Winners 2008 Winners 2008

The Allianz Business to Arts Awards recognise collaboration and creativity in business and arts partnerships. The winning entries demonstrate business and the arts working together to achieve a mutually fulfilling result. Business to Arts Acknowledgements and Allianz

Business to Arts is a membership Allianz congratulates all the companies, The staff and Directors of Business to This unique showcase of diverse organisation providing support and artists and arts organisations which Arts would like to thank the judges relationships between business and the advice on developing creative participated in this year’s awards. The for their time, commitment and arts would not be achievable without partnerships between business and the quality, imagination and innovation enthusiasm which contributed greatly the support and dedication of our arts. We believe business and the arts displayed in the entries shows promise to the success of the judging process. sponsors, Allianz, who have worked can work together to unlock creativity, for a healthy future in business support with us to grow the Awards over the last generate innovative solutions to and collaboration with the arts. Allianz This year’s judging panel comprised: seven years. Our thanks to all our business challenges, learn from each is particularly proud to be title sponsor friends at Allianz who we look forward other’s best practice and increase of the Allianz Business to Arts Awards Bisi Adigun | Artistic Director to working with again next year. employee engagement. for the seventh successive year. Arambe Productions We also wish to acknowledge the In addition to our work developing Andrew Crotty | Finance Director extraordinary commitment of links between the business and arts TileStyle Airport Authority who have communities, Business to Arts also commissioned the award sculptures manages and administrates the largest John Crumlish | Director since the inception of the Business to programme of business training for arts Galway Arts Festival Arts Awards 17 years ago. The Authority organisations in , with support Member of The Arts Council (formerly Aer Rianta) also kindly from the Department of Arts, Sport & sponsor the Dublin Airport Authority Tourism. In 2007 over 600 individuals Gary Joyce | Director €5,000 Arts Award. from the arts were facilitated in a Genesis training programme by our training (Chair of Panel) For the first time this year, we are partners, with many receiving assistance delighted to have the opportunity to from FÁS to subsidise their costs. Maoiliosa Kiely | Marketing Manager mark excellence in commissioning, Murray O’Laoire Architects thanks to two new awards sponsored We are a registered charity and we by TileStyle. These two new awards, rely on your support to continue our Ursula Murphy one a perpetual trophy, the other work and respond to your needs. Human Resources Director a bursary for an artist, are presented Allianz in memory of our friend and former Chair, Jim McNaughton. John Murray | Presenter The Business & Morning Ireland RTÉ Radio 1

4 Allianz Business to Arts Awards 5 Allianz Business to Arts Awards The Awards The Jim McNaughton Perpetual Award for Best Commissioning Practice

‘Flight’ by Kevin O’Dwyer ‘Counterpoint’ by Jason Ellis The winning companies in 2008 received Commissioned by TileStyle and the a sculpture entitled Flight, commissioned McNaughton Family in memory by Dublin Airport Authority, and of Jim McNaughton, this perpetual designed and sculpted by the award will be presented each year to internationally renowned Silversmith a company for best practice in Kevin O’Dwyer. a commissioning relationship. The hand-forged sterling silver and Counterpoint was sculpted by Jason Kilkenny limestone sculpture Flight Ellis in Kilkenny Limestone on a base invokes the aspirations of the arts and of white marble, designed to convey the business community to inspire, nurture principles of a successful collaboration. and energise our society through The sculpture takes the simple idea of collaboration and participation in the two separate entities that are held arts. The flowing sterling silver forms together in a symbiotic and mutually are the creative forces that have inspired beneficial relationship. The two sections both the arts and business throughout rely on one another to create the form, the 21st century. The tapered limestone which appears to be made from separate plinth signifies the support for the slabs of stone but are in fact carved arts that has provided the opportunities from the one block. for creativity to flourish within Jason Ellis is a well-known sculpture our community. conservator who turned to producing Kevin O’Dwyer’s work is represented his own work, which he now does in the collections of Nelson Mandela, exclusively. His work is represented King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, The in the State Art Collection, and in Japanese Imperial Family, the Victoria the collections of Bank of Ireland and and Albert Museum, London, The IIB. He recently completed a major National Museum of Ireland, The High commission for the UCD Belfield Museum, Atlanta, The Museum, Campus, which stands over Belfast, The Kamm Teapot Foundation, seven metres high. The Company of Goldsmiths, Dublin, The Racine Museum of Art, Wisconsin and many more.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Award Winner

Dublin Port Company The book is an encyclopaedia of non- & Fire Station Artists’ Studios native plants in Ireland according Dublin Port Company’s international to children from St. Joseph’s. It traces the links, it’s industrial history and the various stages of the public art project, diversity of the communities that from the initial research stage and inhabit the port area, offered the Port detailed drawings completed by the great potential for the development of children, through to the more public an innovative art project, and led to manifestation of silk embroideries and a collaboration with Fire Station Artists’ hand painted banners which were Studios on the public art project 100 sited at Dublin Port, St. Joseph’s School Flowers to Bloom in 2004. Dublin Port and around East Wall. Company’s aim with the partnership Dublin Port Company and Fire Participants visit was to engage with its local community Station Artists’ Studios’ public art the Botanic Gardens and have a visual impact on its largely collaboration and the resulting for research industrial environment. publication of 100 Flowers to Bloom Drawing workshops with children from In 2005 and 2006, Liverpool based demonstrates how a private company St. Joseph’s National artist David Jacques worked with and an arts organisation can School children from St Joseph’s National successfully commission and document School in East Wall on an extensive an innovative and socially responsible study of the alien or non-native plants public art project that engages in within the port landscape, which led a meaningful way with the local to the production of iconic banners for community and a broad spectrum of the port area. Following its success, the company’s stakeholders. the project culminated with the publication of the book 100 Flowers to Bloom by David Jacques in 2007.

