Annual Report Tuarascáil Bhliantúil ’96
The Arts Council An Chomhairle Ealaíon Annual Report Tuarascáil Bhliantúil ’96
The Arts Council An Chomhairle Ealaíon Forty-fifth Annual Report An Cúigiú Tuarascáil and Financial Statements for Bhliantúil Daichead maille the year ended 31st December 1996. le Ráitis Airgeadais don bhliain Presented to the Government dar chríoch 31 Nollag 1996. and laid before each House Tíocaladh don Rialtas agus leagadh faoi of the Oireachtas, pursuant bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtais de bhun to Sections 6 (3) and 7 (1) of Altanna 6 (3) agus 7 (1) den the Arts Act, 1951. Acht Ealaíon, 1951.
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Arts Council 1 An Chomhairle Ealaíon 1 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Foreword by Chairperson of the Council 3 Réamhrá ó Chathaoirleach na Comhairle 3 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Finance 8 Airgeadas 8 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Membership, Staff and Publications 12 Baill, Foireann agus Foilseacháin 12 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Arts in Irish 15 Na hEalaíona trí Gaeilge 15 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Aosdána Report 17 Tuarascáil Aosdána 17 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Literature 21 An Litríocht 21 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Visual Arts and Architecture 28 Na Dearcealaíona agus an Ailtireacht 28 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Film 37 An Scannánaíocht 37 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Drama 42 An Drámaíocht 42 Theatre Review 49 Athbreithniú na hAmharclainne 49 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Dance 52 An Rince 52 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Opera 57 An Ceoldráma 57 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music 61 An Ceol 61 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– International Arts 69 Na hEalaíona Idirnáisiúnta 69 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Multi-Disciplinary Arts 73 Na hEalaíona Ildisciplíneacha 73 Community Arts, Festivals 75 Ealaíona Pobail, Féilte 75 Arts and Disability 77 Na hEalaíona agus Míchumas 77 Arts Centres 79 Ionaid Ealaíon 79 Children and Young People 81 Páistí agus Daoine Óga 81 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Local Authorities and Partnerships 87 Na hÚdaráis Áitiúla agus Páirtnéireachtaí 87 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Capital 92 Caipiteal 92 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sundry 96 Ilnithe 96 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Financial Statements 97 Ráitis Airgeadais 97 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Council/An Chomhairle
Ciarán Benson, Chairperson/Cathaoirleach Eavan Boland Laura Magahy Páraic Breathnach Vic Merriman Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Patrick Murray Jane Dillon Byrne Aidan O’Carroll Eithne Healy Terry Prone Proinsias Mac Aonghusa Vivienne Roche Ciarán MacGonigal Kathleen Watkins Paul McGuinness John Wilson
Staff/Foireann (at December 1996/Nollaig 1996)
Director/Stiúrthóir Patricia Quinn (from November 1996/ó Shamhain 1996) Director/Stiúrthóir Adrian Munnelly (until July 1996/go dtí Iúil 1996) Acting Director/Stiúrthóir Sealadach David McConnell (July–November 1996/Iúil–Samhain 1996)
Officers/Oifigigh
Literature/An Litríocht Sinéad Mac Aodha (until December 1996/go dtí Nollaig 1996) Visual Arts and Architecture/Na Dearcealaíona agus An Ailtireacht Sarah Finlay Drama and Personnel/An Drámaíocht agus Pearsanra Phelim Donlon Music/An Ceol Dermot McLaughlin Opera/An Ceoldráma Vacant/Folamh Regions and Arts Centres/Réigiúin agus Ionaid Ealaíon Mary Cloake Community Arts and Festivals/Ealaíona Pobail agus Féilte Jackie O’Keeffe (until December 1996/go dtí Nollaig 1996) Youth Arts and Dance (incorporating Education)/ Ealaíona Óg agus An Rince (Oideachas san áireamh) Gaye Tanham (from March 1996/ó Márta 1996) Arts Co-Operation*/Comhoibriú Ealaíon* Marian Flanagan Finance and Administration/Airgeadas agus Riarachán David McConnell Communications and Film/Cumarsáid agus An Scannánaíocht Mary Hyland * Appointed jointly with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland/*Ceaptha i gcomhpháirtíocht leis an Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Executive Assistants/Cúntóirí Feidhmitheacha
Sheila Gorman Bernadette O’Leary Kevin Healy Liz Powell Nuala O’Byrne Jennifer Traynor
Secretarial/Rúnaíocht
Jackie Casey Patricia Moore Theresa Cullen (job share/postroinnt) Paula O’Meara (job share/postroinnt) Maeve Giles Edward Redding Mary Hickey Karen Whelan (job share/postroinnt) Adrienne Martin (job share/postroinnt)
Consultants/Comhairleoirí
Visual Arts/Na Dearcealaíona Helena Gorey (part-time/páirtaimseartha) Theatre Review Co-ordinator/ Comhordanóir Athbreithniú na hAmharclainne Declan Gorman (until June 1996/go dtí Meitheamh 1996)
Ireland and its Diaspora—Frankfurt Book Fair 1996/ Éire agus a Diaspora—Aonach Leabhar Frankfurt 1996
Director/Stiúrthóir Laurence Cassidy (on secondment from post as Literature Officer/ ar iasacht gairme ó phost an Oifigigh Litríochta) Assistants/Cúntóirí Sandra O’Connell Barbara-Ann Slevin The Arts Council 1 An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Druid’s The Arts Council is an independent autonomous Comhlacht neamhspleách is ea an Chomhairle roduction of body set up in 1951 to stimulate public interest Ealaíon a bunaíodh i 1951 d’fhonn suim an Martin in, and to promote the knowledge, appreciation phobail ins na healaíona a spreagadh agus eolas, McDonagh’s and practice of the arts. The Council is the dea-mheasa agus cleachtadh orthu a chur chun The Beauty Government’s principal arts funding and advisory cinn. Sí an Chomhairle Ealaíon príomheagraíocht Queen of body and is one of Ireland’s major cultural maoinithe is chomhairlithe an Rialtais i Leenane institutions. In the forty-five years of its existence gcomhthéacs na n-ealaíon agus tá sí ar cheann de it has supported the artistic endeavours of mhórinstitiúdí chultúrtha na hÉireann. Le linn na thousands of artists and organisations and has cúig bhliain is daichead gurbh ann di, thug sí helped to foster the dynamic artistic and cultural taca’iocht d’iarraichtaí ealaíona na mílte life which is characteristic of Ireland today. ealaíontóirí is cultúrtha atá ina shaingné dÉirinn The thrust of the Council’s work is currently sa lá inniú a chothú. Múnlaítear saothar na informed by The Arts Plan, which was adopted by Comhairle faoi láthair ag Plean na n-Ealaíon, plean Government during 1995. gur glacadh leis an Rialtas le linn 1996. Operating under the Arts Acts 1951 and Agus í ag feidhmiú faoi Achtanna Ealaíon 1973, the Council carries out its work through a 1951 agus 1973, cuireann an Chomhairle an obair wide range of policies and programmes designed sin i gcrích trí réimhse leathan polasaithe agus clár to provide financial assistance and other support a thugann faoi chúnamh airgeadais agus seirbhísí services for individuals and organisations, and tacaíochta eile a chur ar fáil do dhaoine aonair generally to create an environment in which the agus d’eagríochtaí agus, tríd is tríd, trí arts can develop and flourish. Support of the thimpeallacht a chruthú inar féidir leis na individual arts practitioner is the cornerstone of healaíona forbairt agus bláthú a dhéanamh. Mar the Council’s mission and the Council dhlúthchuid de chuspóir na Comhairle tá tacaíocht Untitled understands that it has a á thabairt don chleachtóir ealaíon aonair agus by Kathlyn clear responsibility to foster tuigeann an Chomhairle go bhfuil freagracht soléir O’Brien those structures which assist uirthi na struchtúir sin a chur chun cinn a and develop dialogue between chuideoidh le forbairt na cumarsáide idir artists, the arts and the ealaíontóirí, na healaíona agus na pobail as a communities from which they n-eascraíonn said. Ba mhaith leis an gComhairle, emerge. The Council also seeks leis, comhoibriú le haisineachtaí stáit eile, na to influence and work with other húdaráis áitiúla, gnólachtaí príobháideacha, state agencies, local authorities, scoileanna agus coláistí agus tionchar a imirt orthu private business, schools and d’fhonn ionad níos mó a thabhairt do na healaíona colleges in bringing the arts to sa tsochaí, agus ó thráth go chéile iarrtar uirthi greater prominence in society, and comhairle a thabhairt don Rialtas agus do Ranna from time to time is asked to advise Rialtais faoi nithe a bhaineann leis na healaíona. Tá the government and government de cheart reachtúil ag an gComhairle faisnéis a chur departments on artistic matters. The faoi bhráid na n-údarás pleanála i gcásanna áirithe a THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Council has a statutory right to make bhaineann cúrsaí ealaíne nó ailtireachta leo. representations to planning authorities Is é atá sa Chomhairle ná bord de sheachtar in certain instances where artistic or déag ar a mhéid agus is é an tAire Ealaíon, Cultúir architectural considerations apply. agus Gaeltachta a cheapann na baill. Buaileann an The Council consists of a board Chomhairle le chéile aon uair déag in aghaidh na of not more than seventeen members bliana, de ghnáth, d’fhonn polasaithe na Comhairle appointed by the Minister for Arts, a leagan síos agus cinntí a ghlacadh laistigh de Culture and the Gaeltacht. The Council meets in théarmaí na nAchtanna Ealaíon. Cuireann plenary session about eleven times a year to set Stiúrthóir agus foireann na Comhairle na cinntí policies and make decisions within the terms of agus na polasaithe sin i bhfeidhm. 2 the Arts Acts. These policies and decisions are Múnlaítear saothar na Comhairle ag implemented by a staff headed by a Director, prionsabal ‘fad do ré’, prionsabal a chintíonn go appointed by the Council. ndéanfar na cinní maidir le saindeontais amach ón The work of the Council has always been bpróiséas polaitiúil agus go bhfabfaidh an guided by the ‘arms length’ principle which Chomhairle neamhspleách ó ghnáthghnó laethiúl ensures that decisions about specific grants are na n-ealaíontóir agus na n-eagraíochtaí a dtugann made at a distance from the political process, sí cabhair dóibh. and that the Council remains independent of Comhlacht atá cúntasach den phobal í an the day-to-day business of the artists and Chomhairle Ealaíon agus foilsíonn sí tuarascáil organisations it assists. bhliantúil agus cúntais chun athbhreithniú ar obair The Arts Council, as a publicly accountable na bliana a chur ar fáil den Oireachtas agus den body, publishes an annual report and accounts to phobal i gcoitinne. Foilsíonn an Chomhairle provide the Oireachtas and the general public nuachlitir, leis, in aghaidh na ráithe, Art Matters, with an overview of the year’s work. The Council agus tuarascálacha ó am go chéile ar ábhair ar leith. also publishes a quarterly newsletter, Art Matters, Is iad príomhfhoinsí ioncaim na Comhairle and occasional reports on specific topics. ná deontais in aghaidh na bliana ón Oireachtas Annual grants from the Oireachtas and from agus ó ghlanfháltais an Chrannchuir Náisiúnta. the net proceeds of the National Lottery are the Cuirtear leis na deontais sin trí ioncam ó Council’s principal sources of income. These eagraíochtaí eile: go hiondúil dirítear na deontais grants are supplemented by income from other ser ar shainscéimeanna agus ar thiobnscadail ar bodies, usually designated for specific schemes or leith. Riarann an Chomhairle roinnt cistí projects. The Council also administers a number iontaobhais freisin. of trust funds. Ins na hAchtanna Ealaíona ciallaíonn an In the Arts Acts the expression ‘the arts’ abairt ‘na healaíona’ “péintéireacht; snoíodóireacht, means “painting, sculpture, architecture, the ailtireacht, scannánaíocht, ceol, drámaíocht, cinema, music, the drama, literature, design in litríocht, dearthóireacht tionscail agus na mín- industry, and the fine and applied arts generally”. ealaíona agus na healíona feidhmeacha i gcoitinne”. Foreword by Chairperson of the Council 3 Réamhrá ó Chathaoirleach na Comhairle
Arts Council 1996 marked the mid-term of this Arts Council B’é 1996 lár-théarma na Comhairle Ealaíon seo Chairperson, and I would like to make a few observations on agus is mian liom roinnt pointí eolais a dhéanamh Ciarán our progress to date. The Arts Plan is the working maidir lenár ndul chun cinn go dtí seo. ‘Sé Plean Benson script for our current work. Part of the energy na n-Ealaíon an script oibre atá ann don obair atá needed to enact it is financial. The Arts Council fúinn faoi láthair. Cúiteamh airgid is ea cuid den budget moved from £11.6m in 1993 to fhuinneamh a bheidh de dhith chun é a chur i £18.4m in 1996. This has enabled the Council gcrích. Tháinig méadú ar bhuiséad na Comhairle to begin the work outlined in the Plan and I ó £11.6m i 1993 go £18.4m i 1996. Chuir sé will say something more about this below. seo ar chumas na Comhairle tús a chur leis an Money is only part of what is needed; without obair a leagadh amach sa Phlean agus pléifear an ideas, without talented artists and students in cheist seo a thuilleadh thíos. Níl san airgead ach all areas of the arts, without a critical cuid de sin atá de dhíth orainn. In éagmais appreciative set of audiences, without other pleananna úra, ealaíontóirí cumasacha agus agencies working well, without proper micléinn cumasacha, in éagmais luchtanna management of arts funding, that money from éisteachta criticiúla nó má theipeann ar Irish taxpayers would run the risk, at worst of ghníomhaireachtaí eile nó ar bhainistiú ar being wasted, at best of yielding benefits way mhaoiniú na n-ealaíon, cuirfear airgead na n- fewer than should be expected. Our work over íocóirí cánach i mbaol nó ar fán go hiomlán. Tá the last three years has addressed each of these ár ndíol oibre tar éis dul i ngleic leis na ceisteanna elements in the overall picture. seo sna trí bliana atá imithe tharainn. We can evaluate ourselves quantitatively. In Déanaimis breith agus iniúchadh orainn féin 1995 we gave grants to 357 organisations. That sa tslí seo – bhronnamar deontaisí ar 357 figure rose to 434 in 1996 of whom 127 received eagraíocht in 1995. Mhéadaigh an uimhir sin go in excess of £20,000. A large proportion of these 434 in 1996 agus orthu siúd fuair 127 breis is grants indirectly supports individual artists. In £20,000 an ceann. Cuidíonn cuid mhór de na addition the Council was able to direct £1.519 deontaisí seo le healaíontóirí aonaracha. Mar bharr million to individual artists in 1996. This is a ar seo, d’éirigh leis an gComhairle £1,519,000 a primary objective of The Arts Plan and definite dháileadh nó a stiúradh i dtreo ealaíontóirí progress has been made. The body of this Annual aonaracha in 1996. Is bunaidhm na Comhairle í seo Report and its predecessors contain much agus deineadh dul chun cinn suntasach. Ba cheart detailed information about each artform but roinnt samplaí aonaracha den dul chun cinn seo a purely illustrative examples can serve as indicators léiriú aineoinn go bhfuil cur síos cuimsitheach ar of how aspects of the Plan are being pursued. chúile foirm ealaíne sa Tuarascáil Bhliaintiúil. In Music, for instance, the growing I gcás an Cheoil, mar shampla, is cúis reputation of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, now mórtais dom go bhfuil clú agus cáil á tharaingt ar established in Limerick as a full-time playing Cheolfhoireann na hEireann, ensemble de seachtar ensemble of seventeen déag, atá lonnaithe i players, but with a Luimneach cé go THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON national and interna- bhfuil dualgáisí tional remit, is náisiúnta agus gratifying. Twenty- idirnáisiúnta uirthi. one new CDs of Irish Beidh fiche-haon contemporary music dlúthcheirnín nua de will be on the market cheol comhaimsearach in 1997 where éireannach ar an virtually none existed margadh in 1997 áit in 1993. Jazz, a much nach raibh ach neglected area, but fíorbheagán in 1993. 4 one of the most Cuirfear béim vibrant contemporary speisialta ar forms of music, is shnagcheol, foirm receiving special cheoil comhaim- attention from the searach nár tugadh Council and will dóthain airde uirthi receive more. There go dtí seo. Tá méadú has been a fourfold fá ceathar tagtha ar an increase in perfor- líon de chur i láthair mances of new jazz Dance performance at the Firkin Crane, Cork shnagcheoil nua. from a very low base Is comhartha é an and the six new jazz CDs from the The láinseáil de sé dhlúthchéirnín nua ag an Improvised Improvised Music Company is just the start of Music Company den ré nua forbartha don what I hope will be a period of real development shnagcheoil éireannach lena bhfuil mé ag súil leis. for Irish jazz as well as for jazz in Ireland. Caithfear mórán aird a thairraingt ar Architecture is another field where much ailtireacht freisin agus déanfar cur síos ar thograí needs to be done and I hope in the 1997 úra san Tuarascáil Bhliaintiúl. Ar morán slite tá Annual Report to be able to report on the deabhadh tagtha ar bhreitheanna na Comhairle development of significant initiatives already in Ealaíon féin maidir le riachtanaisí na foirmeacha train. In varying degrees the Council’s own ealáine faoi leith. Ghlac an Chomhairle Ealaíon assessments of the needs of each of the art leis na moltaí a thug ár nGrúpa Forbartha um forms is proceeding apace. Our Opera Cheoldrámaí ós ár gcomhair, tar éis dóibh a Development Group concluded its work in n-obair a chríochnú in 1996. Chriochnaigh an 1996 and Council adopted its recommen- Chomhairle athbhreithniú ar stadas na dations. The extensive Theatre Review also hAmharclainne in 1996 freisin agus tá an completed its work in 1996 and the Arts Chomhairle, mar bhall amháin den amharclan- Council, as one partner in the field of Irish naíocht in Éireann, tar éis athbhreithniú a theatre, has reformulated its own thinking and dhéanamh ar a dearcadh féin agus a dearcadh úr a published this in Going On in December 1996. fhoilsiú in Going On in 1996. From its neglected state Dance is showing Tá borradh agus fás tagtha ar an Rince le impressive signs of rejuvenation and the déanaí agus beidh an Chomhairle Ealaíon ag diriú Council will be paying special attention to the aird faoi leith ar riachtanaisí traenála agus training and rehearsal requirements of dance in chleachtaidh sna blianta amach romhainn. the coming years. Tháinig méadú ar an mbuiséad Scannáin The budget for Film has moved from ó £404,000 in 1993 go £762,000 in 1996. Chuir £404,000 in 1993 to £762,000 in 1996. an Chomhairle béim ar threisiú teaspántais na Much of the Council’s work in film over the last scannán, ar fhorbairt i dtaobh traenála agus ar tacú three years has been to strengthen the exhibition le déantúsóirí aonaracha scannán, le trí bliana anuas. of film, to develop training and to assist Is ó bhunús de £490,000 in 1993 go individual film makers. £908,000 a d’athraigh an maoiniú don Litríocht. Literature has Ba mhór an éacht é in moved from a base 1996 Féile na hÉireann of £490,000 in agus a Diaspora a fuar THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON 1993 to £908,000 urraíocht ón in 1996. A major gComhairle Ealaíon achievement for agus a bhí mar chuid 1996 was the den Frankfurt Book success of the Ireland Fair. Tá buíochas faoi and its Diaspora Festival leith ag dul at the Frankfurt d’Oifigeach Liteartha Book Fair sponsored na Comhairle, Lar by the Arts Council. Cassidy agus dá Special thanks is due fhoirne as ucht an 5 to the Arts Council’s tionscadal seo a Literature Officer chur i gcrích. Lar Cassidy and to Freisin tá his team for bringing borradh tagtha ar na this project to such dearcealaíon sa tír seo successful fruition. agus tá roinnt mhaith The Visual Arts moltaí faoi conas gur are also developing féidir breis forbartha well in Ireland and Northern Lights by Liam O’Neill and Kevin Donegan a spreagadh. we have many ideas on Dar ndóigh is ar how to assist further progress here. scáth a chéile a mhaireann na healaíon agus a Art forms without audiences would be like luchtanna féachana; da bharr sin chuir an sound without ears or colour without eyes. Chomhairle faoi, tuiscint agus tacaíocht a thabhairt Their relationship is symbiotic and Council has don ghaol speisialta seo. Cruthú de seo is ea an committed itself to understanding the nature of dóigh ina bhfuil an Chomhairle ag obair ar this relationship and to supporting its growth. mhodhanna a chur in áit a spreagfadh Some signs of this are our commitment to comhchaidhreamh idir na healaíon agus daoine óga. bringing the arts and young people into Tháinig méadú faoi dhó ar ár gcaiteachas dialogue; we have doubled expenditure on ar Oideachas, Pháistí agus Dhaoine Óga ó 6% Education, Children and Young People from 6% go 12% den bhuiséad ealaíon iomlán (Buiséad to 12% of a greatly increased total arts budget in iomlán a bhfuil méadú mór tagtha ar le trí three years and we hope to reach 15% before bliana anuas) agus tá sé i gceist againn go going out of the office. mbeadh ceatadán comh hard le 15% ann roimh At the regional level we have increased the deireadh ár dtéarma riartha. number of local authority arts officers from Tá méadú ar an líon oifigeach nua ealaíon twenty to twenty-eight. At the same time sna comhairlí áitiúla ó fiche go fiche-ocht agus sa contributions from local authorities have increased tréimhse céanna fuair na healaíon méadú i from £2.3m to £6m. Our aim of achieving a basic maoiniú ó na húdaráis áitiúla ó £2.3 milliúin arts infrastructure of at least a municipal gallery, a go £6 milliúin. good performance space and artists’ studios for Is é sprioc na Comhairle go mbeadh Cork, Galway, Waterford, Limerick and Sligo is infrastructúr ealaíon de ar a laghad gailearaí well on the way to achievement. We have cathrach amháin agus ionad léirithe oiriúnach ar supported five new arts venues in Tallaght, fáil d’ealaíontóirí i gCorcaigh, i nGaillimh, i bPort Letterkenny, Longford, Galway and Clonmel with Láirge, i Luimneach, i Sligeach. Cheana féin tá revenue grants bringing the number of these baint amach an sprioc seo faoi lánsheoil. venues in the network to nineteen. Thugamar tacaíocht maoiniú i bhfoirm deontaisí Our commitment to developing the priority do chúig ionad ealaíon úra i dTamhlacht, i Litir areas identified in The Arts Plan is as strong as ever. Ceanainn, i Longfort, i nGaillimh agus i gCluain Our lack of resources slowed progress a bit but Meala. Agus na cinn nua seo san áireamh tá naoi advances have been made. In Offaly, for example, n-ionad déag sa ghréasán anois. expenditure on the arts in 1995 was £750. By Táimid fós chomh dírithe céanna ar THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON 1997 Co. Offaly will have an arts officer, a theatre bhaint amach ár bpríomh, spriocanna atá under refurbishment, a writer and an artist in leagtha amach i bPlean na nEalaíon. Chuir an residence, a community arts festival, and an arts t-easpa áiseanna moill ar ár ndul chun cinn ach expenditure programme of £70,000. In the coming fós déanadh roinnt mhaith forbairte. In Uíbh years we hope to match this development in the Fháillí, mar shampla, bhí caiteachas de £750 ar other priority areas identified in The Arts Plan. na hEalaíon in 1995. In 1997 beidh oifigeach We are actively forging partnerships with a ealaíon ag an gContae, beidh athchóiriú á variety of other agencies in areas of education, dhéanamh ar an amharclann, beidh féile phobail disability, the Gaeltacht, poverty eradication, ann agus beidh ealaíontóir agus scríobhneoir employment, local authority, tourism, urban and conaítheach sa chontae. Beidh clár caiteachas de 6 rural renewal as well as with international bodies, £70,000 ann. Sna blianta atá romhainn ba all with a view to fulfilling our statutory responsi- mhaith linn forbairt den chinéal seo a chur chun bilities ‘to stimulate public interest in the arts’ and tosaigh i bpráncheantair eile mar atá luaite i to ‘assist in improving the standards of the arts’. bPlean na nEalaíon. We have not exempted the Arts Council Táimid ag cothú ceangailtí nua le carn mór itself from scrutiny and reform. All our internal eagraíochtaí idirnáisiúnta i réimse an oideachais, structures and procedures have been reviewed and an mhíchumais, na Gaeltachta, i ruaigeadh an modernised. One measurable effect of this from bhochtanais, sna húdaráis áitiúla, i the point of view of our clients is that 90% of our dturasóireacht agus in athnuachán oirbeach agus financial allocations to arts organisations have tuathach chun go gcomhlíonfar ár ndualgaisí been brought forward from April to February. reachtúla i dtaobh ‘cothú suim an phobail sna We have instituted pilot schemes in multi-annual healaíon’ agus i dtaobh ‘cabhrú le feabhas a chur funding and in exploring new ways of self- ar chaighdéain na n-Ealaíon’. evaluation. Our information systems and Níor mhaith linn ach oiread nach ndéanfaí publicity have all been re-organised. scrúdú agus athchoiriú ar an gComhairle í féin The burden of this has fallen on the agus tá athbhreithniú agus athnuachán déanta ar council’s staff who have done an outstanding chleachtaí eolais agus modhanna inmhéanacha. job. I would like to pay particular tribute to Tionchar amháin de seo gur féidir a mheas agus Adrian Munnelly who served as Director of the atá tábhachtach dár gcliantaí is ea gur dáileadh Arts Council from 1983 to his resignation in 90% dár ndeontaisí níos luaithe sa bhliain, i mí 1996. Adrian steered the Council through an Feabhra in ionad i mí Aibreáin. Chuireamar often difficult period of its history with great scéimeanna ar bun a scrúdaigh maoiniú energy, integrity and diplomacy. As perhaps ilbhliaintiúl agus modhanna nua only a chairman can really know, the skills féinmheastóireachta. Rinneamar atheagrú ar ár demanded of an Arts Council Director are gcóras poiblíochta agus ar ár gcorais eolais. manifold and we wish Adrian every success in Is ar fhoireann na Comhairle Ealaíon a thit his new career. an ualach oibre seo agus rinneadar eacht. Tá ardmholadh tuillte ag Sarka by Adrian Munnelly a bhí mar Zdenek stiúrthóir ar an Fibich, gComhairle Ealaíon ó Wexford 1983 go 1996. Is iomaí Festival scil a bhíonn de dhíth ó Opera stiúrthóir na Comhairle Ealaíon agus le linn tréimhse éiginnte i stair na Comhairle stiúraigh Adrian í le morán fuinnimhe, ionracais agus le scileanna taidhleoireachta. Tá stiúrthóir nua againn anois, Patricia Quinn, duine atá réimse THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON iontach oibre déanta aici agus tuiscint ríshoiléir aici ar chéard a mba chóir bheith roimh an Chomhairle sa todhchaí. Thar ceann na foirne anseo tá fíoráthas orm fáilte ó chroí a chur roimpi. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a gabháil le David McConnell 7 a bhí mar stiúrthóir The new Director of the Arts Council is comhlíonach cumasach nó gur ceapadh Patricia Quinn who comes to the position with an stiúrthóir nua. an excellent range of experience and a clear Ar deireadh d’éirigh linn na fadhbanna a bhí sense of where we wish to move to. On behalf againn maidir le fostú foirne nua a réiteach in of my colleagues I am delighted to welcome 1996. In 1997, déanfaimid atheagrú iomlán chun her. I would also like to thank David a bheith níos éifeachtaí agus chun na McConnell for so helpfully and efficiently haidhmeanna atá luaite i bPlean na nEalaíon a performing the role of Acting Director until bhaint amach. the new Director was appointed. Ach tá morán le baint amach fós. Tá We finally resolved our outstanding géarghá le gníomhaireachtaí idirnáisiúnta de difficulties regarding employment of new staff in short éigin ach go háirithe agus cuimhne againn 1996 and during 1997 the Council’s entire ar an méid a tharla in 1996 agus ar cé chomh organisational structure will be reshaped and maith is ar éirigh le L’Imaginaire Irlandais (a streamlined so as to maximise the Council’s d’eagraigh Doireann Ní Bhriain le cumas) agus contribution to the aims of The Arts Plan. Féile na hÉireann agus a Diaspora i bhFrankfurt. There is still much to be done. The need for Tá súil agam go mbeidh dul chun cinn maidir le an international agency of some form is pressing, seo agus le morán nithe eile le fogrú agam an especially in light of the experience of 1996 with bhliain seo chugainn. Is deas an rud é, afách, a the success of L’Imaginaire Irlandais, which was so bheith in ann a rá gur úr agus fuinneamhach an successfully curated by Doireann Ni Bhriain, and obair seo atá faoi lánsheoil againn. the Ireland and its Diaspora Festival in Frankfurt. Next year I hope to be able to report on positive developments in this and in many other areas. For the moment it is good to be able to say that the Ciarán Benson wind in our sails is fresh and invigorating. Chairperson Finance 8 Airgeadas
The Council’s State funding for 1996 came from Tháinig airgeadú na Comhairle i 1996 ó dhá Irene two sources: an Exchequer grant-in-aid of fhoinse: deontas i gcabhair de £14.439m ón Murphy £14.439m and £3.97m from the National státchiste agus £3.97m ón gCrannchur Náisiúnta: of Cork Lottery Fund: a total of £18.409m compared is é sin £18.409m san iomlán i gcomparáid le Artists’ with £16.297m in 1995. These funds are £16.297m i 1995. Aistríonn an Roinn Ealaíon, Collective transferred to the Council by the Department of Cultúir agus Gaeltachta na suimeanna seo go dtí an Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. The Council’s Chomhairle. Déantar cionroinnt deontais chaipitil capital grant allocations (see page 94) are funded (féach leathanach 94) na Comhairle a airgeadú go almost totally from the National Lottery Fund. hiomlán, nach mór, ó Chiste an Chrannchuir While the Council, when making revenue grant Náisiúnta. Cé nach ndealaíonn an Chomhairle idir allocations, does not differentiate as between the bunfhoinsí a cuid cistí, agus cionroinnt deontais original source of its funds, approximately 17% ioncaim á déanamh aici, d’fhéadfaí féachaint ar of the Council’s non-capital arts expenditure in 17% de chaiteachas na Comhairle ar ghnéithe nach 1996 can be regarded as being funded by the mbaineann le caipiteal i 1996 mar airgead a tháinig National Lottery. ón gCrannchur Náisiúnta.
