,020 Radio Telefís Éireann 250 Regional Technical College, Athlone 750 Regional Technical College, Letterkenny 1,190 Roscommon County Library 230 St Killian's Community School, Bray 375 St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin 115 St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin 842 St Paul's School, Dublin 115 Sandford Park School, Dublin 1,430 Trinity College, Dublin 305 University College, Dublin 350 £215,216 Less: Previous year's grants not required (830) £214,386

DIRECTLY PROMOTED ACTIVITIES Exhibitions "Six Artists from Ireland" Foreign Touring Exhibition (in association with 22,345 the Department of Foreign Affairs) Tory Island Painters 3,266 Conor Fallen (Artist's Response Series) 5,388 "New Irish Ceramics" (in association with the Ulster Museum) 1,181 * Tom Carr Retrospective 4,219 * "Aspects of Drawing" Touring Exhibition 911 Collection of An Chomhairle Ealaíon 4,596 Purchase of Exhibition Equipment 7,515 Rental of Storage Space 1,691 Sundry Exhibition Expenses 2,058 £53,170 Other Planning Advice 1,864 Slide Bank 1,363 Re-Sale Rights Payments 1,097 Outdoor Sculpture Commissions (in association with Bord Fáilte) Mountshannon: Sculpture by Conor Fallen 9,500 Dunmanway: Sculpture by John Burke 15,180 24,680 Gain on disposal of works of art (7,893) Sundry 543 £74,824 Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £289,210

*In association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

GRANTS to INDIVIDUALS

Bursaries £ Vivienne Bogan 1,000 Gerard Cox 1,900 Jacinta Feeney 1,400 Mary Fitzgerald 1,500 Samuel Gallagher 1,780 Patrick Graham 1,000 Seán McSweeney 5,000 Margaret Magee 2,500 Michael Mulcahy 800 Cóilín Murray 1,000 Mary P. O'Connor 1,000 Vicki Olverson 1,700 Anna O'Sullivan 900 Donald Teskey 750 Michael Verdon 1,500 Sam Walsh 250 Apprenticeship for a Young Artist Audrey Mullins 3,000 Dublin Corporation Arts Scholarship Nuala Archer 1,000 Travel Grants Aileen McKeogh 600 Kevin Flanagan 600 Danny Osborne 600 Alice Hanratty 540 Phoebe Donovan 600 Geraldine O'Reilly 600 Kathy Prendergast 600 Helen O'Donoghue 600 Catherine Owens 400 Audrey Mullins 600 £33,720 LOANS Architectural Association of Ireland 600 Michael Warren, Sculptor 3,000 O'Brien Press 1,000

£4,600

Drama

The continuing financial difficulties facing the Council in 1983 posed special problems for Theatre which represents almost 50% of total annual expenditure. These problems relate largely to the fact that Theatre is labour intensive which means that any curtailment of funding results in a consequential increase in unemployment, especially for freelance actors, directors and designers. The maintenance of employment levels therefore, was a fundamental consideration for the Council during the year and to a great extent the employment generated through Council-funded activity was maintained at 1982 levels. The level of unemployment in the professional theatre has for many years been higher than in virtually any other section of the national work-force and this situation is severely exacerbated by a decline in employment opportunities in RTE and independent production companies. Escalating costs and the high VAT rate of 23% on theatre box office receipts made it virtually impossible for independent theatre production companies to function. However, there would appear to be a need for theatre companies generally to adopt a more dynamic and imaginative approach to their management structures especially in the area of marketing and publicity. Despite the demoralising effects of the current financial crisis in Irish theatre, it is pleasing to be able to report that significant developments were achieved in a number of organisations and in the initiation of three new projects. The "Cahill" arbitration pay award for the non-acting staff of the Abbey Theatre was implemented in 1983- The first half of retrospective payments on foot of this award (£116,000) was also paid and the final instalment will be paid in 1984. The implementation of this award, together with the Whitaker Award (for the Abbey Players) two years ago, means that reasonable levels of remuneration are now being paid to the entire staff of 127 at the Abbey. The Abbey enjoyed a most successful year in every sense, and it is to the credit of the theatre's management that a small surplus on the year's operation was achieved. The production of the "The Great Hunger" by Tom McIntyre, "The Gigli Concert" by Tom Murphy (both directed by Patrick Mason) and "Da" by Hugh Leonard (directed by Joe Dowling) merit special reference due to their extraordinarily high quality. The reassessment of the Gate Theatre referred to in the 1982 Report resulted in the Board of Directors appointing a management consultant Lewis Clohessy early in 1983 to implement a new structure for the Theatre. This consultancy was successfully complemented by the end of the year with the appointment of Michael Colgan as Director of the Gate Theatre with overall responsibility for artistic planning and administration. The Council expects to see the fruits of this restructuring during the next few years in the form of a revitalised artistic policy for the theatre and a return to high audience attendances. The work of the Druid Theatre Company in Galway has continued to develop but, despite a high percentage- increase in direct grant and assistance provided through the Council's Theatre Touring Scheme there still remains a substantial gap between the Company's real needs and the Council's ability to meet them. The absence of a theatre in Galway with adequate seating capacity is an ever-growing problem for this dynamic company and it is hoped that a remedy for this situation can be found in the near future. The Arts Council Theatre Touring Scheme (ACTTS) achieved a level of activity similar to that in 1982 and the table that follows gives details of productions assisted and venues visited. While the overall standard of touring productions in 1983 was an improvement on 1982 there were a few productions which might have been of higher quality. This touring scheme was formalised during 1983 arising out of a seminar organised by the Council and involving venue managements and production companies. The details of the scheme are published in a Council brochure. It is recognised that special attention needs to be devoted to the

need to increase audiences for touring productions and to achieve a greater geographical spread of touring productions. The Council was pleased to note the high standards in artistic terms realised by the 1983 Dublin Theatre Festival. However, by the end of the year, the Festival's accumulated deficit increased to an unacceptable level, which suggested that a fundamental re-examination of the Festival's structure needed to be undertaken in 1984. During the year the Council initiated a theatre projects scheme for innovative theatre productions and also organised, for the first time, a playwrights' workshop at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig. The success of these developments has encouraged the Council to continue them in the future. Also for the first time in 1983, a three- year programme of assistance was approved for Fossett's Circus in an attempt to improve the general standard and management of this circus and to heighten general public awareness of its value. Expenditure in 1983 related largely to the acquisition of lighting and sound equipment and it is expected that a developed approach to marketing the circus will be initiated in 1984. GRANTS Abbey and Peacock Theatres 1983 revenue grant 1,281,600 Supplementary grant, re 1981-82 116,000 Gate Theatre 264,500 Cork Opera House 76,000 Cork Theatre Company 3,000 Druid Theatre, Galway 82,000 Dublin Theatre Festival 82,000 Everyman Playhouse, Cork 32,500 Focus Theatre, Dublin 20,400 Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo 19,000 Moving Theatre 10,200 Oscar Theatre 10,000 Pooka Theatre for Children 3,000 Siamsa Tire, Trá Lí 21,400 TEAM Educational Theatre 40,300 £2,062,700 Special Theatre Projects Monica Frawley and Company 2,500 Operating Theatre (Roger Doyle, Olwen Fouéré and Aidan Carl Mathews) 2,500 Platform Theatre Group 2,500 £7,500 A grant of £2,500 to Art Productions (James Coleman) was also approved, and will be taken up in 1984) Theatre Touring National Touring Agency: administration grant 19,100 Production Companies: Paid through National Touring Agency 207,215 Paid direct 24,300 231,515 £250,615 Other Fossett's Circus 11,100 Theatre in Irish: sundry expenses 2,880 £2,334,795 Less: Previous year's grants not required (1,475) £2,333,320 Directly Promoted Activities Playwrights' Workshop at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre 5,405 Total Expenditure per note 3 to the Accounts £2,338,725 GRANTS To INDIVIDUALS Travel Grants Mary Noonan 600 Bláithín Sheeri 600 £1,200 LOANS Irish Theatre Company 8,500 National Touring Agency 796 £9,296