10 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Winners 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility Award Highly Commended

Avon Cosmetics & Irish Cancer Society with Plan B Productions and Gúna Nua Theatre Georgina Miller in ‘Unravelling the Ribbon’

AIB & Rough Magic MBNA Ireland In partnership with Rough Magic, the & Irish Chamber Orchestra AIB SEEDS programme fits well with MBNA Ireland has been the Shannon AIB’s brand values of facilitating success International Music Festival’s main by supporting the best emerging theatre sponsor since 2004 and became title artists in Ireland in reaching their sponsor in 2005. MBNA’s long-term potential. The programme is a structured investment in the Festival has helped development initiative for emerging the Irish Chamber Orchestra to develop playwrights, directors, designers and an ambitious community engagement producers. The partnership also allows programme. With Music Factory,the communities around Ireland to Orchestra’s musicians take participating experience the work of one of Ireland’s children on a five-day adventure of leading theatre companies, and provides music, movement and story-telling AIB & Rough Magic Workshop in Glór, Rough Magic with access to AIB’s brand helping the children to develop their Ennis during the national tour of ‘The Taming management and marketing expertise. creative and inventive skills. of the Shrew’

Avon Cosmetics & Irish Cancer Society with Plan B Productions and Gúna Nua Theatre In 2007 Gúna Nua Theatre and Plan B presented Unravelling The Ribbon by Mary Kelly and Maureen White at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin. The play tells the story of Rose who is diagnosed with breast cancer and Lola, a breast cancer survivor. It was sponsored by Action Breast Cancer, a programme of MBNA Ireland & Irish Chamber Orchestra the Irish Cancer Society. The play also Music Factory event during MBNA Shannon became the centrepiece of an integrated International Music Festival PR and marketing campaign by Avon Cosmetics to mark the 10th anniversary of their Breast Cancer Crusade.

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Ulster Bank Ireland Corporate hospitality initiatives included & Dublin Theatre Festival free and discounted tickets to events, In 2007, Ulster Bank Ireland became and the cast of Long Days Journey into title sponsor of the Dublin Theatre Night joined Ulster Bank guests at a Festival in its 50th anniversary year. post-show reception. Theatre as a form Having been a Power of Ten partner of of entertainment/hospitality is cited as the Festival since 2005, Ulster Bank being very successful for Ulster Bank Ireland had already developed a strong Ireland and is something that is being partnership with the festival’s developed across the Ulster Bank Group. marketing team. Under the new name Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival of Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, commissioned independent market both organisations worked together research which discovered that 90% of Advertising professionally and creatively in 2007 to people were aware that Ulster Bank was campaign for 50th Anniversary Ulster maximise the sponsorship and to meet the main sponsor of the Festival. Prior Bank Dublin Theatre the objectives of both partners. to the event, one in twenty respondents Festival A vigorous and extensive branding associated Ulster Bank with arts ’Small Metal campaign was developed, the most sponsorships, and after the Festival had Objects’, one of the comprehensive and effective in the taken place, almost one in five of the productions in the 50th Anniversary Festival’s history. respondents were able to identify Ulster Ulster Bank Dublin During the Festival run, Ulster Bank Bank as being a sponsor of the Dublin Theatre Festival offered its employees the opportunity to Theatre Festival. (Photo by Jeff Busby) volunteer on the front-line at the festival as well as opportunities to participate in creativity workshops in association with Fishamble Theatre Company.

14 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Winners 2008 Best Sponsorship of an Event Hennessy & Dublin Fringe Festival Highly Commended The Spiegeltent at Dublin Fringe Festival 2007

Barons Self Storage & Human Resources DIY Football in ‘City of Ideas’

Barons Self Storage Hennessy & Dublin Fringe Festival & Human Resources Hennessy partnered with Dublin Fringe Following their successful collaboration Festival in 2007 to provide sponsorship, on Interim in 2005, Barons Self Storage drinks stock and media support for the teamed up with the artist group Human unique Spiegeltent venue. Both parties Resources in 2007 on City of Ideas. The worked together on the design of the exhibition saw eighteen artists working logo and venue. With the sponsorship, for ten days at Barons Self Storage, a the Fringe Festival found a partner who functioning 100,000 square-foot storage supported its vision and gave the facility. This unusual yet ideal space to Festival the freedom to present a daring show art, generated widespread interest programme. Hennessy associated itself with local media. The cost-efficient with a diverse and innovative Arts collaboration successfully raised the Festival and achieved an enhanced profile of Barons Self Storage among public opinion of the brand among their existing and target customers. their target audience.

Dublin Docklands Development TG4 & Fíbín Teo Authority & Dublin Fringe Festival Award-winning Irish language Dublin Docklands Development children’s theatre company Fíbín Teo’s Authority has supported the Dublin relationship with Cúla4 (TG4’s flagship Fringe Festival since 2004. In 2007, children’s show) began when they the partnership resulted in the realised that working together on commissioning of three major events a publicity strategy would be mutually for the festival - the opening beneficial. The collaboration included extravaganza, when famed Russian live links from Fíbín Teo performances, dance theatre group Derevo emerged television advertisements produced TG4 & Fíbín Teo The stars of ‘Na Foghlaithe from the depths of the water at George’s and broadcast by TG4 as well as in-kind Mara’, a Fibín Teo production Dock, IFSC; Haircuts by Children, support in the form of marketing a project empowering children to make expertise for Fíbín Teo. In exchange, creative decisions with haircuts for Cúla4 merchandise and information adults; and Afternoon Tea Dances for packs were distributed at Fíbín local older people’s community groups. Teo productions.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority & Dublin Fringe Festival Derevo perform at the opening of the Dublin Fringe Fesitval

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Clem Jacob Hire Ireland Red Kettle entered the project with not & Red Kettle Theatre Company much more than a cast and a field, Since opening for business in 2006, and Clem Jacob Hire’s sponsorship Clem Jacob Hire has become one of the in-kind provided a variety of equipment leading hire companies in the South from diggers, generators, lights and East of Ireland. As Managing Director toilets to marquees and audience Clem Jacob has long held the belief that seating for a period of four weeks which creativity and imagination should be covered the rehearsals and duration encouraged and supported, the company of the performance. has a policy that includes sponsorship The relationship between both in-kind of the arts in Waterford. This partners was a highly developed one, policy has put considerable resources at with hands-on participation by the Mr Punch from the disposal of many groups in the city. Clem Jacob team and continuous ‘Riddley Walker’ (Photo by Myles Red Kettle Theatre Company and on-site advice and guidance for the Shelley) Clem Jacob Hire collaborated on Red Kettle production team. Joe Meagher as the large-scale theatrical production of Clem Jacob Hire’s sponsorship in-kind Ernie Orfing Punch Russell Hoban’s Ridley Walker. is an excellent model of how a Small to in Red Kettle This is to date the biggest production Medium Enterprise can remove Theatre Company’s ever undertaken by Red Kettle Theatre significant overheads from an arts production of ‘Riddley Walker’ (Photo by Company with a cast of 36 and a live organisation and enable the staging of Ciaran Conneely) percussion band. large-scale artistic productions.