State Funding 1996 £m Cistiú ón Stát 1996 £m ______Oireachtas Grant-in-aid 14.439 Deontas i gCabhair ón Oireachtas 14.439 National Lottery: re capital expenditure 1.000 Crannchur Náisiúnta: re caiteachas ar chaipiteal 1.000 National Lottery: re revenue expenditure 2.970 Crannchur Náisiúnta: re caiteachas ar ioncam 2.970 ______Total 18.409 Iomlán 18.409 During 1996, grants were paid to 434 organi- I rith 1996, tugadh deontais do 434 eagras sations (1995: 357) and 387 individuals (1995: 357) agus 387 daoine aonair (1995: (1995: 456). 127 organisations who each 456). Shuimigh an 127 eagras a fuair deontais received revenue grants exceeding £20,000 ioncaim os cionn £20,000 (£13.4 san iomlán) (Total £13.4m) accounted for 93% of the 93% de na deontais ioncaim i gcabhair a bhí Council’s revenue grant-aid. ag an gComhairle. Direct support for the individual artist I 1996 chosain cúnamh díreach don during 1996 amounted to £1.519m, over 8% of ealaíontóir aonair £1.519m, níos mó ná 8% den total arts expenditure. This included a provision chaiteachas iomlán ar na healaíona agus san of £665,000 for Cnuais to members of Aosdána áireamh ansin tá £665,000 de Chnuais do bhaill and £192,000 for 1,087 air travel awards under an Aosdána agus £192,000 ar 1,087 deontas the ARTFLIGHT scheme operated by the two Arts d’aerthaisteal faoi scéim ARTFLIGHT a oibríonn an Councils in Ireland in conjunction with Aer dá Chomhairle Ealaíon in Éirinn i gcomhar le Lingus. Many more individuals received indirect Aer Lingus. Tugadh idir thacaíocht agus support and employment through the Council’s fhostaíocht indíreach do go leor daoine aonair trí grants to organisations. dheontais na Comhairle d’eagrais. THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
The Arts Council State Funding, 1992–1996/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Cistiú ón Stát, 1992–1996
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 £m £m £m £m £m Oireachtas Grant-in-aid/ Deontas i gCabhair ón Oireachtas 5.2 6.6 8.3 12.6 14.4 National Lottery/ 9 Crannchur Náisiúnta 5.0 5.0 5.0 3.7 4.0 Total State Funding/ Cistiú Iomlán ón Stát 10.2 11.6 13.3 16.3 18.4
Accumulation by Katherine West, glass/porcelain Five-Year Financial Summary (1992–1996)/Achoimre Airgeadais Chúig Bliana (1992–1996)
1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 £%££££ Income/Ioncaim State Funding/Cistiú ón Stát 18,409,000 16,297,000 13,303,000 11,556,000 10,161,000 Other Income/Ioncaim Eile 1,087,000 643,000 362,000 248,000 264,000 ______19,496,000 16,940,000 13,665,000 11,804,000 10,425,000 ______Expenditure/Caiteachas Literature*/An Litríocht* 1,249,000 6.4% 879,000 600,000 490,000 444,000 Visual Arts & Architecture/ Na Dearcealaíona & An Ailtireacht1,622,000 8.3% 1,473,000 1,145,000 888,000 793,000 Film/An Scannánaíocht 762,000 3.9% 661,000 498,000 404,000 468,000
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Drama/An Drámaíocht 6,187,000 31.8% 5,652,000 4,932,000 4,199,000 3,649,000 Dance/An Rince 569,000 2.9% 446,000 385,000 233,000 209,000 Opera/An Ceoldráma 1,009,000 5.2% 912,000 718,000 628,000 576,000 Music/An Ceol 1,452,000 7.5% 1,226,000 903,000 754,000 672,000 Multi-Disciplinary Arts/ Na hEalaíon Ildisciplíneacha 2,394,000 12.3% 2,103,000 1,624,000 1,288,000 1,120,000 Local Authorities, Development & Partnerships/Na hÚdaráis Áitiúla & Páirtnéireachtaí 531,000 2.7% 441,000 274,000 235,000 183,000 Aosdána 704,000 3.6% 663,000 686,000 699,000 659,000 10 Capital/Caipiteal 1,027,000 5.3% 924,000 470,000 903,000 818,000 Sundry/Ilnithe 696,000 3.6% 289,000 391,000 114,000 99,000 Administration/Riarachán 1,270,000 6.5% 1,136,000 933,000 815,000 759,000 ______19,472,000 100.0% 16,805,000 13,559,000 11,650,000 10,449,000 ______Capital Account/Cuntas Caipitil 27,000 104,000 47,000 15,000 (2,000) ______19,499,000 16,909,000 13,606,000 11,665,000 10,447,000 ______
Out-turn for the year/Clár Fuílleach luach deireadh na bliana (3,000) 31,000 59,000 139,000 (22,000) Opening Balance/ 43,000 12,000 (47,000) (186,000) (164,000) Fuílleach Túsbliana ______Closing Balance/ 40,000 43,000 12,000 (47,000) (186,000) Fuílleach Deiridh Trust Funds/Cistí Iontabhais 206,000 159,000 157,000 155,000 149,000 Fixed Assets/Sócmhainní Do-aistrithe 488,000 460,000 356,000 310,000 295,000 ______Net Assets at 31 December/ 734,000 662,000 525,000 418,000 258,000 ______Sócmhainní glan ar 31 Nollaig Previous years’ figures have been re-stated for purposes of comparison *Literature expenditure in 1996, £1,249,000, includes £341,000 relating to the Ireland and its Diaspora—Frankfurt Book Fair project. Full financial statements will be found on pages 99 to 109. Tá na figiúirí a bhaineann le 1996 luaite i dtreo is gur féidir comparáid a dheánamh *Mar chuid de caiteachas iomlán sa Litríocht, £1,249,000 i 1996 bhí costas £341,000 ar Fhéile na hÉireann agus a Diaspora— Aonach Leabhar Frankfurt Tá ráiteas airgeadais iomlán ar fáil ar leathanach 99 go 109. Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht The following payments to organisations involved in the contemporary arts were made direct by the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht:
An Roinn Ealaíon Cultúir agus Gaeltachta Thug an Roinn Ealaíon Cultúir agus Gaeltachta na híocaíochtaí thíos go díreach chuig eagrais a bhí gafa leis na healaíona comhaimseartha: 1996 1995 £ £ Attic Community Drama Group, Galway 2,000 Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, Galway 3,410,000 2,962,500 Cinema 100: Centenary of Cinema, Dublin 50,000 2,500 Everyman Palace, Cork 61,216 Feis Ceoil, Baile Átha Cliath 7,000
Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin 65,141 59,000 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (current/reatha) 1,288,400 1,188,000 Irish Museum of Modern Art (equipment/trealamh) 70,458 Irish Museum of Modern Art (capital/caipiteal) 150,000 150,000 National Concert Hall/An Ceoláras Náisiúnta 485,000 510,000 National Concert Hall/An Ceoláras Náisiúnta (equipment/trealamh) 20,000 National Concert Hall/An Ceoláras Náisiúnta (capital/caipiteal) 26,000 Ireland and its Diaspora—Frankfurt Book Fair 50,000 Galway Theatre Project 1,500,000 Black Box Theatre, Galway 151,781 148,219 Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe 87,906 85,000 11 Galway Municipal Theatre Trust 8,000 L’Imaginaire Irlandais 730,148 424,751 Backstage Theatre, Longford 370,000 Siamsa Tíre, Trá Lí 30,000 30,000 Thurles Theatre 25,000
Arts Awareness Intervention Scheme: Creative Activity for Everyone (C.A.F.E.) 62,000 81,000 Irish Museum of Modern Art: Regional Programme 14,400 Public Art Development Trust 781 6,000 Curriculum Development Unit/Aonad Forbartha Curaclaim 9,000
National Lottery/An Crannchur Náisiúnta Total National Lottery Fund Expenditure/ Caiteachas Iomlán as Ciste an Chrannchuir Náisiúnta 87,959,000 84,857,000 of which:/as a bhfuair: The Arts Council received/An Chomhairle Ealaíon 3,970,000 3,707,000 Other arts, culture and national heritage projects received: Tionscadail eile ealaíon, cultúir agus oidhreachta náisiúnta 18,973,000 17,139,000 Source: An Post National Lottery Annual Reports Further information is available in the Annual Reports of the An Post National Lottery Company and the Oireachtas Appropriation Accounts (the Government’s annual accounts) under Vote 42 (Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht) and other votes.
Foinse: Tuarascaíl Bhliantúil An Post i dtaobh an Chrannchur Náisiúnta Tá a thuilleadh eolais le fáil i dTuarascálacha Bliantúla Chomhlacht Náisiúnta Chrannchúir An Phoist agus i gCuntais Leithreasaithe an Oireachtais (cuntais bhliaintiúla an Rialtais) faoi vóta 42 (Ealaíona, Cultúr agus Gaeltacht) agus faoi vótaí eile. Membership, Staff and Publications 12 Baill, Foireann agus Foilseacháin
Membership of the Council Baill na Comhairle Arts 1996 was the third full year of office of the Arts Ba é 1996 an tríú bliain don Chomhairle a cheap Council Council appointed by the Minister of Arts, Culture an tAire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta i 1993. Director, and the Gaeltacht in August 1993. During the year Bhuail an Chomhairle le chéile go hiomlán dhá Patricia the Council met twelve times in plenary session, uair déag i rith na bliana, uair amháin acusan Quinn including one joint meeting with the Board of the nuair a bhí comhchruinniú ann le Bord an Arts Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The Members Council of Northern Ireland. Bhuail na baill le met on many other occasions in sub-committee to chéile an iliomad uair eile ar fhochoistí chun deal with specific areas of the Council’s work. gnéithe faoi leith d’obair na Comhairle a phlé.
Chairpersons of sub-committees and working groups/Cathaoirligh ar fóchoistí agus grúpaí oibrithe
Literature/Litríocht Ciarán MacGonigal Visual Arts, Architecture, Film/Dearcealaíona, Ailtireacht agus Scannánaíocht Jane Dillon Byrne Music, Opera, Dance/Ceol, Ceoldráma agus Rince Pat Murray Drama/Drámaíocht Eithne Healy Multi-Disciplinary Arts/Na hEalaíona Ildiscplíneach Páraic Breathnach Local Authorities/Na hÚdaráis Áitiúla Jane Dillon Byrne Finance and Communications/Airgeadas agus Cumarsáide Terry Prone Capital/Caipiteal Laura Magahy Strategy/Stratéis Laura Magahy and Vivienne Roche Opera Development Group/Pártaí Oibre ar Fhorbairt Ceoldrámaíochta Laura Magahy Theatre Review/Athbreithniú na hAmharclainne Vic Merriman Irish Language/Na hEalaíona trí Ghaeilge Proinsias Mac Aonghusa Staff Foireann Adrian Munnelly, who held the position of D’éirigh Adrian Munnelly, a bhí tar éis a bheith Director since 1983, resigned in July 1996 to take ina Stiúrthóir ó 1983 anuas, as i mí Iúil 1996 up the position of Senior Consultant with Carr chun glacadh le post mar Comhairleoir Sinsearach Communications. During his period of service with in Carr Communications. Le linn a thréimse oibre the Council, which began in 1979 as Education leis an gComhairle a thosaigh i 1979 nuair a Officer, he oversaw the development of a national ceapadh é ina Oifigeach Oideachais, bhí Adrian infrastructure for the arts, forging partnerships gníomhach san iarracht chun infrastruchtúr with the local authorities and advocating the case náisiúnta do na healaíona a fhorbairt trí pháirt- for arts funding to successive governments. néireachtaí a dhéanamh leis na húdaráis áitiúla Patricia Quinn was appointed Director in agus trí chás na n-ealaíon a chur faoi bhráid pé November, following a four-year term as rialtas a bhí i réim. Cultural Director of Temple Bar Properties, Ceapadh Patricia Quinn ina Stiúrthóir i mí Dublin. She had previously served as an Officer na Samhna, tar éis di ceithre bliana ráthúla a with the Council between 1984 and 1992 in a chaitheamh ina Stiúrthóir Cultúrtha le Temple variety of areas including music, opera, arts Bar Properties, Baile Átha Cliath. Bhí sí ina THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON centres and development. Her interest in issues hOifigeach leis an gComhairle cheana idir 1984 of arts development are reflected in both her agus 1992 nuair a bhí cúraimí éagsúla uirthi ó am professional qualifications and her role in go chéile: ceol, ceoldráma, ionaid ealaíon agus commissioning and publishing the benchmark forbairt. Is mór léir forbairt na n-ealaíon mar is report The Employment and Economic Significance of the léir óna cuid cáilíochtaí gairmiúla agus go háirithe Cultural Industries in Ireland. ón tuarascáil cheannródaíoch The Employment and Laurence Cassidy remained on secondment Economic Significance of the Cultural Industries in Ireland to The Ireland and its Diaspora Festival, Frankfurt a choimisiúnaigh agus a d’fhoilsigh sí. Book Fair 1996 until the end of the year. Sinéad Lean Laurence Cassidy ar iasacht gairme ag Mac Aodha acted in a temporary capacity as an Féile na Éireann agus a Diaspora, Aonach Leabhar 13 Literature Officer during this period of Frankfurt 1996. Ba í Sinéad Mac Aodha a secondment, and Jackie O’Keeffe held responsi- d’fheidhmigh go sealadach mar Oifigeach bility for Community Arts and Festivals. Gaye Litríochta ar feadh na tréimhse seo. Bhí Jackie Tanham was appointed Youth Arts and Dance O’Keeffe freagrach as Ealaíona Pobail agus Féilte Officer in March; before joining the staff, she go dtí an Nollaig. Ceapadh Gaye Tanham ina worked extensively in dance development, youth Oifigeach Ealaíona Óige agus Rince mí an Mhárta drama and education. Mary Hyland took over tar éis di an-chuid oibre a dhéanamh i bhforbairt responsibility for Film in July in addition to her rince, i ndrámaíocht an aosa óig, agus san duties as Communications Officer. oideachas. I mí Iúil ghlac Mary Hyland freagracht In December, the Council received sanction na Scannánaíochta uirthi sa bhreis ar a cuid from the Department of Finance to implement a dualgas mar Oifigeach Cumarsáide. Labour Court recommendation which will have I mí na Nollag cheadaigh an Roinn Airgeadais the effect of providing an additional nine posts at moladh de chuid na Cúirte Oibre a chur i various grades within the organisation over a two- bhfeidhm lena gcuirfí naoi bpost breise ar fáil ag year period. These include three new posts at the gráid éagsúla san eagraíocht laistigh de dhá bhliain. grade of Assistant Director, an expansion of Ina meascsan tá trí phost ag grád an Stiúrthóra numbers at the Executive Assistant grade, and Cúnta, níos mó post ag grád an Fheidhmeannaigh regrading and improved conditions for clerical Chúnta, agus athgrádú agus coinníollacha níos and secretarial staff. Immediately sanction was fearr don fhoireann cléireachais agus rúnaíochta. received, the Council began the recruitment phase A luaithe is a fuarthas an cead, chuir an Chomhairle with a view to putting a new structure in place by tús leis an bpróiseas ceapacháin agus ba cheart go mid-1997. mbeadh struchtúr nua ann faoi lár 1997.
Staff Development and Training Forbairt agus Oiliúint Foirne Adrian Munnelly successfully completed an Ghnóthaigh Adrian Munnelly céim MBA ón Irish MBA through a programme offered by Management Institute. Thosaigh Dermot University College, Dublin. Dermot McLaughlin ag staidéir le haghaidh cáilíochta McLaughlin commenced study for a professional gairmiúla i gcúrsaí pearsanra ón Institute of qualification in personnel practice with the Public Administration/Institute of Personnel and Institute of Public Administration/ Institute of Development. Ghnóthaigh David McConnell an Personnel and Development. David McConnell IMI Diploma in Management Information successfully completed the IMI Diploma in Systems ag Foras Bainistíochta na hÉireann. Management Information Systems at the Irish Management Institute. Teicneolaíocht Faisnéise I rith na bliana, d’fhorbair an Chomhairle a cuid Information Technology próiseas inmheánach chun eolas agus cinní a chur During the year, the Council developed its ar fáil agus tosaíodh ar chóras ríomhairithe a internal information and decision processes and úsáid chun iarratais ar dheontais a phróiseáil. introduced a new computerised grant Forbrófar an córas seo chun freastal ar riachtanais management system into its operations. This agus ar fhreagrachtaí na Comhairle i scomhthéacs system will be developed to meet the needs and cistithe breise, líon iarratas agus gnóthaí eile atá THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON responsibilities of the Council in dealing with ag dul i méid i gcónaí. both increased funding and an ever-growing volume of grant applications and other business. Polasaí Fostaíochta agus Comhionannas Tacaíonn an Chomhairle go láidir le hídéal sochaí a Employment Policy and Equality bheadh bunaithe ar chomhionannas agus ar The Council is committed to the ideal of a chomhionnannas deiseanna. Dá réir sin tá sé society based on principles of equality and d’aidhm aici maidir lena cúrsaí fostaíochta féin equal opportunity, and in its own employment nach ndéanfaí leatrom ar fhostaithe nó ar dhaoine a practices aims to ensure that no potential or d’fhéadfadh a bheith ina bhfostaithe nó nach actual employee receives more or less favourable gcaithfí níos fearr leo ach oiread de bharr na 14 treatment on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic gcúinsí seo a leanas: cine, dath, bunús eitneach nó or national origins, marital status, gender, sex náisiúnta, stádas pósta, gnéas, claonadh gnéasachta, orientation, age, disability or religious aois, míchumas, nó creideamh. Tá sé de choinníoll affiliation. It is a condition of receipt of grant- ar aon eagras a ghlacann le deontas i gcabhair ón aid that organisations assisted by the Council gComhairle, go n-aontóidís leis míchothroime agree to avoid any form of discriminatory d’aon saghas a sheachaint agus go gcothóidís practice and to pay particular regard to cothroime deiseanna i ngach gné dá gcuid oibre. promoting equal opportunities in all areas of their work. Foilseacháin de chuid na Comhairle (1996) Tuarascáil Bhliantúil, 1995 Council Publications (1996) Art Matters Uimh. 22, 23 agus 24 Annual Report, 1995 Duaiseanna agus Deiseanna do Dhaoine Aonair, 1997 Art Matters Nos. 22, 23 and 24 Eolaire Scríbhneoirí sna Scoileanna Awards and Opportunities for Individuals, 1997 (eagrán leasaithe, 1996) Writers in Schools Directory Dialogues 1996, Imeachtaí na bpléghrúpaí a (revised edition, 1996) eagraíodh ag an gComhairle Ealaíon i leith Dialogues 1996 Proceedings of the Arts Council Athbreithniú na hAmharclainne Theatre Review Consultations Going On, doiciméad ar pholasaí drámaíochta na Going On, Arts Council Drama Policy document Comhairle Ealaíon Planning an Arts Building Project (Alan Tweedie, Ed.) Planning an Arts Building Project (Alan Tweedie, Eag.) Aosdána Aosdána The Arts in Irish 15 Na hEalaíona trí Gaeilge
Amharclann The Arts Council has a commitment to Tá an Chomhairle Ealaíon tugtha do fhorbairt de hÍde: arts development throughout Ireland and na n-ealaíon ar fud na hÉireann agus is mian leí ‘Chun na to the support of artists working in either taca a thabhairt d’ealaíontóirí atá ag saothrú i arraige Síos’ national language. gceachtar den dá theanga náisiúnta. Bunaíodh (‘Riders to A special Irish Language Committee sainchoiste Gaeilge i mí Dheireadh Fómhair the Sea’) le was established in October 1996 to explore 1996 chun soláthar agus cleachtú na n-ealaíon J.M. Synge arts provision and practice and to promote a iniúchadh agus chun na healaíona trí the arts in Irish. The committee established Ghaeilge a spreagadh. that although direct expenditure on the arts D’fhoghlaim an choiste gurb é an in Irish amounted to approximately caiteachas díreach ar na healaíona trí mheán na £102,000 in 1996, a significant level of Gaeilge ná £102,000 i 1996 ach go gcaitear indirect expenditure also occurs annually. suim shubstantúil ar an nGaeilge gach bhliain, Examples of this indirect support in 1996 suim atá ceilte don chuid is mó. Is samplaí den included: the production and tour of an taca ceilte seo ná léiriú de leagan oiriúnaithe de adaptation of Cré na Cille by the National Cré na Cille ag an National Theatre Society Theatre Society; readings organised by agus a thabhairt an thionchuairt; eagrú léamh Poetry Ireland and the Irish Writers’ Centre; ag Éigse Éireann agus ag Ionad Scríbhneoirí na funding for literary journals which operate hÉireann; tacú airgeadais d’irisí liteartha a an open bilingual submissions policy, and the mbíonn polasaí oscailte dátheagacha acu maidir provision of a range of residency le foilsiú; agus soláthar réim chlár programmes. In total, the level of cónaitheacha. Meastar gurbh é an caiteachas expenditure on support for the arts in Irish iomlán i 1996 ar na healaíona, trí mheán na in 1996 was approximately £500,000. Gaeilge ná timpeall £500,000. In the area of Literature, four bursaries with I rannóg na Litríochta tairgeadh ceithre a total value of £21,000 were offered to Irish sparánachtaí do scríbhneoirí Gaeilge i 1996. Fuair language writers in 1996. Liam Ó Muirthile was Liam Ó Muirthile £10,000, Gréagóir Ó Dúill awarded £10,000; Gréagóir Ó Dúill was awarded £4,000, Áine ní Ghlinn £3,500 agus Pádraig £4,000; Áine Ní Ghlinn received £3,500; and Breathnach £3,500. Pádraig Breathnach received £3,500. Tháinig an Chomhairle le chéile go During the year, the Council met with rialta le Bord na Gaeilge agus le hÚdarás na Bord na Gaeilge and with Údarás na Gaeltachta. Gaeltachta chun méid áirithe comhbheartais Discussion took place on a number of joint a phlé: orthú siúd bhí bunú trí phost initiatives, including the creation of three d’éascaitheoirí ins na healaíona pobail i community arts facilitator posts in Gaeltacht limistéir Gaeltachta. Leanadh don idirphlé i areas, in conjunction with Údarás na Gaeltachta. dtaobh bunú lárionaid náisiúnta cónaí le Discussions also continued on the establishment haghaidh scríbhneoirí Gaeilge ag Teach of a national residential centre for Irish language Ghairfin, Ros Muc, Co na Gaillimhe. writers at Teach Ghairfin, Rosmuc, Co. Galway. Tá ceangal leanúnach ar an gComhairle THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON The Council’s commitment to making sólathar dóthánach a dhéanamh d’ealaíontóirí adequate provision for artists and audiences agus do lucht éisteachta a mbaineann úsáid who use Irish as their first language is an as an Ghaeilge mar a gcéad teanga agus táthar ongoing one and it is intended that several new ag súil go gcuirfear tús le roinnt tionscnamh initiatives in this area will be introduced. The nua ins an rannóg seo. Bheartaigh an Council also intends that all of its principal Chomhairle go mbeadh príomhfhoilsiúcháin publications and signage will be fully bilingual agus comharthaíocht na Comhairle by the end of 1997. dá-theangach ag deireadh 1997.
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Benedict Introduction Réamhrá Kiely at his 1996 was a very active year for Aosdána: two Bliain an-ghníomhach a bhí i 1996 don Aosdána: presentation General Assemblies were held; twenty-seven new bhí dhá Thionól Ginearálta ann; ceapadh fiche- of the Torc, members were elected as a result of the decision seacht ball nua de thoradh ar chinneadh líon na symbol of to extend the total possible membership from mball arbh fhéidir a bheith ann a ardú ó 150 go Aosdána, by 150 to 200; Benedict Kiely and Francis Stuart 200. Ceapadh Benedict Kiely agus Francis Stuart President were elected to the position of Saoi of Aosdána ina Saoithe in Aosdána agus d’éirigh Adrian Mary and Adrian Munnelly resigned as Registrar and Munnelly as post an Chláraitheora agus tháinig Robinson was replaced by Patricia Quinn, the newly- Patricia Quinn, Stiúrthóir nuacheaptha na appointed Arts Council Director. Comhairle Ealaíon, i gcomharbas air.
Toscaireacht Toscaireachta The ten-member Toscaireacht of Aosdána during Toghadh an deichniúr ball de Toscaireacht 1996 was elected early in 1995 for a two-year Aosdána go luath i 1995. Ba iad na baill ná: period. The members were Seoirse Bodley, Seoirse Bodley, Anthony Cronin, Martin Gale, Anthony Cronin, Martin Gale, Dermot Healy, Dermot Healy, Gene Lambert, Melanie le Gene Lambert, Melanie le Brocquy, Brian Maguire, Brocquy, Brian Maguire, Ulick O’Connor, Jane Ulick O’Connor, Jane O’Leary and Bob Quinn. O’Leary agus Bob Quinn. Maireann ballraíocht na Toscaireachta dhá bhliain. General Assemblies Two general assemblies were held during 1996, Tionóil Ghinearálta in March and in October. Fifteen new members Glaodh dhá thionól ghinearálta i rith 1996, i mí were elected in March and a further twelve in an Mhárta agus i mí Dheireadh Fómhair. October, bringing Toghadh cúig bhall déag nua the total ag an gcéad chruinniú agus membership of dhá bhall déag nua ag an Aosdána to 164. dara ceann, agus dá réir sin, The new ardaíodh líon na mball den members are Clare Aosdána go dtí 164. Boylan; Cathy Is iad na baill nua: Clare Carmen; Marina Boylan; Cathy Carmen; Carr; Harry Marina Carr; Harry Clifton; Clifton; Mickey Mickey Donnelly; Eibhlis Donnelly; Eibhlis Farrell; Marie Foley; Richard Farrell; Marie Gorman; Hugo Hamilton;
Foley; Richard Francis Stuart being presented Alice Hanratty; Rita Ann Gorman; Hugo with the Torc by President Mary Robinson Higgins; John Kelly; Alice Hamilton; Alice Maher; Thomas McCarthy; THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Hanratty; Rita Ann Higgins; John Kelly; Alice Paula Meehan; Máire Mhac an tSaoi; Eiléan Ní Maher; Thomas McCarthy; Paula Meehan; Máire Chuilleanáin; Edna O’Brien; Kevin O’Connell; Mhac an tSaoi; Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin; Edna Michael O’Dea; Alanna O’Kelly; Liam Ó O’Brien; Kevin O’Connell; Michael O’Dea; Alanna Muirthile; Cathal Ó Searcaigh; Tim Robinson; O’Kelly; Liam Ó Muirthile; Cathal Ó Searcaigh; Vivienne Roche; Eithne Strong; Nancy Wynne- Tim Robinson; Vivienne Roche; Eithne Strong; Jones (liostáiltear iad faoina ndisciplíní faoi seach Nancy Wynne-Jones (listed under their respective iad ag deireadh na ranna seo). arts disciplines at the end of this section). Saoithe Saoithe I mí an Mhárta ceapadh Benedict Kiely, úrscéalaí, 18 In March, Benedict Kiely, novelist, short story gearrscéalaí agus iriseoir, ina Shaoi in Aosdána. writer and journalist, was elected to the office of I mí Dheireadh Fómhair bronnadh an onóir seo Saoi in Aosdána. In October this honour was chomh maith ar an scríbhneoir ceithre bliana is also conferred upon the ninety-four year old ceithre scór d’aois, Francis Stuart, fear a bhfuil writer, Francis Stuart, a most important and tábhacht agus conspóid ag roinnt leis i scríbh- controversial figure in the history of 20th neoireacht Éireannach an 20ú haois. Bhronn an century Irish literature. Both men were presented tUachtarán Nic Róibín an torc órga, siombail an with the gold torc, the symbol of the Saoi, by tSaoi, ar an mbeirt acu ag searmanais in oifigí na President Mary Robinson at ceremonies at Comhairle Ealaíon. the Arts Council offices. Tionscnaimh Initiatives Bunaíodh coiste chun bualadh leis an Irish During the year a committee was formed to meet Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) chun with the Irish Music Rights Organisation impleachtaí na nuatheicneolaíochtaí (IMRO) to discuss the implications for creative cumhachtacha eolais agus treoracha an artists posed by sophisticated information Chomhphobail Eorpaigh maidir le cóipcheart technology and EU directives concerning agus a ceisteanna údarthachta eile a phlé. copyright and other intellectual property issues. Ómós do na mairbh Obituaries Ba díol bhróin d’Aosdána agus don Chomhairle It was noted with regret that four members of go bhfuair ceithre bhall d’Aosdána bás i 1996. I Aosdána died during the year. In March, writer mí an Mhárta, fuair Mary Lavin, scríbhneoir, agus Mary Lavin, the first woman to hold the office an chéad bhean a bhí ina Saoi in Aosdána, bás tar of Saoi of Aosdána, died after a long illness. éis téarma fada breoiteachta. Lena chois sin, fuair Three other members, writer Molly Keane, Molly Keane, scríbhneoir, Walter Beckett, composer Walter Beckett and visual artist, cumadóir ceoil, agus Arthur Armstrong, Arthur Armstrong also died in 1996. dearcealaíontóir, bás i rith na bliana chomh maith. Future Plans Pleananna sa Todhchaí A new Toscaireacht will be elected early in 1997. Toghfar Toscaireacht nua go luath i 1997. Towards the end of 1996 it was agreed by I dtreo dheireadh 1996 d’aontaigh an the Arts Council to nominate an officer of the Chomhairle Ealaíon oifigeach de chuid na Council as Assistant Registrar of Aosdána. This Comhairle a ainmniú mar Cláraitheoir Cúnta ar decision was taken as part of the Council’s general Aosdána. Glacadh an cinneadh seo mar chuid de plans to enhance its means of supporting the na pleananna ginearálta atá ag an gComhairle tacú work of the individual artist — especially the leis na ealaíontóirí aonair, go háirithe agus iad artist in mid-career. leathbhealach tríd a saolré.