ARTS COUNCIL THEATRE TOURING SCHEME 1983 Production Production Company Weeks on Council Tour Subsidy Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (Christopher Durang) Cork Theatre Company 2 9,229 The Actor's Nightmare (Christopher Durang) } (A subsidy for a further 3-week tour was approved but not utilised)

Children's Plays: Mac Uí Rudaí (Maireád Ní Ghrae) Oscar Productions 4 11,394 Peats AeracA(Pádraic Ó Síochrú) }

My Sister in this House (Wendy Kesselman) Project Arts Centre 3 11,365

Then Moses Met Marconi (Bernard Farrell) Team Educational Theatre 3 12,137 Company

A new dance programme Dublin Contemporary Dance 4 14,229 Company

The Rivals (R. B. Sheridan) Druid Theatre Company 3 19,594

Three Bunches of Blood and a Bunch of Fog (Seán McCarthy) Project Arts Centre 3 12,439

Pratt'sFall (Stuart Parker) Western Union Theatre 6 48,254 Our Jane (Michael Skelly) } Company

The Blue Macushia (Tom Murphy) Red Rex Productions 4 32,051

*Boesman and Lena (Athol Fugard) Field Day Theatre Company 3 15,000

The Wood of the Whispering (M. J. Molloy) Druid Theatre Company 3 16,500

The Dresser (Ronald Hardwood) Gemini Productions 4 24,023

Fools (John Borrowman) Red Rex Productions (Playwright's Commission) - 300

Play It Again Sam (Woody Alien) Gemini Productions (pre- - 5,000 production grant)

Opera: Griselidis (Massenet) Wexford Festival Opera (see under Opera)

The Good Doctor (Neil Simon) Capo Productions - - (A subsidy for a 3 week tour was approved but not utilised) *In association with the Arts Council of 42 £231 515 Northern Ireland.

Geographical Spread of Touring Productions in 1983 under ACCTS (Number of Productions in each town).

Dance

The Council's support for dance is largely centred upon the work of the Cork based Irish National Ballet Company, although in recent years many new dance organisations have evolved throughout the country. The financial restrictions which the Council faces make it very difficult to develop these new organisations, while at the same time maintaining a reasonable level of support for the Irish National Ballet. Assistance to Dublin City Ballet could not be increased beyond the level provided in 1982 and only modest funding was provided for Dublin Con temporary Dance Theatre. The establishment of the Dance Council of Ireland during 1983, as an umbrella organisation in the contexts of both dance performance and dance education, marks a potentially important development. The absence of a broad professional base for the practice of dance in Ireland makes it difficult to establish assessment criteria for artistic policies and standards. In 1984 the Council intends to commission a report on those dance organisations in receipt of grant-aid so as to inform future policy in this discipline.

GRANTS Irish National Ballet 313,200 Dublin City Ballet 40,000 Dublin Contemporary Dance Theatre 6,000 Dance Council of Ireland 1,525 Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £360,725

GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS

Scholarships Tina Gallagher 500 TonyKelly 1,500 Caoimhe N í hÉinigh 1,000 Joyce Richardson 1,000 Andrew Wilson 2,500

Dublin Corporation Dance Scholarship Zeida Quilligan 1,000

Travel Grants Christine Homburger 280 Ian Montague 524

£8,304

Traditional Music

The Council's priority in the field of traditional music during 1983 was to consolidate the work of major organisations working in the field of Irish Folk Music and Song. Increases in grant-aid were awarded to the Irish Pipe Band Association and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. In relation to Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann the Council notes with great concern the impending financial crisis which is affecting Comhaltas at its Dublin headquarters. The level of deficit (according to Comhaltas management, February 1984: £727,000) could jeopardize the very valuable work that is being done by Comhaltas in promoting Traditional Music. The Council believes that Comhaltas should review its operations as a matter of priority.

During the year, the Council made funds available to enable Na Píobairí Uileann and the Folk Music Society of Ireland to share a joint secretariat. This is a most important step forward as both societies have contributed greatly to the development of Irish folk music and are now in a position to develop a wider range of programmes and activities. In the field of education the Council, in association with Mid-West Arts, inaugurated a pilot-scheme of traditional music recitals for schools in County Clare. The scheme, Ceol an Chláir, received enthusiastic response from students and teachers alike and it is hoped to extend the scheme to other areas in 1984. The Council also supported the highly successful three-day Uileann Piping seminar held in Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, which was organised by the South-East Regional Arts Committee. In 1980 the Council invited interested bodies in the field of Irish Folk Music to investigate the possibilities of setting up a national archive of folk music and song. The committee, under the chairmanship of Breandán Breathnach, completed its work in December and made a report to the Council, which will be considered in 1984. Bursaries continue to be a very important part of the Council's work in traditional music, and the five awards made during the year are listed below. GRANTS £ An Tóstal Druim Sean Bhó 600 Breandán Breathnach/Thematic Index Project 4,079 Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí 327 Carmanaigh na Cruite 1,075 "Ceol" 450 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann 59,700 Cork Folk Festival 500 *Cork University Press 1,100 Cultúrlann Arainn 500 Dublin Irish Music Festival 1,000 Feile Ceoil na Carraice, Tír Chonaill 400 Feile na Bóinne 500 Folk Music Society of Ireland/ Na Píobbairí Uileann: Joint Administrative Centre 7,710 Irish Pipe Band Association 1,550 Mid-West Arts 2,000 Na Píobairí Uileann 1,500 Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2,600 Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe 2,200 £87,791 Less: Previous year's grants not required: (950) £86,841 Tape Archive 703 Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts. £87,544 *In association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS Bursaries Helen Corcoran 1,000 Catherine Foley 4,000 Dermot McLoughlin 1,200 Breandán Ó Cuimín 400 Micho Russell 300

£6,900

Opera

Two interesting developments in Ireland's operatic life took place during 1983: the inaugural season of Cork City Opera in February, and Wexford Festival Opera's tour of Massenet's "Griselidis" to Limerick, Galway and Sligo. Cork City Opera, a new group founded by Pat Dawson, aims to promote grand opera in Cork using Irish singers, producers, designers and musicians to the fullest extent possible. Its inaugural season featured "Il Trovatore" and "Madame Butterfly". The RTÉ Concert Orchestra was conducted by Proinnsias Ó Duinn and Robin Stapleton, and the productions were televised by RTE 2. The future development of this company will be watched with interest. For some time, the Council has been considering how best it can improve its provision for touring opera. Although, taken together, Irish National Opera, Kilkenny Chamber Opera and Wicklow Opera Group brings opera productions to as many as forty towns throughout the country, the productions are accompanied only by piano. For performer and audience this can be an unsatisfactory experience. The Council, therefore, welcomed the initiative taken by Wexford Festival Opera in inaugurating a two-week tour of its highly successful 1982 production of "Griselidis", recast with mainly Irish artists accompanied by the RTE Concert Orchestra under Proinnsias Ó Duinn. The performances were greeted enthusiastically and this first tour gave valuable experience of the special difficulties posed by touring opera with orchestra. Other touring opera productions funded by the Council during 1983 included Irish National Opera's "Falstaff" (Verdi), Wicklow Opera Group's production of "School for Fathers" (Wolf-Ferrari), and a production of "Don Pasquale" (Donizetti), presented by Kilkenny Chamber Opera. The Wexford Festival Opera 1983 productions were "Hans Heiling" (Heinrich Marschner) ' Linda di Chamounix" (Donizetti) and "La Vedova Scaltra" (Wolf-Ferrari). The Dublin Grand Opera Society presented two seasons at the Gaiety Theatre. The Spring Season productions were "Madame Butterfly", "Rigoletto", "Manon Lescaut" and "Andrea Chénier". The Winter Season included a resoundingly successful "La Traviata" which starred Suzanne Murphy in her first major operatic appearance in Dublin since she launched her professional career abroad. In recent years the Council has been particularly concerned at the production and design standards achieved by the Society and early in 1983 stipulated that it should engage a separate designer and producer for each production and should increase expenditure on sets, costume and design. The effect of the implementation of these recommendations became evident in the Winter Season productions.