18 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Winners 2008 Best Sponsorship by Murray Ó Laoire Architects (MÓLA) & Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company at Cork a Small to Medium Enterprise Midsummer Festival ‘Wired and Free’ Highly Commended

Ahern & Co Chartered Accountants & Boyle Arts Festival Launch of the ‘Art Pack’

Ahern & Co Chartered Accountants Murray Ó Laoire Architects (MÓLA) & Boyle Arts Festival & Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company Ahern & Co have participated actively at Cork Midsummer Festival in building Boyle Arts Festival into In 2007, the Cork Midsummer Festival one of Ireland’s leading Summer events, partnered with MÓLA on their bringing vital tourism to Boyle, headline event Wired and Free. The Co. Roscommon. Ahern & Co are also multi-media aerial spectacle was part the main driving force behind the circus, part theatre/dance, part giant Boyle Civic Art Collection which is video animation. Drawn by the a major collection of Contemporary innovative and creative challenge of the Irish Art for the people of Boyle. performance which mirrored their In collaboration with Roscommon commitment to the regeneration of the County Council and King House in area, MÓLA used the event for client 2007, a special ‘Art Pack’ for schools was entertainment and created an unusual produced making the collection more photo-opportunity for their directors accessible to a younger audience. 40 metres off the ground.

Blue Sky Mortgages; Lismard (RHA) Autoworld; Portlaoise Heritage Hotel; & Monster Truck Gallery & Studios Midland Legal & Laois School of Since the beginning of 2008, staff from Music; Dunamaise Arts Centre the RHA have partnered with and The Dublin Airport Authority Arts mentored the management team at Award at the 2007 Allianz Business to Monster Truck Gallery and Studios in Arts Awards went to Laois School of areas such as administration, marketing, Music and Dunamaise Arts Centre for curation, educational activity, financial their collaboration with local business management and friends events. Royal Hibernian Academy & Monster Truck on the RTÉ National Symphony The relationship coincided with the Gallery & Studios The ‘Let’Go’ exhibition at Orchestra Laois Residency. Following ten-month-long redevelopment of Monster Truck, featured work by Daragh McGrath the success of the initial collaboration, the RHA and the spare capacity within all sponsors committed to a fund to the Academy at the time. In this short build an instrument bank for primary period of time, a strong working schools in Laois. The instrument relationship has developed which has bank is open to primary schools on an had a profound impact on the Blue Sky Mortgages; Lismard Autoworld; application basis, receiving 24 development of Monster Truck. Portlaoise Heritage Hotel; Midland Legal & instruments for a two-year period. Laois School of Music; Dunamaise Arts Centre The presentation of the Instrument Bank to Laois schools

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Accenture with arcana The Community Communications Day & Boz Temple Morris was followed up with documentation The Accenture Ireland Community which included a newspaper and Communications Day is an annual company photo. The award winning event providing an opportunity for colour newspaper is a compilation of Accenture people to meet, spend time memories of the event which was with each other and hear organisational distributed to all Accenture Ireland news. In the past the programme has employees. The photo was a highly been mostly corporate in tone though innovative company portrait which over the past two years the event has took photographs of small groups become one where artists have become of people sitting behind a “feast table”. more involved. In this short time, The images were then digitally What Is Your the expectations of the event have risen manipulated to create a single 75 foot Favourite Book? accordingly as it has become a day long table. The photo is now located (Photo by Marcus Tate) characterised by creative intelligence. in Accenture’s new office’s at Grand Employee responses to “What In 2007, a collaboration with arts Canal Square where the 650 participants Do You Dream Of?” organisation arcana and artist Boz can spot themselves. from the Corporate Temple-Morris produced work that did Accenture Ireland’s Community Communications not act as entertainment between Communications Day is an innovative Day newspaper (Photo by Marcus corporate messages, but rather a creative and new model of how art and Tate, newspaper framework for the whole day. The event entertainment can be used to explore design by Brighten comprised a series of installations, corporate challenges as varied as those the Corners) events, performances and games that of organisational identity, company and were all themed around identity and employee pride as well as enhancing which were created with the external and internal communications. involvement of Accenture people. The event was celebratory but also explored issues of personal and organisational importance in innovative and surprising ways.

22 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Winners 2008 Best Use of Creativity Dublin Port Company & Sean Lennon Advertising campaign to promote ferry travel by a Business from Dublin Port Highly Commended

Allianz Ireland & Fishamble Theatre Company and People Create Forum theatre techniques used in Allianz training programme

Allianz Ireland Dublin Port Company & Fishamble Theatre Company & Sean Lennon and People Create Dublin Port Company created an Allianz Ireland, Fishamble Theatre integrated PR and marketing campaign Company and People Create to encourage the public to look at the commenced an innovative executive Port in a new way. The campaign training programme in 2007. The focused on celebrating the heritage of programme takes some of the skills and ferry travel from Dublin Port through techniques from the creative process of its association with the great Irish actors, writers and artists and applies writers, all of whom left Ireland by ferry. them to a wide array of business needs A key part of the success of the and management theory. The first campaign was the involvement of programme delivered to high-potential Dublin-based artist Sean Lennon in the managers used forum theatre as a means design and artwork for the campaign. of demonstrating leadership behaviours and as a method of finding informed Ulster Bank & National Concert Hall solutions to management issues. and Ulster Orchestra For the second year running, Up the Dublin Bus & Coiscéim Dance Theatre Tempo has been highly commended by Gut Busters! is a health programme the Awards judging panel. It is a musical for Dublin Bus employees conceived by outreach programme which nurtures the Group’s Health Promotion Office. primary school talent and turns school As part of the programme, CoisCéim halls into Concert Halls. Musicians Dance Theatre was commissioned to from NCH and Ulster Orchestra hold create a dance programme which would workshops in schools focusing on improve fitness of bus drivers, develop rhythm, pitch and harmony, encouraging Ulster Bank & National Concert Hall a sense of well being, and be challenging pupils to compose, perform and listen Minister Mary Hanafin visits an ‘Up the Tempo’ and fun. A dance performance called to music. Central to the programme is workshop (Photo by Rosita Wolfe) Liberty West was performed by the the involvement of employees from participants to celebrate the end local branches as they nominate schools of the six-week programme in the for participation, attend workshops, and . provide support encouragement.