£ £ Cnuais to 34 writers 255,333 Cnuais do 34 scríbhneoir 255,333 Cnuais to 44 visual artists 330,563 Cnuais do 44 dearcealaíontóir 330,563 Cnuais to 8 composers 60,000 Cnuais do 8 cumadóir 60,000 Pension Scheme (Council contribution) 18,620 Scéim Phinsin (íocaíocht na Comhairle)18,620 Administration 39,364 Riarachán 39,364 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ______703,880 703,880
Members of Aosdána/Liosta Ballraíochta Aosdána 75 Visual Arts/Na Dearcealaíona; 16 Music/An Ceol; 73 Literature/An Litríocht = 164 (December 1996/Nollaig 1996)
Visual Arts/Na Dearcealaíona 19 Robert Ballagh Martin Gale Carolyn Mulholland John Behan Richard Gorman Eilís O’Connell Pauline Bewick Tim Goulding Mick O’Dea Basil Blackshaw Patrick Graham Gwen O’Dowd Brian Bourke Patrick Hall Alannah O’Kelly Fergus Bourke Alice Hanratty Tony O’Malley Charles Brady Charles Harper Patrick O’Sullivan Cecily Brennan Patrick Hickey Kathy Prendergast Vincent Browne Eithne Jordan Patrick Pye Michael Bulfin Michael Kane Bob Quinn John Burke John Kelly Yann Renard Goulet Cathy Carman Brian King Vivienne Roche James Coleman Gene Lambert James Scanlon Barrie Cooke Sonja Landweer Patrick Scott Dorothy Cross Louis le Brocquy David Shaw-Smith William Crozier Melanie le Brocquy Noel Sheridan Charles Cullen Ciarán Lennon Maria Simonds-Gooding Michael Cullen Anne Madden Camille Souter Edward Delaney Brian Maguire Imogen Stuart Micky Donnelly Alice Maher Rod Tuach Felim Egan Louis Marcus Charles Tyrrell Conor Fallon James McKenna Barbara Warren Micheal Farrell Theo McNab Michael Warren Mary FitzGerald Sean McSweeney Nancy Wynne Jones Marie Foley Helen Moloney Anne Yeats Literature/An Litríocht
John Banville Pearse Hutchinson Thomas Murphy Leland Bardwell Jennifer Johnston Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin Sebastian Barry Neil Jordan Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Dermot Bolger John B. Keane Edna O’Brien Clare Boylan Benedict Kiely Seán Ó Coistealbha Marina Carr Tom Kilroy Ulick O’Connor Philip Casey James Liddy Julia O’Faoláin Harry Clifton Michael Longley Críostóir Ó Floinn Anthony Cronin Brian Lynch Desmond O’Grady Margaretta D’Arcy Tom MacIntyre Liam Ó Muirthile Seamus Deane Bernard MacLaverty Cathal Ó Searcaigh Paul Durcan Brian McMahon Micheal O’Siadhail THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Bernard Farrell Derek Mahon James Plunkett Pádraic Fiacc Hugh Maxton Tim Robinson Brian Friel Thomas McCarthy James Simmons Patrick Galvin John McGahern Paul Smith Carlo Gébler Medbh McGuckian Sydney Bernard Smith Ernest Gébler Frank McGuinness Eithne Strong Robert Greacen Paula Meehan Francis Stuart Hugo Hamilton Máire Mhac an tSaoi Matthew Sweeney Michael Hartnett John Montague Colm Tóibín Dermot Healy Brian Moore Mervyn Wall 20 Seamus Heaney Paul Muldoon Macdara Woods Aidan Higgins Val Mulkerns Rita Ann Higgins Richard Murphy
Music/An Ceol
Gerald Barry Jerome de Bromhead Kevin O’Connell Seóirse Bodley Roger Doyle Jane O’Leary Brian Boydell Eibhlis Farrell Eric Sweeney John Buckley Fergus Johnston James Wilson Frank Corcoran John Kinsella Raymond Deane Philip Martin Literature 21 An Litríocht
Eileán Ní Introduction Réamhrá huilleanáin, Expenditure on Literature in 1996, Caitheadh £908,000 ar an Litríocht i 1996, Macdara excluding expenditure on Ireland and its méadú de £111,000 (14%) ar an bhfigiúir Woods, Tony Diaspora — Frankfurt Book Fair 1996, was comparáideach i 1995. Níl caiteachas ar Féile na urtis, Paula £908,000, an increase of £111,000 (14%) hÉireann agus a Diaspora — Aonach Leabhar Meehan at the on the 1995 figure. Frankfurt curtha san áireamh sna figiúirí seo. launch of Dublin 15 Policy Polasaí Audio In 1996 the Council focused its attention and I 1996 dhírigh an Chomhairle a chuid aire agus a Recording funding on the two key areas of literary organi- cistiú ar dhá ghné thábhachta: eagras litríochta sations and strategic partnerships. With this agus páirtnéireachtaí stráitéiseacha. Sa tslí seo tá focus the Council hopes to improve the support súil ag an gComhairle na córais tacaíochta atá ar systems available to both new and established fáil do scríbhneoirí idir nua agus seanbhunaithe Irish writers and their readers. This was a central agus a gcuid léitheoirí a fheabhsú. Ceist lárnach í concern articulated in The Arts Plan. seo a luadh i bPlean na n-Ealaíon.
Initiatives Tionscnaimh The most significant initiative in Literature in Ba í an nuaíocht ba thábhachtaí sa Litríocht i 1996 1996 was the Arts Council’s support of the an tacaíocht a thug an Chomhairle Ealaíon don Ireland and its Diaspora Festival at the Frankfurt Book fhéile Éire agus a Diaspora ag Aonach Leabhar Fair (cf. International Arts). The Festival Franfurt (cf. Na hEalaíona Idirnáisiúnta). Thug an provided an unparalleled international showcase Féile seo deis neamhghnách d’fhoilsitheoirí agus do for Irish publishers and writing. scríbhneoirí Éireannacha a saothar a chur faoi The Writer in Residence Programme was bhráid lucht féachana idirnáisiúnta. Ar ndóigh lean expanded and new residencies were established in an Chomhairle ar aghaidh ag tabhairt tacaíocht collaboration with Dublin City University, Laois suntasach don rannóg fhoilsitheoireachta. County Council and Kerry County Council. Leathnaíodh scéim na Scríbhneoirí A number of new literary journals also Cónaitheacha agus bunaíodh cónaitheachtaí nua i received funding for the first time. gcomhar le hOllscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath, le Comhairle Contae Laoise agus le Comhairle Projects in Train Contae Chiarraí. The consolidation of the Ireland Literature Tugadh airgead do roinnt irisí liteartha nua Exchange (ILE) continues with increased den chéad uair chomh maith. support from the Arts Council. ILE has facilitated the translation of more than fifty Tionscadail idir Lámha Irish books into languages as diverse as Tacaíodh le hobair Idirmhalartán Litríochta Norwegian and Japanese. A substantial increase Éireann (ILE) tríd an gcúnamh breise a sholáthair in funding (20%) was allocated to the Irish an Chomhairle Ealaíon. Chabhraigh an ILÉ le THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Writers’ Centre in 1996 to support the haistriúchán breis is leathchéad leabhar Éireannach development of its wide range of services to go teangacha iasachta amhail An Ioruais agus an Irish writers; funding to the Writers in the tSeapáinis. Méadaíodh go mór (20%) ar an Community Scheme, administered by the maoiniú a rinneadh ar Ionad na Scríbhneoirí i Centre, was doubled. 1996. Dúblaíodh an maoiniú a rinneadh ar scéim Scríbhneoirí sa Phobal, scéim a riarann an tIonad. Children and Young People In February 1996, the administration of the Páistí agus Daoine Óga Writers in Schools scheme, which supports I mí Feabhra 1996 aistríodh riaradh na scéime writers’ visits to schools, was transferred from Scríbhneoirí sna Scoileanna, a thacaíonn le 22 the Arts Council to Poetry Ireland, with a cuairteanna scríbhneoirí ar scoileanna, ón significantly increased budget of £22,000. gComhairle Ealaíon go dtí Éigse Éireann agus A number of leading publishing houses ardaíodh ciste na scéime go mór go dtí £22,000. specialising in children’s literature also Tugadh deontais chomh maith do roinnt received grant-aid. tithe foilsitheoireachta a dhíríonn go háirithe ar The Children’s Literature Association of litríocht do pháistí. Ireland and The Irish Children’s Book Trust Nasc The Children’s Literature Association amalgamated in December to form a new of Ireland agus The Irish Children’s Book Trust le organisation, Children’s Books Ireland. With chéile chun eagras nua a dhéanamh, Children’s the support of an Arts Council capital grant Books Ireland. Le maoiniú caipitil ón gComhairle their office at the Irish Writers’ Centre will now Ealaíon beidh a n-oifig in Ionad na Scríbhneoirí become a new headquarters for the promotion ina cheannáras nua feasta le haghaidh cur chun of the writing and reading of children’s cinn scríbhneoireacht agus léitheoireacht na literature in Ireland. litríochta do pháistí in Éirinn.
Bursaries and Awards Sparánachtaí agus Duaiseanna 1996 saw an increase in both the number and Tháinig méadú ar idir líon agus luach na sparán- value of literature bursaries awarded. Eighteen tachtaí a bronnadh i réimse na litríochta. Ocht bursaries were awarded in total. In line with The sparántacht déag a bronnadh san iomlán. Faoi mar Arts Plan two, two-year bursaries of £10,000 a moladh i bPlean na n-Ealaíon bronnadh dhá were awarded. For the first year ever, critical and sparántacht dhá bhliain £10,000. Den chéad uair discursive writing was eligible for consideration riamh, bhí an scríbhneoireacht chriticiúil agus an and two bursaries were awarded to writers in scríbhneoireacht smaointeoireachta inghlactha sa these fields. réimse seo agus bronnadh dhá sparántacht ar Four bursaries with a total value of £21,000 scríbhneoirí sna hábhair seo. were awarded to Irish-language writers in 1996. Bronnadh ceithre sparántacht arbh fhiú This was in keeping with the Arts Council’s £21,000 san iomlán iad, ar scríbhneoirí Gaeilge i aspiration to promote creative writing in both 1996. Chomhardaigh sé seo le mian na Comhairle national languages. Ealaíon an scríbhneoireacht chruthaitheach sa dá The playwright, Marina Carr was awarded theanga náisiúnta a chur chun cinn. the prestigious Macaulay Fellowship. Bronnadh an duais ghradamúil, The Macaulay Panellists for bursaries in Literature were: Fellowship, ar an drámadóir Marina Carr. Dermot Healy, Declan Kiberd, Eiléan Ní B’iad painéalaithe le haghaidh sparánachtaí sa Chuilleanáin, Bernard Farrell and Eavan Boland. Litríocht ná: Dermot Healy, Declan Kiberd, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Bernard Farrell agus Eavan Boland. Future Projects With the assistance of the Arts Council, Tionscadail sa Todhchaí Clé/The Irish Book Publishers Association, Le cúnamh ón gComhairle Ealaíon, choimisiúnaigh commissioned a researcher in 1996 to draw up a Clé, eagras na bhfoilsitheoirí Éireannacha, blueprint for the future development of the taighdeoir i 1996 chun dréachtphlean a scríobh a Association. The main recommendation of this leagfadh amach conas a d’fhorbrófaí an t-eagras. report is a proposal to appoint a full-time Ba é príomh-mholadh na tuarascála seo riarthóir administrator to oversee the future development lánaimseartha a cheapadh chun forbairt na THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON of Irish publishing. Following the success of foilsitheoireachta in Éirinn a stiúradh amach anseo. Irish publishing at the Ireland and its Diaspora Glactar leis go bhfuil gá a leithéid de phost a Festival at the 1996 Frankfurt Book Fair, it has bheith ann tar éis mar a d’éirigh leis an bhfoil- been recognised that there is a need for the sitheoireacht Éireannach ag an bhféile Éire agus a establishment of such a post. Diaspora ag Aonach Leabhar Frankfurt i 1996. Throughout 1996, the Public Library Ar feadh 1996 bhuail an coiste faoin And The Arts Committee met regularly to Leabharlann Phoiblí agus na hEalaíona le chéile explore opportunities for arts collaboration go rialta chun deiseanna comhoibrithe idir An between The Library Council and the Arts Chomhairle Leabharlanna agus an Chomhairle Council. Chaired by Declan Kiberd, the Ealaíon a scrúdú. Faoi chathaoirleacht Declan 23 Committee’s objective is to devise a series of Kiberd, is é is aidhm leis an gcoiste teacht ar comprehensive recommendations with regard shraith moltaí cuimsitheacha i dtaobh to the establishment of a jointly-funded ceapacháin lánaimseartha, comhurraithe mar Library Arts Officer post. Oifigeach Ealaíona Leabharlainne.
Photomontage from the programme of the Ireland and its Diaspora Festival The Aristeion Prizes 1996 were administered by Riar an Coimisiún Eorpach Duaiseanna the European Commission. The following were Aristeion 1996. Is iad seo a leanas ainmniúcháin the nominations by Ireland: na hÉireann:
European Translation Prize Duais Aistriúcháin na hEorpa Translator Maureen Charlton Aistritheoir Maureen Charlton Title Fables of La Fontaine Teideal Fables of La Fontaine Author La Fontaine Údar La Fontaine Year 1996 Bliain 1996 Publisher Martello, Dublin Foilsitheoir Martello, Baile Átha Cliath Source Language French Bunteanga Fraincis Target Language English Sprioctheanga Béarla
Translator Gearailt MacEoin Aistritheoir Gearailt MacEoin Title Deoraíocht/Exile Teideal Deoraíocht/Exile THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Author Pádraic Ó Conaire Údar Pádraic Ó Conaire Year 1996 Bliain 1996 Publisher Cló Iar Chonnachta Foilsitheoir Cló Iar-Chonnachta Source Language Irish Bunteanga Gaeilge Target Language English Sprioctheanga Béarla
European Literary Prize Duais Litríochta na hEorpa Author Eoin McNamee Údar Eoin McNamee Title Resurrection Man Teideal Resurrection Man Year 1995 Bliain 1995 24 Publisher Picador Foilsitheoir Picador Language English Teanga Béarla
Author John Montague Údar John Montague Title Collected Poems, John Montague Teideal Collected Poems, John Montague Year 1995 Bliain 1995 Publisher Gallery Press Foilsitheoir Gallery Press Language English Teanga Béarla
The Irish Jurors on the European Juries were Ba iad na giúróirí Éireannacha ar an Giúiré Eorpach Ailbhe Smith – Literary Prize Jury and Micheal ná: Ailbhe Smith – Giúiré don Duais Liteartha agus O’Siadhail – Translation Prize Jury Micheal O’Siadhail – Giúiré don Duais Aistriúcháin. The 1996 National Jury was: Ciarán Mac Ba iad baill an Ghiúiré Náisiúnta ná: Ciarán Gonigal (Chairman); Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin; Mac Gonigal (Cathaoirleach); Eileán Ní Katie Donovan; Micheál Ó Riordáin; Morgan Chuilleanáin; Katie Donovan; Micheál Ó Llewellyn; Eithne McCarthy. Ríordáin; Morgan Llewellyn; Eithne McCarthy. The Arts Council noted with pleasure Ba díol áthais don Chomhairle Ealaíon gur that Deoraíocht/Exile by Gearailt Mac Eoin was ainmníodh Deoraíocht/Exile aistrithe ag Gearailt placed on the shortlist by the European MacEoin ar an ngearrliosta ag an Giúire Translation Prize Jury. Eorpach Aistriúcháin. Literature/An Litríocht
Awards/Duaiseanna £ Eva Bourke 3,500 Padraic Breathnach 3,500 Joanne Carroll 380 Leo Cullen 3,500 Mary Darcy 2,000 Gerald Dawe 75 Louis de Paor 3,000 Margaret Dolan 400 Arnold Fanning 250 Ciaran Folan 270 Patrick Galvin 116
Vona Groarke 4,000 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Martin Healy 3,500 Rita Ann Higgins 6,000 Mary Hoey 150 Anne Keating 350 Rita Kelly 150 Anne le Marquand Hartigan 300 Mary Leland 300 Aidan Mathews 5,000 Molley McCloskey 3,500 Áine Ní Ghlinn 3,500 25 Anto Nolan 3,500 Gréagóir Ó Dúill 4,000 Ré Ó Laighleis 5,000 Liam Ó Muirthile 5,000 Barbara Parkinson 3,500 James Ryan 4,000 Peter Somerville-Large 3,500 Annie Warburton 350 Vincent Woods 6,000 ______78,591 ______
ARTFLIGHT: 187 air travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 187 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus 33,659
Total—Awards/Iomlán—Duaiseanna 112,250 112,250 ______
Grants/Deontais
The Writer/An Scríbhneoir Aspects Festival, Co. Down 1,000 Cape Clear Storytelling Festival, Co. Cork 3,050 Cork Writers’ Project 1,000 Daonscoil na Mumhan, Co. Chorcaí 200 Galway Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon na Gaillimhe/Cúirt Filíochta 12,000 Kerry International Summer School 1,000 £ Summer Writing Workshop, Dublin 1,000 Two Chairs Company, Dublin 5,050 Tyrone Guthrie Centre/European Poetry Translation Network, Monaghan 5,000 Thomas McCarthy 500 Cathal O’Searcaigh 250 Munster Literature Centre, Cork 4,000 Fondúireacht an Bhlascóid, Trá Lí 1,000 Listowel Writers’ Week, Co. Kerry 5,250 Inniskeen Enterprise, Co. Monaghan 1,200 Sligo Co. VEC Flaming Arrows 800 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 2,000 Fourth International Womens Playwrights Conference, Galway 5,500 49,800 ______
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Writers-in-residence/Scríbhneoirí Cónaitheacha Trinity College Dublin 6,000 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 4,000 University College Galway 5,000 Dublin City University 4000 19,000 ______Literary Organisations/Eagraíochtaí Liteartha Clé Teoranta/Irish Bookpublishers’ Association, Dublin 13,740 Ireland Literature Exchange/Idirmhalartán Litríochta Éireann, Dublin 48,000 Irish Writers’ Centre/Ionad na Scríbhneoirí, Dublin 66,000 Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann, Dublin 57,000 184,740 26 ______Publishers/Foilsitheoirí Attic Press, Dublin 40,000 Brandon Book Publishers, Kerry 30,000 Clo Íar-Chonnachta, Co. na Gaillimhe 20,000 Coiscéim, Baile Átha Cliath 25,000 Dedalus Press, Dublin 27,000 Gallery Press, Meath 60,000 Lilliput Press, Dublin 35,000 Marino Books (Mercier Press), Dublin 16,000 New Island Books, Dublin 47,000 O’Brien Press, Dublin 28,000 Poolbeg Press, Dublin 54,420 Salmon Publishing, Clare 20,500 Wolfhound Press, Dublin 40,000 New Writers Press, Dublin 1,000 The Blackstaff Press, Belfast 8,090 Tir Eolas, Gaillimh 2,500 Fish Publishing, Cork 1,000 Relay Publications, Tipperary 2,500 Bridge Press, Dublin 1,500 459,510 ______Magazines/Irisí Books Ireland, Dublin 16,000 Cyphers, Dublin 2,000 Graph, Dublin 4,450 Krino: The Review, Dublin 3,500 Windows Publications, Monaghan 2,240 Salmon Publishing, Clare 1,000 Comhar, Dublin 7,000 Irish Review, Belfast 2,500 Asylum Arts Review, Kerry 2,500 Force 10, Sligo 3,000 44,190 ______Education/Oideachas Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann, Dublin 22,000 22,000 ______THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Total—Awards and Grants/Iomlán—Duaiseanna agus Deontais 891,490
Directly Promoted Activities/Imeachtaí a Cuireadh Chun Cinn go Díreach Ireland and its Diaspora Festival/Frankfurt Book Fair 1996 341,048 Writers-in-Schools/Scríbhneoirí sna Scoileanna 12,439 Writers-in-the-Community/Scríbhneoirí sa Phobal 288 Writers’ Workshops for Prisoners/Ceardlanna Scríbhneoirí do Phríosúnaigh 1,899 Miscellaneous/Ilghnéitheach 1,993 Total—Direct Promotions/Iomlán—Imeachtaí Díreacha 357,667 ______27 Total for Literature as Note 3 (page 104)/ 1,249,157 ______Iomlán don Litríocht mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathanach 104)
Macaulay Fellowship (Trust Fund)/Comhaltacht Macaulay (Ciste Iontaobhais) Marina Carr, writer 3,500 3,500 ______Grants Received/Deontais a Fuarthas Arts Council of Northern Ireland 48,432 48,432 Library Council/An Chomhairle Leabharlanna 1,000 1,000 Re Frankfurt Book Fair: (see Note 2 to financial Statements, page 103/ féach Nóta 2 den Ráiteas Airgeadais leathanach 103) 265,350 ______Total as Note 2 (page 103)/Iomlán mar atá i Nóta 2 (leathanach 103) 314,782 ______Visual Arts and Architecture 28 Na Dearcealaíona agus an Ailtireacht
Introduction Réamhrá ‘My Mind Expenditure on Visual Arts and Architecture in Caitheadh £1,622,000 san iomlán ar na is Frazzled’ 1996 totalled £1,622,000, an increase of Dearcealaíona agus an Ailtireacht i 1996, méadú by Janet £149,000 (10%) on the 1995 figure. de £149,000 (10%) ar fhigiúr 1995. Mullarney The increased funding focused largely on Is ar thacaíocht d’eagrais ealaíontóirí, ar at the Model support for artists’ organisations, galleries and ghailearaithe agus ar mhórthaispeántais a Arts Centre major exhibitions, as set out in The Arts Plan. caitheadh formhór an airgid bhreise, mar a tugadh le fios i bPlean na n-Ealaíon Policy Arts Council policy for the visual arts is to Polasaí create a sympathetic environment (with Is é polasaí na Comhairle timpeallacht bháúil a increased opportunities) in which the full-time chruthú (le breis deiseanna) ina bhféadfadh an creative artist can thrive, and to bring about t-ealaíontóir lánaimseartha bláthú, agus níos mó greater public access to, appreciation of and teagmhála agus tuisceana ag an bpobal leis na participation in the visual arts. dearcealaíona agus níos mó páirtíochta iontu.
Initiatives Tionscnaimh In 1996 the budgetary provision for Architecture Méadaíodh faoi dhó nach mór ar an sciar was almost doubled. The visual arts Apprenticeship airgid a luadh leis an Ailtireacht sa Scheme was revised in order to encourage cross- cháinaisnéis. Leasaíodh an Scéim fertilisation between the visual arts and Phrintíseachta sna dearcealaíona chun níos mó architecture. A number of other visual arts schemes malartú smaointe agus eile a chothú idir na were also opened to application by architects. dearcealaíona agus an ailtireacht. Glacadh le A new budget was put in place for Special hiarratais ó ailtirí le haghaidh roinnt eile Projects. Projects funded included the arts scéimianna dearcealaíona. programme at the National Maternity Hospital Bunaíodh buiséad nua do Thionscadail and Umha Aois for their Bronze Age Project. Speisialta. Ar na tionscadail ar cabhraíodh leo bhí Limerick City Gallery of Art was awarded a an clár ealaíona sa National Maternity Hospital programming grant for the first time. agus Umha-Aois le haghaidh a dtionscadal. A major increase in funding was awarded to Bronnadh deontas do Limerick City Art the Sirius Project to develop its organisation in Gallery le haghaidh sceidealaithe taispeántas Cobh and to support its work of bringing den chéad uair. important international artists to Ireland. Bhí ardú mór ar an airgead a deonaíodh do tionscadal Sirius chun an t-eagras a Projects in Train fhorbairt sa Chóbh agus chun tacú lena chuid The final report of the Public Art Steering Group iarrachtaí mórealaíontóirí tábhachtacha a was presented to the Minister for Arts, Culture thabhairt go hÉirinn. and the Gaeltacht, the Minister for the Environment, and the Minister for Finance in Tionscadail idir Lámha THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON March 1996. The report, which is to be published Bronnadh tuarascáil deiridh An Ghrúpa Stiúrtha in early 1997, will outline a strategy for the um Ealaín Phoiblí ar an Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus development of a comprehensive public art policy Gaeltachta; ar an Aire Comhshaoil agus ar an Aire and its implementation by government Airgeadais i mí an Mhárta 1996. Tá sé i gceist an departments and public bodies. tuarascáil a fhoilsiú go luath i 1997. The inter-departmental Steering Group Bunaíodh an Grúpa Stiúrtha idir-aireachta i representing the Department of Arts, Culture and mí na Nollag, 1994 chun an Tionscadal Taighde the Gaeltacht, the Department of the ar an Ealaín Phoiblí a stiúradh, agus bhí Environment, the Office of Public Works, Temple ionadaíocht ann ón Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Bar Properties and the Arts Council, was set up in Gaeltachta, ón Roinn Comhshaoil, ó Oifig na 29 December 1994 to oversee the Public Art nOibreacha Poiblí, ó Temple Bar Properties agus Research Project. ón gComhairle Ealaíon.
Exhibitions Taispeántais Limerick’s biennial exhibition, EV+A received Tugadh níos mó cúnaimh don taispeántas EV+A increased support in 1996 to encourage its a tionóltar i Luimneach gach re bliain d’fhonn é a growth as a major annual focus on chur chun cinn mar mórfhócas don ealaín idir Irish/International art. Éireannach agus Idirnáisiúnta. Temple Bar’s major print initiative, the Bronnadh deontas ar an Temple Bar Temple Bar International Print Show also received International Print Show, mórthionscnamh an exhibition grant. priontaí Bharra an Teampaill.
Children and Young People Páistí agus Daoine Óga The Arts Council has commissioned seven Tá seacht dtaispeántas a coimisiúnaíodh d’aon exhibitions for schools’ audiences which are ghnó do lucht féachána d’aois scoile i made available to schools through Local mbailiúchán na Comhairle Ealaíon. Tá fáil ag Authority Arts Officers and V.E.C. Arts scoileanna orthusan trí na hOifigigh Ealaíon sna Education Organisers. The Council also gives hÚdaráis Áitiúla agus trí Eagraithe Oideachas support to certain galleries and arts centres to Ealaíne sna Coistí Gairmoideachais. Ina theannta enable visual artists to make one-day visits to sin, tacaíonn an Chomhairle le gailearaithe áirithe schools to discuss and demonstrate their work agus le hionaid ealaíon chun cur ar a chumas do with students. This year, specific funding was dhearcealaíontóirí cuairteanna aon lae a thabhairt awarded to Cork Printmakers, Butler Gallery ar scoileanna chun a saothar a chur i láthair agus (Kilkenny), Limerick City Gallery, Arthouse, a phlé le daltaí. I mbliana tugadh deontais ar leith Gallery of Photography and Temple Bar Gallery do Cork Printmakers, Butler Gallery (Cill towards a series of education workshops and Chainnigh), Limerick City Gallery, Arthouse, projects. The Council has noted the increasing Gallery of Photography agus Temple Bar Gallery level of interest shown on the part of galleries chun cuidiú le sraith ceardlanna oideachais agus and arts organisations in the educational aspects tionscadail. Tá tugtha faoi deara ag an of their work. It was agreed that an analysis of gComhairle go bhfuil níos mó spéise á cur ag the present position regarding young people and gailearaithe agus ag eagrais ealaíon sa ghné children in the Visual Arts area should be carried oideachasúil dá gcuid oibre. Beartaíodh anailís a out during 1997. dhéanamh ar chás na ndaoine óga agus na bpáistí maidir leis na Dearcealaíona i gcoitinne Bursaries and Awards i rith 1997. There was an increase of 28% on expenditure on awards and bursaries in 1996, from £134,300 to Sparánachtaí agus Duaiseanna £172,000. The maximum available individual Tháinig méadú de 28% ar an gcaiteachas ar bursary was increased from £5,000 to £7,000. dhuaiseanna agus ar sparántachtaí i 1996, Priority was given to artists practising for more ó £134,300 go dtí £172,000. Ardaíodh an than three years. However, one bursary was also uasteorainn sparántacht don duine aonair THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON made available to recent graduates or artists ó £5,000 go dtí £7,000. Tugadh tús áite practising for fewer than three years. d’ealaíontóirí atá ag saothrú ar feadh níos The areas of critical and curatorial skills mó ná trí bliana. were addressed in a new award which would Tugann duais nua aghaidh ar scileanna allow would-be curators and critics to critice agus coimeádta mar tugann sé deis do participate in well-established international dhaoine ar spéis leo a bheith ina gcoimeádaithe curatorial/critical programmes. One award was agus ina gcriticeorí freastal ar chláir idirnáisiúnta offered in 1996. These areas were further coimeádta/critice atá seanbhunaithe. Bronnadh developed during the year when it was decided duais amháin i 1996. Forbraíodh na gnéithe seo i to offer two separate bursaries, the Bursary in rith na bliana nuair a socraíodh dhá sparántacht ar 30 Contemporary Visual Art Criticism (jointly leith a bhronnadh i 1997, an Sparántacht i funded with the Arts Council of Northern gCritic na Dearcealaíne Comhaimseartha (arna Ireland and CIRCA Arts Magazine) and the comhchistiú ag an Arts Council of Northern Bursary in Contemporary Visual Arts Ireland agus an iris ealaíne CIRCA) agus an Curation, in 1997. Sparántacht i gCoimeád na Dearcealaíne The Michael Byrne Award for Printmakers Comhaimseartha. was administered for the first time by the Arts Riar an Chomhairle Ealaíon Duais Michael Council. The award, which was established to Byrne do Chlódóirí den chéad uair. Bronnfar an commemorate the life and work of the late duais, a bunaíodh i gcuimhne ar shaol agus ar Michael Byrne, will be made biennially and was shaothar Michael Byrne, nach maireann, gach re given to Felicity Clear in 1996. bliain agus fuair Felicity Clear é i 1996. The Marten Toonder Award was given to Bronnadh Duais Marten Toonder ar Dermot Dermot Seymour; the PS1 Fellowship to Seymour; an Chomhaltacht PS1 ar Paddy Jolley Paddy Jolley and the George Campbell Award agus Duais George Campbell ar Lucy Hill. to Lucy Hill. B’iad painéalaithe le haghaidh Panellists for awards and bursaries in Visual duaiseanna agus sparánachtaí ins na Arts and Architecture were: Felim Egan, Gwen Dearcealaíona agus in Ailtireacht ná: Felim O’Dowd, Brenda McParland, Jasper McKinney, Egan, Gwen O’Dowd, Brenda McParland, Jerome O’Drisceoil, Ciarán McGonigal and Jasper McKinney, Jerome O’Drisceoil, Ciarán Vivienne Roche. McGonigal and Vivienne Roche.