GRANTS £ Dublin Grand Opera Society 70,000 Wexford Festival Opera 66,400 Wexford Festival Opera: Tour of "Griselidis" +40,000 Irish National Opera 16,000 Cork City Opera 10,000 Waterford International Festival of Light Opera 7,904 Wicklow Opera Group 2,000 Kilkenny Chamber Opera 2,000 £214,304 Opera Lighting Equipment 5,732 Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £220,036

+ Includes an allocation of £10,000 from the Arts Council Theatre Touring Scheme.

Music

Over the past five years the principal aims of the Council's music policy have been to encourage the creation, promotion and performance of contemporary Irish music, to make the administration of music increasingly professional, and to stimulate and co-ordinate the performance of live music throughout the country. With regard to contemporary music, the Council was pleased to note the continued popularity of the Composers Commission Scheme which since its inception in 1980, has assisted the creation of forty new compositions. The work of establishing the Irish Composers Centre continued and towards the end of 1983, the Centre was formally launched as an independent agency under the chairmanship of Bernard Geary. The Association of Irish Composers expanded its Composers-in-Schools Scheme and there were encouraging responses from pupils and teachers in the schools visited. In further pursuance of its aim to improve the knowledge of contemporary work, the Association commissioned Dr Geoffrey Spratt to write a text book on modern Irish music for use in schools, and requested the Department of Education to include the study of the works of Irish composers in the secondary schools music curriculum.

COMPOSERS' COMMISSION SCHEME, 1983

Composer Commissioned by £ Seóirse Bodley Gorey Arts Week 1,500 John Buckley Gillian Smith, harpsichordist 600 Frank Corcoran New Irish Chamber Orchestra 1,000 James de Barra Cantairí Muscairí 650 Roger Doyle Dublin Sinfonia 550 Raymond Deane Eric Sweeney Singers 450 T. C. Kelly Cibeal Cincíse 850 John Kinsella Penelope Price-Jones, singer, and Philip Martin, piano 300 John Kinsella Ulysses Ensemble 1,000 Eric Sweeney Culwick Choral Society 1,500 Gerard Victory University College, Cork, choir 1,000 James Wilson Georgian Brass Ensemble 650

£10,050

During the year, me Music Association of Ireland moved to new and spacious premises at Grafton Street, Dublin. The Council believes that the Association is poised, under the imaginative chairmanship of George Bannister, and with a staff of four persons, to bring a new and dynamic standard of professionalism to its work in organising concerts and festivals and co-ordinating music in general. Away from Dublin, live music was promoted by the work of John Ruddock of the Limerick Music Association and the voluntary committees which make possible the achievements of the Waterford Music Club, the Cork Orchestral Society and Music for Galway. Much of the success of these groups is made possible by the spirit of co-operation which imbues their work. This co-operation has brought about the development of a touring circuit which includes Waterford, Cork, Limerick and Galway,

thereby greatly improving the economics of concert promotion outside Dublin. Artists and ensembles who performed on this circuit during the year included the Dolezal String Quartet, York Winds, and pianist, Deszo Ranki. In the autumn, the European Community Youth Jazz Orchestra performed for the first time in Ireland. The Council continued its policy of enabling Irish jazz musicians to participate in this orchestra which brings together talented young jazz musicians from ten EEC countries under Cork-born artistic director, Bobbie Lamb. The Orchestra has achieved a remarkably high standard in a relatively short period. It is hoped that its visit to Dublin and Cork this year stimulated an increased interest in the performance of jazz among young musicians.

GRANTS

The Composer Association of Irish Composers (see also under Literature) 1,800 Concorde 750 Irish Composers Centre 13,200

Orchestras and Ensembles Douglas Gunn Ensemble 500 Dublin Baroque Players 1,000 Dublin Sinfonia 4,000 Galway Baroque Players 200 New Irish Chamber Orchestra 41,100 Serenata 2,500 *Ulster Orchestra 4,843

Concert Promotion Cork Orchestral Society 3,250 Drogheda Arts Group 250 Dublin Philharmonic Society 500 Eurojazz, Cork 4,500 Limerick Music Association 4,500 Music Association of Ireland (see also under Education) 36,350 Music-for-All, Limerick 884 Music for Galway 3,600 Waterford Music Club 2,000 Writers' Week, Listowel (see also under Literature and Visual 600 Arts)

Choral Music Carlow Choral Union 570 Culwick Choral Society 1,200 Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór 15,100 Eric Sweeney Singers 450 Henry Purcell Consort 4,230 Irish Youth Choir 2,400 Our Lady's Choral Society 1,200 St James's Choir 900 Tallaght Choral Society 1,180 Third Day Chorale 1,200 Wicklow Choral Society 1,300

Festivals Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival 27,700 Malahide Festival 138 Westport Arts Week 1,000

Other European Music Year, Irish Committee 3,900 Royal Irish Academy of Music 500 *"Soundpost" 4,800 *In association with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland £194,095

DIRECTLY PROMOTED ACTIVITIES Composers Commission Scheme 10,050 (see page 29) Sundry 252

£10,302

Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £204,397

GRANTS To INDIVIDUALS

Scholarships Donal Bannister 2,500 Annette Cleary 2,000 Daire Fitzgerald 6,000 Aubrey Murphy 10,500 Emma Jane Murphy 3,500

Dublin Corporation Music Scholarship Susan Briscoe 1,000

Macaulay Fellowship in Composition Gerald Barry 3,000

Reg Cant Memorial Award Joe Corbett 500

Travel Grants Leonora Carney 350 Jerry Creedon 400 Michael Holohan 400 Denise Kelly 300

£30,450

European Music Year In January, at the invitation of the Taoiseach, the Council established the national organizing committee for European Music Year 1985. The Council was pleased to assume responsibility for Ireland's participation in European Music Year as it believes that the Year could provide a unique opportunity to stimulate throughout Ireland public awareness of the importance of the role played by music and musicians in contemporary life. The Council also feels that the Year could be useful in developing a greater awareness of the achievements of Irish composers and musicians both at home and abroad, and hopes not only that the composition of the Committee will provide a unique opportunity for the major music institutions in the Republic to work together, but also that the work carried out in preparation for the Year and the activities of the Year itself will provide a basis for dynamic co operation in the future. The Irish Committee for European Music Year met for the first time in February under the Chairmanship of Frank Casey and quickly set about establishing contact with musicians and music organisations throughout Ireland to encourage the formulation of projects and plans for EMY 1985. The public response was most encouraging. The Committee's aims are: - to improve the standard of music education available in Irish schools, - to encourage the performance of the works of Irish composers at home and abroad, - to promote the knowledge of traditional Irish music abroad, - to increase opportunities for the employment of young musicians In the final quarter of the Year, the Irish Committee established contact with the national committees for EMY established in the other member states of the Council of Europe twenty three in all Through the contacts established, the Committee hopes to be able to promote throughout Europe a greater awareness of the talents and achievements of Irish musicians.