Dublin Bus & Coiscéim Dance Theatre ‘Liberty West’ at the Tivoli Theatre, performed by Dublin Bus employees

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Behaviour & Attitudes Over the years prints have been & Graphic Studio Dublin commissioned by artists such as Richard Behaviour & Attitudes was established Gorman, Felim Egan, William Crozier in 1985 and is the largest independently and Maria Simonds-Gooding. Specialist owned Irish market research agency. packaging and copy for the prints has From its inception, Behaviour & been created by graphic designer Steve

Attitudes has had a clearly defined policy Averill and copywriter Kilian Behaviour & on and commitment to sponsorship O’Donnell. This bespoke series of prints Attitudes have of the arts. This has embraced a diversity and packaging is unique in Ireland both commissioned a of art forms including the visual arts, in terms of its form and the longevity range of artists over 20 years to create music and poetry. of the commissioning relationship. limited edition In their early years, Behaviour & The commissions are now much sought Christmas gifts. The Attitudes gave much thought to after by Behaviour & Attitudes’ clients. 2007 gift was created by Carmel Benson. Christmas gifts for clients which would 2008 marks the 20th year of stand out as creative and different. This Behaviour & Attitudes’ award-winning Specialist packaging and copy prompted the idea of commissioning an collaboration with the Graphic Studio was created by Steve original piece of art which has been in Dublin. Their evolving relationship is Averill and Kilian produced in collaboration with the a simple and effective demonstration O’Donnell Graphic Studio Dublin annually since of how a small company can forge 1989. The intention of the commissions a cost-effective relationship with an arts is to provide clients with a unique and organisation and maximise the return personalised piece of art and introduce on investment for all related parties. them to a variety of Irish artists and various print techniques.

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Experian Group & Katherine Penney Highly Commended ‘Movement’ by Katherine Penney

Experian Group & Katherine Penney Treasury Holdings & Patrick O’Reilly Experian Group Ireland moved to new Over the past two decades Treasury company headquarters in Dublin in Holdings has invested substantially in 2007. Faced with blank walls, Experian public art at their developments. They created a platform which engaged their see the artwork included in the people with their new environment, developments as something that reflects introduced them to local artists and well on the buildings, attracts high- helped the executive team purchase profile clients and is something that can original artwork to decorate the offices. be enjoyed by the public. In recent years, Experian began with a short-list of local Treasury Holdings has commissioned artistic talent and created an on-line five pieces of sculpture from artist gallery for their staff to view the artists’ Patrick O’Reilly. Two of these work. Using an interactive voting page, commissions were completed in 2007, Experian’s employees selected their one for the Ritz Carlton Hotel in favourite artists, many of whom they Wicklow, the second for Glenruid Valley later met and commissioned. Artist in Cabinteely. All Treasury Holdings Katherine Penney was commissioned to commissioned artwork is given produce the piece Movement. prominent position on the company’s website and company literature. Treasury Holdings & Patrick O’Reilly ‘Curnunnos’ by Patrick O’Reilly, commissioned for Glendruid Valley, Cabinteely

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Alva Gallagher commissioned by From her studio in North Longford, Beacon Medical Group Alva uses a variety of processes In early 2006, when the Beacon Hospital in her work to cast molten glass and was in its final stage of completion, bronze and feels the mastery of award winning Irish sculptor Alva traditional techniques is an integral Gallagher was commissioned by the part of the sculpture she creates. Beacon Medical Group to create Her work features in numerous private, a sculpture that represented the State and National collections philosophy, objectives, vision and ideals including McCann FitzGerald of the Hospital. The final piece Life Solicitors, Bruce Shaw Partnership, Protected features a crystal oyster Harcourt Developments, the National cradled in a five foot bronze shell. Museum of Ireland and OPW. ‘Life Protected’ The work acts as metaphor for the The Jim McNaughton/TileStyle by Alva Gallagher, commissioned fragility of life and the life that is Bursary is awarded to an artist who is by Beacon protected, healed and nurtured within gaining experience in the field of Medical Group the walls of the Beacon Hospital. commissioning. The bursary will be The sculptural The sculpture was presented to the used by Alva to purchase a larger kiln process (Photos Beacon Hospital in August 2007 which will help increase the efficiency by the artist) and has served as inspiration for a new of the sculpture she produces and to body of work created by the artist. explore and complete larger-scale commissions in Ireland and abroad.

30 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Winners 2008 The Jim McNaughton/TileStyle Bursary for Commissioned Artists Highly Commended Gareth Kennedy commissioned by Inland & Coastal Marina Systems, Leitrim County Council and Carrick-on-Shannon Arts Centre ‘The Weather Cube’ floating on the river Shannon

Gareth Kennedy commissioned by David Wilcoxson commissioned by Inland & Coastal Marina Systems, Cantrell & Crowley Architects Leitrim County Council and David Wilcoxson is a sculptor and Carrick-on-Shannon Arts Centre restorer who has a tile and mosaic As part of a Landscape Art project in contracting business that has been Summer 2007, Leitrim County Council, commissioned on a number of Carrick-on-Shannon Arts Centre and occasions by Cantrell & Crowley Inland & Coastal Marina Systems Architects. His elaborate commissions commissioned a piece of public art and restorations can be found in called The Weather Cube by Gareth hotels, offices and homes around Kennedy, a transparent steam sauna Ireland including the Four Seasons which was floated on the River Hotel, Castleknock Hotel & Country Shannon. With modern materials and Club and the Commission for a minimalist language, the commission Taxi Regulation. reinterpreted the historical Leitrim sweat-house.