Future Projects Tionscadail sa Todhchaí The Council has undertaken an analysis of Bheartaigh an Chomhairle an anailís ar sholáthar provision for artists’ studio facilities, with a view áiseanna stiúideo d’ealaíontóirí a chríochnú to establishing appropriate norms and funding d’fhonn teacht ar noirm agus ar leibhéil cistithe levels. This is due to be completed in 1997. a bheadh cuí. Visual Arts and Architecture/Na Dearcealaíona agus an Ailtireacht
Awards/Duaiseanna £ Trevor Ahearn 300 Christopher Banahan 300 Mary Rose Binchy 1,000 Andrew Boyle 3,000 Stephen Brandes 500 Michelle Byrne 400 Jessica Callan and Shane Cullen 2,000 Michael Canning 500 Robert Clarke 400 Angela Clarke 500 Felicity Clear 500
Éamon Colman 600 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Oliver Comerford 5,000 Stephanie Condon-Casey 400 Lorraine Cooke 300 Bernadette Cotter 3,009 Lynda Cronin 500 Mark Dale 500 Alan Daly 500 Daniel de Chenu 2,500 Aoife Desmond 450 Patricia Doherty 1,000 31 Chris Doris 500 Blaise Drummond 600 Sarah Durcan 3,000 Brian Fay 300 Mike Fitzharris 1,000 Fergal Flanagan 500 Pauline Flynn 500 Martina Galvin 600 Laura Gannon 900 Gleigh Gaughan 500 David Godbold 500 Paul Gregg 600 James Hanley 600 Marie Hanlon 300 Cliona Harmey 270 Martin Healy 200 Lucy Hill 3,000 Dave Holland 300 Kathleen Holohan 300 Shelagh Honan 500 Finola Jones 500 Kevin Kelly 2,000 Ann Marie Kelly 400 Catherine Kenny 3,500 David Kinane 600 Brian Kreydatus 300 Clare Langan 7,000 Aidan Linehan 300 Jonathan Lynn and Jenny Fox 300 Christine Mackey 800 Fergus Martin 1,500 Bermie Masterson 200 Anthony McAteer 400 Jane McCormick 500 James McCreary 2,500 Aidan McDermott 500 Maurice McDonagh 3,000 Daniel McKeon 500
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Willie McKeown 1,500 Paul Mosse 3,000 Donal Murray 300 Fionnuala Ní Chíosáin 500 Áine Nic Giolla Coda 1,000 Nicos Nicolaou 2,000 Ciarán Ó Cearnaigh 2,500 Abigail O’Brien 500 Louise O’Brien 1,000 Augustine O’Donoghue 400 32 Margaret O’Keefe 500 Alanna O’Kelly 3,500 Mick O’Kelly 3,000 Séamus O’Rourke 500 Janet Pierce 3,000 John Reardon 500 Leo Regan 5,300 Deirdre Rogers 500 Orla Ryan 2,000 Clare Scott 200 Clea Van der Grijn 1,500 Stephen Vaughan 2,000 Sarah Walker 500 Corban Walker 600 Travel Awards/Duaiseanna Taistil Michael Cunningham 200 Spark Deeley 180 Chris Doris 500 Fergus Feehily 450 Jonathan Fitzpatrick 300 Billy Foley 400 Fergus Kelly 200 Kirsty McGhie 270 Mark McLoughlin 300 Deirdre Meaney 200 Nick Miller 200 Holly Nixon 180 Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh 300 Una Sealy 200 Leonard Sheil 300 Desmond Shortt 300 Martin Yelverton 270 104,979 ______Ireland America Arts Exchange Residency by Brian Hand in PS1 Studios, New York/ 21,652 Malartán Ealaíona Éireann Mheiriceá Cónaitheacht Brian Hand i Stiúideonna PS1, Nua Eabhrach Arts Council of Northern Ireland (re Alice Berger Hammerschlag Award)/ 618 (re Duais Alice Berger Hammerschlag) THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ARTFLIGHT: 250 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 44,764 ______250 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus Total—Awards/Iomlán—Duaiseanna 172,013 Grants/Deontais Residencies/Cónaitheachtaí Waterford Regional Hospital/Ospidéal Réigiúnach Phort Láirge 3,000 Cork Printmakers 4,000 Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin 500 National Sculpture Factory, Cork 3,000 33 Tallaght Community Arts Centre 2,000 12,500 ______Joint Purchase/Comhcheannach Contemporary Irish Art Society 1,000 Kilkenny Technical School/Ceardscoil Chill Chainnigh 500 County Monaghan VEC/Coiste Gairmoideachais Chontae Mhuineacháin 750 Trinity College Dublin/Coláiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath 500 Wexford County Council/Comhairle Contae Loch Garman 750 3,500 ______Organisations/Eagraíochtaí Arthouse, Dublin 54,000 Association of Artists in Ireland, Dublin 53,000 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo 15,000 Black Church Print Studios, Dublin 30,000 Cork Printmakers 25,500 Fire Station Artists Studios, Dublin 112,000 Graphic Studio, Dublin 47,000 National Sculpture Factory, Cork 75,500 Sculptors’ Society of Ireland, Dublin 66,920 Sirius Commemoration, Cork 15,000 Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin 97,000 590,920 ______Studios/Stiúideonna Artspace Studios Galway 14,000 Backwater Artists Group, Cork 9,000 Cork Artists’ Collective 5,500 New Art Studios, Dublin 8,000 Visual Arts Centre, Dublin 7,000 Wexford Sculpture Workshop 2,700 46,200 ______Galleries/Gailearaithe Butler Gallery, Kilkenny 51,000 Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 153,000 Gallery of Photography, Dublin 85,000 RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin 148,000 Sligo Art Gallery 41,000 478,000 ______Publications/Foilseacháin Association of Visual Artists in Ireland, Dublin 1,000 Circa, Dublin 30,500 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Drogheda Corporation/Bardas Dhroichead Átha 500 Gallery of Photography, Dublin 3,000 Irish Arts Review, Dublin 3,920 Kilbride Books, Wicklow 3,000 41,920 ______Education/Oideachas Arthouse, Dublin 5,000 Butler Gallery, Kilkenny 3,000 Cork Printmakers 6,800 Gallery of Photography, Dublin 3,000 34 Limerick Exhibition of Visual Art (EV+A) 5,000 Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 4,500 27,300 ______Major Exhibitions Grants/Deontais le haghaidh Mórthaispeántas Limerick Exhibition of Visual Art (EV+A) 95,000 Sligo Art Gallery 10,000 105,000 ______Other Exhibitions/Taispeántais Eile Architectural Association of Ireland, Dublin 4,500 ArtHive Gallery, Cork 750 Artworking, Dublin 800 Camac Sculpture Exhibition, Kildare 1,500 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork 6,000 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council/ Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin 1,500 An Dánlann, Teach an Léinn, Co Tiobraid Árann 690 Carmel Doherty/Dromore Woodlands Exhibition, Clare 500 Foxford Resources, Mayo 800 Graphic Studio, Dublin 2,000 Gavin Hogg, Limerick 1,500 Insights’ 97, Dublin 2,000 Irish Contemporary Ceramics, Dublin 4,000 Irish Photographic Federation, Louth 750 Kilmainham Gaol/Príosún Chill Mhaighneann, Dublin 1,000 Limerick City Gallery 13,500 Mosaic, Galway 3,000 Paul O’Neill/Passport Exchange Exhibition 1,000 An t-Oireachtas, Baile Átha Cliath 1,500 OPP-ART, Cork 500 Out Art, Dublin 1,500 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 4,000 Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Dublin 2,000 Stone Leaf Gallery, Dublin 3,000 Tallaght Community Arts Centre 1,000 Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin 1,000 Temple Bar Properties, Dublin 7,000 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 7,000 Waterford Corporation/Bardas Phort Láirge 1,500 West Cork Arts Centre 1,000
Wexford Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon Loch Garman 2,000 78,790 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ______Special Projects/Tionscadail Speisialta Artworking, Dublin 9,910 Critical Access, Dublin 9,650 FÍS/National Sculpture Factory, Corcaigh 10,000 National Maternity Hospital 7,500 Umha-Aois, Brí Chualann 2,000 39,060 ______Total—Awards and Grants/Iomlán—Duaiseanna agus Deontais 1,594,903 Directly Promoted Activities/Imeachtaí a Cuireadh Chun Cinn go Díreach 35 Servicing of Council’s Collection/Aire do Bhailiúchán na Comhairle 18,173 Artists-in-Prisons/Ealaíontóirí-sna-Príosúin 4,000 Schools Exhibitions/Taispeántais Scoileanna 3,747 Architectural Advice/Comhairle Ailtireachta 3,081 Miscellaneous/Ilnithe (1,714) ______Total—Direct Promotions/Iomlán—Imeachtaí Díreacha 27,287
Total for Visual Arts and Architecture as Note 3 (page 104)/ 1,622,190 ______Iomlán do na Dearcealaíona agus an Ailtireacht mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathanach 104)
Marten Toonder Award (Trust Fund)/Duais Marten Toonder (Ciste Iontaobhais) Dermot Seymour, artist/dearcealaíontóir 4,500 ______Michael Byrne Award (Trust Fund)/Duais Michael Byrne (Ciste Iontaobhais) Felicity Clear, printmaker/clódóir 900 ______Grants Received/Deontais a Fuarthas Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Exhibition Venue Guide) 4,800 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Artworking) 9,940 Department of Justice (Artists-in-Prisons)/ An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt (Ealaíontóirí-sna-Príosúin) 5,000 ______Total as Note 2 (page 103)/Iomlán mar atá i Nóta 2 (leathanach 103) 19,740 ______Purchases for Collection 1996/Ceannacháin don Bailiúcháin 1996
Artist/Ealaíontóir Title/Teideal Medium/Mean Price/Praghas £ Christopher Banahan Icon from the House oil/printed lace on canvas 1,250 of the Tragic Poet /ola/lása i gcló ar chanbhás Catherine Delaney Bridge Passage bronze/umha 2,530 Fergus Feehily Scent oil on wood/ola ar adhmad 900 Martina Galvin Letter to His Holiness, Pope resin & paper 300 Paul III Nicholas Copernicus /roisín agus páipear Sarah Iremonger Untitled Blue Series 1 ‘94 oil on canvas/ola ar chanbhás 200 John Kelly ‘Karvas’ Series No 35 pencil on paper THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON /peann luaidhe ar páipear 800 Brian Kennedy Laganstown Panorama II monoprint/monoprionta 3,500 Dolores Lynne Connemara Day oil on canvas/ola ar chanbhás 225 Alice Maher Nettle Jacket nettles/pins/hanger 3,000 /neatóga/bioráin/crochadán Fergus Martin Untitled No 9 acrylic on cotton/acrilic ar cadás 750 Jackie McNamee Hair Raising lime wood/ paint 36 /teile/adhmaid/péint 700 Janet Mullarney Look Back in Anger plaster/wood/metal/acrylic 4,000 /plástar/adhmad/miotal/acrilic Kathlyn O’Brien Untitled No 13 from Exhibition found objects/iarsmaí 600 ‘From Innocence Lost in Transit’ Nigel Rolfe Young Woman with a Rose 2/3 B/W silver gelatin print/ 200 D/B cóip airigid John Noel Smith Bilocation oil on canvas/ola ar chanbhás 6,860 Rachel Toomey Grave Dancing video/físeán 400 Katherine West Accumulation glass/porcelain /gloinne/poirceallán 350 ______Total as Note 5 (page 105)/Iomlán mar atá i Nóta 5 (leathanach 105) 26,565 ______Film 37 An Scannánaíocht
Brood by Introduction Réamhrá Parzival Expenditure on Film in 1996 totalled £762,000, Caitheadh £762,000 ar an Scannanaíocht i 1996, Productions an increase of £101,000 (15%) on 1995. méadú de £101,000 (15%) ar fhigiúr 1995. This figure includes funding to a number Cuirtear san áireamh ansin an cistiú a rinneadh of film organisations, direct support to ar roinnt eagras scannánaíochta, an cúnamh a tugadh individual film-makers, funding towards the go díreach do dhéantóirí aonair scannán, an cistiú a Frameworks Animation Scheme, operated in rinneadh ar an scéim anamúlachta Frameworks a association with The Irish Film Board/Bord riartar i gcomhar le Bord Scannán na hÉireann agus Scannán na hÉireann and RTÉ, and funding RTÉ, agus an cistiú speisialta a rinneadh ar towards the centenary of cinema celebrations. cheiliúradh chéad bliain den scannánaíocht.
Policy Polasaí The Arts Council’s objectives in film are to Is iad cuspóirí na Comhairle Ealaíon maidir leis support and develop film as an artform and to an scannánaíocht tacú léi agus í a fhorbairt mar support the individual film-maker as artist. mheán ealaíne agus tacú leis an déantóir aonair The Council fulfils its role largely by operating scannán mar ealaíontóir. Cuirtear na cuspóirí in three distinct areas of film support: tacaíochta seo i gcrích ar thrí bhealach: exhibition; training/education and support for taispeántas; oiliúint/oideachas agus tacaíocht don the individual film-maker. déantóir aonair scannán.
Initiatives Tionscnaimh In June, Communications Officer, Mary I mí an Mheithimh ghlac an tOifigeach Hyland took responsibility for the Film Cumarsáide, Mary Hyland, freagracht portfolio na portfolio, thus filling a vacancy which had scannánaíochta uirthi féin agus dá bhrí sin bhí existed for a number of years, and providing oifigeach ainmnithe ag an gComhairle chun the Council with a designated officer to deal déileáil le cúrsaí scannán. with film-related matters. Críochnaíodh an chéad cheann de shé The first of six short animations was scannán beaga anamúlachta faoi Scéim completed under the Frameworks Animation Anamúlachta Frameworks a bhunaigh RTÉ, Bord Scheme which had been established in 1995 by Scannán na hÉireann agus an gComhairle Ealaíon RTÉ, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film i 1995 chun cabhrú le healaín na hanamúlachta ar Board and the Arts Council to support the art of bheach níos struchtúrtha. animation in a more structured way. Seoladh an tionscadal Cinema 100 faoi The Cinema 100 project, under the choimirce Choiste Chéad Bliain den Centenary of Cinema Committee, was launched in Scannánaíocht i mí na Feabhra 1996 chun na February 1996 to co-ordinate activities in Ireland himeachtaí ceiliúrtha in Éirinn a chomhordú. in celebration of the centenary of cinema. The Chuir an Chomhairle £30,000 i leataobh chuige Council allocated £30,000. During the year, seo. I rith na bliana d’eagraigh Cinema 100 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Cinema 100 organised a variety of events imeachtaí éagsúla, ina measc taispeántas de including a cinema poster exhibition, newsreels phóstaeir scannán, taspeántaí seanscannáin screenings, educational projects, production of a nuachta, tionscadail oideachasúla, táirgeadh an publication, FilmInfo and a range of screenings, fhoilseacháin FilmInfo agus réimse leathan including five free outdoor screenings during the taispeántaí, cúig cinn acu saor agus amuigh faoin month of August. spéir i mí Lúnasa. The Council, in association with Bord Chabhraigh an Chomhairle le táirgeadh Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, bunachar CD-ROM de scannáin agus de the Department of Arts, Culture and the dhéantóirí scannán Éireannacha 1896–1996. Ba é Gaeltacht and the National Library of Ireland, Robert Monks a thiomsaigh agus a tháirg é agus 38 supported the production of a CD-ROM chistigh an Chomhairle Ealaíon, Bord Scannán database of Irish films and filmmakers. The Éireann, an Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir agus CD-ROM was compiled and produced by Gaeltachta agus Leabharlann Náisiúnta na Robert Monks, and lists, in all their creative hÉireann é. Tugann an CD-ROM na sonraí and technical details, more than 1600 films cruthaitheacha agus teicniúla do breis is 1600 made in Ireland during the one hundred year scannán a rinneadh anseo le céad bliain anuas. period, 1896–1996. Tionscadail idir Lámha Projects in Train Tá sé i gceist ag an gComhairle an bhéim a The Council continues to focus on the need choimeád ar an ngá atá le hoiliúint agus oideachas for training and education for young people a chur ar dhaoine óga i gcúrsaí scannán. Sa in film. In this context, Council funded chomhthéacs seo, chistigh an Chomhairle CAVERN CAVERN (Cork Audio Visual Education and (Cork Audio Visual Education and Realisation Realisation Network) for the first time. Network) den chéad uair. Chabhraigh an This core funding enabled the organisation síolchistiú seo leis an eagraíocht chun é a féin a to establish itself on a professional basis. chur ar bonn proifisiúnta. The Council continues to work Leanann an Chomhairle ag comhoibriú go closely with a range of state and semi-state dlúth le réimse áisíneachtaí stáit agus leathstáit a agencies dealing with Irish film, through phléann an scannánaíocht in Éirinn trí mheán the forum of STATCOM. In 1996 this body STATCOM. Chuaigh an comhlacht seo i mbun oibre began work on a strategic plan for a ar phlean straitéiseach i 1996 chun infrastruchtúr cultural and industrial framework for film cultúrtha agus tionsclaíoch don scannánaíocht agus and television. The vision is to establish a don teilifís a fhorbairt. Is é an aisling atá ann earnáil fully developed vibrant, creative, bheoga, chruthaitheach, iomaíoch, fhuinniúil, competitive and energetic Irish film and lánfhorbartha a dhéanamh den scannánaíocht agus television sector by the year 2006. den teilifís faoin mbliain 2006. David Bickley tutoring during CAVERN’s 16mm film course THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
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Children and Young People Páistí agus Daoine Óga The Junior Galway Film Fleadh became a Rinneadh féile ar leith den Junior Galway Film separate entity from the Galway Film Fleadh Fleadh murab ionann agus an Galway Film Fleadh in 1996 and received separate funding for the i 1996 agus fuair sé cistiú ar leith den chéad uair. first time. Kilkenny-based Young Irish Film Chistigh an Chomhairle Ealaíon Young Irish Film Makers also received Arts Council funding for Makers, lonnaithe i gCill Chainnigh, den chéad the first time. This innovative organisation uair chomh maith. Cabhraíonn an t-eagras involves young people in all aspects of thionscnamhach seo le daoine óga páirt a ghlacadh film-making and deals with themes specific i ngach gné den scannánaíocht agus pléann sé to young people. téamaí ar leith a mbeadh spéis acu iontu.
Bursaries and Awards Sparánachtaí agus Duaiseanna The Arts Council sees the Film and Video Is é an dearcadh atá ag an gComhairle Ealaíon ar Awards as an essential tool for the na duaiseanna Scannán agus Video gur áis development of original and innovative forms riachtanach iad d’fhorbairt chineálacha scanná- of film-making and for the support of the naíochta nuaí agus nuálaí agus don déantóir individual film-maker as artist. Awards are aonair scannán mar ealaíontóir. Bronntar na made under the headings of experimental film, duaiseanna faoi na cinnteidil seo: scannán trialach, short drama and community film and video. dráma gairid agus scannán agus video pobail. Awards for animation are now made under the Bronntar na duaiseanna don anamúlacht faoi Frameworks Scheme. Scéim Frameworks anois. In February the Council announced its I mí Feabhra d’fhógair an Chomhairle a first round of awards. The top award of chéad sciar duaiseanna. Bronnadh an príomhdhuais £10,000 went to Parzival Productions for de £10,000 ar Parzival Productions le haghaidh Brood, a half hour collaboration between Brood, píosa comhoibritheach leathuair a chloig, a poet, Ian Kilroy and director, Frankie rinne an file Ian Kilroy agus an Stiúrthóir Frankie McCafferty. In September three awards of McCafferty. I mí Mheán Fómhair bronnadh trí £6,000 each were made to Michael Hewitt dhuais £6,000 an ceann ar Michael Hewitt agus and Double Band Films for Still Life, an Double Band Films le haghaidh Still Life, dráma innovative single character drama which nuálach aoncharachtair a phléann an tseanaois; do deals with the topic of old age; Michael Michael West agus Joy Giovannelli le haghaidh THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON West and Joy Giovannelli for Alaska, a Alaska, píosa grinn faoi iarrachtaí mírathúla fir óig comedy about a young man and his vain coinne a dhéanamh le cailín agus do Wet Paint attempts to ask a girl for a date, and Wet Arts le haghaidh The Tribal Project, video ealaíona Paint Arts for The Tribal Project, a community pobail a thaiscealaíonn buanna cultúrtha agus arts video tracking a highly innovative samhlaíochta na bpáistí ar bhealach nuálach. journey into the cultural and imaginative B’iad painéalaithe le haghaidh powers of children. duaiseanna sa scannánaíocht ná Ciaran Panellists for awards in film were: Donnelly, Brigid Fitzgerald, Damien Ciaran Donnelly, Brigid Fitzgerald, Damien O’Donnell, Laura Magahy, Jane Dillon Byrne, O’Donnell, Laura Magahy, Jane Dillon Byrne, Vivienne Roche agus Páraic Breathnach. 40 Vivienne Roche and Páraic Breathnach. Tionscadail sa Todhchaí Future Projects Tionscnóidh an Chomhairle duaiseanna oiliúna sa In 1997 the Council will introduce film scannánaíocht i 1997 chun cur ar a gcumas dóibh training awards to enable individuals already siúd atá ag obair sa scannánaíocht cheana dul thar working in film to undertake specialist lear chun tabhairt faoi speisialtóireachtaí, faoin study, professional training or structured oiliúint ghairmiúil nó faoi chláir struchtúrtha work programmes abroad which will benefit oibre a shaibhreodh a n-ealaín. their art. Tá sé ar intinn ag an gComhairle chomh Council also intends to undertake an maith anailís a dhéanamh i 1997 ar a cuid analysis of its film policy and support in 1997. polasaithe a fhad is a bhaineann leis an scanná- This will be carried out in the context of the naíocht agus leis an tacaíocht a thugtar di. presence of other film policy and funding Cuifear san áireamh ansin gurb ann d’áisíneachtaí agencies. It is intended to involve consultation eile polasaí agus cistithe scannán. Rachfar chun and dialogue with a broad spectrum of cainte le réimse leathan áisíneachtaí, eagras agus agencies, organisations and individuals involved daoine aonair atá páirteach sa scannánaíocht in in film in Ireland. Éirinn agus lorgófar comhairle uathu. Film/An Scannánaíocht
Awards/Duaiseanna £ Frameworks Animation Awards Scheme/Duaiseanna Frameworks 25,000 Double Band Films 4,000 Brian Drysdale 6,000 Joy Giovannelli 4,500 Graph Film Productions 8,000 Kestervale, Dublin 5,000 Mandy McIntosh 1,500 Sean Ó Mordha 7,000 John O’Brien 4,000 Paradox Pictures 1,500 Parzival Productions 10,000 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Jean Pasley 3,000 Red Mountain Media 2,500 Colum Stapleton 2,500 Wet Paint Arts 6,000 Liam Wylie 9,000
ARTFLIGHT: 73 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 13,539 ______73 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus
Total—Awards/Iomlán—Duaiseanna 113,039 41 Grants/Deontais CAVERN, Cork 2,000 Cinema 100, Dublin 30,000 Cork Film Festival 36,500 Dublin Film Festival 22,000 Federation of Irish Film Societies, Dublin 54,000 Film Base, Dublin 68,500 Film Institute of Ireland, Dublin 340,000 Galway Film Fleadh 20,000 Galway Film Resource Centre 37,000 610,000 ______
Education/Oideachas Arthouse, Dublin 10,000 Cork Film Festival 3,500 Junior Dublin Film Festival 15,000 Junior Galway Film Fleadh 1,500 Young Irish Film Makers, Kilkenny 1,500 31,500 ______Total—Awards and Grants/Iomlán—Duaiseanna agus Deontais 754,539
Sundry/Ilnithe 7,475 ______
Total for Film as Note 3 (page 104)/ 762,014 ______Iomlán don Scannánaíocht mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathanach 104) 42 Drama An Drámaíocht
Introduction Réamhrá Barabbas... Expenditure on Drama in 1996 totalled Caitheadh £6,187,000 san iomlán ar an the Company £6,187,000, an increase of £471,000 (9%) Drámaíocht i 1996, méadú de £471,000 (9%) ar on 1995. fhigiúr 1995.
Policy Polasaí The Theatre Review was inaugurated in Tosaíodh ar Athbreithniú na hAmharclainne i lár mid-1995, with a Steering Committee of 1995 nuair a ceapadh baill den Chomhairle ar Council members appointed under the Choiste Stiúrtha faoi chathaoirleacht Vic Merriman. Chairmanship of Vic Merriman. Críochnaíodh an t-athbhreithniú i 1996 The Theatre Review completed its work nuair a éisíodh ráiteas nua polasaí agus luadh in 1996, with a restatement of policies and a réimse nua tionscnamh agus scéimeanna tacaíochta revised range of initiatives and schemes of i bhfianaise an phróisis athbhreithnithe support informed by the review process (cf. caibidil ar leith). (cf. separate chapter). Tionscnaimh Initiatives Lasmuigh ar fad de na tionscnaimh A number of significant initiatives taken chuimsitheacha a luadh sa ráiteas nua polasaí by the Council during 1996 apart from Going On a bhí ina thoradh ar an athbhreithniú ar those outlined in the new policy document an amharclannaíocht, chuir earnáil na drámaíochta Going On included: tús le roinnt tionscnamh tábhachtach i rith 1996. Wide ranging, tri-partite discussions were Ina meascsan bhí: held, at the suggestion of the Arts Council, Plé tríthaobhach, leathan idir an Chomhairle involving the Council, the National Theatre Ealaíon, an National Theatre Society agus an Society and the Department of Arts, Culture Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta inar and the Gaeltacht, in the course of which scrúdaíodh gach gné d’oibriúchán, de virtually all aspects of the operations, the struchtúir agus de pholasaithe an National structures and the policies of the Society Theatre Society were examined Fuair Barabbas … The Company a chéad Barabbas ... the Company received their first deontas ioncaim revenue grant Fuair The Town Hall Theatre, Gaillimh deontas The Town Hall Theatre, Galway received i gcabhair le haghaidh ioncaim agus deontas le revenue grant-aid and a programming grant haghaidh sceidealaithe den chéad uair for the first time Cistíodh an Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival Funding was provided for the first time to the den chéad uair. Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival. Tionscadail idir Lámha THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Projects in Train Scrúdaíodh oibriú an Theatre Touring The operation of the Council’s Theatre Touring Scheme, scéim de chuid na Comhairle, i Scheme was examined during the autumn of bhFómhar 1996 mar chuid den Athbhreithniú 1996 in the context of the Theatre Review. ar na hAmharclainne. Beartaíodh gan an scéim It was decided to maintain the scheme a choimeád gan athrú i 1997 chun ligean do unchanged during 1997 in order to allow chompántais léirithe agus do bhainisteoirí production companies and venue managements láithreacha araon níos mó a chaitheamh chun more time to explore the potential for co- impleachtaí ‘dírialú’ na scéime, agus na production and increased touring activity which deiseanna breise comhléirithe agus taistil the ‘deregulation’ of the scheme created. dá réir, a mheas. 43 1996 saw an increase from eight to twelve Mhéadaigh líon na gcompántas léirithe a bhí in the number of production companies in ag fáil deontas taistil óna hocht go dtí a dó dhéag receipt of touring grants, and the total budget i 1996 agus tháinig méadú 37% ar an mbuiséad for theatre touring was increased by 37% over iomlán don amharclannaíocht taistil i 1996 i the 1995 out-turn. gcomparáid le suim 1995. Funding to support the very successful Ardaíodh an cistiú don Scéim Playwrights’ Commissioning Scheme was increased Coimisiúnaithe Drámadóirí ó £27,500 i 1995 go from £27,500 in 1995 to £30,000 in 1996. dtí £30,000 i 1996.
Páistí agus Daoine Óga Ardaíodh an cistiú don fhoroinn seo faoi 20% agus dá réir sin shroich an céatadán de dheontais d’eagrais atá ag obair sa ghort seo ó 8% i 1995 go dtí 10%. Deonaíodh ardú substaintiúil do Barnstorm Theatre Arts (Cill Chainnigh) agus Les Danaiides at the 1996 Dublin Theatre Festival don Storytellers Children and Young People Theatre Company (Baile Átha Cliath). Déanfaidh Funding to this subhead was increased by 20%, an Chomhairle a machnamh ar na slite ab fhearr bringing the proportion of grant-aid to organi- na naoi sainmholadh a luaitear in Going On a chur sations working in this sector from 8% in 1995 i gcrích, moltaí i leith riachtanas forbartha na to 10%. Significant increases were awarded to hamharclannaíochta do pháistí agus do dhaoine Barnstorm Theatre Arts (Kilkenny) and óga agus i leith na hamharclannaíochta a Storytellers Theatre Company (Dublin). The chruthódh na grúpaí seo dóibh féin. Council will consider how best to implement the nine specific recommendations contained in Going Sparánachtaí agus Duaiseanna On regarding the developmental needs of theatre Méadaíodh ar chistiú na nduaiseanna seo le by and for children and young people. 20% sa bhreis ar fhigiúr 1995. Is mór an tógáil croí don Chomhairle an dea-thoradh a bhí ar na Bursaries and Awards duaiseanna a bronnadh ar dhaoine aonair faoi The funding for awards to individuals was scéimeanna Drámaíochta agus mar a increased by 20% over the 1995 out-turn. The d’fheabhsaigh siad siúd a fuair na duaiseanna THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Council is very encouraged by the success of the seo ó thaobh caighdeán, féinmhuiníne agus awards for individuals in Drama, and by the cruthaitheachta. improvements in the standards, confidence and Tá an Chomhairle ag athbhreithniú conas creativity of the recipients of these awards. is fearr na scéimeanna seo a fhorbairt go The Council is reviewing how best to mbeidís níos éifeachtaí agus go dtabharfaidís develop these awards to be more effective and níos mó tacaíochta do dhaoine atá ar bhóthar supportive of persons on their career paths in na drámaíochta. the theatre arts. B’iad painéalaithe le haghaidh duaiseanna Panellists for awards and bursaries in Drama agus sparánachtaí sa Drámaíocht ná: Eithne Healy, were: Eithne Healy, Mary Elizabeth Burke Kennedy, Mary Elizabeth Burke Kennedy, Vic Merriman, 44 Vic Merriman, Páraic Breathnach, Pat Murray. Páraic Breathnach, Pat Murray.