Members of the Irish Committee for EMY 1985

Frank Casey (Chairman) Brian Boydell (Vice-Chairman) Richard Stokes (Vice-Chairman) Lindsay Armstrong George Bannister Patrick Craddock Aleck Crichton Sean Creamer Ted Dolan Ian Fox Tom Hardiman Frank Heneghan John Kinsella Denis Lyons, T D. Patrick McCormack Patrick McElwee Senator Larry McMahon Charles Meredith John A Murphy Fred O'Donovan Gráinne O'Malley Labhrás Ó Murchú Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Séamus Pattison, T D. Betty Searson Niall Stokes Michael Taylor (from 1984) Caitlin Uí Eigeartaigh Barbara Wallace Gerard Watson.

The Council's Music and Opera Officer acted as Executive Secretary to the Committee and, with the aid of a grant from the Youth Employment Agency, Alexandra Fitzgerald was engaged as Assistant

Film

The disturbing trend of diminishing cinema audiences at the Irish Film Theatre, noted in the 1982 Report, reached crisis level in early 1983. Towards the end of the previous year the Board of the IFT took a number of innovative steps in an attempt to develop a greater audience for the theatre. Despite these efforts the Board was eventually forced by financial circumstances to declare its administrative staff redundant and to petition The Arts Council to intervene in a situation of an ever-growing deficit. In April 1983 the estimated deficiency was £80,000 and, in addressing this, the Council was obliged to take drastic action. The administration offices of the IFT of Charlemont Street were closed and the Council assumed direct responsibility for the running of the theatre. The Irish Film Institute was engaged, on a consultancy basis, to provide the film programme and, although the rate of loss was reduced, the Irish Film Theatre incurred further debts of £26,000 by the end of the year. As a result of the involvement of Bord Scannán na hÉireann in the funding of Irish film, and the withdrawal of RTÉ from participation in the Film Script Award, the Council did not offer awards to the same level as in previous years. From a fund of £9,000 awards were made to Joe Comerford for his script "Stormy and the Model" and to John Banville for his script "Inheritance". Donald Taylor Black was awarded a research grant. Following a wide-ranging review of its statutory role in relation to cinema in the context of a radically changing film culture and with particular regard to the role of Bord Scannán na hÉireann, the Council reaffirmed its commitment to cinema; to securing and developing access to both the product and the technology; to encouraging educational services; and to the maintenance of the status of artist for the film-maker.

GRANTS Irish Film Theatre 105,953 Irish Film Institute 21,000 Federation of Irish Film Societies 18,500

145,453

Less: Previous year's grants not required (7,000) Sundry 409 Total Expenditure per Note 3 £138,862 to the Accounts.

GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS *Pat Murphy (Balance of 1982 award) 20,000 John Banville 4,000 Joe Comerford 4,000 Donald Taylor Black 1,000

Travel Grants Vivienne Dick 170 John O'Mara 195

£29,365

*In association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann and Radio Telefís Éireann.

Arts Centres and Festivals

During 1983 there were significant developments in three arts centres: at Triskel, Cork; Garter Lane, Waterford; and Project, Dublin. Indeed, the arts centre concept is beginning to come into its own nationally, and both public and artists are finding this form of housing the arts most congenial. The Council is pleased to note the growing local demand for such centres throughout the country. Responding to this demand presents ideal opportunities for Arts Council/Local Authority co-operation. In Dublin, Project Arts Centre inaugurated a new Project Theatre Company under its theatre director Michael Scott. The Company has as goals the development of a new Irish dramatic style and a concentration upon collective skill- sharing among its membership, which includes Olwen Fouéré, Susie Kennedy, David Heap and Julian Plunkett-Dillon. Four productions were given including "Three Buckets of Blood and a Lump of Fog" by Seán McCarthy and "The Woman Broods ' by Tadeusz Rozewicz in which the Company was directed by Kazimierz Braun, director of the Wroctaw Contemporary Theatre, Poland. The visual arts at Project were notable for exhibitions, including a show by Michael Mulcahy, and the comprehensive "Making Sense Ten Irish Painters 1963-83" which also toured the country under the Council's Touring Assistance Scheme. Triskel Arts Centre finally succeeded in acquiring the premises at Tobin Street, Cork which will be its new home. The Council worked closely with Administrator, Robbie McDonald and Chairman, Aidan Stanley, to bring this project to fruition as the major art centre for Cork City. Its 400 square metres of floor-space will include two galleries, a multi- purpose space and a bookshop/readings area/foyer. The Council is contributing towards the purchase price of the building through a capital grant of £60,000 payable over three years. The premises will open early in 1985. Significantly, Cork Corporation has made available the adjacent Christ Church (scene of Spenser's "Epithalamion") for recitals and is to construct a park in the area which will be suitable for outdoor sculpture and some concerts. A new leisure-cum-arts precinct will thus be created and the architect to Triskel, Séan Ó Laoire, has fashioned his designs with this revitalising larger perspective in mind. Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford will open in 1984 and will be the largest arts centre of the fourteen in Ireland, north and south. The Administrator, Finola O'Doherty has the task of ensuring the full utilisation of the two large buildings which comprise the Centre;- the Old Library, O'Connell Street, and the Friends' Meeting House. FESTIVALS In 1983, the Kilkenny Arts Week included, as usual an extensive music section with two performances of "The Brendan Voyage" by Shaun Davey. Cibeal Cincíse 1983 was memorable for the highly successful performance given by Nigel Roife in the Kenmare town square as dusk fell. The enthusiastic reception given to this striking piece of performance-art was most encouraging, as it demonstrated that even the most contemporary art forms can be successfully presented in a small- town setting. Writers' Week, Listowel was held during the week preceding the June Public Holiday, coinciding with Cibeal Cincíse, and an exhibition of Chinese prints was shown in St Patrick's Hall, Listowel. At Gorey Arts Festival, the specially commissioned musical by Leland Bardwell on the life of Edith Piaf, entitled "No Regrets" had a successful premiere. The Galway Arts Festival was enlivened by the visit of the British theatre group, "Christians From Outer Space". Arts Centres and Festivals £ Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick 10,700 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford 12,000 Grapevine Arts Centre, Dublin 24,500 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 132,400 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 20,300 Tuam Theatre Guild and Arts Centre 3,000 Wexford Arts Centre 48,700

Cibeal Cincíse, An Neidín 1,750 Clonmel Arts Society 500 Galway Arts Festival 3,250 Galway Arts Group 3,250 Gorey Arts Festival 10,100 Kilkenny Arts Week 9,000 Siamsa Tíre, Trá Lí 240 Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £279,690

Community Arts

In recent years interest in the arts has increased enormously throughout the country. While much new activity is reflected in an increase in the level of the professional arts on tour, a very great deal involves arts at community level, some of which may also include professional collaboration. In assessing applications for grant-aid from community orientated activity the Council has endeavoured to apply a number of criteria: - the educational value of the activity; - the size of .the audience; - the number of people directly involved; - the level of professional arts involvement; - the level of funding being provided by local authorities. It is the policy of the Council to encourage greater financial involvement by local authorities in community arts. During 1983 the Council supported a number of new initiatives, such as the community artist programme in Galway-Mayo, and a scheme devised by the Mid-West Arts Committee to increase participation in the arts in the Mid- West Region. The Council has, however, to record its regret at not being able to provide more resources for community arts. It recognises that, in circumstances where the level of grant-aid from Government is inadequate, scarce resources must first be devoted to the professional arts; there are many reasons for this - not least, the need to maintain existing levels of employment in the arts.