David Wilcoxson commissioned by Cantrell & Crowley Architects

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Ray Yeates & axis Arts Centre The axis Arts Centre team aims to nominated by Ballymun Regeneration improve local availability of expertise, At the heart of Ballymun Regeneration advice and information, both through Limited’s masterplan for the regeneration the arts programme and by of Ballymun is a commitment to relationships with groups, individuals improving the quality of life for the and organisations within Ballymun and people in the area. axis Arts Centre was the wider arts community in Ireland the first new building to open on the and abroad. Such relationships are Main Street of Ballymun as part of the central to the ethos of axis, and have regeneration project. In a few short been achieved by axis Arts Centre’s years, it has become an exemplary facilitative approach. model of what can be achieved socially, Under the directorship of Ray Yeates, Ray Yeates creatively and culturally in an area of the team at axis Arts Centre has Hip Nós, music mass urban re-development. encouraged local people to engage with project involving axis Arts Centre’s Director Ray Yeates the arts and helped develop Ballymun Sean Nós singers with young urban and his team have been key to the as a destination for cultural audiences hip-hop artists development of the Arts Centre. He has from across the city. With the Centre helped create relationships and links embedded in Dublin’s cultural life, between the various stakeholders in Ballymun Regeneration Limited and Ballymun, as well as drawing in a range the Awards judges recognise the staff at of investors and businesses to support axis Arts Centre and Director Ray Yeates the Centre’s growth. for the real difference they have made to the cultural life of Ballymun.

34 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Winners 2008 Best Arts Champion  ‘Leonardo: the Codex Leicester’ sponsored by X Communications, negotiated by Highly Commended Dr Michael Ryan at the

Forum theatre training developed for Allianz Ireland by Jim Culleton and Fishamble Theatre

Jim Culleton, Fishamble Theatre Dr Michael Ryan, nominated by Allianz Ireland Chester Beatty Library nominated Working with Fishamble Theatre by X Communications Company and People Create, Allianz The Chester Beatty Library have had an Ireland is integrating theatre-based association over the last decade with training into all staff core-competency X Communications,who supported the training initiatives in 2008. Jim recent exhibition, Leonardo: the Codex Culleton of Fishamble has played a key Leicester, by designing an innovative role in the development and touch screen, interactive installation negotiation of this process, providing which allowed visitors to look at and a business-focus that has an obvious manipulate virtual pages of the artistic approach while ensuring he manuscript. Dr Ryan has fostered takes the time to understand the core excellent relationships with a wide business needs. range of businesses that have supported the Library’s ambitious exhibition Grainne McLoughlin, Greystones Arts and expansion plans. Festival nominated by Mountbrook Group / Zapi Properties David Teevan, Junction Festival Zapi Properties became involved as nominated by Clonmel Chamber major sponsors of the Greystones Arts of Commerce Festival in 2004. Throughout their Since its inception in 2001, Clonmel sponsorship, Grainne McLoughlin has Chamber has supported The Junction demonstrated excellent negotiation Festival with its Festival Director skills, consistently delivered on all David Teevan who has successfully promises, kept her standards high, and championed the Festival amongst the ensured that the Zapi Properties’ brand business community of Clonmel. Junction Festival is organised name was well marketed and their The Festival has grown from nine events by David Teevan and supported by support was well recognised within the over four days to 73 events over eight Clonmel Chamber of Commerce Greystones community. days due to local support and investment. As Festival Director, David Teevan has been highly innovative and successful in building and sustaining strong links with the Performance and movement workshop local business community. organised by Grainne McLoughlin at Greystones Art Festival, supported by Mountbrook Group / Zapi Properties

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AIB & Rough Magic The partnership has also strengthened AIB is one of the leading financial Rough Magic through financial institutions in Ireland and is well-known contribution and allows the company for its sponsorship of high-profile events access to AIB’s brand management, as well as its grassroots community marketing expertise and the Bank’s initiatives. In August 2007 they forged professional networks and corporate a creative partnership with Rough knowledge. Magic Theatre Company which fits The judges of the 2008 Allianz well with their brand values of Business to Arts Awards were facilitating success. Although this new particularly impressed that AIB took the partnership supports all aspects of risk of supporting an arts project that Rough Magic’s work, it places particular would not have a particularly high- ‘Taming of the Shrew’ emphasis on touring, community profile, nor a guaranteed outcome, but cast members Peter Daly, Pauline McLynn initiatives and emerging theatre artist would be key to the future development and Colin O¹Donoghue developmental programmes. of Irish theatre. As planted seeds do at St. Mary’s CBS, Under the management of Rough not always grow,the judges felt that AIB Portlaoise Magic, the AIB SEEDS programme were doing something that needed to Carrie Crowley, supports the best emerging playwrights, be done, rather than going the Arthur Riordan and directors, designers and producers in traditional route to guaranteed success. Nicholas Grennell, cast members of achieving their potential through ‘Improbable Frequency’ a structured and broad development which toured Ireland in programme which aims to give them Nov/Dec 2007 (Photo Ross Kavanagh) a deep understanding of all the facets of their chosen discipline.

38 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Winners 2008 Dublin Airport Authority €5,000 Arts Award Winner

Monster Truck Gallery and Studios The judges of the 2008 Allianz Business Monster Truck Gallery and Studios is to Arts Awards were impressed by a dynamic artist co-operative on Francis Monster Truck Gallery and Studio’s Street in Dublin which provides studio dynamic innovative approach and their and exhibition space to young and reach into their local community which emerging visual artists. The gallery has includes relationships with a number one of the most ambitious exhibition of the businesses in their locale. programmes in the city with a gruelling The support of young artists through one exhibition per week policy. their ambitious and weekly changing ‘Big Foot’ by Magnhild Opdol Since the beginning of 2008, staff exhibition programme was another from the Royal Hibernian Academy feature that particularly impressed the ‘Let’Go’ by Daragh McGrath (RHA) have worked with and mentored judges. It is hoped that the Dublin the management team at Monster Airport Authority €5,000 Arts Award, in Truck in areas such as administration, combination with the Royal Hibernian marketing, curation, educational Academy’s relationship will help Monster activity, financial management and Truck expand beyond their expectations friends events. The relationship has and to make their presence felt. coincided with the ten-month-long redevelopment of the Academy and makes use of their spare capacity. In this short period of time, a strong working relationship has developed which has had a profound impact on the development of Monster Truck.