International Dimension An Ghné Idirnáisiúnta The Third Theatre Shop was organised by Rough D’eagraigh Rough Magic an Third Theatre Shop Magic to coincide with the Dublin Theatre ar aon am leis an Dublin Theatre Festival agus Festival, and this event proved very beneficial for bhain an slua a ghlac páirt ann an-tairbhe as. the large number of participants. I 1996 léirigh roinnt de na heagrais a 1996 saw a number of the Arts Council’s chistíonn an Chomhairle drámaí thar lear, ina funded organisations presenting work very measc: Druid Theatre Company a léirigh The successfully overseas, including Druid Theatre Beauty Queen of Leenane sa Royal Court i Company’s production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane Londain; Rough Magic Theatre Company a to the Royal Court in London; Rough Magic léirigh Pentecost i Londain, Brighton agus Dún Theatre Company’s production of Pentecost to Éidinn; The National Theatre Society a léirigh London, Brighton and Edinburgh; The National Observe the Sons of Ulster i Londain, Learpholl, Theatre Society’s productions of Observe the Sons of Blackpool, Malvern, Plymouth, i bPáras, sa Ulster to London, Liverpool, Blackpool, Malvern, Bhruiséil agus in Bonn, Portia Coughlan i Plymouth, Paris, Brussels, and Bonn, Portia Coughlan Londain agus Well of the Saints i bPáras; Gate to London, and Well of the Saints to Paris; Gate Theatre Theatre Company a léirigh saothair stáiste Company – the stage works of Samuel Beckett at Beckett ag an Lincoln Festival i Nua Eabhrac; the Lincoln Festival, New York; Passion Machine’s Passion Machine a léirigh Buddleia sa Pholainn; Buddleia in Poland; Meridian’s Rock Station in Meridian a léirigh Rock Station i Londain agus London; and Macnas’s Balor to Bogota, Columbia. Macnas a léirigh Balor i Bogota, Columbia. Drama/An Drámaíocht
Awards/Duaiseanna £ Frank Bourke 1,500 Kieran Brennan 1,500 Johanna Connor 5,000 Leslie Doherty 2,000 Alexander Downes 2,000 Jimmy Fay 500 Tana French 1,000 Anthony Goulding 2,000 Pauline Hutton 1,000 Jason Kavanagh 2,000 Deirdre Kearney 2,000 Belinda Kelly 4,600 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Fidelma Keogh 1,500 Tamsin MacCarthy-Morrogh 2,000 Anne Marie McAuley 1,500 Eimear McBride 3,500 Denise McCormack 2,000 Yvonne McDevitt 4,228 Michelle McLoughlin 2,000 Caroline McSweeney 4,000 Deirdre Molloy 1,000 Catherine Montague 1,000 45 Emily Nagle 700 Ruth O’Connell 1,500 Sandra O’Malley 1,400 Enda Ormonde 1,500 Deirdre Roycroft 1,000 Russell Smith 1,500 Karen Staples 2,500 Helena Walsh 500
ARTFLIGHT: 139 Travel Awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 22,962 ______139 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus
Total—Awards/Iomlán—Duaiseanna 81,390
Playwrights’ Commission Scheme/Scéim Coimisiúnaithe Drámadóirí Barnstorm Theatre Company, Kilkenny 1,500 Calypso Productions, Dublin 1,000 Co-Motion Theatre Company, Dublin 1,250 Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cork 1,500 Druid Theatre Company, Galway 3,000 Everyman Palace, Cork 1,500 Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin 1,750 Galway Arts Centre 1,000 Glasshouse Productions, Dublin 1,500 Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Dublin 1,750 Island Theatre Company, Limerick 500 National Association for Youth Drama, Dublin 1,250 Passion Machine, Dublin 1,500 Pigsback Theatre Company, Dublin 1,500 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 3,000 Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford 2,000 Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 2,000 Storytellers, Dublin 1,750 Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe 600 29,850 ______
Grants to Organisations/Deontais d’Eagraíochtaí THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON National Theatre Society, Dublin 2,658,000 (Abbey and Peacock Theatres) (see also under Capital, page 94)/ (Amharclanna na Mainistreach agus na Péacóige) (féach chomh maith faoi Caipiteal, leathanach 94) Amharclann de hÍde, Baile Átha Cliath 60,000 Backstage Theatre, Longford 20,000 Barabbas...The Company, Dublin 30,000 Bickerstaffe Theatre Company, Kilkenny 40,000 Blue Raincoat Theatre, Sligo 30,000 Calypso Productions, Dublin 20,000 46 Co-Motion Theatre Company, Dublin 40,000 Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cork 20,000 Cork Opera House 24,000 Druid Theatre Company, Galway 267,000 Dublin Theatre Festival 220,000 Everyman Palace, Cork 70,000 Focus Theatre, Dublin 48,000 Galloglass Theatre Company, Clonmel 31,914 Galway Corporation Town Hall Theatre 20,000 Gate Theatre, Dublin 525,000 Glasshouse Productions, Dublin 25,000 Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo 80,000 Island Theatre Company, Limerick 60,000 Macnas, Galway 60,000 Meridian Productions, Cork 40,000 Passion Machine, Dublin 60,000 Pigsback Theatre Company, Dublin 40,000 Punchbag Theatre Company, Galway 25,000 Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford 100,000 Rough Magic, Dublin 130,000 Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny 45,000 Yew Theatre Company, Sligo 30,000 4,818,914 ______Theatre Touring: Grants to Production Companies/ Amharclannaíocht ar Chamcuairt: Deontais do Chompántais Léirithe Barabbas ... The Company, Dublin 20,000 Bickerstaffe, Kilkenny 20,000 Druid Theatre Company, Galway 70,000 Galloglass Theatre, Clonmel 20,000 Island Theatre Company, Limerick 20,000 Macnas, Galway 30,000 Meridian Productions, Cork 20,000 Pigsback Theatre Company, Dublin 20,000 Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford 40,000 Rough Magic Theatre Company, Dublin 30,000 Storytellers, Dublin 20,000 310,000 ______THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
Theatre Touring: Grants to Venues/ Amharclannaíocht ar Chamcuairt: Deontais do Láithreacha Backstage Theatre, Longford 15,000 Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick 30,000 Cork Opera House 100,000 Everyman Palace, Cork 35,000 Garage Theatre, Monaghan 7,500 Galway Corporation/Bardas na Gaillimhe 20,000 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford 14,851 Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo 25,000 47 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 9,712 Siamsa Tíre, Trá Lí 10,000 Watergate Theatre Company, Kilkenny 23,000 290,063 ______
Theatre Touring: Grants to Local Authorities/ Amharclannaíocht ar Chamcuairt: Deontais d’Údaráis Áitiúla
Book Worms, Ballinasloe/Galway County Council/Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe 1,000 Cavan County Council/Comhairle Contae an Chabháin 400 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council/ Comhairle Contae Dhún Laughaire-Ráth an Dún 1,100 Donegal County Council/Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall 2,580 Galway Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon na Gaillimhe 3,200 Mayo County Council/Comhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo 4,795 Wexford Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon Loch Garman 550 13,625 ______
Theatre Projects/Tionscadail Amharclannaíochta Bedrock Theatre Company, Dublin 10,000 Calypso Productions, Dublin 15,000 Dublin Fringe Festival 10,000 The Machine, Meath 10,000 45,000 ______Education/Oideachas Barnstorm Theatre, Kilkenny 45,000 Dublin Youth Theatre 15,000 Galway Arts Centre/Galway Youth Theatre 15,000 Graffiti Theatre Company, Cork 90,000 National Association for Youth Drama, Dublin 72,000 Second Age, Dublin 55,000 Storytellers, Dublin 45,000 Team Educational Theatre, Dublin 170,000 Waterford Youth Drama 15,000 Lyric Players Theatre, Belfast 2,355 Wexford Youth Theatre 5,000 Pan Pan Theatre Company, Dublin 7,500
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Dry Rain Performing Arts, Wicklow 5,000 Tallaght Youth Theatre, Dublin 5,000 546,855 ______
Sundry/Ilnithe Stewart Parker Trust, Belfast 4,000 Playcircle, Dublin 2,000 Theatre Shop, Dublin 3,500 Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe 1,000 10,500 ______48 ______Total—Awards and Grants/Iomlán—Duaiseanna agus Deontais 6,146,197
Directly Promoted Activities/Imeachtaí a Cuireadh Chun Cinn go Díreach Theatre Review/Athbreithniú na hAmharclainne 38,803 Miscellaneous/Nithe Ilchineálacha 1,810 40,613 ______Total for Drama as Note 3 (page 104)/ 6,186,810 ______Iomlán don Drámaíocht mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathanach 104) Theatre Review 49 Athbhreithniú na hAmharclainne
Passion Phase One Páirt a hAon Machine’s During the course of the preparation of The Arts Le linn ullmhaithe an chúrsa do Phlean na n-Ealaíon, production Plan, the Arts Council recognised the need for an d’aithin an Chomhairle Ealaíon go raibh gá le of extensive review of theatre to ensure that Council hathbhreithniú domhain ar an Amharclann chun a Buddleia policies in drama would be based on as wide a chinntiú go mbeadh polasaithe na Comhairle sa by Paul range of data and information as possible. dráma bunaithe ar réimse chomh leathan agus is Mercier A Steering Committee was appointed féidir maidir le heolas agus sonraí. under the chairmanship of Vic Merriman. The Bunaíodh Comhairle Stiúrtha agus cuireadh other members were, Páraic Breathnach, Mary Vic Merriman sa Chathaoir. Ba iad na baill eile ná Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy, and Eithne Healy. Pádraic Breathnach, Mary Elizabeth Burke- Declan Gorman was appointed Theatre Review Kennedy agus Eithne Healy. Ceapadh Declan Co-ordinator. Gorman mar Chomhordanaitheoir Athbhreithniú By the end of 1995, the first phase of the na hAmharclainne. Review was completed with the publication of Faoi dheireadh na bliana 1995, bhí an chéad Views of Theatre in Ireland, 1995. chuid den athbhreithniú curtha i gcrích nuair a foilsíodh Views of Theatre in Ireland, 1995. Phase Two The second phase, consisting of consultative Páirt a Dó public meetings throughout the country with the Is é an rud a bhí i gceist leis an dara páirt ná theatre sector, partner organisations, and the cruinnithe poiblí comhairleacha a thionól ar fud wider public, was underway by the end of 1995 na tíre a mbeadh rannóg na hAmharclainne, with the National meeting held at Dublin Castle eagraíochtaí comhpháirtíochta agus an pobal i in December 1995. gcoitinne páirteach iontu. Cuireadh seo ar an Dialogues, 1996 mbóthar faoi dheireadh na bliana 1995 nuair a Further meetings took place during January and tionóladh an cruinniú Náisiúnta ag Caisleán February 1996 in Waterford, Cork, Monaghan, Bhaile Átha Cliath i mí na Nollag 1995. Longford, Galway and Dublin and a number of focused meetings with the sector followed in Dialogues, 1996 May. This second phase culminated in the Bhí tuilleadh cruinnithe ann le linn mí Eanáir publication of Dialogues, 1996, an edited account agus Feabhra 1996 i bPort Láirge, i gCorcaigh, i of these consultative meetings. Muineachán, i Longfort, i nGaillimh agus i mBaile Átha Cliath agus bhí roinnt cruinnithe Phase Three sainiúlaleis an rannóg i mí na Bealtaine. Tháinig The Review was completed with the publication críoch leis an dara páirt nuair a foilsíodh of a new drama policy document Going On in Dialogues, 1996, cuntas eagraithe ar na cruinnithe December 1996. The principal points of the comhairleacha seo. policy document are: Páirt a Trí THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON The Arts Council is concerned with the Críochnaíodh an tAthbhreithniú le foilsiú development of drama as an artform; excellence cháipéis nua ar pholasaí dráma, Going On, i mí na in the theatre arts is the uncompromised Nollag 1996. Is iad príomhphointí an cháipéis overall objective of the Council pholasaí seo: A graded structure for funding theatre companies is to be introduced in 1997 Deimhníonn an Chomhairle Ealaíon gur curam A number of companies are to be selected for di forbairt na healaíona agus gurb é feabhas in a three-year funding cycle, 1997–1999 on a ealaíon na hamharclainne an sprioc diongb- pilot basis. This is intended to provide for háilte atá aici better long-term planning and greater Go dtabharfaí isteach struchtúr grádaithe i 50 stability for organisations. It will be subject gcomhair mhaoiniú comhlachtaí to the funding available to the Council for amharclainne i 1997 The Arts Plan Roghnófar roinnt comhlachtaí le haghaidh Other companies are to be funded on a ‘project timthriall maoinithe trí bhliain 1997–1999 ar basis’ – which in certain cases would be bhonn phiolóiteach. Seard is aidhm don provided for two years – and new companies to bheartas seo náar phleanáil fhadtéarmach a be supported in this way fheabhsú, agusbuanacht níos fearr a thabhairt Clear criteria are to be defined and published, do na heagraíochtaí. Beidh sé ag brath ar an and a comprehensive appraisal process to be mhaoiniú a bheadh ar fáil don Chomhairle le initiated as a complementary aspect of the new haghaidh Plean na n-Ealaíon funding framework Go maoineofaí comhlachtaí eile ar ‘bhunús Experimentation and innovation in the theatre togra’ – a bheidh curtha ar fáil i gcásanna arts and theatre production will be encouraged áirithe ar feadh dhá bhliain – agus go dtacófaí by mise-en-scene grants le comhlachtaí nua ar an gcaoi seo The Arts Council has developed a compre- Critéir shoiléire a bheith mínithe agus hensive understanding of the operations of foilsithe, agus tús a chur le próiseas the National Theatre Society over twenty cuimsitheach luachála mar ghné chomhlántach years of funding. Given this understanding, den de chreatlach nua maoinithe and its knowledge of the totality of the Spreagfar tástáil agus athruithe nua in ealaíona needs of the theatre arts in Ireland, the Arts amharclainne agus léiriú amharclainne le Council asserts that it is the appropriate deontais mise-en-scene body to provide funding for the National Deimhníonn an Chomhairle Ealaíon gurb é Theatre Society féin an eagraíocht fheiliúnach chun dul chun While the Council is not a training agency, it cinn agus riachtanais an National Theatre will seek to identify the needs and the standards Society a mheas, toisc a thuiscint required, and will encourage relevant agencies chuimsitheach ar an gcaoi a n-oibríonn an and organisations to address that agenda Cumann atá acu le os cionn fiche bliain, agus an t-eolas atá acu ar Bickerstaffe’s iomláine na production of riachtanas atá de Hard to dhíth ar ealaíona Believe by amharclainne in Conall Éirinn Morrison Cé nach gníomhaireacht traenála í an Chomhairle, aithneoidh sí, áfach, na riachtanais agus na caighdeáin atá ag teastáil, agus spreagfaidh sí na gníomhaireachtaí THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON chuí chun tabhairt faoin gclár oibre sin Tabharfaidh an Chomhairle chun suntais coincheap an ‘chasáin gairme’ do dhaoine aonair a bhíonn ag lorg oibre san amharclann Council will highlight the concept of a ‘career Spreagfaidh agus déanfaidh an Chomhairle 51 path’ for individuals seeking to work in theatre iarracht comhpháirtíocht éifeachtach a bheith Council will seek to develop effective acu le ranna rialtais agus gníomhaireachtaí partnerships with Government Departments Stáit eile and other state agencies Spreagfar gach eagraíocht maoinithe chun díriú Every funded organisation will be exhorted to isteach ar an lucht féachana don Amharclann. focus on the audience for theatre Seolfar scéim soláthar amharclann áitiúil A local theatre provision scheme will be ar bhonn píolóta i dhá nó trí cheantar launched on a pilot basis in two or three local údarás áitiúil authority areas Cruthófar taisce speisialta i gcomhpháirtíocht In association with other relevant agencies le gníomhaíochtaí cuí eile chun tacú le mechanisms will be put in place to support comhlachtaí ar mhian leo a gcuid oibre a companies interested in bringing their thabhairt thar sáile work overseas Díreoidh páirtí oibre isteach ar chaighdeáin A working party will focus on standards and agus cleachtadh san amharclann ó agus do practice in theatre by and for children and leanaí agus daoine óga young people I gcomhpháirtíocht leis an Arts Council of In partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland bunaíodh an Chomhairle Northern Ireland, the Council will establish a Ealaíon sainchiste chun camchuairteanna dedicated fund for the support of cross-border trasteorainn a thacú le linn 1997 theatre touring in 1997 Leanfar le hathbhreithniú agus Theatre Touring will continue to be reviewed mionathruithe ar Amharclannaíocht ar and modified as the environment changes Chamcuairt de réir mar a athraíonn an with particular attention being paid to the timpeallacht le haird ar leith á thabhairt ar needs of audiences. riachtanais an lucht féachana. 52 Dance An Rince
Introduction Réamhrá Daghdha Expenditure on Dance in 1996 totalled £569,000, San iomlán caitheadh £569,000 ar Rince i Dance an increase of £123,000 (28%) on 1995. 1996, sin méadú de £123,000 (28%) ar 1995. Company’s Education Policy Polasaí and Theatre In March, Council appointed Gaye Tanham as I mí na Márta, d’ainmnigh an Chomhairle Gaye Programme, Officer with responsibility for Dance and Youth Tanham mar oifigeach le freagracht do Rince agus 1996 Arts. It was agreed that her first task in Dance Ealaíona na hÓige. Sa Rince aontaíodh gurb é a would be to address key developmental issues, as céad tasc tabhairt faoi phríomhcheisteanna identified in The Arts Plan, to include an investi- forbartha, fé mar a aithníodh i bPlean na n-Ealaíon, gation into the current situation regarding a chuirfeadh san áireamh fiosrú sa chás atá ann vocational dance training, gaps in dance faoi láthair maidir le traenáil rince gairme, bearnaí infrastructure, and the need to put in place sa bhonneagar rince, agus an gá spreagadh a incentives to assist the work of creative dance bheith ann chun cuidiú le hobair na n-ealaíontóirí artists in Ireland. rince cruthaitheach in Éirinn.
Initiatives Tionscnaimh The Council, in collaboration with the D’iarr an Chomhairle, i gcomhar leis an Arts Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Council of Northern Ireland, fiosrúchán commissioned an independent enquiry into neamhspleách a dhéanamh sna leibhéil agus sa current levels and practice of vocational chleachtadh atá ag traenáil rince gairmiúil in dance training in Ireland. This study, which Éirinn. Tá an staidéar seo, a bheas críochnaithe will be completed in 1997, is being carried i 1997, á dhéanamh ag Victoria Todd agus US dance company Deadpan at the Project Arts Centre THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
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out by Victoria Todd and Anna Leatherdale Anna Leatherdale ón Council for Dance of the Council for Dance Education and Education and Training (R.A) Training (U.K.) Tugadh tacaíocht don chéad uair riamh don Support was given for the first time to the Firkin Crane Centre (Corcaigh) mar Firkin Crane Centre (Cork) in recognition of aitheantas don chumas atá ag an ionad a the potential this centre has to become an bheith ina acmhainn thábhachtach don rince, important resource for dance, locally and go háitiúil agus go náisiúnta. Leis an nationally. The funding has enabled the Centre maoiniú seo, bhí ar chumas an Ionaid to appoint a Development Officer Oifigeach Forbartha a fhostú The first performance programmes Na chéad cláracha léirithe a tháinig chun cinn arising out of the Council’s new dance de bharr scéim coimisiúin rince nua na commission scheme were presented by Comhairle, chuir an Firkin Crane Centre Firkin Crane Centre (ch. Andrew Wilson) (ch. Andrew Wilson) agus Comhairle Chontae and Wexford County Council (ch. Loch Garman (ch. Deirdre Grant) i láthair iad Deirdre Grant) Bunaíodh scéim chamchuairte rince chun cuidiú A dance touring scheme was set up to facilitate le níos mó de lucht féachana dul chuig wider audience access to dance performances taispeántais rince léirithe ag comhlachtaí presented by Irish-based companies bunaithe in Éirinn A number of capital funding requests from Sásaíodh roinnt iarratais mhaoiniú chaipitil ó dance companies and centres were met with chomhlachtaí agus ionaid rince maidir le fearais regard to specialist equipment and flooring speisialta agus riachtanais urláir don rince requirements for dance Tugadh tacaíocht do thogra nua a bhunaigh an Support was given to a new project set up Shawbrook School (Longfort). Díríonn an by the Shawbrook School (Longford). togra cónaithe seo ar rinceoirí Éireannacha óga This residential project is aimed at young réamhghairmiúla, a bhfuil a bhformhór ag Irish pre-professional dancers, most are traenáil in áit éigin eile cheana féin. Is í aidhm currently in full-time training elsewhere. an togra iad a thabhairt le chéile chun oibriú ar This project aims to bring them together thogra córagrafach. to work on a choreographic project. Tionscadail idir Lámha Projects in Train Fuair ceithre chomhlacht rince méaduithe móra i Four dance companies received significant mbliana; is iad seo Irish Modern Dance Theatre, increases this year: Irish Modern Dance Dance Theatre Ireland Cois Céim, agus Daghdha THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Theatre, Dance Theatre of Ireland, Cois Dance Company atá lonnaithe in Ollscoil Céim, and Daghdha Dance Company based Luimnigh. Aithníodh obair thacaíochta an at University of Limerick. The ongoing Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland trí support work of the Association of deontas 100% a thabhairt dá bpríomhiarratas Professional Dancers in Ireland was maoinithe. Cuireadh maoiniú ar fáil don Samuel acknowledged by a 100% allocation towards Beckett Centre ag Coláiste na Tríonóide chun its core programme funding request. Funding post a thabhairt do Cathy O’Kennedy mar was made available to the Samuel Beckett damhsóir cónaithe i gcomhair na dtéarmaí Centre at Trinity College to appoint Cathy Fómhar/Geimhridh. Cuideoidh an post seo le O’Kennedy as dancer-in-residence for its forbairt níos fearr a dhéanamh ar theacht i láthair 54 autumn/winter terms. This award will an rince laistigh den ionad. enhance and further develop the presence of dance within the Centre. Páistí agus Daoine Óga Leanann an Chomhairle le tacaíocht agus meas a Children and Young People thabhairt do chláranna teagaisc an Daghdha The Council continues to value and support Dance Company a théann ar chamchuairteanna the educational programmes of Daghdha leithne chuig scoileanna in Éirinn. Tá cuireadh Dance Company which tours extensively to faighte ag an gcomhlacht i mbliana ón Arts schools in Ireland. The company has been Council of Northern Ireland an clár a thabhairt invited by the Arts Council of Northern chuig roinnt scoileanna i dTuaisceart Éireann. Ireland to bring its programme to some Fuair sraith de scoileanna samhraidh do schools in Northern Ireland. A series of damhsóirí óga (lonnaithe i gCorcaigh, Baile summer schools for young dancers (based in Átha Cliath agus Longfort) tacaíocht i Cork, Dublin and Longford) received gcomhair costas aoi-theagascóirí. Fuair Irish support towards the costs of guest tutors. Junior Ballet a chéad deontas i gcomhair a gclár Irish Junior Ballet was awarded a first-time imeachtaí: orthu sin bhí léiriú ag an RHA grant towards its programme of events Gallagher Gallery (Baile Átha Cliath). including performances at the RHA Gallagher Gallery (Dublin). Sparánachtaí agus Duaiseanna Tháinig méadú de 89% ar sparántachtaí agus ar Bursaries and Awards dhuaiseanna rince thar an méid a tugadh i 1995. Dance bursaries and awards received an 89% Mhéadaigh an méadú seo an uimhir duaiseanna a increase over the 1995 allocation. This increase d’fhéadfaí a thabhairt don rannóg rince gairmiúil extended the number of awards available to the agus do dhamhsóirí óga atá ar an mbealach aníos. professional dance sector and aspirant dancers. B’iad painéalaithe le haghaidh duaiseanna Panellists for awards in Dance were: Finola sa rince ná: Finola Cronin, Andrew Wilson, Cronin, Andrew Wilson, Judy Spence. Judy Spence. Dance/An Rince
Awards/Duaiseanna £ Miriam Bowe 2,000 Simon Brambell 3,000 Adrienne Brown 1,500 Cathy Coughlan 2,000 Cindy Cummings 1,200 Robert Foley 2,000 Edward Hayes-Neary 3,000 Claire Keating 1,250 Clodagh Kelly 2,000 Mairead Langan 2,000 Chantal McCormack 2,000 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Michelle McCullagh 3,000 Aoife McGrath 4,000 Lisa McLoughlin 5,050 Kim Nolan 2,000 Rebecca Reilly 3,000 Claire Marie Rooney 3,000 Robert Connor 500 Victoria O’Brien 750 Diana Richardson 750 Loretta Yurick 500 55 ARTFLIGHT: 51 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 6,758 ______51 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus
Total—Awards/Iomlán—Duaiseanna 51,258
Dance Commission Scheme/Scéim Coimisiúin Rince
Firkin Crane, Cork 7,500 Wexford County Council 4,000 11,500 ______
Touring/Camcuairteanna Cork Opera House 3,000 New Balance Dance Company, Dublin 5,000 Firkin Crane, Cork 9,000 Dance Theatre of Ireland, Dublin 10,000 Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Dublin 8,000 Coiscéim Dance Theatre, Dublin 5,000 40,000 ______Grants/Deontais Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland, Dublin 30,000 Coiscéim Dance Theatre, Dublin 25,000 Dance Theatre of Ireland, Dublin 98,000 Ennis Composition Summer School 200 Firkin Crane, Cork 27,000 Gibson Madden School of Dance, Cork 2,000 Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Dublin 75,000 Mandance, Dublin 7,500 New Balance Dance Company, Dublin 25,000 Royal Academy of Dancing, Irish Region 2,500 Rubato Ballet, Dublin 61,000 Shawbrook School of Ballet, Longford 9,500
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Trinity College, Dublin 5,500 Westmeath VEC 200 368,400 ______
Education/Oideachais Daghdha Dance Company, Limerick 85,000 Giant Productions, Dublin 8,000 Irish Junior Ballet, Dublin 4,000 97,000 ______Total Awards and Grants/Iomlán Duaiseanna agus Deontais 568,158
56 Sundry/Ilnithe 1,139 ______Total for Dance as Note 3 (page 104)/ 569,297 ______Iomlán don Rince mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathnach 104) Opera 57 An Ceoldráma
Scene from Introduction Réamhrá Opera Expenditure on Opera in 1996 totalled Ba é iomlán an chaiteachais ar Cheoldrámaíocht Ireland’s £1,009,000, an increase of £97,000 i 1996 ná £1,009,000, méadú de £97,000 The Magic (11%) on 1995. (11%) ar 1995. Flute The major decision in 1996 was to establish Ba é an príomhchinneadh i 1996 Páirtí an Opera Development Group from within the Oibre ar Fhorbairt Ceoldrámaíochta a bhunú as membership and staff of the Council, whose remit baill agus foireann na Comhairle, arbh é a was to ‘examine existing provision for opera in dtreoir ‘fiosrú a dhéanamh ar sholáthar do Ireland and make recommendations for the cheoldrámaíocht in Éirinn agus moltaí a development of the artform’. dhéanamh ó thaobh fhorbairt na healaíona sin’. Funding to Wexford Festival Opera, Coinníodh an maoiniú Wexford Opera Opera Ireland and Opera Theatre Company Festival, Opera Ireland agus an Opera Theatre was maintained at 1995 levels pending the Company ag leibhéil 1995 go dtí go mbeadh outcome of the opera policy considerations toradh ar mheasúnú pholasaí ceoldrámaíochta later in the year. níos déanaí sa bhliain.
Policy Polasaí The Opera Development Group held a series of Rinne an Páirtí Oibre ar Fhorbairt meetings throughout 1996. A public call for Ceoldrámaíochta machnamh i rith 1996. submissions was made to address the many issues Lorgaíodh moltaí ón phobail i dtaobh stadas na involved in the current situation and future ceoldrámaíochta in Éirinn faoi láthair agus an development of opera in Ireland. Suggested fhorbairt sa todhchaí. Moladh go ndéanfaí plé subjects for discussion included: ar go leor ábhar: artistic issues (new work, ceisteanna ealaíonta (saothair nua, co-productions, venues) comhléiriúcháin, ionaid) access and participation insroichteacht agus comhpháirtíocht employment within the sector fostaíocht laistigh den rannóg financial and other resources acmhainní airgid agus eile planning and co-ordination pleanáil agus comhordú the importance of opera in Irish cultural life, an tábhacht a bhaineann le ceoldrámaíocht i saol and its future development. cultúrtha na hÉireann agus a forbairt sa todhchaí.