GRANTS £ Association of Irish Music Societies 500 Clifden Community School 500 Dublin Ballet Club 350 Féile Ealaíon na nÓg, Carna 280 Feis Ceoil, Dublin 2,200 Feis Maitiú, Corcaigh 500 Irish Countrywomen's Association 364 Rahoon Festival, Galway 100 Waterford Arts-for-All 1,000 Total Expenditure per £5,794 Note 3 to the Accounts

Education

During 1983 the Murals-in-Schools scheme "Paint on the Wall" continued to enjoy success. Seventy-eight murals were painted in primary schools throughout the country and, in spite of the recession and lack of finance available to schools, there was not a significant drop in participation rates in the scheme. The Prints-in-Schools Scheme, which operates through county libraries, continued, and forty-six loans were made: Co. Clare: 3 loans; Co. Donegal: 13 loans; Co. Kerry: 8 loans; Co. Kildare: 3 loans; Co. Kilkenny: 3 loans; Co. Leitrim: 4 loans Co. Mayo: 6 loans; Co. Tipperary (NR): 6 loans;

The post of Education Officer fell vacant in July and despite the representations made by the Council that the post should be filled as a matter of urgency, the necessary sanction from the Department of the Taoiseach had not been received by the end of the year. The Council is aware that in order to bring about significant change in attitudes towards the arts in this country, structural change is necessary in our education system. Towards this end representations were made to the Department of Education which, if acted upon could have a significant impact on these attitudes. Close contact was maintained with the Colleges of Education, which the Council regard as being key elements in effecting any change in thinking in regard to the arts in education. The Council is pleased to record that the six Colleges are in fact, very well disposed to introducing a greater element of arts education into their teacher training programmes. In trying to effect some co-ordination in the area of music teaching and music teacher training the Council held a number of meetings with the bodies with an interest in this area including the Cork Municipal School of Music, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and Galway City VEC. The Council worked on the formulation of a proposal to be placed before the Government which would involve national certification both for new and for some existing qualifications. During the year the Council awarded three scholarships to students who had obtained their Leaving Certificate one in music, one in visual arts and one in drama. The object of these awards was to identify talent at an early stage and to encourage young people in schools to take an active interest in a career in the arts. Also, as a means of acknowledging excellence in art teaching, the scholarship for a teacher of five years experience was again awarded; and, to encourage greater participation in the arts in the Colleges of Education, a further scholarship was awarded on the basis of the results in the 1983 Bachelor of Education degree examination. Close liaison was maintained with a number of bodies in the education field including Teacher Centres, the Art Teachers Association, the Teachers Union of Ireland, the Association of Secondary School Teachers and the Irish National Teachers Organisation. In the area of Community education, discussions were held with the Irish Countrywomen's Association. In co-operation with the Royal Dublin Society, the Council arranged an arts participation project in the form of a large mural painting at the Dublin Spring Show. This was a success and will be repeated in future years. Publication of the arts-in-education resource slide packs on modern art continued. However, due to the staff restriction already referred to, the publication schedule is almost one year behind target.

GRANTS £ Ceol Chumann na nÓg 6,250 Music Association of Ireland: School Recitals (see also under Music) 5,500 Cork Youth Orchestra 500 Dublin Boy Choristers Summer School 200 Dublin Chamber Music Group 154 Ormond Music 750 Peoples' College, Adult Education Association 600 Teachers' Centre, Drumcondra 550 Teachers' Centre, Limerick 100

£14,604

Directly Promoted Activities Murals-in-Schools 34,345 Slide Packs 7,203 Prints-in-Schools 1,591 Sundry 626

£43,765

Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £58,369

GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS

Scholarships John Carroll (Art) 7,000 Helen Comiskey (Art) 9,900 Michael Houlahan (Music) 2,000 Elaine Kelly (Art) 2,000 Diane Schomp (Music) 5,000 Brona Smyth (Drama) 2,900

£28,800

Regions

In recent years a large portion of the Council's expenditure on the arts has been directed towards the main urban centres, because it is in these areas that the greatest amount of professional artistic activity takes place. However, the Council is conscious of its responsibility to provide access to the arts away from the centres of population. The work of the Regional Arts Officers has contributed greatly to increasing the level of arts activity generally in their respective areas. The five officers are employed by the Regional Development Organisations who receive grant-aid from the Council towards administrative costs and promotion. The Council also believes that local authorities have a very important role to play in the development of the arts in the regions, as in many cases it is the local authority funding together with that of the Arts Council which enables artistic events to take place. There has been a welcome increase in the level of local authority funding over the past five years, but the Council notes with regret that many County Councils, even in areas where there is considerable arts activity, do not have an arts budget, as allowed under Section 12 of the Arts Act, 1973, and other legislation. It is the Council's hope that all local authorities will make adequate provision in their 1984 estimates to ensure that access to the arts is provided in their areas.

REPORTS FROM REGIONAL ARTS COMMITTEES

Donegal In County Donegal there were two developments in the visual arts during 1983, involving the painter Derek Hill. In January, the Tory Island Exhibition, comprised mainly of works from Mr Hill's collection, was opened in Letterkenny by the jazz musician and art critic, George Melly. The exhibition subsequently toured in Northern Ireland and the Republic. In July, the Glebe Gallery, Churchill, which has been donated to the State by Mr Hill, together with his extensive collection, was opened by An Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald. Access to theatre in Donegal was substantially improved with the opening of the Balor Theatre, Ballybofey, in December 1982. Having suffered from a severe shortage of professional drama in recent years, Donegal welcomed performances during 1983 by Druid Theatre Company, Irish National Ballet and Theatre Workshop, Glasgow. TEAM Educational Theatre Company, while continuing the pattern of recent years with two tours of schools in the Region, also give two performances of "Jacko" by John McArdle in the Balor Theatre. Leeds Theatre Workshop, a semi- professional company, toured extensively during the Summer, and the Amateur Drama League (Donegal-Derry area) maintained its excellent record of support for amateur groups. In music, the highlight once again was the Music Teachers' Association Annual Summer Workshop in Letterkenny. In the latter part of the year, the Arts Committee formed a Music Sub-Committee and the Arts Officer was invited to join the Music Association of Ireland's Regional Committee. It is hoped that these two initiatives will lead to further development in 1984. The Writers' Workshop in Glenties and Killybegs demonstrated the spirit and co-operation between arts groups, with the publication of their first literary Journal, "Rat-Pit". The Allingham Festival, (Ballyshannon) and the McGill Festival (Glenties) also showed welcome innovation in addition to their traditional activities. Writers' workshops for schools were organised in Ballyshannon and Letterkenny in conjunction with "The Irish Times". Roghnaiodh "Súile Shuibhne", an chéad leabhar filíochta le Cathal Ó Searchaigh, mar rogha Gaeilge na bliana 1983 ag Poetry Ireland.