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Nominations Bank of Ireland’s Regional Art Carne Golf Links & Initiative 2004–2008 The Performance Corporation Bank of Ireland’s Regional Arts Initiative The Performance Corporation is renowned aims to utilise the cultural asset that is for its site-specific theatre performances Bank of Ireland’s art collection and in unusual venues. The location of ‘Lizzie develop a set of initiatives that provide Lavelle and the Vanishing of Emlyclough’ meaningful support to the artistic and at a natural amphitheatre in the sand-dunes cultural community. The core elements of Carne Golf Links proved to be their of the initiative include a touring exhibition most challenging production to date. of 50 works of modern Irish art, an awards Staff and management at Carne Golf scheme and a policy of procurement Links made every resource available to of artworks from regional galleries and the theatre company and their audience artists studios. during the production.

Bausch & Lomb & Garter Lane Arts Centre CityJet & Jim Fitzpatrick and Bausch & Lomb have consistently Centre Culturel Irlandais Abbott Vascular & Junction Festival AIB & National Gallery of Ireland supported a variety of projects in Garter CityJet commissioned Irish artist Jim Abbott Vascular’s sponsorship of Clonmel In 2007, AIB sponsored the landmark Lane Arts Centre over the past ten years. Fitzpatrick to produce six paintings of the Junction Festival’s Primary School exhibition ‘Paintings from Poland: Collaborations have included hosting an islands of Ireland for their Boardroom. Programme ‘Wheels and Wagons’ was key Symbolism in Modern Art (1881–1939)’. exhibition in the Bausch & Lomb In 2007, these paintings were exhibited for to its success. The project used travel and As the major shareholder of a Polish manufacturing plant and the provision three months in the Centre Culturel transportation as a starting point, giving bank, AIB has close links with Poland and of a state of the art dance floor at Garter Irlandais in Paris. The exhibition served to children the opportunity to become more saw the opportunity to forge stronger Lane’s second building. Employees have showcase Jim’s work to a new audience, aware of transport, with particular emphasis cultural ties between Ireland and Poland. enjoyed regular discounts and free tickets highlight the islands of Ireland as a tourist on energy-efficiency and awareness. The collaboration also helped to enhance to Garter Lane events. attraction and promote the CityJet brand. staff relations and to communicate the Accenture & Common Ground bank’s engagement with the arts in a wider Brandignite & Buí Bolg Clada Group & Macnas and Having worked with Common Ground on social context. Over the past two years, Brandignite and Galway Arts Festival a CSR web-creation project in 2006, Buí Bolg have collaborated on the Macnas and Clada Group collaborated in Accenture were keen to develop the Anglo Irish Bank & RTÉ National conception and execution of several the Summer of 2007 with Galway Arts relationship into a more robust, strategic Symphony Orchestra projects for high-profile customers Festival during the Galway water crisis. and innovative partnership. In the last two As part of its Corporate Responsibility including Ulster Bank, O2, Newstalk and Clada agreed to produce special edition years the collaboration has involved the programme, Anglo Irish Bank in partnership Ballymore Properties. Buí Bolg create fresh Galway Irish Spring Water bottles in the funding of professional musicians for the with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and innovative street theatre with run up to the Macnas festival parade. ‘Music for Me’ programme, the building delivered three bespoke classical music originality, professionalism and humour. A percentage from the sale of each bottle of Phase II of the website and opportunities programmes at Presentation Secondary Brandignite has brought Buí Bolg’s unique went directly to Macnas and the Festival. for Accenture employees to engage with School, Warrenmount in Dublin. This creative visions to the Ryder Cup and O2’s Common Ground. programme aims to motivate young people sponsorship of the Irish Rugby team with Coca Cola HBC & Huston School in disadvantaged areas to develop social, great results. of Film and Digital Media Accenture & National Concert Hall interpersonal, communication and The Huston School of Film & Digital Media Accenture’s sponsorship relationship with workplace skills. Capital Bars – The George and The Dragon at NUI Galway was set up in 2003 with the National Concert Hall has resulted in & International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival sponsorship from Coca Cola HBC. a number of memorable evenings over Ballymun Regeneration & axis Arts and The International Dublin Gay Theatre The relationship between the partners the last five years, such as with the London, Community Resource Centre Festival presents gay-related theatre has been mutually supportive and has St. Petersburg, and Vienna Philharmonic In 2006, axis Arts and Community Resource from all over the world to mainstream helped the School to grow over the past Orchestras. Accenture’s support ensures Centre produced ‘The Townlands of audiences. The wide-ranging sponsorship four years. It currently runs six MA courses that the NCH can confidently plan ahead Brazil’ by Dermot Bolger. Through the package provided by the George & and is beginning an undergraduate and secure performances by the world’s Polish leading actor, a relationship with Dragon Bars (Capital Bars) includes BA in September. leading international orchestras. the National Theatre Poland at Wroclaw accommodation, promotion, venues, developed. An exchange of work was staffing and mentoring, and has been Accenture & Ulster Bank Dublin agreed and Ballymun Regeneration came a bedrock of the Festival’s success. Theatre Festival on board as a supporter. This helped fulfill In 2007, Accenture became a Gold Sponsor their mission of addressing the growing of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival migrant population of Ballymun. for the third consecutive year. Accenture exclusively sponsored ‘The History Boys’ at the Olympia Theatre. With a record number of Tony Awards from its Broadway run, the production was a sell-out in Dublin proving a good fit with Accenture’s brand.