Thirty-six written submissions from opera Fríothadh tríocha a sé moladh scríofa ó companies, artists, promoters, composers, arts chomhlachtaí ceoldrámaíochta, tionscnóirí, officers, arts centres, theatre companies, music cumadóirí, oifigí ealaíon, ionaid ealaíon, organisations and other individuals throughout comhlachtaí amharclainne, eagraíochtaí ceoil agus the country were received in response to this call. daoine aonair ar fud na tíre de bharr an éilimh seo. Following this approach, a questionnaire was Ag teacht ón gcur chuige seo, forbraíodh THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON developed and circulated to over 150 singers both ceistiúchán agus seoladh é chuig os cionn 150 at home and abroad exploring the issues of career amhránaí sa bhaile agus thar sáile ag fiosrú na development, employment issues and a vision for gceisteanna a bhaineann le forbairt gairme, the future of opera in Ireland. Forty-one ceisteanna fostaíochta agus íomhá do thodhchaí submissions were received from singers. ceoldrámaíochta in Éirinn. Fríothadh ceathracha a In an attempt to research further the haon moladh ó amhránaithe. potential of new work, to create new audiences Mar iarracht chun níos mó taighde a and to ascertain a view of the possible dhéanamh ar chumas na hoibre nua, lucht féachana inhibitors to that progress, meetings were held níos fairsinge a chruthú agus tuiscint a fháil ar throughout Ireland with a wide range of bhacanna a d’fhéadfadh cur as don dul chun cinn, 58 individuals and organisations. tionóladh cruinnithe ar fud na hÉireann le réimse leathan de dhaoine aonair agus eagraíochtaí. These included: arts organisations involved with the creation Ina measc seo bhí: and promotion of opera at present eagraíochtaí ealaíon a bhfuil baint acu le arts organisations who are not involved with cruthú agus cur chun cinn na ceoldrámaíochta the promotion nor creation at the moment faoi láthair non-arts organisations whose broad brief eagraíochtaí ealaíon nach bhfuil baint ar bith may include promotion and development acu faoi láthair leis an gcur chun cinn ná cruthú of the arts. eagraíochtaí nach eagraíochtaí ealaíon iad ach ar féidir go mbeadh baint acu le cur chun cinn Meetings were held with twenty-four individuals agus forbairt na n-ealaíon. and organisations. As well as these strategies, the Opera Tionóladh cruinnithe le fiche ceathair daoine Development Group engaged in direct dialogue aonair agus eagraíochtaí. with funded organisations and other key players Chomh maith leis na straitéisí seo, chuaigh an in a series of consultative meetings. Páirtí Oibre ar Fhorbairt Ceoldrámaíochta chun At year end the Group was preparing a report cainte go díreach le eagraíochtaí maoinithe agus whose main recommendations were as follows: príomhdhaoine eile i sraith cruinnithe comhairleacha. To consolidate the revenue funding levels of the Ag deireadh na bliana bhí an grúpa ag three production companies already funded ullmhú tuarascála. Seo leanas na príomhmholtaí: To establish a fixed circuit of regional venues Chun léibhéal maoinithe ioncaim na dtrí to be served by Opera Theatre Company with a chomhlacht léirithe a maoiníodh cheana a neartú programme of mainstream small-scale opera Cum timthriall sochair de ionaid réigiúnacha a with orchestral accompaniment bhunú ar an ndéafadh an Opera Theatre Company To provide a fund for commissioning new freastal le clár de cheoldrámaíocht mhionscála opera by Irish composers and librettists lárshrutha maraon le tionlacan ceolfhoirne To provide bursaries and project awards to Chun ciste a bhunú d’fhonn ceoldrámaí assist in the career development of Irish singers úra le cumadóirí libreógaithe Éireannacha and other artists in opera a choimisiúniú To consolidate support for the National Chun spárantachtaí agus duaiseanna Chamber Choir as the core of a professional tionscnaimh a sholáthatar d’fhonn gairmeacha opera chorus cheoltóirí agus dhaoine eile gníomhach san To provide project grant-aid to assist occasional cheoldrámaíocht a chothú productions of opera and music theatre, so as Chun taca don National Chamber Choir a to broaden the range of opera practitioners, and dhaingniú mar eithne de chór ghairmiúl to expand the audience for opera ceoldrámaíochta To promote actively with Government the Chun cúnamh deontais i leith tionscnaimh a development of a major new centre for the sholáthar d’fhonn cúnamh a thabhairt do performing arts in Dublin’s docklands. chorrléirithe ceoldrámaíochta agus d’fhonn lucht éisteachta na ceoldrámaíochta a fhairsingiú 1996 Productions Chun mórionaid nua do na beoealaíona a During 1996, Opera Ireland presented Tosca fhorbairt i nDuglanna Bhaile Átha Cliath a THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON (Puccini), The Magic Flute (Mozart), La Bohème chomhthionscnamh in éineacht leis an Rialtas. (Puccini) and l’Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) in twenty performances over its winter and spring Léiriúcháin 1996 seasons. Opera Theatre Company toured Zaide I rith 1996, chur Opera Ireland Tosca (Puccini), (Mozart), Amadigi (Handel) and Katya Kabanova The Magic Flute (Mozart), La Bohème (Puccini) agus (Janaek) over three seasons to over twenty venues, l’Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) i láthair ag fiche léiriú le both North and South, and to London, Buxton linn a shéasúir gheimhridh agus earraigh. Chuaigh and Edinburgh; Wexford Festival Opera presented an Opera Theatre Company ar chamchuairt le three operas over eighteen nights: Parisina by Zaide (Mozart), Amadigi (Handel) agus Katya Donizetti, l’Etoile du Nord by Meyerbeer and Sarka Kabanova (Janacek) le linn trí shéasúr in os cionn 59 by Zdenech Fibich. fiche ionad, ó thuaidh agus ó dheas, agus go Other Londain, Buxton agus productions Dún Éideann; chuir assisted were Wexford Festival Opera trí four perfor- cheoldráma i láthair ar mances of ocht n-oíche dhéag: Bizet’s Carmen Parisina le Donizetti, by Opera l’Etoile du Nord le South at the Meyerbeer agus Sarka le Cork Opera Zdenech Fibich. House; and Tugadh cabhair do nine perfor- cheithre léiriú de Carmen mances of (Bizet) ag Opera South West Side Story ag an Cork Opera House; (Bernstein) agus do naoi léiriú de by Pimlico West Side Story (Bernstein) Opera at ag Pimlico Opera ag Mountjoy Opera Theatre Company’s production of Katya Kabanova Príosún Mhuinseo ina Prison raibh ealaíontóirí involving professional artists and prisoners. gairmiúla agus príosúnaigh i bpáirt. An Opera Commissioning grant was Tugadh deontas ón coimisiúnaithe do provided to Meridian Theatre Company for a new Meridian Theatre Company le haghaidh saothair work by John Browne with a libretto by Johnny nua ó John Brown le leabhróg ó Johnny Hanrahan Hanrahan based on The House of Madame Tellier by bunaithe ar The House of Madame Tellier de chuid Guy Maupassant. Guy Maupassant. Children and Young People Páistí agus Daoine Óga The National Chamber Choir (NCC) received Fuair an National Chamber Choir deontas a grant of £50,000, an increase of £35,000 on £50,000, méadú de £35,000 ar 1995. Tá an 1995. This professional choir, based in cór gairmiúil seo, atá lonnaithe in Ollscoil Dublin City University is also supported by Chathair Átha Cliath, ag fáil tacaíochta RTÉ. Its programme is aimed at children and chomh maith ó RTÉ. Tá a chlár dírithe ar young people. leanaí agus daoine óga. In 1996 the Arts Council supported I 1996 thug an Chomhairle Ealaíon NCC’s extensive programmes for commis- tacaíocht do chláranna fairsinge an National sioning new works, training and coaching Chamber Choir do choimisiúnú píosaí nua oibre, singers on a regular and systematic basis, and traenáil agus múineadh amhránaithe ar bhonn organising public performances of both rialta chórasach, agus i in eagrú léiriúchán poiblí mainstream and newly-composed repertoire. de stór amhráin idir ghnáthphíosaí agus The Council hopes that detailed discussions nuachumtha. Tá súil ag an gComhairle go involving the Arts Council, NCC and RTÉ will soiléireoidh plé mion ina mbeidh an Chomhairle THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON clarify the National Chamber Choir’s role as Ealaíon, an National Chamber Choir agus RTÉ an independent professional choir serving the páirteach, gnó an National Chamber Choir mar needs of both RTÉ as a broadcaster and chór neamhspleách gairmiúil ag freastal ar contributing to the development of the vocal riachtanais RTÉ mar chraoltóir agus ag cur le arts in Ireland. forbairt na n-ealaíon gutha in Éirinn.
International Dimension An Ghné Idirnáisiúnta Opera Theatre Company toured Zaide to the Thug Opera Theatre Company Zaide go dtí and Edinburgh Festival Theatre, and Amadigi to Edinburgh Festival Theatre agus Amadigi go dtí the Covent Garden Festival in London, an Covent Garden Festival i Londain, An 60 Buxton Opera Festival and to the Festival Buxton Opera Festival agus an Festival Theatre Theatre in Edinburgh. i nDún Éideann.
Opera/An Ceoldrámaíocht £ Opera Ireland (DGOS), Dublin 385,000 Wexford Festival Trust 300,000 Opera Theatre Company, Dublin 230,000 Opera South, Cork 20,000 National Chamber Choir, Dublin 50,000 Meridian Productions, Cork 3,000 IRD, Kiltimagh/Opera Northern Ireland 750 Pimlico Opera, London 2,000
ARTFLIGHT: 15 air travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 2,507 15 duais duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus ______Total Awards and Grants/Iomlán Duaiseanna agus Deontais 993,257
Sundry/Ilnithe 15,363 ______
Total for Opera as Note 3 (page 104)/ 1,008,620 ______Iomlán don Cheoldrámaíocht mar ar Nóta 3 (leathanach 104) Music 61 An Ceol ontemporary Introduction Réamhrá sic ensemble, Total expenditure on music was £1,452,000, an Ba é iomlán an chaiteachais ar cheol ná £1,452,000, Concorde increase of £226,000 (18%) on the 1995 figure. méadú de £226,000 (18%) ar an tsuim do 1995.
Policy Polasaí In 1996, the Council identified the main I 1996 d’aithin an Chomhairle na resource organisations in music, including the príomheagraíochtaí acmhainne sa cheol, an Irish Irish Chamber Orchestra, as priorities for Chamber Orchestra ina measc, mar riachtanaisí funding. In the Council’s view, the plans tosaíochta ó thaobh maoinithe. Dar leis an outlined by this core group of professional gComhairle is é an bealach is éifeachtaí agus is bodies represent the most effective and strategic stráitéisí chun an ciste airgid atá ar fáil ar use of the funds available to support music of mhaithe leis an gCeol de gach genre a úsáid all genres and to address issues concerning agus chun ceisteanna i dtaobh insroichteachta access and audience development. agus forbairt an lucht éisteachta a réiteach ná, cloí leis na bpleananna atá leagtha amach ag an Initiatives mbungrúpa seo d’eagraíochtaí gairmiúla. The Council provided an additional £50,000 to the Limerick-based Irish Chamber Orchestra Tionscnaimh (ICO) to advance the establishment of its core Chuir an Chomhairle £50,000 sa bhreis ar fáil group of string players, to commission, perform don Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO), atá and record more new works by Irish composers, lonnaithe i Luimneach, chun cur leis an mbunú dá and to extend its touring circuit within Ireland to lárghrúpa seinnteoirí téada, níos mó saothar nua ó new venues which have not hitherto had access to chumadóirí Éireannacha a choimisiúnú, a léiriú live orchestral music. This funding also allowed agus a thaifeadadh agus chomh maith chun fad a ICO to establish a new International Festival of chur lena chamchuairteanna laistigh d’Éirinn Music at Killaloe, Co. Clare. chuig ionaid nua nach bhfuil aon teacht acu go dtí Over £160,000 additional funding went to seo ar cheol beo cheolfhoirne. Chuidigh an the main support organisations in music, including maoiniú seo freisin leis an ICO Féile Ceoil a 54% increase to Music Network and an Idirnáisiúnta nua a bhunú i gCill Dá Lua i indication of support for a three-year development gContae an Chláir. and funding cycle for this organisation. Chuaigh os cionn de £160,000 de mhaoiniú The main resource organisations for breise chuig na príomheagraíochtaí tacaíochta traditional and contemporary music, Irish ceoil, mar champla, tugadh méadú de 54% do Traditional Music Archive and the Contemporary Music Network agus tuiscint de thacaíocht Music Centre, received increased funding in maoine agus forbartha trí bliana don eagraíocht. support of their extensive programmes of Fuair na príomheagraíochtaí acmhainne do documentation and information services. The cheol thraidisiúnta agus do cheol chomhaim- Council also supported MusicBase to provide seartha, Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann agus an THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON advice, information and other services in the Contemporary Music Centre, méadú maoinithe popular music sector. mar thacaíocht dá gcláranna fairsinge Support for jazz and improvised music was doiciméadaithe agus seirbhísí eolais. Thug an discussed in detail by the Council with represen- Chomhairle tacaíocht freisin do MusicBase chun tatives of the jazz sector and the Council decided comhairle, eolas agus seirbhísí eile a chur ar fáil i to implement the findings of a report on the rannóg cheoil don slua. development of jazz over a three-year period. Bhí plé mion faoin tacaíocht do shnagcheol agus ceol tobchumtha idir an Projects in Train Chomhairle agus toscairí ón rannóg snagcheoil It was decided to mark the tenth anniversary of agus chinn an Chomhairle torthaí tuairisce a 62 the publication of the Council report, Deaf Ears chur i bhfeidhm i leith forbairte snagcheoil (a report on the provision of music education in thar tréimhse trí bliana. Ireland) by commissioning a short study to describe local initiatives in the provision of music Tionscadail idir Lámha education (including the emergence of MEND/the Cinneadh ó tharla é a bheith cothrom deich Music Education National Debate), with a view mbliana ó foilsíodh tuairisc na Comhairle, Deaf to encouraging the transfer of successful models Ears (tuairisc ar sholáthar oideachas ceoil in to and, ultimately, enhancing the prospect of Éirinn) an ócáid a chomóradh trí staidéar gearr a funding from, the Department of Education. choimisiúnú a chuirfeadh síos ar thionscnaimh This research will get underway in Spring 1997. áitiúla i soláthar oideachas ceoil (ina measc teacht The Improvised Music Company produced a chun cinn MEND/An Díospóireacht Náisiúnta i series of six CD recordings of jazz. This is the first dtaobh Oideachais Cheoil), ag súil go stage of their plans to have a comprehensive set of bhfeabhsófar an t-aistriú de shamhaileacha ar recordings of Irish jazz, including much original éirigh leo go dtí an Roinn Oideachais.Ins an material by Irish musicians. Funding increases to deireadh thiar bheadh seans níos fearr an maoiniú Moving On Music have helped that organisation a fheabhsú sa tslí sin. Tosóidh an taighde seo in expand its programme of events and services to the Earrach 1997. music community throughout Ireland. Sholáthair an Improvised Music Company sraith de sé cinn de CD ar a raibh taifeadadh Bursaries and Awards snagcheoil agus seo é an chéad chuid dá bplean 1996 was the first year of the new awards go mbeadh sraith taifeadta cuimsitheach de scheme for advanced instrumentalists and shnagcheol Éireannach acu, ina mbeadh go leor singers and the Council made five awards píosaí bunaidh ó cheoltóirí Éireannacha ann. worth £20,000 to talented Irish performers Chabhraigh méadú maoine freisin do Moving who are about to commence a career in On Music chun go bhféadfadh an eagraíocht sin performance. The largest single award of a chlár imeachtaí agus seirbhísí a leathnú ar fud £8,600 made under the scheme went to Cork an phobail ceoil in Éirinn. Sparánachtaí Tommy agus Deontais Peoples, Ba é 1996 an chéad Music bhliain do scéim nua Network duaiseanna do tour, sheinteoirí oiltre September uirlisí agus amhránaithe agus thug an Chomhairle cúig dhuais arbh fhiú £20,000 san iomlán iad do sheinnteoirí éirimiúla Éireannacha, atá ar tí tús a chur lena THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ngairm i léiriú. Bronnadh an duais singil a ba mhó faoin scéim (£20,000) ar an veidhleadóir as Corcaigh, Catherine Leonard, chun cabhrú léi ina staidéar le Ruggiero 63 Ricci i Salzburg. Tugadh an chéad Elizabeth Maconchy Composition Fellowship, ar fiú £24,000 é, do violinist Catherine Leonard to assist her Marion Ingoldsby chun staidéar a dhéanamh in studies with Ruggiero Ricci in Salzburg. Ollscoil York. Forbraíodh an duais nua seo i Marion Ingoldsby was awarded the first bpáirt leis an Contemporary Music Centre agus is Elizabeth Maconchy Composition Fellowship í a haidhm deiseannaseansanna a thabhairt do (£24,000) to study at the University of York. chumadóirí Éireannacha forbairt agus leathnú a This new award has been developed in association dhéanamh ar a dtaithí sa scríobh. with the Contemporary Music Centre and aims to B’iad na painéalaithe le haghaidh na provide opportunities for Irish composers to duaiseanna agus na sparánachtaí sa cheol ná: develop and broaden their experience in writing. Bernadette Greavy, Helmut Seeber, Proinsias Ó Panellists for awards and bursaries in Music Duinn, Brian Carson, Brian Irvine, Pamela Smith, were: Bernadette Greavy, Helmut Seeber, Proinsias Joe Ryan, Marian Doherty, Aidan O’Carroll. Ó Duinn, Brian Carson, Brian Irvine, Pamela Smith, Joe Ryan, Marian Doherty, Aidan O’Carroll. Páistí agus Daoine Óga Chuir an Chomhairle méadú maoine ar fáil do Children and Young People mháistir-ranganna agus ceardlanna ceoil i 1996. The Council provided an increased fund for Tríd is tríd, bhí méadú maith ar réimse, éagsúlacht music masterclasses and workshops in 1996. agus fiúntas na deiseanna do dhaoine óga a bheith Overall, there was a substantial increase in the páirteach i ngach cineál ceoil cé go bhfuil sé range, variety and value of opportunities for deacair tabhairt faoina riachtanais ar fad atá le young people involved in all forms of music, feiceáil ar fud na tíre. I measc na n-imeachtaí a although it remains difficult to address all of the maoiníodh i rith 1996 bhí ceol cheolfhoirne, ceol needs which are evident throughout the country. traidisiúnta agus snagcheol. Cuireann go leor Events funded during 1996 included orchestral eagraíochtaí maoinithe seirbhísí agus seansanna ar music, traditional music, and jazz. Many funded fáil chomh maith sa réigiún seo agus is í aidhm organisations also provide services and opportu- scéimeanna na Comhairle cur leis an soláthar atá nities in this area and the Council’s schemes aim ann faoi láthair. to complement this existing provision. Bhí páirt ghníomhach ag an gComhairle The Council also played an active role in freisin i bhforbairt an Federation of Musicians’ developing the Federation of Musicians’ Collectives, an Irish Association of Youth Collectives, the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras, agus an rannóg Éireannach de Orchestras, the Irish section of Federation Federation Internationale des Jeunesses Internationale des Jeunesses Musicales/ Musicales/Macaomh an Cheoil. Chuidigh The Macaoimh an Cheoil. The Ark, through its core Ark chomh maith, trína bhunchlárú, le programming, has also contributed significantly seansanna a chruthú do leanaí a bheith páirteach THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON to creating opportunities for children to get i ndéanamh an cheoil. Tá impleachtaí involved with making music. All of these have fadtéarmacha náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta acu long-term implications nationally and interna- seo ar fad do cheol na hóige sa tír seo. tionally for youth music in this country. Tionscadail sa Todhchaí Future Projects Tá an Chomhairle ag iniúchadh na ceiste, an The Council is looking at the possibility of féidir cabhrú le ceannacht agus bainistíocht assisting the purchase and management of ‘banks’ ‘bancanna’ uirlisí ceoil agus chomh maith an of musical instruments and also the issue of cheist faoi phianónna de chaighdeán maith a provision of good quality pianos purchased and cheannacht agus a bhainistiú i gcomhar leis na 64 managed in association with local authorities. húdaráis áitiúla. Tharla gur eirigh chomh maith Based on the success of its arrangements with lena socruithe le Bardas Loch Garman, glacann an Waterford Corporation, the Council sees this as Chomhairle le seo mar bhealach maith amháin one effective way of addressing this issue. chun tabhairt faoin gceist. Music/An Ceol
Awards/Duaiseanna £ Cathal Ó Dúill 750 Cían Ó Dúill 1,000 Celine Barry 750 Michael Buckley 257 Johanna Byrne 500 Brian Byrne 500 Julia Canavan 1,500 Aisling Casey 750 Anna Cashell 1,500 Nicola Cleary 1,500 Maria Cleary 2,750 Cíarán Crilly 1,500 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Niamh Crowley 1,000 Leonie Curtin 500 Chris Darby 700 Rónán de Búrca 1,000 Brendan Doyle 400 Aileen Dullaghan 875 Rónán Dunne 1,000 Brian Fleming 3,000 Adrian Gallagher 750 Fiona Hearún 625 65 Michael Holohan 750 Lorna Horan 500 Adrian Hughes 1,000 Marian Ingoldsby 4,000 Michael Joyce 500 Hilda Leader 1,000 Catherine Leonard 2,100 Lisa McLoughlin 750 Sarah McMahon 1,000 Kieran Moynihan 1,000 Gráinne Mulvey 750 Anne Murnaghan 1,000 Clíodhna Ní Aodáin 500 Niamh Ní Chonaill 750 Úna Ní Chonchuir 750 Aoife Ní Raghaill 1,000 Éamonn Nolan 375 Edel O’Brien 1,000 Geraldine O’Doherty 1,000 Orla Palliser 500 Sarah Quinn 750 Emma Roche 1,000 Clíodhna Ryan 750 Vourneen Ryan 1,000 Peter Shannon 1,500 Fergus Sheil 900 Nicky Sweeney 1,000 Patricia Treacy 1,000 Carla Vedres 1,000 Jennifer Walshe 500 52,732 ______
ARTFLIGHT: 280 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 49,186 280 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus
New Music Commission Scheme/Scéim Choimisiúnaithe Nuacheoil Gerald Barry 8,500 Seóirse Bodley 2,500
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON John Buckley 4,900 Rhona Clarke 900 Frank Corcoran 1,500 Raymond Deane 4,250 Roger Doyle 1,300 Marian Ingoldsby 2,000 Fergus Johnston 750 John Kinsella 2,475 Philip Martin 2,275 Colin Mawby 1,300 66 Michael McGlynn 500 Jane O’Leary 2,300 Eric Sweeney 2,100 Kevin Volans 750 Ian Wilson 1,000 39,300 ______
Total: Awards and Commissions/Iomlán: Duaiseanna agus Coimisiúnú 141,218
Grants to Organisations & Performing Groups/ Deontais d’Eagraíochtaí agus do Ghrúpaí Seinnte Concorde, Galway 10,000 Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin 130,339 Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór, Cork 60,000 Cumann Cheol Tíre Éireann, Baile Átha Cliath 2,000 Douglas Gunn Ensemble, Laois 1,000 Irish Chamber Orchestra, Limerick 328,500 Music Network, Dublin 200,000 MusicBase, Dublin 105,000 Na Píobairí Uilleann, Baile Átha Cliath 35,000 Irish Traditional Music Archive/ Taisce Cheoil Dúchais Éireann, Baile Átha Cliath 139,350 1,011,189 ______
Concert Promotion/Tionscnamh Ceolchoirmeacha Clifden Arts Society, Galway 5,000 Cork Orchestral Society 6,500 Kilkenny Music Museum 1,000 Limerick Music Association 8,250 Mostly Modern Series, Dublin 1,950 Music for Galway 20,000 Music for Wexford 750 Northern Ireland Chamber Orchestra 900 Waterford Music Club 3,400 West Cork Music 2,500 50,250 ______
Events/Imeachtaí Clare Festival of Traditional Singing 2,900 Cork International Choral Festival 20,000 Dublin International Organ & Choral Festival 10,000 Inishowen Traditional Singers Circle, Donegal 2,600 Slieve Gullion Festival of Traditional Singing, Down 700 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Sligo International Choral Festival 10,000 46,200 ______
Recordings—Publications/Taifeadadh—Foilsiúcháin Concorde, Galway 5,000 Cork International Choral Festival 2,500 John Feeley 3,500 Douglas Gunn Ensemble, Laois 4,500 Una Hunt 2,995 Philip Martin 500 Improvised Music Company, Dublin 7,500 67 Fergus Johnston 2,500 Largo Records/Gerald Barry 4,750 Peter O’Brien 1,000 Chris Darby 300 Radio Telefís Éireann/Irish Composers Series 10,000 45,045 ______
Education and Young People/Oideachas agus Daoine Óga Alternative Entertainments, Tallaght 6,500 Aonach Paddy O’Brien, An tAonach 750 Bannow Folk and Traditional Society, Wexford 1,150 Cairde na Cruite, Termann Fhéichín 500 Cairdeas na bhFidléirí, Tír Chonaill 3,900 Coiste Forbartha Cheantar Mhín an Aoire, Tír Chonaill 300 Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann: Joe O’Dowd Branch, Sligo/Craobh Joe O’Dowd, Sligeach 400 Riverstown Branch/Craobh Riverstown 1,000 Lixnaw Branch/Craobh Lixnaw 750 DELTA/Traditional Music Seminar, Dublin 1,000 Donegal Arts Festival 300 Drake Research Project, Dublin and Belfast 10,000 Dublin Youth Orchestra 350 Ennis Composition Summer School 5,420 European Piano Teachers’ Association, Dublin 750 Féile Caomhán, Inis Oírr 400 Feakle Traditional Singers, Clare 350 Féile Chois Cuain, Cluain Cearbán, Maigh Eo 500 Fiddler of Oriel, Monaghan 450 Galway Early Music 300 Improvised Music Company, Dublin 10,000 Irish Association of Brass Bands 3,000 Irish Association of Youth Orchestras, Cork 2,000 Irish Pipe Band Association, Wexford 6,000 Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, Dublin 3,000 Jeunesses Musicales Ireland 900 Larry Kelly Cultural Centre, Roscommon 250 Limerick Jazz Society 1,750
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Music Association of Ireland, Dublin 21,000 Newpark Music Centre, Dublin 2,000 O’Carolan Harp & Culture Festival, Nobber 500 O’Carolan Harp Festival, Keadue, Roscommon 500 Oideas Gael, Tír Chonaill 750 Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin 2,000 Scoil Acla, Maigh Eo 2,450 Scoil Ceoil Geimhridh Frankie Kennedy, Leitir Ceanainn 500 Scoil Ceoil Inis Meáin 250 Scoil Leacht Uí Chonchúir, Lahinch 2,470 68 Scoil Samhna Séamus Ennis, Baile Átha Cliath 450 Scoil Samhraidh Liatroma 1,500 Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, An Chláir 16,400 Sean-Nós Cois Life, Baile Átha Cliath 500 Siamsa Choilm de Bháilis, Conamara 500 Silgo Early Music Ensemble 500 Songwriters Workshop, Dublin 500 South Sligo Summer School 3,000 Treasure Island Promotions, Dalkey 900 Waterford Corporation/Bárdas Phort Láirge 500 119,140 ______
Special Projects/Tograí Speisialta Federation of Musicians’ Collectives 8,000 Unemployed Musicians Committee, Cork 2,500 10,500 ______Previous years grants not required/ Deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (3,200)
Total Awards and Grants/Iomlán Duaiseanna agus Deontais 1,420,342
Sundry/Ilnithe 31,980 ______
Total for Music as Note 3 (page 104)/Iomlán don Cheol mar Nóta 3 (leathanach 104) 1,452,322 ______
Grants Received/Deontais a Fuarthas Arts Council of Northern Ireland 46,756 ______International Arts 69 Na hEalaíona Idirnáisiúnta
Genus by Through the extensive use of the Arts Bhain grúpa leathan d’ealaíontóirí agus do Mick O’Kelly Council’s successful ARTFLIGHT scheme with chleachtóirí na n-ealaíon ó gach chearn d’Éirinn ncorporated Aer Lingus, a wide range of artists and arts leas fairsing as scéim rathúil ARTFLIGHT de chuid into the practitioners from all over Ireland have built na Comhairle Ealaíon chun teagmhála Ireland and international contacts, attended performances idirnáisiúnta a thógáil, chun freastal a dhéanamh ts Diaspora or exhibitions of their work, availed of ar léirith nó ar thaispeántais da chuid saothair, programme opportunities to engage in artistic projects chun deiseanna a thapú chun páirt a ghlacadh i hotomontage abroad and to engage in international dtionscnaimh ealaíonta thar lear, nó chun a bheith collaborative projects. Since the introduction páirteach i dtionscnaimh chomhoibritheacha of the ARTFLIGHT scheme in 1991, 5,400 idirnáisiúnta. Ón uair a cuireadh tús le scéim awards have been made. ARTFLIGHT i 1991 bronnadh 5,400 duaiseanna. In addition to ARTFLIGHT, the Arts De bharraíocht ar ARTFLIGHT bronann an Council also offers travel grants to artists in Chomhairle Ealaíon deontais taistil d’ealaíontóirí creative and interpretative disciplines to allow ins na disciplíní cruthaitheacha agus mínitheacha them to work outside Ireland and expand their chun a chur ar a gcumas shaothrú lasmuigh artistic experience. d’Eirinn agus chun a dtáithí ealaíonta a leathnú. Indirectly, the Arts Council is involved Go neamh díreach bíonn lámh ag an in more extensive support for the promotion gcomhairle i dtacaíocht níos leithne do chothú of Irish art abroad. Many of the companies ealaíon na hÉireann thar lear. Tá a lán dena which rely on Arts Council support for their heagraíochtaí a bhíos ag brath ar thacú ón core activities have taken their work on gComhairle Ealaíon le haghaidh a bpríomhgh- international tour, with funding chiefly from níomhacthaí tar éis a saothar a thabhairt ar the Cultural Relations Committee of the thimchuairt idirnáisiúnta: faicheann siad airgeadú Department of Foreign Affairs, from ach go háirithe ón Choiste um Chaidrimh sponsorship, and from commercial and Chultúrtha de chuid An Roinn Ghnóthaí non-commercial sources in the host Eachtracha, ón urraíocht, agus ó fhoinsí gheillea- countries. In 1996, this list included a broad gracha agus neamhgheilleagracha ins na range of companies and individuals including haoithíortha. Ins an bhliain 1996 bhí grúpa leathan The Abbey Theatre, the Gate Theatre, Druid d’eagraíochtaí agus de dhaoine aonair ar an liosta Theatre Company, TEAM Theatre-in- seo: orthu sin bhí Amharclann Mainistreach na Education Company, Rough Magic, Macnas, hÉireann; Amharclann an Gheata; Druid Theatre Opera Theatre Company, the Irish Chamber Company; TEAM Theatre-in-Education Company; Orchestra, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Rough Magic; Macnas; Opera Theatre Company; Cois Céim, Daghdha, Project Arts Centre Irish Chamber Orchestra; Irish Modern Dance and a variety of artists, publishers and Theatre; Cois Céim; Daghdha; Project Arts Centre promoters of different kinds. There is agus meascán d’ealaíontóirí, de fhoilsitheoirí agus evidence of great ingenuity and enterprise on de thionscnóirí de shaghasanna éagsúla. Is léir go the part of Irish artists in promoting their mbíonn ealaíontóirí na hÉireann beartach fiontrach THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON work internationally. i bhfógrú a saothair ar fud an domhain.