Galway-Mayo Considerable progress was made in the West in encouraging the arts-in-education through a number of new schemes for placing writers, artists, and musicians in schools. The response to these schemes was enthusiastic and many schools are now engaged in an on-going process of relating arts to the general curriculum. An Artists-m-Schools scheme allowed artists such as John Behan, Martin Gale and Tim Goulding to give illustrated lectures about their own and other modern work in schools throughout the region thus helping students to appreciate both the formal demands of art and its value as a dimension of their everyday experience. It also accomplished an initial breakdown of the barriers that separate 'art' from 'education', in the sense that students could actually address the real and practical issues of creating art The success of this scheme suggests that further developments and refinements should take place in the years ahead Complementary to the Artists-in-Schools Scheme an exhibition of Childrens Paintings from the National Gallery of Ireland toured schools and libraries in Co Mayo. A tour by the composer John Buckley to schools in Clifden, Spiddeal and Galway City introduced contemporary Irish music to schools and the Regional Arts Committee continued to make use of the Art Council's Writers-in-Schools scheme One of those who used the scheme was the poet, Gerald Dawe, who ran a course "Making Poetry" which involved him reading from his own work and from the Heaney/Hughes anthology, "The Rattle Bag". In keeping with the emphasis on the community aspect of the arts, and on bringing them to as many people as possible a Community Artist scheme was operated as a pilot project and involved the artist, Helen O'Donoghue working at four venues. This resulted in a video film in Tuam, mosaic murals and a new art gallery in Westport, and a

creative playground and murals in Swinford and Galway City. The project, which lasted five months, was designed and organised by the Regional Arts Committee in co operation with the Youth Employment Agency and the Arts Council, and was a great success, showing yet again the responsiveness of a community when art is presented in an open way. In terms of organisation and finance, the consolidation of existing structures for arts development in the West was continued, thereby fostering wide-spread participation and ensuring that the arts are linked with the community rather than being regarded as an outside intrusion. Towards this end contact between local arts committees throughout the region with national arts organisations was strengthened. A series of arts programmes in co-operation with the Music Association of Ireland and Poetry Ireland was established and a new regional literary organisation, the Poetry Co-Operative, was set-up to co-ordinate and publicise reading tours, such as those held in Galway, Tuam and Westport. The Regional Arts Committee was successful in achieving substantial increases in the arts budgets of local authorities and continued to publish the bi-monthly calendar-newsletter "Arts Events". This lists events, gives information about the Committee's own schemes and promotions, and serves as a means for artists to communicate direct with the community in which they live and work.

Mid-West 1983 saw the consolidation of various projects initiated the previous year, particularly in the areas of music and the visual arts. A perceived need for more concerts, and particularly for the promotion of Irish performers in Limerick, gave rise to the formation of Music-For-All, now in its second season. The new national scheme, Ceol an Chláir, whereby traditional musicians of a regional style perform in local secondary schools - was piloted in Co Clare where it proved very popular. The 1982 Composer-in-Residence project was continued under the direction of John Buckley who also directed the region's first summer school for young composers which was held in Ennis during July The dearth of training in composition makes this a valuable contribution to the arts, and is made possible by joint funding by Co Clare Vocational Education Committee and the Arts Council The new scheme of visits by composers to secondary schools, organised by the Association of Irish Composers was piloted in Co. Limerick and proved a real ear-opener for many young people. The fifth Art-in-Schools exhibition toured the region during 1983 and this time featured the work of local print- makers. It was accompanied in many schools by demonstrations of print-making and some schools availed of the exhibition to add to their own collections. During one-hour sessions in three schools over a three-week period, a poet discussed the various elements in the making of poetry, the reading of poetry and the different kinds of peotry written now and in the past. Three poets toured seventeen schools in the region, involving approximately 2,000 pupils. The poets, Leland Bardwell, Paul Durcan and Steve McDonagh were well received. The regional touring exhibition opened in November in Ennistymon and showed photographs by Anne Brennan who graduated in 1983 from the Limerick School of Art and Design. Entitled "Faces" the photos are of friends or acquaintances of the artist or of street-people and are striking for the intimacy they achieve. "Faces" served ten community venues. Overseas contacts were expanded through such events as "Bealtaine", an exhibition of contemporary art from the Limerick region shown in Quimper (Brittany) in May; a tour by a German youth orchestra in March; and an exhibition "Dialogue" by courtesy of the Canadian Embassy, which also facilitated visits by two Canadian poets who lent their slide collection to the regional arts committee. The National Association for Youth Drama held its annual summer school in Glenstal and Druid Theatre Company and Field Day Theatre Company made welcome and successful visits to smaller venues in the region. Membership of the Mid-West Region Arts Committee was increased by the addition of five new members, nominees of the Arts Council.

South-West The thrust of South West Arts policy is twofold — the animation of individuals and groups towards self-determined cultural action and the integration of policy to facilitate such action with the policies of local and national statutory bodies. Initiated in 1981, both the Poster Exhibition Scheme for schools and other centres, and the monthly information bulletin "What's on Kerry", continued throughout 1983. Touring exhibitions included a show of Czechoslovakian posters. Liaison was maintained with local authorities, with artists, with professional touring companies, and with the various voluntary groups who run arts centres, festivals and other regular events. Major events included: the making of a thirty-five minute promotional video "The Arts in Education" for use nationally to encourage an appreciation of the function and value of the arts in schools; the organisation of a national seminar "Regional Arts and the Local Authorities", dealing with the theory and practice of local government support for the arts; the planning of joint ventures in literature and youth drama training with Co. Cork Vocational Education Committee and Ogra; and the co-publication with Co. Kerry VEC of an information directory, "Leisure Activities in County Kerry".

South-East The South Eastern Regional Arts Committee held a very successful Uilleann Piping Seminar in Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. The Seminar which was residential lasted for three days. The purpose of the event was to give pipers with a reasonable amount of expertise the opportunity to expand their proficiency and knowledge both by playing together and being guided by a master piper. Seventeen pipers were tutored by Finbarr Furey, Tommy Kearney, and Jimmy O'Brien Moran, and as a surprise addition, Davey Spillane. Although the course was structured to include such aspects as fingering of the chanter, melodic variation, drone tuning and regulator playing, time was allowed for other matters. Finbarr Furey and Davey Spillane concentrated on teaching reed-making and any mystique that may have been attached to this craft was shattered by the dedication of the teachers. At the end of the course each of the seventeen pupils was capable of making a reed, a significant achievement. A very valuable aspect of the course was a lecture on harmony given by Donncha Ó Maidín of the Music Department, Waterford Regional Technical College, which covered such aspects as basic chords, how they are formed and how to play them. Mac Uí Mhaidín's talk was illustrated by Tommy Kearney who demonstrated the harmonies on the pipes. RTÉ recorded the event for "The Long Note" Programme. Breandán Breathnach of Na Píobairí Uilleann provided invaluable help during the planning of this most successful seminar which it is hoped to repeat in 1984. For some time it has been considered a priority by the Regional Arts Committee that a plan for the development of the arts in the region should be undertaken. To this end the Committee invited submissions from arts organisations and individuals. The resulting plan is now being implemented in staged phases and covers such aspects as arts facilities including multi-media centres, galleries, theatres, traditional arts, music, dance and literature. The Arts Committee was pleased to co-operate with Waterford Corporation in agreeing to have the Arts Officer seconded for a period to assist and advise in the setting up of the ad-hoc committee of Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford. The tour of the photographic exhibition "People and Places" continued and venues visited included Duncannon in conjunction with Duncannon Arts Group and New Ross Library. The Committee also assisted in the touring arrangements of "Dialogue" an exhibition of graphics on tour from the Canadian Embassy and helped the Goethe Institut to tour their exhibition "Collage". The Arts Officer, when requested, advised Local Authorities in regard to the distribution of monies under the Arts Act, 1973 and encouraged the provision of art in public places, in particular the paintings of murals and purchase of works of art under the Arts Council's Joint Purchase Scheme. Planning started in 1983 for an artist in residence in the Library Scheme. This will be piloted in 1984 in Tipperary (SR) with financial assistance from the county council.