44 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Nominations 2008 45 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Nominations 2008 Dublin Airport Authority & DV4 & Multiple Artists Irish Defence Forces & Konnect Media & Baboró International Arts Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival For the last ten years DV4 has been providing The Arts For Peace Foundation Festival for Children In 2007, Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) technical advice and support to numerous The Arts For Peace Foundation creates Konnect Media had been design sponsors became a Gold Sponsor of the Ulster Bank artists including Clare Langan, Dorothy Cross, residential therapeutic recreation of Baboró International Arts Festival for Dublin Theatre Festival for the first time. Paddy Jolley, Phil Collins, John Byrne, Amanda programmes through the arts for children Children for a number of years, and helped DAA became the exclusive sponsor of the Coogan and Shane Cullen. DV4 helps the affected by conflict. Due to delays in the secure Snap Printing as print sponsor in production of ‘Traces’ at the Olympia artists understand the technology required for refurbishment of the Foundation’s 2007. Konnect Media and Snap Printing Theatre. Through its association with this multimedia installations and works with them headquarters, a peace education worked closely with Baboró to ensure that international performance group, DAA to deliver their artistic vision. programme for children from Palestine and the design and print material fit their needs demonstrated its support of the arts to Moyross was hosted by the Irish Defence and reflected the quality of the Festival. a wide and varied audience and received Electricity Supply Board & Number 29, Forces at Ireland’s largest military training excellent brand exposure opportunities. Georgian House Museum base at the Curragh Camp in Kildare. KPMG & Opera Theatre Company (OTC) Dublin’s Georgian House Museum, Number 29, KPMG sponsored the Opera Theatre Dublin Docklands Development is an elegant townhouse with original furnished The Irish Times & Company’s autumn production of ‘Orlando’ Authority & The Docklands Schools rooms from the years 1700 to 1820. The Irish Museum of Modern Art which toured Ireland in 2007. The Theatre Festival & Drama collection on display is drawn from the National The Irish Times and the Irish Museum of sponsorship allowed OTC to add an The Dublin Docklands Development Museum of Ireland and from the ESB Art Modern Art have developed a sponsorship additional location to the tour and Authority (DDDA) was set up in 1997 to Collection. This multi-layered partnership which provides media exposure for an education programme and to increase the achieve the social and economic between ESB and the National Museum has average of three exhibitions per year. This marketing budget. The package included regeneration of the Dublin Docklands area. played an important role in making the history partnership strengthens The Irish Times’ outreach projects in schools, where many Having provided drama classes in 16 of late Georgian Dublin more accessible. reputation as the leading newspaper for the children were given their first taste of schools in the Docklands locale since 2004, arts in Ireland and provides IMMA with music, drama and opera. in 2006 the DDDA, schools in its locality Genzyme & Garter Lane Arts Centre advertising and editorial opportunities. and a team of theatre professionals came Garter Lane Arts Centre collaborated with Murray Ó Laoire Architects & Ouroboros together for the Docklands Schools Theatre Genzyme Ireland to produce ‘sprOg 2007’, The Irish Times & Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Ireland Festival, which took place in Andrews a children’s festival of theatre, dance, art, Theatre Festival In 2007, Murray Ó Laoire Architects (MÓLA) Lane Theatre in May 2007. puppetry and workshops. The partership The Irish Times continued its Gold sponsored Ouroboros Theatre’s production involved the provision of tickets and discounts Sponsorship of the Ulster Bank Dublin of ‘Making History’ at the Irish College in Dublin Institute of Technology School of for Genzyme staff as well as branding and Theatre Festival in 2007. Their in-kind Louvain, Belgium. MÓLA were involved in Electronic and Communications accreditation in promotional material. support allows the Festival to advertise the complete restoration and refurbishment Engineering & Marsh’s Library The sponsorship enabled ‘sprOg’ to present a on a daily basis and helps reinforce the of the Louvain College, and through this In 1996 the staff and students from the DIT more varied programme than in previous years. paper’s commitment to supporting contact Ouroboros were invited to perform School of Electronic and Communications the Arts. The Festival provided excellent in the college grounds. Engineering created a website for Marsh’s INBEV Ireland & Galway Film Fleadh opportunities for corporate entertainment Library. This placed the library’s complete Three years ago, the Galway Film Fleadh and encouraged readers to interact with Murray Ó Laoire Architects & ev+a catalogue on the internet and made the approached INBEV for sponsorship. INBEV’s theatre through Festival competitions. Since commencing in Limerick in 1977, collection accessible to worldwide premium brand Stella Artois, already associated ev+a has become Ireland’s premier annual scholarship. Dublin Institute of Technology with film, was the perfect partner for the Jameson & Jameson Dublin International exhibition of contemporary art. For the has continued to maintain and host the site Fleadh. The result was the Stella Artois Pitching Film Festival last 25 years MÓLA have provided financial for the past twelve years. Award. This innovative collaboration invites Since 2003, Jameson Irish Whiskey has and in-kind support for exhibitions such screenwriters to pitch their ideas to an been title sponsor of the Dublin as expertise in the areas of architecture, Dublin Mid- HSE & Offaly County esteemed panel of judges and gives the winner International Film Festival. The Festival acts engineering, urban planning and office Council Arts Office the opportunity to develop the pitch into a full as a platform for new Irish and International management. ‘ANAM BEO’, Offaly’s arts in health feature film script. films, and celebrates cinema as an art form. programme, was developed in 2005 by The award-winning partners work closely Nazareth Nursing Home & Offaly County Council Arts Office and the Inish Times & Camera Club Inishowen to promote the Festival both domestically The Cat and the Moon Gallery Dublin Mid-Leinster HSE. The programme The sponsorship between Inish Times and and internationally. The 2008 Jameson Nazareth Nursing Home collaborated with provides a creative outlet for those in the Camera Club Inishowen began in 2005. International Film Festival was celebrated the Cat and Moon Art Gallery to develop a long-term healthcare in the County. The partners have collaborated on the as the most successful to date. permanent art collection, a sculpture park In 2007, the partners also worked with promotion of numerous events, with a focus on the grounds and a year-round Iarnród Éireann to exhibit images from on photographic competitions and exhibitions. Kerry Group & Samhlaíocht Chiarrai programme of exhibitions in Nazareth the annual ‘ANAM BEO’ exhibition in The inclusion of free adverts and reporting Since the inception of Samhlaíocht in 1992, called ‘At the Atrium’. The programme also Tullamore Train Station. of the club’s activities contributes to the Kerry Group has been its main corporate includes a showcase of work produced by social, cultural, economic and environmental sponsor. The Festival encourages the residents themselves and workshops life of the peninsula of Inishowen. participation in the arts by all sectors of run by artists with Nazareth residents. society and promotes creativity and appreciation of the arts in Kerry. The financial and in-kind support provided by Kerry Group has been instrumental to Samhlaíocht’s success.