Ireland and its Diaspora Festival Féile na hÉireann agus a Diaspora at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1996 ag Aonach Leabhar Frankfurt 1996 The Ireland and its Diaspora Festival at the Ba mhórimtheacht ar fhéilire idirnáisiúnta na Frankfurt Book Fair was a major event in the n-ealaíon i 1996 í Féile na hÉireann agus a Diaspora. international arts calendar for 1996. Being Dá bhrí gur tugadh an onóir d’Éirinn téama honoured with the designation of focal theme of comhtheagmhá la Aonach Leabhar Frankfurt a the Frankfurt Book Fair provided Ireland with an cheapadh bhí deis ag Éireann scríbhneoireacht agus opportunity to present Irish writing and fhoilsitheoireacht na tíre seo a léiriú do na 20,000 70 publishing to the 20,000 members of the baill den comhluadar idirináisiúnta international publishing community, the 9,500 foilsitheoireachta, na 9,500 iriseoiri, agus na journalists and the 300,000 visitors who 300,000 cuairteoirí a d’fhreastal ar an Aonach. B’í an attended the Fair. The Arts Council, who Chomhairle Ealaíon a rinne comhordanáidiú ar an co-ordinated the Irish participation, chose rannpháirtíocht Éireannach. Roghnaigh sí Éire agus a Ireland and its Diaspora as an appropriate theme, Diaspora mar théama chuí, ag ceiliúradh na fírice go celebrating the fact that seventy million people bhfuil seachtó milliún daoine ar fud an domhain a world-wide acknowledge that they are Irish. admhaíonn gur de shliocht Éireannach iad. On the evening of October 1st almost Tháinig rath ar dhá bhliain dianoibre agus two years of hard work and planning at the dianphleanála sa Chomhairle Ealaíon ar an gcéad lá Arts Council culminated in the opening of de Dheireadh Fómhair nuair a cuireadh tús leis an The Ireland and its Diaspora Festival by Minister bhféile Éire agus a Diaspora ag Aonach Leabhar Michael D. Higgins in the presence of Frankfurt i 1996. Sheol an tAire Micheál D. President Mary Robinson. Earlier that same Ó hUiginn an fhéile um thráthnóna i láthair an day the official opening ceremony of the Book Uachtaráin Máire Nic Róibín. Bhí an tUachtarán, Fair had taken place, addressed by President Séamus Heaney agus Seansailéir na Gearmáine, Robinson, Seamus Heaney and German Helmut Kohl, tar éis labhairt ag oscailt oifigiúil an Chancellor, Helmut Kohl. Aonaigh Leabhar níos luaithe sa lá. Operating under an independent board, Ag gníomhú faoi bord neamhspleách, Director Lar Cassidy and his team organised a d’eagraigh an Stiúrthóir Lar Cassidy agus a fhoireann major festival of Irish writing in Germany. mórfhéile Scríbhneoireachta Éireannaí sa Ghearmáin. The Festival functioned at three levels: within the D’fheidhmigh an fhéile ar thrí leibhéal: laistigh den Book Fair Grounds; within Frankfurt City; and Aonach Leabhar; laistigh de chathair Frankfurt; agus nationwide in Germany. An alliance was forged ó cheann ceann na Gearmáine. Chuathas i bpáirt le with irland journal, an Irish-interest quarterly irland journal, ráitheachán a phléann cúrsaí published in Germany, to co-ordinate A Day of Éireannacha agus a foilsítear sa Ghearmáin, chun Irish Life in Germany, an Irish Festival with over A Day of Irish Life in Germany a chomhordú, féile 1,000 events, which took place in 500 cities and Éireannach ina raibh 1,000 imeacht a ceiliúradh i towns throughout Germany. 500 cathair agus baile ar fud na Gearmáine. A total of forty-five writers and critics Bhí daichead a cúig scríbhneoir agus took part in the Ireland and its Diaspora Festival criticeoir páirteach san fhéile Éire agus a Diaspora: with capacity audiences attending readings Bhí an-chuid de na himeachtaí lán go béal ar feadh and discussions both within and without the sheachtain an Aonaigh Leabhar, go háirithe an Book Fair Grounds. There was a variety of tsraith inar léigh agus phléigh 40 scríbhneoir exhibitions at venues across Frankfurt and in Éireannacha a saothar. D’fhreastail 60,000 the Irish Pavilion, the main exhibition, which cuairteoir ar an bPailliún Éireannach le linn sé lá was curated by Luke Dodd, illustrated the an Aonaigh chun féachaint ar an taispeántas a role of Irish literature in a world context. mhínigh ról litríocht na hÉireann i gcomhthéacs This was seen by over 60,000 visitors during domhanda. Ba é Luke Dodd a d’ullmhaigh é. the Fair’s six day run. Glacadh go rífhonnmhar le hÉire agus a Ireland and its Diaspora was greeted with huge Diaspora in Frankfurt agus ar fud na Gearmáine. enthusiasm both in Frankfurt and throughout Nocht na meáin chumarsáide an-spéis ann agus Germany. There was enormous media interest b’iomaí ceannlíne spleodrach agus alt téagartha THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON with colourful headlines and substantial faoi sna nuachtáin in Éirinn, sa Ghearmáin agus coverage in the Irish, German and international go hidirnáisiúnta. Tuairiscíodh imeachtaí oscailte press. The Festival opening events were na féile go forleathan ar na seirbhísí teilifíse agus extensively covered by television and radio news raidió anseo in Éirinn agus thar lear agus rinne services, both at home and abroad, and national idir stáisiúin náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta cláir and international television stations produced faoin bhféile. Thug nuachtáin náisiúnta de chuid several programmes on the Festival. 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L’Imaginaire Irlandais L’Imaginaire Irlandais Another significant international event in 1996 B’imeacht suntasach eile i 1996 L’Imaginaire Irlandais. was L’Imaginaire Irlandais. This festival of Irish B’é Rialtas na hÉireann a thionscnaigh an fhéile seo culture held in France was initiated by the Irish sa Fhrainc de chultúir na hÉireann, agus thug an Government and supported by the Arts Council, Chomhairle Ealaíon, maraon lena lán eagraíochtaí among many other statutory and non-statutory eile, idir chinn statúideacha agus chinn bodies. It took place over a five month period, neamhstatúideacha, taca di. Lean sí ar feadh tréimhse March to July, and was a major event in the cultural chuíg mhí ó Mhárta go hIúil, agus ba mhórimeacht í calendar of both France and Ireland. The Arts i bhféilire cultúrtha na Fraince agus na hÉireann. Council complemented Government support for Chuir an Chomhairle Ealaíon le taca an Rialtais don the project by providing premises for the festival tionscnamh trí aitreabh a sholáthar do Choimisinéir Commissioner and her team and by providing an na féile agus dá foireann, agus trí cúltacha mór extensive administrative back-up to the project. riarachán a chur ar fáil don tionscnamh. L’Imaginaire Irlandais, which originated with B’í an tUachtarán, Máire Nic Róibín, a chuir President Mary Robinson, arose out of a tús le L’Imaginaire Irlandais. D’fhás an tionscnamh recognition of a significant French interest in de bhrí gur aithníodh go raibh spéis suntasach ag Ireland and contemporary Irish culture. This was muintir na Fraince i gcultúr comhaimseartha na followed by a commitment to bring the original hÉireann. Mar thoradh ar sin chuir an Rialtas agus concept to fruition, on the part of Government líon áirithe gníomhaireachtaí, an Chomhairle and a number of agencies, including the Arts Ealaíon ina measc, ceangal orthú féin an Council. Government voted a sum of £1.5m in bhunchóincheap a thabhairt chun blátha. Vótáil an late 1993 and Ireland and France appointed Rialtas suim de £1.5m go mall i 1993 agus cheap commissioners in each country. Éire agus an Fhrainc coimisinéirí ins an dá thír. Early in the project, the phrase ‘entering Go luath ins an tionscnamh baineadh úsáid the bloodstream of French cultural life’ was used as an leagan cainte ‘ag dul isteach i sruth fola saoil Abbey Theatre production of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness at Theâtre de l’Odéon, Paris THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
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to describe what the team of L’Imaginaire Irlandais chultúrtha na Fraince’ chun cur síos a dhéanamh ar was trying to do. Over the planning period and a raibh beartaithe ag L’Imaginaire Irlandais. Le linn during the festival itself, numerous French na tréimhse pleanála agus le linn na féile féin thug curators, publishers, festival organisers, a lán coimeádaithe, foilsitheoirí, eagraitheoirí journalists and cultural programmers visited féilte, iriseoirí, agus cláraitheoirí cultúir de chuid Ireland and were familiarised with current na Fraince cuairt ar Éirinn agus cuireadh ar a n- developments in Irish cultural life. The Irish eolas iad i dtaobh imeachtaí reatha i saol cultúrtha artists who went to France in 1996 introduced a na hÉireann. Na healaíontóirí Éireannacha a new public to Irish arts. chuaigh go dtí an Fhrainc i 1996, chuir siad pobal There was an extraordinarily positive nua in aithne d’ealaíona na hÉireann. reaction from the French public to this presen- Ghlac pobal na Fraince go fonnmhar leis an tation of contemporary Irish culture. The léiriú seo de chultúr chomhaimseartha na public and media response to large-scale events hÉireann. Ba slat tomhais soiléir ar dhúil na like the St Patrick’s Day concert in La Villette, bhFrancach i gcultúr na hÉireann fritoradh an Seamus Heaney’s reading at the Maison de la phobail agus na meán cumarsáide ar na himeachtaí Poésie, or the Abbey theatre’s two-week run at mórscála ar nós coirm cheoil Lá Fhéile Phádraig i the Théâtre de l’Odéon was a palpable measure La Villette, léamh Séamus Heaney ag Maison de la of French enthusiasm for Irish culture. The Poésie, nó clár coicíse Amharclann na Mainistreach hundreds of events, residencies and most ag Theâtre de l’Odéon. Na céata imeachtaí, importantly of all, perhaps, publications which tréimhsí cónaithe, agus go háirithe na foilseacháin came about as a result of L’Imaginaire Irlandais a lean L’Imaginaire Irlandais, chothaigh siad spéis i ignited an interest in Irish culture in France gcultúr na hÉireann ins an Fhrainc, spéis a which will long outlast the festivities. mhairfeas i bhfad i ndiaidh na siamsaí. Multi-Disciplinary Arts 73 Na hEalaíona Ildisciplíneacha
Leadóg Introduction Réamhrá from the Multi-Disciplinary Arts represents a major Tá na hEalaíona Ildisiplíneacha mar chuid mhór Lambert element of the Council’s expenditure in the areas de chaiteachas na Comhairle ó thaobh lucht Puppet of audience, access to and participation in the féachana, insroichteachta agus comhpháirtíochta Theatre arts. It embraces Council programmes in the de sna healaíona. Glacann sé chuige cláracha fields of Community Arts, Festivals, Arts Centres, maidir le hEalaíona Pobail, Féilte, Ionaid Ealaíon, Arts and Disability, and also those programmes Ealaíona agus Míchumas, agus chomh maith leis for Children and Young People not included sin na cláracha do Leanaí agus Daoine Óga nach under individual artforms. bhfuil san áireamh faoina healaíona ar leith. Expenditure in 1996 totalled £2,394,000, San iomlán caitheadh £2,394,000 i 1996, an increase of £291,000 (14%) on 1995. méadú de £291,000 (14%) ar 1995.
Initiatives Tionscnaimh In 1996, the Arts Council and the Combat I 1996, bhunaigh an Chomhairle Ealaíon agus an Poverty Agency established a partnership to Combat Poverty Agency comhpháirtíocht chun examine issues relating to poverty and the súil a chaitheamh ar cheisteanna a bhain le arts. A working party, chaired by Professor bochtanas agus na healaíona. Bunaíodh páirtí John O’Hagan, was established and met oibre, leis an ollamh John O’Hagan sa chathaoir, regularly over the year. The report of the agus bhí cruinnithe rialta acu ar feadh tréimhse working party will include a research report bliana. I dtuairisc an pháirtí oibre, Poverty: Access by Jeanne Moore, and make recommen- and Participation in the Arts, tá i measc rudaí eile, dations on the accessibility of the arts to tuairisc taighde le Jeanne Moore, agus déanann sé people living in poverty. moltaí ó thaobh insroichteachta na n-ealaíon do The report provided the focus for debate at dhaoine atá ag maireachtáil ar an ngannchuid. a conference entitled Poverty: Access and Participation Bhí an tuairisc seo mar ábhar díospóireachta in the Arts organised under the auspices of the Irish ag comhdháil den teideal céanna, a heagraíodh faoi Presidency of the EU in November 1996. thionchar Uachtaránacht na hÉireann ar an AE. THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
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Members of Buí Bolg, Macnas and the Umbrella Project outside the Arts Council Community Arts and Festivals 75 Ealaíona Pobail agus Féilte
Pamela Hill, Policy Polasaí Learning Throughout 1996, a small group of I rith 1996, tháinig grúpa cleachtaithe agus Wheel practitioners and experts in the area of saineolaithe in ealaíona pobail le chéile chun cur training for community arts met to discuss and consider the agus cúiteamh a dhéanamh maidir le riachtanais trainers future development needs of the community forbartha na todhchaí do rannóg na n-ealaíon programme, arts sector, and make recommendations to pobail, agus chun moltaí a dhéanamh don C.A.F.E. the Arts Council. Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Two key areas were identified: Aithníodh dhá ní ar leith: the need to research and document the gur gá taighde agus cur síos a dhéanamh ar current range and extent of community arts réimse chleachtadh na n-ealaíon pobail faoi practice in Ireland láthair in Éirinn the need to create opportunities for dialogue gur gá seansanna a chruthú do chomhráití idir between practitioners in the form of cleachtaithe i bhfoirm comhdháileanna, conferences, publications and debates. foilsiúcháin agus díospóireachtaí.
The Arts Council is due to consider these Tabharfaidh an Chomhairle Ealaíon faoina issues in 1997. gceisteanna seo i 1997.
Organisations Eagraíochtaí In 1996, three new community arts organisations I 1996 fuair trí eagraíocht nua ealaíon pobail received funding for the first time. They are maoiniú don chéad uair. Sin iad Artlink i mBun Artlink in Buncrana, County Donegal, the Cranncha, Contae Dhún na nGall, an Umbrella Umbrella Project in Limerick City, and Draíocht Project i gCathair Luimnigh, agus Draíocht in in West Offaly. Iarthar Uíbh Fhailí. Festivals receiving funding for the first time Ba iad na féilte a fuair maoiniú den chéad were Rathdrum Cartoon Festival and Drogheda uair ná Féile Chartún Ráth Droma agus Féile Samba Festival. Samba Dhroichead Substantial increases Átha. Tugadh were allocated to méaduithe móra do Beara Community Sheachtain Ealaíon Arts Week and Pobail Bhéara agus Ballina Salmon do Fhéile Bhradáin Festival to enable Bhéal an Átha chun the consolidation clár oibre seasta a of a consistent dhaingniú. Tugadh programme of work. méaduithe freisin Increases were also d’eagraíochtaí eile THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON made to other chun cláranna a organisations to fhorbairt dirithe go develop programmes díreach ar leanaí aimed specifically at agus ar dhaoine óga. children and young people. Tionscnaimh I 1995, chomhb- Initiatives hunaigh an In 1995, the Arts Chomhairle Ealaíon Council and Finglas agus Finglas 76 Partnership co- Partnership scéim funded a one-year cónaithe ealaíon community arts pobail aon bhliana residency scheme on ar bhonn píolóta. a pilot basis. Ag teacht ón Following the pilot tionscnamh píolóta project, three one- fuair trí áit eile year residencies Parade, Samhlaíocht Chiarraí maoiniú aon received funding in bhliana i 1996: 1996: Leitrim Area Partnership; Ballymun Leitrim Area Partnership; Ballymun Area Area Partnership; Kilkenny Community Arts Partnership; Kilkenny Community Arts Network. A key objective, by the end of these Network. Is príomhsprioc, faoi dheireadh na residencies, is to have developed an arts plan n-áitreamh sin, go mbeadh plean ealaíon for each organisation. forbairte ann don eagraíocht. This scheme will be reviewed in 1997. Déanfar athbhreithniú ar an scéim seo i 1997. Arts and Disability 77 Na hEalaíona agus Míchumas
Mise Freisin Arts and Disability was a major focus of Arts Dhírigh an Chomhairle Ealaíon a aird go mór Workshops Council attention in 1996, with a substantial ar Ealaíon agus Míchumas i 1996: tharla le budget increase and a new initiative in terms of méadú mór bhuséad agus tionscnamh nua i policy development. bhfhorbairt polasaí. The increased level of funding made it Leis an méadú mór maoine seo bhí sé possible for a partnership to be created between a indéanta comhpháirtíocht a chruthú idir number of bodies including the Linenhall Arts eagraíochtaí áirithe (ina measc an Linenhall Arts Centre, Mise Fresin, the Mid Western Health Centre, Mise Freisin agus Bord Sláinte an Board, to bring into existence ‘The Trip to Clare Iarthair) chun tionscnamh eachtraíochta Island’ an exciting and innovative adventure corraitheach agus cruithaítheach, ‘An Turas go project based in Castlebar for young people with hOileán Chléire’, a thabhairt chun cinn, learning disabilities. tionscnamh atá lonnaithe i gCaisleán an The Arts Council, in co-operation with Bharraigh.Tá an togra seo dírithe ar dhaoine óga the National Rehabilitation Board, go bhfuil deacrachtaí foghlamtha acu. established a working group to advise on how I gcomhoibriú leis an mBord Athshlánaithe best to address the needs of people with Náisiúnta bhunaigh an Chomhairle Ealaíon grúpa disabilities in terms of its policy and practice. oibre chun comhairle maidir le polasaí agus The group was chaired by Professor Seamus cleachtadh a thabhairt ar an mbealach is fearr le Ó Cinnéide. Research-based and other contri- tabhairt faoi riachtanais na ndaoine a bhfuil butions were made by Mary Duffy. The work míchumas orthu. Ba é an tOllamh Séamus Ó of the group was closely linked to the parallel Cinnéide Chathaoirleach an grúpa. Rinne Mary preparation of the Report of the Commission Duffy i measc cuidiú eile bunús na taighde. Bhí on the Status of People with Disabilities, dlúthcheangal idir obair an ghrúpa seo agus ullmhú A Strategy for Equality. The working group’s Tuairisc an Choimisiúin ar Stadas na nDaoine le report, together with the associated research Míchumas, A Strategy for Equality. Tá tuairisc an papers, is due for consideration by the Arts ghrúpa oibre, maidir leis na páipéir thaighde, le cur Council in early 1997. faoi bhráid na Comhairle Ealaíon go luath i 1997. THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
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Lung Ha’s Theatre Company, The Home-made Child, City Arts Centre, photo: Marc Marnie Arts Centres 79 Ionaid Ealaíon
Island Introduction Réamhrá Theatre A major increase was made in the allocation to Tugadh méadú mór in allúntas na nIonad Company’s arts centres in 1996 to enable consolidation of Ealaíon i 1996, chun go bhféadfaidís saothar Someone the work of a number of existing centres, and to roinnt Ionad atá ann cheana féin a dhaingniú, Who’ll give support for the first time to a number of agus tacaíocht a thabhairt don chéad uair do Watch new arts centres. roinnt ionad nua ealaíon. Over Me The existing centres which received I measc na nIonad a bhí ann cheana agus a at Belltable substantial increases included: Siamsa Tire, fuair méadú mór bhí: Siamsa Tíre, Trá Lí; Arts Centre Tralee; Triskel Arts Centre, Cork; and Garter Ionad Ealaíon Triskel, Corcaigh; agus Garter Lane, Waterford. Lane, Port Láirge.
Three new centres came on stream as a Tháinig trí ionad nua chun cinn de bharr result of partnership funding with a number mhaoiniú comhpháirtíochta le roinnt of local authorities: údarás áitiúil. South Dublin County Council has entered into I bpáirt leis an gComhairle Ealaíon thug a 50% revenue funding relationship with the Comhairle Contae Dheisceart Bhaile Átha Arts Council in respect of Tallaght Community Cliath 50% de mhaoiniú bhliantúil isteach ó Arts Centre thaobh Ionad Ealaíon Phobal Thamhlachta de Tipperary (South Riding) County Council Tá Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Árann (Taobh has partnered the Arts Council on a 50/50 Theas) i bpáirt leis an gComhairle Ealaíon ar basis in relation to staff costs for South bhonn 50/50 maidir le costaisí foirne d’Ionad Tipperary Arts Centre Ealaíon Dheisceart Thiobraid Árann Donegal County Council has supported the Thug Comhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall newly-built Letterkenny Arts Centre as part of tacaíocht d’Ionad Ealaíon Leitir Ceanainn a a programme of ongoing development of tógadh le déanaí, mar chuid dá chlár ar venues, in Letterkenny in particular, and in fhorbairt ionad i Leitir Ceanainn ach go County Donegal in general. háirithe agus i nDún na nGall i gcoitinne.
Initiatives Tionscnaimh In 1996 the Arts Council allocated a sum of I 1996 thug an Chomhairle Ealaíon suim de £20,000 for a pilot programme to enable an £20,000 do chlár píolóta chun go bhféadfadh Arts Centre, or a group of Arts Centres to ionad ealaíon, nó grúpa d’ionaid ealaíon píosa commission a piece of work for performance oibre a chomisiúnú i gcomhair léirithe nó and/or exhibition. The fund is a response to taispeána. Ba freagra an maoiniú seo ar arts centres’ own demands to extend their role iarrataisí ó na hIonaid Ealaíon féin go mbeadh beyond that of receiving venues. The intention ról níos leithne acu ná mar a bhíonn ag ionaid of the scheme is to allow arts centres to initiate glactha. Is é sprioc na scéime seo ná deis a THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON the creation of work which is relevant for thabhairt dona hIonaid Ealaíona saothar nua a audiences and for artists who work within the thionscnamh, saothar a bheadh féiliúnach do context of an arts centre. lucht féachana agus d’ealaíontóirí a oibríonn i gcomhthéacs Ionad Ealaíon. In 1996, two awards were made: Garter Lane Arts Centre received £15,000 I 1996, rinneadh dhá bhronnadh: for a visual arts/live arts project curated Fuair Ionad Ealaíon Garter Lane £15,000 do by Gary Phelan thionscnamh dearcealaíona/ealaíon bheo faoi Project Arts Centre received £5,000 stiúir Gary Phelan towards the commissioning of a new piece Fuair Ionad Ealaíon Project £5,000 i gcomhair 80 of work from the London-based group píosa nua saothair a choimisiúnú ón ngrúpa Desperate Optimists. Desperate Optimists as Londain.
The Council will consider the results of this pilot Measfaidh an Comhairle torthaí an chuid phíolóta phase of the scheme in 1997. seo den scéim i 1997.
Midland Arts Resource Centre, artist-in-the community workshop Children and Young People 81 Páistí agus Daoine Óga
‘Sol’ by The Council appointed Gaye Tanham to the post D’ainmnigh an Chomhairle Gaye Tanham don Dry Rain of Officer with responsibility for Youth Arts and phost mar Oifigeach le freagracht do Rince agus Youth Dance. Responsibility for Arts Council policy d’Ealaín na hÓige. Luíonn freagracht na Theatre development on children and young people resides Comhairle Ealaíon i bhforbairt polasaí i leith within the area of Multi-Disciplinary Arts. leanaí agus daoine óga i réimse na nEalaíon Budgeting for this area has been integrated into Ildisiplíneach. Tá an buiséadú don réimse seo the eight individual art form areas (i.e., music, measctha isteach in ocht ndisciplín ealaíne ar leith drama, dance, opera, visual arts, architecture, (i.e. ceol, dráma, rince, ceoldrámaíocht, literature, film) and the development and dearcealaíon, ailtireacht, litríocht, scannánaíocht) combined arts areas (i.e., arts centres, local agus i limistéir ilealaíona (i.e., ionaid ealaíon, authority partnerships). Since 1993, the comhpháirtíochtaí le húdaráis áitiúla). Ó 1993 i proportion of arts expenditure to children and leith tháinig méadú ar an gcaiteachas san ealaín do young people has increased from 6% to 12%, dhaoine óga ó 6% go dtí 12%, figiúr atá ag moving towards the Council’s expressed desire to gluaiseacht i dtreo sprioc oifigiúil na Comhairle reach a 15% target by 1998. de 15% faoi 1998. During 1996, support was provided to a I rith 1996 tugadh tacaíocht do roinnt number of Arts Centres and Local Authority Ionad Ealaíon agus d’Oifigigh Ealaíon Údarás Arts Officers to assist with locally-based arts Áitiúil chun cabhrú le cláracha ealaíona áitiúla programmes for children and young people. do leanaí agus do dhaoine óga. Thug an The Council supported the first full year of Chomhairle tacaíocht do chlárú iomlán na céad programming at The Ark, the Children’s bliana ag The Ark, (an tIonad Cultúrtha Cultural Centre (based in Temple Bar) with a Leanaí, lonnaithe i mBarra an Teampaill) le grant of £180,0000. deontas de £180,000. A pilot initiative in the area of Tosaíodh tionscnamh píolóta maidir le curriculum development was begun in forbairt churaclaim i bpáirt leis an Roinn collaboration with the Department Oideachais agus le Comhairle Chontae Loch of Education Garman. Tá an (In-Career Unit) tionscnamh and Wexford ‘The Arts in the County Council. Classroom’ deartha ‘The Arts in the chun tuairimí Classroom’ curaclaim a project is ghineadh do leibhéal designed to na bunscoile agus generate chun ealaíontóirí a curriculum ideas thabhairt isteach sa for primary seomra ranga chun school level and oibriú i dteannta THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON brings artists leis na múinteoirí into the agus na daltaí. classroom to I mbliana work alongside déanfaidh an teachers and Chomhairle students. athbhreithniú ar an This year gcéad chuid den the Council will Pottery for everyone at Samhlaíocht Chiarraí Youth Arts review the first Initiative, phase of the Youth Arts Initiative, another tionscnamh a eagraíodh i gcomhpháirtíocht leis an 82 partnership initiative involving the Department Roinn Oideachais (Rannóg Gnóthaí Óige) agus le of Education (Youth Affairs Section) and the Comhairle Náisiúnta Óige na hÉireann, é dírithe ar National Youth Council of Ireland, aimed at an rannóg oideachais neamhfhoirmeálta. Chuir an the informal education sector. The Council Chomhairle fáilte roimh thuairisc an Choiste welcomed the report of the Steering Stiúrtha a ceapadh chun a bheith i bhfeighil an Committee set up to oversee the first phase, chéad choda, agus múnlóidh torthaí na tuairisce seo the findings of which will inform the next an chéad chéim eile den tionscnamh luachmhar seo. stage of this valuable initiative. Leathnaíodh scéim na n-ealaíontóir The very successful artist-in- cónaitheach ins na scoile, scéim gur éirigh thar residence in schools scheme was extended cionn léi, chun páirt a thabhairt do roinnt to include established youthwork organi- eagraíochtaí ógshaothair seanbhunaithe. Leanann sations and the Council continues to make an Chomhairle ar aghaidh ag cur saindeontais specialist research and study awards taighde speisialtachta agus duaiseanna staidéir ar available to arts educators. fáil do theagascóirí ealaíona. The Council noted with regret the Is trua leis an gComhairle an cinneadh a decision of Wet Paint Arts to cease trading. thóg Wet Paint Art éirí as trádáil. Leanfaidh obair The pioneering work of this organisation, led cheannródaíochta na heagraíochta seo, a bhí faoi by Niall O’Baoill, will continue to benefit the cheannas Niall Ó Baoill, ina chuidiú le forbairt development of youth arts practice in Ireland chleachtadh ealaíon na n-óg in Éirinn go cionn for many years to come. blianta fada. Details of activities within the arts Tá sonraí d’imeachtaí laistigh de dhisciplíní disciplines are set out in the artform chapters ealaíne leagtha amach i gcaibidil ealaíne na of this report. tuairisce seo. Multi-Disciplinary Arts/Na hEalaíona Ildisiplíneacha
Awards/Duaiseanna £ Niamh Cooney 1,800 Caoimhin Corrigan 450 Patricia Glynn 1,000 Helen Hallissey 700 Marie Martin 1,900 Aoife McNamara 900 Kevin Murphy 1,000 Pádraic O Curraoin 450 Danusia Oslizlok 1,800 Kathie Prince 900 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ARTFLIGHT: 49 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 8,038 ______49 duais taistil i gcomhar le hAer Lingus
Total Awards/Iomlán Duaiseanna 18,938
Arts Centres/Ionaid Ealaíon ArtHive Gallery, Cork 5,000 Ballina Arts Events, Mayo 3,000 Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick 110,000 City Arts Centre, Dublin 125,000 Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda 45,000 83 Galway Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon na Gaillimhe 74,000 Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford 103,000 Garter Lane Arts Centre (Playwrights’ Conference) 20,000 Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar 75,000 Midland Arts Resource Centre, Mullingar 1,000 Model Arts Centre, Sligo 49,000 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 175,000 Siamsa Tíre, Tralee 116,000 South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel 10,000 St John’s Heritage Centre, Listowel 45,000 Tallaght Community Arts Centre 20,000 Triskel Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon Triskel, Cork 125,000 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan 155,000 West Cork Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon Iarthar Chorcaí 50,000 Westmeath VEC/Midlands Arts, Mullingar 15,000 Wexford Arts Centre/Ionad Ealaíon Loch Garman 80,000 1,401,000 ______One-Year Residencies/Cónaitheacha Aon-Bhliain Neighbourhood Youth Project, Western Health Board/ 10,000 10,000 Bord Sláinte an Iarthair Organisations/Eagraíochtaí Alternative Entertainments, Tallaght 25,000 Artlink, Buncrana 6,000 Beyond Borders, Inishowen 13,000 Boann, Droichead Átha 1,000 Buí Bolg, Loch Garman 9,500 C.A.F.E., Dublin 83,000 Cork Community Artlink 600 Craic na Coillte, Cluain na Coillte 4,000 Draíocht/West Offaly Street Theatre 1,000 Droichead Arts Centre/Drogheda Samba School 2,000 Macnas, Galway 100,000 Tallaght Arts Forum 500
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Theatre Omnibus, Clare 52,000 Umbrella Project, Limerick 4,000 301,600 ______
Festivals/Féilte Africa Festival, Dublin 4,000 Ballina Salmon Festival, Mayo 2,000 Beara Community Arts Society, Cork 2,000 Beg Borrow & Steal Theatre Company, Dublin 500 Boyle Arts Festival, Roscommon 8,300 Cashel Heritage & Development Centre, Tipperary 500 84 Clifden Community Arts Week, Galway 14,000 Cootehill Arts Festival, Cavan 2,000 Cork Regional Technical College 8,000 Droichead Arts Centre/Drogheda Samba Festival 1,000 Dublin 15 Community Arts Festival 3,000 Dunlavin Arts Festival, Wicklow 500 Éigse Cheatharlaigh 10,500 Fermanagh District Council/Comhairle Ceantair Fhearmanach 1,000 Galway Arts Festival/Féile Ealaíon na Gaillimhe 115,000 George Moore Society, Mayo 3,000 International Cartoon Festival, Wicklow 1,000 Kilkenny Arts Week 55,000 Lambert Puppet Theatre, Dublin 14,000 Limerick County Council 500 Roscommon Active Age Group 600 Samhlaíocht Chiarraí, Trá Lí 8,000 Sligo Arts Festival 27,000 Sligo Arts Festival (Gulbenkian Foundation) 2,904 South Docks Festival, Dublin 500 Waterford Spraoi 5,000 Westport Arts Festival, Mayo 6,000 295,804 ______Community Arts Projects/Tionscnaimh Ealaíne Pobail Artquake, Monaghan 2,000 Athlone Youth Project 2,000 Attic Community Drama, Galway 1,000 Barnstorm Theatre Company, Kilkenny 800 Bishop Birch Place Community Project, Kilkenny 750 Coleman Heritage Centre, Co. Sligo 1,500 Connacht Rural Women’s Group, Roscommon 500 Dún Laoghaire Youth Service 1,000 Dublin Institute of Technology 1,000 Family Resource Centre, Dublin 2,000 Hospice October Project, Kildare 1,500 Knocknaheeney/Hollyhill Community Arts, Cork 1,500
Laois County Council/Comhairle Contae Laoise 1,000 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Limerick Travellers Development Group 1,000 Lucena Clinic, Dublin 1,500 Manorhamilton Community Council, Leitrim 2,000 North Wall Women’s Centre, Dublin 625 Our Lady’s Hospice, Dublin 1,000 Parnell Square Studios, Dublin 1,500 Rowlagh Women’s Group, Dublin 500 St. Michael’s House, Finglas 1,500 St. Michael’s Parish, Dublin 1,500 The Hatters, Galway 2,000 85 Waterford Corporation/Bardas Phort Láirge 1,000 30,675 ______Arts and Disability/Ealaíona agus Michumas APIC Cooperative Centre, Dublin 12,000 Disabled People of Clare 120 Pan Pan Theatre Company, Dublin 7,500 Rehabilitation Institute, Dublin 10,000 Verbal Arts Centre, Derry 500 30,120 ______Children and Young People/Páistí agus Daoine Óga The Ark, Dublin 180,000 The Ark, Dublin (Gulbenkian Foundation) 4,794 City Arts Centre, Dublin 25,000 National Youth Council of Ireland 22,500 Wet Paint Theatre Company, Dublin 30,000 262,294 ______Schools Residencies/Scéim Cónaithe sna Scoileanna Beaufort National School, Meath 1,200 City Quay National School, Dublin 1,200 Elphin Vocational School, Roscommon 1,200 Grange Community College, Dublin 1,200 Kilkenny Technical School 1,200 Mater Dei Primary School, Dublin 1,200 Monageer National School, Enniscorthy 1,200 Presentation Secondary, Clonmel 1,500 Sacred Heart Convent, Longford 1,200 Scoil Cholmcille, Lifford 1,200 Scoil Mhuire, Loch Garman 3,000 Scoil Naithí, Baile Átha Cliath 1,200 Scoil Naomh Lorcan Ó Tuathail, An Tóchar, Corcaigh 1,200 Silgo School Project 1,200 St Aidan’s Primary School, Wexford 1,080 St Brendan’s National School, Sligo 1,200 St Brigid’s School, Tuam 1,200 St Louis High School, Dublin 1,200 St Michael’s House, Dublin 1,200 24,780 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ______Previous years grants not required/ Deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (5,000) ______2,370,211
Directly Promoted Activities/Gníomhaíochtaí curtha chun cinn go díreach Arts and Disability/Na hEalaíona agus Neamhacmhainn 11,808 Arts Centres/Ionaid Ealaíon 8,280 Training/Traenáil 1,755 86 Festivals & Community Arts/Féilte agus Ealaíona Pobail 836 Miscellaneous/Ilghnéitheach 567 23,246 ______
______Total for Multi-Disciplinary Arts as Note 3 (page 104)/ 2,393,457 ______Iomlán do Ealaíona Ildisiplíneacha mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathanach 104)
Grants Received/Deontais a Fuarthas Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 45,120 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (The Ark, Dublin) 4,794 (Sligo Arts Festival) 2,903 7,697 ______Department of Education/An Roinn Oideachais (Youth Arts Development Officers) 30,000 ______82,817 ______Local Authorities and Partnerships 87 Údaráis Áitiúla agus Comhpháirtithe
Waterford Introduction Réamhrá Corporation/ The Local Authorities and Partnerships budget Seasann teideal buiséid na n-Údaráis Áitiúla agus FÁS/Spraoi heading represents the Council’s expenditure on Comhpháirtithe do chaiteachas na Comhairle ar Community strategic partnerships in a number of key areas, chomhpháirtíochtaí straitéiseacha i roinnt limistéar rts Network principally that of Local Authorities. tabhachtach, go príomha leis na húdaráis áitiúla. t Lisduggan, Expenditure under this heading in 1996 Ba é iomlán an chaiteachas faoin teideal Photo: Hugh amounted to £531,000, an increase of £90,000 seo ná £531,000, méadú de £90,000 (20%) O’Brien (20%) on 1995. ar an tsuim do 1995. Moran Policy Polasaí The partnership between the Arts Council and Léiritear an chomhpháirtíocht idir an Chomhairle local authorities is most clearly expressed in the Ealaíon agus na húdaráis áitiúla ach go háirithe i employment of local authority arts officers. These bhfostú oifigeach ealaíon údaráis áitiúla. Seo iad are the key executives responsible for the na príomhfheidhmeannaigh i gcur i bhfeidhm execution of arts policies and programmes at local polasaithe ealaíon agus cláracha ag leibhéal na authority level. The Arts Council also provides n-údarás áitiúil. Tugann an Chomhairle Ealaíon programming grants to Local Authorities. deontais chláraithe do na hÚdarás Aitiúla.