GRANTS £ Co. Donegal RDO and Arts Committee 7,200 North-East RDO and Co. Monaghan Arts Co-ordination Committee 129 Galway-Mayo RDO and Arts Committee 14,050 Mid-West RDO and Arts Committee 13,200 South-West RDO and Arts Committee 14,800 South-East RDO and Arts Committee 10,165

Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £59,544

Capital

The Council continues to press the Government to make an annual provision for capital expenditure for the arts, and in June 1983 submitted a capital development programme to the Taoiseach. This programme envisaged an expenditure of £4.8 million over a five-year period. By the end of 1983 it was clear that the Government were actively considering some capital provision and early in 1984 it was announced that £500,000 would be made available in the context of Funds-of-Suitors legislation. While any action which provides funds for housing the arts is welcome, until the Council has a specific annual capital budget, it will not be able to address the pressing need for new buildings and equipment, other than on an ad- hoc basis. During 1983, a further £27,253 was made available to the Abbey Theatre, as part of its capital renewal programme, and the first instalment of a £60,000 grant to Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, was paid (see Arts Centres, page 34).

GRANTS £ Abbey Theatre 27,253 Triskel Arts Centre 20,000

Total Expenditure per Note 3 to the Accounts £47,253

Regional Arts Committees

Co. Donegal Arts Committee Mid-West Arts Association Director: Liam Kelly. Director: P. J. Barry Arts Committee: Arts Committee: Peter Gallagher, Chairman Cllr Frank Prendergast, Chairman Clement MacSuibhne, Vice-Chairman Cllr Michael Barry Pat Bolger Cllr Tony Bromell Bríd Bonner Noel Crowley May Coil Frank Custy Tom Daly Cllr Frank Dwan Denis Doyle Paddy Doran Derek Hill Bill Fogarty Rita Kerrigan Cllr John Griffin Cllr William McCafferty Cllr Binkie Hanafin Patrick MacGarvey Michael Hartnett Máire Iníon Mhic Eananaigh John Logan Frank Moloney John McGinley Vincent Murphy Baz Millar Éamonn Ó Canainn Tom Munnelly Eddie O'Kane Noel Ryan Tom O'Reilly Frances Shanahan Donal O'Shea Cllr Madeleine Taylor Aine Bean Uí Ghallchóbhair Dick Tobin Arts Officer: Lorraine Wall Michael McMullin Arts Officer: Regional Arts Committee, Marian Fitzgibbon County Buildings, Regional Arts Committee, Lifford, 104 Henry Street, Co. Donegal. Limerick.

Cork/Kerry Arts Committee Galway/Mayo Arts Committee Director: John Quish Director: Tony Smyth Arts Committee: Arts Committee: Michael Broderick, Chairman Sen. Michael D. Higgins, Chairman Cllr Kit Aherne Cllr Tom Browne Ignatius Buckley Cllr Toddie Byrne Cllr M. Connor-Scarteen Paddy Fahey Cllr Tadgh Curtis Cllr Martin Finn Cllr Pat Dawson Patrick Goff Cllr Michael Donegan Tom Kenny John Fitzpatrick Michael Keohane Cllr Denis Lyons, T.D. Angela Kirrane Cllr Cornelius Murphy Gerry Lee Cllr D. J. O'Sullivan Anne Melia Nóra Relihan Tony Murphy Arts Officer: Cllr Mícheál Ó Moráin John O'Mahony, Cllr Micheál Ó Reachtaire Regional Arts Committee, Arts Officer: 30 Princes Street, Helen By grove, Cork. Regional Arts Committee, Woodquay Court, Woodquay, Galway.

South-East Arts Committee Director: Liam Murphy

Arts Committee: Larry Fanning, Chairman Cllr. John T. Browne Michael Coady Cllr. Patrick Coffey Cllr. Liam Curhan Denis Kenny John Ennis Cllr. Mary H. Kavanagh Aileen le Brocquy Cllr. John McNally John McQueen Cllr Joe Manning George Vaughan William Walsh Arts Officer: Martin Quigley, Regional Arts Committee, 99 The Quay, Waterford.

Analysis of 1982 Grant Aid

INTRODUCTION This report sets out the results of a survey of organisations which received grant-aid from the Arts Council in the calendar year 1982.

PURPOSE: The purpose of the exercise was to determine to what extent these organisations were capable of generating income having received grant-aid from the Arts Council.

SCOPE: The survey covered 195 organisations as they were listed in the 1982 Annual Report of the Arts Council. A total of £3,383,970 was paid by way of grant-aid to these organisations during that year. Of the total number examined, data was not available for 34 organisations, representing £162,000 in grant-aid, or 5% of the total.

WORK DONE: The returns/accounts which were submitted by the grant-aided organisations were summarised as follows:

Income: Arts Council: being the amount of Arts Council grant-aid in 1982. Earnings: being income generated by the grant-aided organisation as a result of its activities in the period. Sponsorship: being the amount received from commercial sponsors. Local Authority: being grants received from the local county council or city corporation. Other State: being grants received from Government agencies other than the Arts Council or Local Authorities. Other: being income which does not fall into any of the above categories.

Total Expenditure: being expenditure incurred by the organisation in the period.

Salaries/Wages/Fees: being amounts paid to administrative staff and to artists, lecturers, etc. (This figure is distorted slightly because 51 organisations in the survey did not submit this information in their returns/accounts).

RESULTS: The 195 organisations, which received grant aid from the Arts Council of £3.4m, generated further income from all other sources of £6,808,279, made up as follows: £m Earnings 4.504 Sponsorship .413 Local Authority .200 Other State .552 Other .411 £6.080 million Diagram A Illustrates graphically the components of the income of the organisations. Diagram B Illustrates the position excluding sales of publications in the literature category as it is felt that this income was not generated as a direct result of Arts Council grant-aid. In this scenario, Arts Council grant-aid represents 40%of the total income of the organisations covered by the survey. Or, for every £1 of grant aid, a further £1.50 was generated from other sources. Diagram C Illustrates the relationship between grant aid received from the Arts Council and wages/salaries/fees paid out by the organisations. This illustration demonstrates that for every £1 of grant-aid, £1.24 was generated in wages/salaries/fees. If we exclude the wages/salaries/fees paid in the literature category, the rate in the preceding paragraph becomes £1 : £1.20.

An Chomhairle Ealaíon

ACCOUNTS for the year-ended 31st December 1983

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General

I have examined in accordance with approved auditing standards the Accounts set out on pages 50 to 56 which are in the form approved under the provisions of the Arts Act, 1951. 1 have obtained all the information and explanations which I considered necessary for the purpose of my audit.

In my opinion proper books of account have been kept by An Chomhairle and the Accounts, which are in agreement with them, give a true and fair view of the state of its affairs at 31st December 1983 and of its transactions for the year then ended.

P. L. McDonnell Comptroller and Auditor General

21st September 1984

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT Year-ended 31st December 1983

1982 £ Income Notes £ £ 4,082,000 Oireachtas Grant-in-Aid (1) 4,954,000 20,000 Special Border Areas Programme Fund — 96,008 Other Grants (2) 109,818 26,825 Sundry Income 43,172 5,106,990

4,224,833

Expenditure 3,894,293 General Expenditure on the Arts (3) 4,680,003 345,001 Administration (4) 376,161 5,056,164

4,239,294 (14,461) Surplus (Deficit) for the year 50,826 (51,882) Deficit brought forward (66,343) Deficit at 31st December 1983 £ (66,343) Notes 1 to 10 form part of these accounts £ (15,517)

Mairtin McCullough, Chairman.

Adrian Munnelly, Director

20th September 1984

BALANCE SHEET AT 31st DECEMBER 1983 31/12/82 £ Notes £ 84,874 Fixed Assets (5) 97,545 78,420 Net Assets of Trust Funds (7) 95,725 261,813 Loans (8) 176,109 505 Prize Bonds 505

Current Assets 27,276 Debtors 23,944 22,500 Grant paid in advance 47,000

49,776 70,944

Current Liabilities 86,602 Creditors 44,854 219,727 Grants and Guarantees Outstanding 170,416 72,108 Bank Overdraft 47,805

378,437 263,075

(328,661) Net Current liabilities (192,131)

£96,951 £177,753

Represented by: 84,874 Capital Account (6) 97,545 78,420 Trust Funds (7) 95,725 (66,343) Income and Expenditure Account: Deficit (15,517)

£96,951 £177,753

Notes 1 to 10 form part of these accounts.