46 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Nominations 2008 47 Allianz Business to Arts Awards Nominations 2008 Ovation/MCI & Honor Heffernan RTÉ & RTÉ Supporting the Arts Tesco Ireland & Celbridge Workhouse Waterford Healing Arts Trust & Ovation/MCI is one of Ireland’s leading RTÉ has a long-standing and important Graveyard Memorial Michael Durand event management companies and relationship with the Arts community As part of its community engagement Photographer Michael Durand was regularly hires members of the arts through the RTÉ Supporting the Arts process, Tesco took an active role in the commissioned by the Waterford Healing community to deliver aspects of their scheme and through individual artistic upgrading and enhancement of The Arts Trust at Waterford Regional Hospital programming. Ovation/MCI’s relationship partnerships. RTÉ Supporting the Arts Workhouse Graveyard which is one of in 2007 and produced ‘Sky 1–32’, with singer Honor Heffernan resulted in involves a controlled level of Radio and Celbridge’s most historic sites. This a photographic work that deals with travel a significant sponsorship of her 12-date all- Television airtime assigned to promote included commissioning local artist Jarlath and the idea of journey. It was installed Ireland tour ‘Fire and Ice’ and the recording artistic endeavour throughout Ireland. Daly to design a sculpture / memorial to the on a hospital ward aiming to improve of her first album ‘The Other Side’. The scheme has benefited a large number unnamed souls buried in the workhouse patients’ experience of the ward, develop of arts organisations since its inception. graveyard during the 19th century. a welcoming space, and provide an Oxigen Environmental & Music Network opportunity for quiet reflection. Oxigen Environmental provided the funding RTÉ & Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival Tesco Ireland & Samhlaíocht Chiarrai for a specially commissioned musical In 2007, RTÉ continued its long-term In connection with their Charity of the Year The Westin Hotel & Ulster Bank Dublin composition in celebration of the 21st support of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre programme, Tesco Ireland sponsored Theatre Festival anniversary of Music Network. Festival, becoming an in-kind supporter a fireworks extravaganza as part of the For the 50th anniversary of the Dublin The commission ‘3º’, composed by Neil once again, but with many added facets Samhlaíocht Festival. The display was set in Theatre Festival, The Westin returned as Martin, was performed at Music Network’s to mark the 50th anniversary festival. motion by a young girl who was a recent Accommodation Sponsor. Besides annual gala showcase. It provided The collaboration involved promotion on patient in intensive care in Temple providing accommodation at the upper-end Oxigen with brand exposure and an both radio and television and a dedicated St Hospital, Tesco’s Charity of the Year. of the spectrum for the Festival’s star association with Music Network’s values festival website developed by RTÉ. This set the tone for what was a successful performers, The Westin promoted the of excellence and quality. fundraising event and a night that Festival among its own guests and worked SEPAM & The Clonmel Junction Festival brought the whole community together closely with the Festival to plan and host Railway Procurement Agency & In 2007, SEPAM sponsored a new youth to celebrate the arts. entertainment events. Dominique Davoust art project ‘The Space Time Machine’ as Dominique Davoust’s photographic project part of the Junction Festival. As well as cash Toyota Ireland & National Youth Wexford Fire Station & ‘The Luas Chronicle’ follows the tracks sponsorship, SEPAM donated an array of Orchestra of Ireland (NYOI) BDNC Theatre Company of the Luas trams in Dublin. It catches materials which became key components Toyota Ireland has sponsored the National To mark the construction of Wexford Fire on camera the life of the city and the of the sculpture, and facilitated staff to Youth Orchestra of Ireland since 1979. Station, BDNC Theatre Company images were used to illustrate the Railway spend time on-site assisting the teenagers This long-standing support includes collaborated with fire-fighters and Wexford Procurement Agency calendar 2006 and with preparation and completion of financial, media and event management County Council to devise a site-specific on fencing on the Luas-extension the sculpture. assistance. It has helped put the NYOI performance which provided an inspiring construction sites. on the map as an outstanding national tour of the station. This public art Smithwick’s (Diageo) & Smithwick’s Cat youth orchestra and has been celebrated commission allowed the audience access Railway Procurement Agency & Laughs Comedy Festival each year with special events showcasing to the station to get a behind-the-scenes Louise Walsh The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in the talent, including the Toyota Ireland view of the work of fire-fighters. In 2004 the Railway Procurement Agency Kilkenny has become an internationally New Year Gala Concert. and St James’s Hospital commissioned acclaimed festival showcasing the very Wyndham Estate & Ulster Bank Dublin Louise Walsh to design an artwork that best in Irish and international comedy acts. University College Dublin & Jason Ellis Theatre Festival would provide a border line between Smithwick’s re-joined the festival as title As part of UCD’s ongoing commitment to In 2007, Wyndham Estate was a Silver Mary Aikenhead Flats and the LUAS stop sponsor in 2005, providing both fiscal the commissioning of large-scale public Sponsor of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre at St James’s Hospital. This community- support and industry expertise. Since then artworks, Jason Ellis was commissioned to Festival. They supplied the Festival with based public art project invited local all marketing communications have been create a 7.3 metre high abstract limestone wine that was served exclusively at its teenagers to create bronze sculptures developed collaboratively and have carving called ‘Figurehead’. The large entertainment events. Both organisations that feature permanently in the artwork helped to raise the profile of the Festival sculpture collection at UCD includes worked collaboratively to manage hugely ‘Hybrid Love Seat’. at home and abroad. some important names in contemporary successful nights of corporate sculpture practice. entertainment. This contribution was Royal College of Surgeons & Tom Watts Snap Printing & Baboró International invaluable to the Festival and provided the The Royal College of Surgeons’ interior Arts Festival for Children Volkswagen Group Ireland & Association sponsor with excellent product exposure. designer commissioned Tom Watts to Following a suggestion by Konnect Media, of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) create a bespoke feature wall as part of the design sponsors of Baboró for a number of AIMS provides many services to its member Young European Strings School of Music & building’s renovation. Having looked at the years, Snap Printing became print sponsor societies including an awards scheme Gwendolyn Masin demographic of foreign students, Watts’ of the Baboró International Arts Festival for which enhances the standards of musical Young European Strings School of Music wallpaper installation used postage stamps Children. Konnect Media and Snap Printing theatre. This scheme has been sponsored commissioned a former pupil, Gwendolyn as an interesting source of material. The worked closely with Baboró to ensure that by Volkswagen Group Ireland since 2003, Masin to write ‘Michaela’s Music House’, project has been a great success, actively the design and print material fit their needs providing Volkswagen with direct an innovative and motivating step-by-step engaging with students and celebrating the and reflected the quality of the Festival. brand exposure to musical theatre guide to playing the violin. The lesson college’s cultural diversity. audiences around Ireland. consists of story telling and game playing and aims to stimulate young students to continue learning.

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