Mairtin McCullough, Chairman

Adrian Munnelly, Director

20th September 1984

Note 1: Accounting Policies (i) Oireachtas Grant Income shown as Oireachtas Grant-in-Aid is the actual cash received from the vote for An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the vote for Increases in Remuneration and Pensions.

(ii) Fixed Assets Expenditure on fixed assets is charged as an appropriation from the Income and Expenditure Account to the Council's capital account. Fixed assets are shown at cost and are not depreciated.

(iii) Expenditure on office furniture, fittings and equipment is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

Note 2: Other Grants £ Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 29,858 Bord Scannán na hÉireann (Film Script Award) 10,000 Blundell-Permoglaze (I) Ltd (Murals-in-Schools) 500 Bryan Guinness Charitable Foundation (Bursary) 350 Department of Finance (Tyrone Guthrie Centre) 26,883 Department of Foreign Affairs (Six Irish Artists Exhibition) 19,377 Donegal County Council (Music Scholarship) 150 Dublin Corporation (Brendan Behan Memorial Fellowship) 1,500 Dublin Corporation (Christy Brown Award) 1,000 Dublin Corporation (Royal Irish Academy of Music) 5,000 Dublin Corporation (Scholarships) 3,000 Dundalk Urban District Council (Music Scholarships) 1,500 Louth County Council (Music Scholarship) 300 Radio Telefís Éireann (Film Script Award) 10,000 Spanish Cultural Institute (George Campbell Memorial Travel Grant) 400

£109,818

Note 3: General Expenditure on the Arts

‡ 1982 Directly Grants Promoted 1983 Total Activities

£ 169,840 Artists' Programmes 278,910 9,610 288,520 158,987 Bursaries, Scholarships, Travel Grants 149,090 - 149,090

105,538 Literature 112,480 6,921 119,401

180,170 *Visual Arts 210,510 78,700 289,210

5,015 Visual Arts - Transfer to Capital Account (Note 6) — 8,587 8,587 1,881,831 Drama 2,333,320 5,405 2,338,725

358,974 Dance 360,725 - 360,725

68,364 Traditional Music 86,841 703 87,544

156,880 Opera 214,304 5,732 220,036

223,076 Music 194,095 10,302 204,397

101,402 Film 138,453 409 138,862

228,047 Arts Centres and Festivals 279,690 - 279,690

10,150 Community Arts 5,794 - 5,794

51,209 Arts in Education 14,604 43,765 58,369

50,417 Arts Development in the Regions 59,544 - 59,544

17,041 † Grants on behalf of Local Authorities 6,950 - 6,950

112,666 Capital 47,253 - 47,253

14,686 Research and Information - 17,306 17,306

£3,894,293 £4,492,563 £187,440 £4,680,003

*Visual Arts Expenditure includes grants towards the cost of works of art acquired by approved bodies under the Council's Joint Purchase Scheme. The works of art may not be resold without the prior agreement of the Council and, in the event of such agreement, they shall not be resold for less than their original price, and half the sum realised shall be refunded to the Council. † Grants on behalf of local authorities represent grant-aid made available on the recommendation of local authorities, who pay equivalent amounts to the Council under Section 12 of the Arts Act, 1973. ‡Previous year's figures have been restated where necessary for purposes of comparison.

Note 4: Administration 1982 1983 Salaries, PRSI and Superannuation 239,427 229,281 Council and Staff Expenses 33,111 45,309 Consultants' Fees and Expenses 5,643 5,917 Office Furniture, Fittings and Equipment 2,272 10,739 Improvements to Premises 1,778 825 Rent, Light, Heat, Insurances, Cleaning, Repairs, and other House Expenses 27,682 37,112 Printing, Stationery, Postage, Telephone, and Sundry Expenses 35,088 42,894 Capital Account (Note 6) - 4,084

£345,001 £376,161

Note 5: Fixed Assets Cost Works of Art Motor Vehicle Total Balance at 31st December 1982 79,808 5,066 84,874

Acquisitions 20,640 9,150 29,790 Disposals (12,053) (5,066) (17,119)

8,587 4,084 12,671

Balance at 31st December 1983 £88,395 £9,150 £97,545

Note 6: Capital Account Balance at 31st December 1982 84,874 Transfer from Income and Expenditure Account: Visual Arts (Note 3) 8,587 Administration (Note 4) 4,084 Balance at 31st December 1983 £97,545

Note 7: Trust Funds

Assets at 31 st December 1983 £ £ President Douglas Hyde Award £831 6% Exchequer Stock, 1980-85 840 (Market Value of Securities £741) Cash at Bank 558 1,398

W. J. B. Macaulay Foundation £26,400 15% Conversion Stock, 1988 20,546 (Market Value of Securities £29,237) Cash at Bank 3,989 24,535

New York Irish Institute Fund £1,729 6% Exchequer Stock, 1980-85 1,770 (Market Value of Securities £1,542) Cash at Bank - 1,770

Denis Devlin Foundation £2,600 15% Conversion Stock, 1988 2,032 (Market Value of Securities £2,879) Cash at Bank 2,157 4,189

Ciste Cholmcille £1,200 7% National Loan, 1987-92 1,030 £8,148 81/2% Conversion Stock, 1986-88 8,099 £2,050 93/4% National Loan, 1984-89 2,004 £1,020 93/4 National Development Loan, 1992-97 1,005 £2,000 11% National Loan, 1993-98 1,840 (Market Value of Securities £ 11,822) 13,978 Debtor 10,000 Cash at Bank 10,883 34,861

Marten Toonder Foundation £4,100 15% Conversion Stock, 1988 4,021 £6,000 11% National Loan, 1993-98 5,583 £6,600 12% Conversion Stock, 1995 6,711 6,162 Allied Irish Banks Limited, 25p Shares 5,189 £1,725 Bank of Ireland Stock 3,560 (Market Value of Securities £33,549) 25,064 Debtor 558 Cash at Bank 1,563 27,185

Reg Cant Memorial Fund Cash at Bank 1,787 1,787

£95,725

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

Movement of Trust Funds Brought Expen- Carried Forward Income diture Forward President Douglas Hyde Award 1,292 106 - 1,398 W.J.B. Macaulay Foundation 23,242 4,293 3,000 24,535 New York Irish Institute Fund 1,770 - - 1,770 Denis Devlin Foundation 3,602 587 - 4,189 Ciste Cholmcille 21,593 17,768* 4,500 34,861 Marten Toonder Foundation 26,921 3,264 3,000 27,185 Reg Cant Memorial Fund - 2,287 500 1,787

£78,420 £28,305 £11,000 £95,725

*Note: Income to Ciste Cholmcille includes subscriptions received amounting to £509 and a grant from the general funds of An Chomhairle Ealaíon of £15,000.

Note 8: Interest Free Loans During 1983 eight additional interest free loans were made.

Balance at 31st December 1982 261,813 Additional Loans 40,396 Repayments (126,100) Balance at 31st December 1983 (27 loans) £176,109

Note 9: Future Commitments At 31st December 1983 the Council had approved grants and guarantees against loss on various activities due to take place after that date. The amount involved, £1,715,000, is not reflected in these accounts.

Note 10: Superannuation Scheme A Staff Superannuation Scheme under Section 10 of the Arts Act, 1973, is in operation. Equal contributions from Council and staff are paid into an insured fund which is held in trust by a corporate trustee.