Initiatives Tionscnaimh In 1996, the Association of Local Authority Thacaigh an Chomhairle Ealaíon leis an Arts Officers was funded by the Arts Council gCumann na nOifigeach Ealaíon de chuid na to take a number of initiatives associated with nudaráis aitiúil 1996 chun roinnt tionscnamh a the collective needs of arts officers. This thógáil ar lámh a bhaineann leis na riachtanais included, as a major element, the development chomhchoitianta a bhíonn ag Oifigigh Ealaíon. of international linkages. San áireamh, mar phríomheilimint, bhí forbairt During 1996 new arts officers were na gceangal idirnáisiúnta. appointed in Cork County, Waterford County, I rith 1996, tugadh post d’Oifigigh Ealaíon Offaly, Longford/Leitrim and Meath. nua i gContae Chorcaí, i gContae Phort Láirge agus in Uíbh Fhailí, Longfort/ Liatrom agus an Mhí. Projects in Train Throughout the year, a working party consisting Tionscnaimh idir Lámha of members of the City and County Managers’ Le linn 1996 chas páirtí oibre ina raibh baill de Association and the Arts Council met to review Chumann na mBainisteoir Cathrach is Contae agus elements of the partnership between the Arts an Chomhairle Ealaíon ar a chéile chun athbhre- Council and local authorities. ithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcomhpháirtíocht idir an The group commissioned research and gComhairle Ealaíon agus na húdaráis áitiúla. considered ways in which the relationship Chomisiúnaigh an grúpa taighde agus mheas between the Arts Council and local authorities siad bealaí ina bhféadfaí an gaol idir an THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON could be improved. The group, which includes Chomhairle Ealaíon agus na húdaráis áitiúla a members of the Arts Council and County fheabhsú. Tá faoin ngrúpa, a bhfuil baill den Managers from Kerry County Council, Mayo Chomhairle Ealaíon agus Bainisteoirí Contae ó County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chomhairle Chontae Chiarraí, Comhairle Chontae County Council, Laois County Council, Mhaigh Eo, Comhairle Chontae Dhún Laoghaire – Wexford County Council, Cork Corporation Rath Dúin, Comhairle Chontae Laoise, Comhairle and Cork County Council, is due to report to Chontae Loch Garman, Bardas Chorcaí agus the Arts Council in 1997. Comhairle Chontae Chorcaí, tuairisc a thabhairt don Chomhairle Ealaíon i 1997. County Arts Plans 88 1996 saw a new approach to funding local Pleananna Ealaíon Contae authority arts activity. Two priority counties, Cuireadh bealach nua chun gníomhaíochtaí ealaíona Donegal and Laois, were recipients of na nUdarás Áitiúil a mhaoiniú i bhfeidhm i 1996. substantial increases in programming funds. Fuair dhá chontae tosaíochta, Dún na nGall agus These funding increases were set in the context Laois, méaduithe móra maidir le maoiniú clárúcháin. of funding agreements between the Arts Council Cinneadh na méaduithe maoinithe seo i and the two county councils. Both counties gcomhthéacs socruithe maoinithe idir an gComhairle received £30,000 funding from the Arts Ealaíon agus an dá Chomhairle Contae. Fuair gach Council, making available arts development contae acu, £30,000 i maoiniú ón gComhairle funds of at least £60,000 in each case. In July, Ealaíon, rud a d’fhág maoiniú forbartha ealaíon de ar Laois County Council and the Arts Council a laghad £60,000 an contae ar fáil. I mí Iúil sheol formally launched the first County Arts Plan Comhairle Chontae Laoise agus an Chomhairle Agreement, to mark this initiative. Ealaíon go foirmiúil an chéad Plean Aontaithe At a central government level, greater Ealaíon Contae chun an tionscnamh seo a mharcáil. integration of approaches and co-operation Ag leibhéil an rialtais lárnaigh, tuigeadh an between the various Departments and agencies tábhacht a bhain le suimeáil níos mó a bheith i gcur involved in local authority arts development was chuige agus comhoibriú idir na ranna éagsúla agus identified as a priority. A small interdepartmental na gníomhaireachtaí atá páirteach i bhforbairt team, consisting of officials of the Department of ealaíon údarás áitiúil. Bunaíodh foireann beag idir- Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, the Department ranna, ar a raibh oifigigh ón Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir of the Environment and the Arts Council was agus Gaeltachta, an Roinn Comhshaoil agus an established on an informal basis to encourage Chomhairle Ealaíon ar bhun go neamhfhoirmeálta easier linkages. chun ceangail níos éasca a chothú.
North-South Co-operation Comhoibriú Thuaidh agus Theas The Council has a long-standing relationship Tá gaol seanbhunaithe ag an gComhairle leis an with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, é bunaithe ar an based on the premise that arts development is dtuiscint go láidrítear forbairt na n-ealaíon trí cur strengthened by a thirty-two county chuige comhoibritheach tríocha a dó contae. Tá an co-operative approach. The relationship is gaol bunaithe thart ar na téamaí seo a leanas: based around the following: joint support of comhthacaíocht d’eagraíochtaí maoinithe a funded organisations which operate on a oibríonn ar bhonn tríocha a dó contae, comhthion- thirty-two county basis; joint residency scnaimh chónaithe agus cláracha a chuidíonn le programmes and programmes to facilitate chamchuairteanna ar fud dhá chontae is tríocha. thirty-two county touring. In 1996, the Arts Chuaigh na Comhairlí Ealaíon i mbun cainte Councils began to negotiate a joint i 1996 ar chomhchlár chun tacaíocht a thabhairt programme for the support of community arts do ghníomhaíocht ealaíne pobail agus chun láidriú activity and the strengthening of the arts a dhéanamh ar an mbonneagar ealaíona i infrastructure in the border counties. gcontaetha na teorann. The two Arts Councils have a number of Tá na Comhairlí Ealaíon tar éis roinnt mechanisms for ensuring the delivery of these teicnící a fhorbairt lena chinntiú go dtabharfar na objectives. These include the joint post of Arts spriocanna comhpháirtíochta seo chun cinn. Lean Co-operation Officer, which continued in an post comhpháirteach mar Oifigeach THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON 1996; regular meetings of the the North- Comhoibrithe Ealaíon i 1996, chas an Coiste South Committee; and an annual meeting Thuaidh-Theas ar a chéile faoi dhó i 1996 agus between the two Councils, which took place in tionóladh an comhcruinniú bliantúil idir an dhá November 1996. Chomhairle i mí na Samhna 1996.
Other Partnerships and Initiatives Comhpháirtíochtaí agus Tionscnaimh eile The interdisciplinary collaborations scheme Mhaoinigh an scéim comhoibrithe idirdhisci- funded a number of new collaborations in 1996. plíneach roinnt chomhoibrithe nua i 1996. Ina These included the Venus’ Slipper project based at measc seo bhí togra an Venus’ Slipper, lonnaithe ag the Botanic Gardens, Dublin; Magagh Theatre Gairdíní na Lus, Baile Átha Cliath; Magadh 89 Company, Galway for its multi-media project, Theatre Company, Gaillimh dá thogra ilmheán, Metaphorically Speaking; The Machine Theatre Metaphorically speaking; The Machine Theatre Company, Meath for its production of The Yellow Company dá léiriú The Yellow Man i bpáirt leis an Man in collaboration with visual artist Pauline ndearcealaíontóir Pauline Bewick; agus Two Bewick; and Two Chairs Company, Dublin, for a Chairs Company, Baile Átha Cliath dá thogra music/storytelling project. ceoil/scéalaíochta.
Macra na Feirme Macra na Feirme In 1996, the Arts Council and Macra na I 1996, chuir an Chomhairle Ealaíon agus Macra Feirme began year two of a three-year na Feirme tús leis an dara bliain de partnership as part of a strategy to animate chomhpháirtíocht trí bliana mar chuid de straitéis existing cultural networks. The first phase of chun gréasáin chultúrtha atá ann faoi láthair a the project saw Macra groups around the bheochan. Sa chéad chuid den togra bhí grúpaí de country participating in a variety of develop- Macra ar fud na tíre ag glacadh páirte in saothair mental arts programmes, including Samba and ealaíona éagsúla, ina measc tograí Samba agus percussion projects, and a series of workshop- cnaguirlísí, agus i sraith tograí fhorbairt based theatre development projects resulting in amharclainne a bhí ceardlann-bhunaithe, as ar the creation of new one-act plays. tháinig cruthú drámaí nua aon ghnímh.
Údarás na Gaeltachta Údarás na Gaeltachta The Arts Council opened discussions with Údarás Chuaigh an Chomhairle Ealaíon chun cainte le na Gaeltachta in 1996 with a view to establishing hÚdarás na Gaeltachta i 1996 le súil go mbunófaí support systems for the development of the arts córais tacaíochta d’fhorbairt na n-ealaíon i in Gaeltacht areas. gceantair Ghaeltachta. The local authority Arts Officers at December 1996 are: Cavan County Council Caitríona O’Reilly Clare County Council Vacant Cork County Council (from June 1996) Ian McDonagh Donegal County Council Traolach Ó Fionnáin Dublin Corporation Jack Gilligan Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council Cliodhna Shaffrey Dundalk UDC Brian Harten Fingal County Council Rory O’Byrne Galway County Council James Harrold Kerry County Council Vacant Kildare County Council Mary Lenihan Kilkenny County Council Margaret Cosgrave Leitrim and Longford County Council (from November 1996) Fergus Kennedy THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Limerick Corporation Sheila Deegan Limerick County Council Joan McKernan Mayo County Council John Coll Meath County Council (from November 1996) Gerardette Bailey Monaghan County Council Somhairle MacConghail Offaly County Council (from November 1996) Sharon Mee Roscommon County Council Emer Leavy South Dublin County Council Gina Kelly Waterford Corporation Mary McAuliffe Waterford County Council (from February 1996) Margaret Fleming 90 Wexford County Council Lorraine Comer
Oifigeach Ealaíon Údaráis Áitiúla (Nollag 1996): Comhairle Contae Chábháin Caitríona O’Reilly Comhairle Contae an Chláir Folamh Comhairle Contae Chorcaí (ó Meitheamh 1996) Ian McDonagh Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall Traolach Ó Fionnáin Bardas Bhaile Átha Cliath Jack Gilligan Comhairle Contae Dún Laoghaire /Rath Dúin Clíodhna Shaffrey UDC Dún Dealgan Brian Harten Comhairle Contae Fine Gall Rory O’Byrne Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe James Harrold Comhairle Contae Chiarraí Folamh Comhairle Contae Chill Dara Mary Lenihan Comhairle Contae Chill Chainnigh Margaret Cosgrave Comhairlí Contae Liatroma agus Longfoirt (ó Shamhain 1996) Fergus Kennedy Bardas Luimnigh Sheila Deegan Comhairle Contae Luimnigh Joan McKernan Comhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo John Coll Comhairle Contae na Mí (ó Shamhain 1996) Gerardette Bailey Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin Somhairle Mac Conghail Comhairle Contae Uíbh Fhailí (ó Shamhain 1996) Sharon Mee Comhairle Contae Ros Comáin Emer Leavey Comhairle Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath Theas Gina Kelly Bardas Phort Láirge Mary McAuliffe Comhairle Contae Phort Láirge (ó Feabhra 1996) Margaret Fleming Comhairle Contae Loch Garman Lorraine Comer Local Authority—Partnerships—Development/ Údaráis Áitiúla—Comhpháirtíochtaí—Forbairt
Awards/Duaiseanna £ ARTFLIGHT: 5 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 848 5 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus Paycost grants to 22 local authorities/ Deontais Paycost do 22 údarás áitiúil 184,227 Arts programme grants to local authorities/ Deontais clár ealaíon d’údaráis áitiúla 202,250 Sundry Grants/Deontais Ilnithe Tipperary (SR) County Council/Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Árann (Theas) 250 Working Artists, Roscommon 2,500 Model Arts Centre, Sligo 2,500 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan 3,000 Cavan County Council/Comhairle Contae an Chabháin 4,000 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council/ Comhairle Contae Dún Laoghaire – Rath an Dún 2,500 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown (special project)/ Comhairle Contae Dún Laoghaire – Rath an Dún (togra speisialta) 5,000 South Dublin County Council/Comhairle Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath Theas 2,500 Fingal County Council/Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall 2,000 24,250 ______91 Inter-Disciplinary Collaboration/Páirtíocht Idirdhisciplíneach The Machine, Meath 8,000 Two Chairs Company, Dublin 1,500 North-West Achill Community Development 2,500 Magadh, Gaillimh 10,000 Venus’ Slipper, Glasnevin 5,000 27,000 ______
Innovation/Tionscnamh Macra na Feirme 26,697 Training/Traenáil Macnas Training, Galway 20,000
Previous years’ grants not required/Deontais na bliana roimhe nár theastaigh (7,500) ______477,772
Directly Promoted Activities/Gníomhaíochtaí curtha chun cinn go díreach 53,537
Total as Note 3 (page 104)/Iomlán mar Nóta 3 (leathanach 104) 531,309 ______
Grants Received/Deontais a Fuarthas Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Macra na Feirme) 9,209 Combat Poverty Agency 533 An Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta 6,000 ______15,742 ______Capital 92 Caipiteal
Introduction Réamhrá Mark Expenditure on capital projects in 1996 Is é an caiteachas a bhí ar thograí caipitil i 1996 Pepper at amounted to £1,027,000, an increase of ná £1,027,000: ba méadú é seo de £103,000 work in £103,000 (11%) on 1995. (11%) ar 1995. Fire Station Artists’ Policy Polasaí Studio Towards the end of 1995, the Council Ag druidim le deireadh na bliana 1995, d’athea- reorganised its capital spending programme graigh an Chomhairle a clár caiteachais caipitil and in a strategic approach to capital agus i gcur chuige straitéiseach do chaiteachas spending earmarked at least £1m annually caipitil d’aontaigh sé ar a laghad £1m sa bhliain a for capital projects. 1996 was the first year chur i leathtaobh do thograí caipitil. Ba é 1996 an in which this strategic approach was taken. chéad bhliain ar baineadh úsáide as an gcur chuige Because of the very high demand, it was straitéiseach seo agus mar gheall ar an éileamh ard agreed to focus capital spending on the needs a bhí air, aontaíodh an caiteachas caipitil a dhíriú of organisations currently funded by the isteach ar riachtanais ghníomhaíochtaí a bhí á Arts Council. maoiniú ag an gComhairle Ealaíon faoi láthair. A number of reviews of capital expenditure Cuireadh tús le cúpla athbhreithniú ar programmes were initiated during the year: chláracha caiteachas caipitil i rith na bliana.
Studio Review Athbhreithniú Stiúideonna The Council agreed to review the needs of artists D’aontaigh an Chomhairle athbhreithniú a for individual studio space and access to shared dhéanamh ar riachtanais ealaíontóirí do spás stiúideo resources such as darkrooms and print facilities. dóibh féin agus insroichteacht chun acmhainní It is intended that the findings of the Studio roinnte ar nós seomraí dorcha agus áiseanna Review will inform the Council’s capital priondála. Tá sé i gceist go mbeidh tionchar aige seo expenditure in this area in 1997. ar chaiteachas caipitil na Comhairle i 1997.
Major Proposals Príomhmholtaí The Council also agreed to review the Tá sé aontaithe ag an gComhairle freisin athbhre- procedures and systems by which it considers ithniú a dhéanamh ar an tslí agus na córais ina proposals for large capital projects from ndéanann sí mholtaí do thograí mhóra caipitil ó organisations which do not have an on-going eagraíochtaí nach bhfuil faoi láthair, agus gur revenue funding relationship with the dócha nach mbeidh sa todhchaí, gaol leanúnach Council. Following on from the review, maoinithe acu leis an gComhairle. D’fhéadfadh go developments may include support to local n-áireodh na forbairtí seo tacaíocht do ghrúpaí amateur drama groups and musical societies drámaíochta agus cumainn cheoil áitiúla to create or improve rehearsal and neamhghairmiúla chun spás taispeántais agus performance spaces, support to collectives of cleachtaithe a fheabhsú nó a chruthú, tacaíocht do artists to create workspaces or to traditional ghrúpaí ealaíontóirí chun spás saothair a chruthú THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON music groups who may wish to establish nó do ghrúpa ceoil traidisiúnta ar mhaith leo resource and education centres. ionaid oideachais agus acmhainne a bhunú.
93 Capital Grants/Deontais Caipiteal £ Éigse Ceatharlach 2,800 Abbey Centre Trust, Donegal 40,000 African Cultural Project, Dublin 2,500 Alternative Entertainments, Dublin 3,000 Amharclann de hÍde Baile Átha Cliath 4,000 APIC Cooperative Centre, Dublin 3,000 Arthouse, Dublin 15,528 Artlink, Buncrana 2,000 Association of Professional Dancers, Dublin 2,500 Backstage Theatre, Longford 10,000 Ballina Arts Events, Mayo 2,000
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Mayo 15,000 Beyond Borders Inishowen 3,000 Bickerstaffe Ltd, Kilkenny 2,000 Black Church Print Studios, Dublin 2,443 Bog Lane Theatre Company, Leitrim 5,000 Carl Bracken 500 Buí Bolg, Wexford 2,500 C.A.F.E., Dublin 4,000 Circa Publications Ltd, Dublin 3,000 City Arts Centre, Dublin 100,000 94 Coiscéim, Dublin 5,000 Coiscéim Dance Theatre, Dublin 1,300 College of Dance Ltd, Dublin 27,000 Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cork 5,000 Cork Artists’ Collective 3,000 Cork Printmakers 500 Craftcrews, Dublin 20,000 Dance Theatre of Ireland, Dublin 4,000 Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda 2,000 Druid Performing Arts, Galway 4,332 Dry Rain Performing Arts, Wicklow 2,500 Dublin Theatre Festival 5,000 Dublin Tourism/Dublin Writers’ Museum 50,000 Dublin Youth Theatre 2,000 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council 3,000 Everyman Palace, Cork 10,000 Film Institute of Ireland, Dublin 20,000 Fire Station Artists Studios, Dublin 16,000 Gallery Press, Meath 7,000 Galway Arts Centre 2,000 Galway Arts Festival 6,000 Galway Film Centre 12,000 Garage Theatre, Monaghan 7,000 Gate Theatre, Dublin 8,500 Gorey Little Theatre, Wexford 3,000 Graffiti Theatre Company, Cork 20,000 Graphic Studio, Dublin 30,000 Iomha Ildánach, Baile Átha Cliath 3,000 Ireland Literature Exchange/Idirmhalartán Litríochta Éireann 800 Irish Association of Youth Orchestras, Cork 17,000 Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Dublin 1,849 Irish Writers’ Centre, Dublin/Ionad na Scríbhneoirí, Baile Átha Cliath 7,000 Island Theatre Company, Limerick 11,000 Kilkenny Arts Week Ltd 5,000 Lambert Puppet Theatre, Dublin 5,000 Macnas Ltd, Galway 5,000 Mall Theatre & Cinema, Tuam 10,000 Manorhamilton Community, Leitrim 2,000
Model Arts Centre, Sligo 10,000 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON National Theatre Society/Abbey Theatre 125,000 New Art Studios, Dublin 4,000 New Balance Dance Company, Dublin 2,000 Newbury House Family Centre, Cork 20,000 Newpark Music Centre, Dublin 1,000 Antóin Ó hEocha 3,000 Opera Ireland, Dublin 9,000 Ormond Multimedia Gallery, Dublin 4,700 Project Arts Centre, Dublin 6,000 Punchbag Theatre Company, Galway 5,000 95 Red Kettle Theatre Company, Waterford 5,000 RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin 20,000 Rough Magic, Dublin 4,000 Samhlaíocht Chiarraí 2,000 Sculptors’ Society of Ireland, Dublin 7,000 Sirius Commemoration Trust, Cork 2,000 Sligo Arts Festival 1,700 Smashing Times Theatre, Dublin 1,300 South Tipperary Arts Centre 14,500 Tallaght Theatre Group 5,000 Theatre Omnibus, Clare 5,000 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 5,000 Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan 162,234 Waterford VEC 4,200 Watergate Theatre Company, Kilkenny 5,000 West Cork Arts Centre 1,337 West Cork Music 2,000 Wexford Festival Trust 12,000 Wexford Sculpture Workshop 1,000 Working Artists, Roscommon 500 World’s End, Dublin 207 Yew Theatre Production, Mayo 5,000 Young Irish Film Makers, Kilkenny 3,000
Total as per Note 3 (page 104)/Iomlán faoi mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathanach 104) 1,027,230 ______Sundry/Ilnithe
Arts Management Awards/Duaiseanna Bainistíochta Ealaíon £ Nuala Hunt 750 Stella Coffey 2,600 Aisling Prior 670 Kymberly Dunne 950 Jan Farmer 550 Annie Fletcher 750 Marie Bugler 570 Deirdre Kelly 800 7,640 ______
ARTFLIGHT: 44 travel awards in association with Aer Lingus/ 9,746
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON 44 duais eitilte i gcomhar le hAer Lingus Grants/Deontais Minimum Income Guarantee/Íosmhéid Urra Ioncaim 8,000 COTHÚ/Business Council for the Arts 1,000 Ciste Cholmcille 10,000 University College Dublin /Newman Scholarship/ 13,000 Coláiste Ollscoil Bhaile Átha Cliath/Scoláireacht Newman Association of Artists in Ireland/European Forum for Arts and Heritage 1,000 33,000 ______
96 ______Total Awards and Grants/Iomlán Duaiseanna agus Deontais 50,386 Directly Promoted Activities/Gníomhaíochtaí curtha chun cinn go díreach FORCE Project 2,054 L’Imaginaire Irlandais 563,270 Miscellaneous Research Projects/Taighde 10,702 Annual Report/Tuairisc Bhliantúil 11,357 Art Matters 10,408 Awards Schemes/Scéimeanna Duaiseanna 14,248 Sundry/Inlithe 33,647 645,686 ______
Total as per Note 3 (page 104)/Iomlán mar atá i Nóta 3 (leathanach 104) 696,072 ______An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
I have audited the financial statements on pages 99 to 109.
Responsibilities of the Council and of the Comptroller and Auditor General The accounting responsibilities of the Council are set out in the Statement of Responsibilities of the Council on page 98. It is my responsibility under Section 6 of the Arts Act, 1951 to audit the financial statements presented to me by the Council and to report on them. As the result of my audit I form an independent opinion on the financial statements.
Basis of Opinion
In the exercise of my function as Comptroller and Auditor General, I plan and THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON perform my audit in a way which takes account of the special considerations which attach to State bodies in relation to their management and operation. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made in the preparation of the financial statements and of whether the accounting policies are appropriate, consistently applied and adequately disclosed. My audit was conducted in accordance with auditing standards which embrace the standards issued by the Auditing Practices Board and in order to provide sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial 97 statements are free from material misstatement whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error. I obtained all the information and explanations that I required to enable me to fulfil my function as Comptroller and Auditor General and, in forming my opinion, I also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
Opinion In my opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Council and the financial statements, which are in agreement with them, give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of an Chomhairle Ealaíon at 31 December 1996 and of its income and expenditure and cash flow for the year then ended.
John Purcell Comptroller and Auditor General 8 July 1997 Statement of Responsibilities of the Council
Section 6 (1) of the Arts Act, 1951, requires the Council to keep accounts in such form as may be approved by the Minister for Finance. In keeping such accounts and preparing financial statements, the Council is required: to select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; to make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate that an Chomhairle Ealaíon should continue in operation.
The Council is responsible for keeping proper books of account which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of an Chomhairle Ealaíon and which enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Section 6 (1) of the Act. The Council also is responsible for safeguarding the assets of an Chomhairle Ealaíon and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Ciarán Benson John P. Wilson Chairperson Council Member
98 Statement of Accounting Policies and Principles
1. General An Chomhairle Ealaíon is an independent body set up pursuant to the Arts Acts, 1951 and 1973, to promote and assist the arts.
2. Basis of Accounting The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention.
3. Oireachtas Grant Income shown as Oireachtas Grant-in-Aid is the actual cash received in the year from the Vote for an Chomhairle Ealaíon (£14,430,000) and the Vote for Increases in Remuneration (£9,000). Income from the National Lottery is also the cash received in the year. THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
4. Fixed Assets Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation which is charged at rates calculated to write-off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life on a straight line basis, as follows: Furniture and Equipment – over 5 years. There is no depreciation charge in the year of disposal of fixed assets. Works of art are stated at cost and are not depreciated.
5. Capital Account 99 The Capital Account represents the unamortised amount of income used to acquire fixed assets. The transfer to or from the Income and Expenditure Account represents the net change in the book value of fixed assets.
6. Bad Debts Provision is made for any doubtful debts which then are written-off in the year in which it is recognised that they have become irrecoverable.
7. Superannuation The Council’s contributions to superannuation costs are charged to the Income and Expenditure Account in the period to which they relate and over the length of an employee’s service or of membership of Aosdána. An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 1996 1996 1995 Notes IR£ IR£
Income Oireachtas Grant-in-aid 14,439,000 12,590,000 National Lottery (1) 3,970,000 3,707,000 Other Grants (2) 1,045,423 588,030 Other Income 41,458 54,784 ______19,495,881 16,939,814 ______THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON
Current Expenditure Expenditure on the Arts (3) 18,202,358 15,668,641 Administration (4) 1,269,470 1,136,285 ______19,471,828 16,804,926 ______
Surplus 24,053 134,888
Transfer to Capital Account (6) (27,413) (103,865) 100 ______Net (Deficit)/Surplus for the year (3,360) 31,023
Accumulated surplus brought forward 43,014 11,991 ______Accumulated surplus carried forward 39,654 43,014 ______
The Statement of Accounting Policies and Principles and Notes 1 to 13 form part of these financial statements
Ciarán Benson Patricia Quinn Chairperson Director
2 July 1997 An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Balance Sheet at 31 December 1996 1996 1995 Notes IR£ IR£ Fixed Assets (5) 487,855 460,442
Financial Assets Trust Funds (7) 206,315 158,808 Loans (8) 332,748 301,047 ______539,063 459,855 ______
Current Assets THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Grants outstanding 144,685 117,756 Debtors and prepayments 71,148 40,529 Bank 141,273 153,979 ______357,106 312,264 ______
Current Liabilities Creditors and accruals 340,776 252,733 Grants outstanding 309,424 317,564 ______101 650,200 570,297 ______
Net Current Liabilities (293,094) (258,033) ______Total Assets less Current Liabilities 733,824 662,264 ______
Represented by Capital Account (6) 487,855 460,442 Income & Expenditure Account: Surplus 39,654 43,014 Trust Funds (7) 206,315 158,808 ______733,824 662,264 ______
The Statement of Accounting Policies and Principles and Notes 1 to 13 form part of these financial statements
Ciarán Benson Patricia Quinn Chairperson Director
2 July 1997 The Arts Council
Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 December 1996 1996 1995 IR£ IR£ Notes Operating deficit (3,360) 31,023 Depreciation (5) 77,314 65,316 Transfer to Capital Account 27,413 103,865 (Increase)/decrease in debtors (30,619) 45,983 (Increase) in grants paid in advance (26,929) (15,004) Increase in creditors 88,043 44,522 (Increase)/decrease in grants outstanding (8,140) (252,467) THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Net movement in loans (8) (31,701) 89,053 Proceeds from sale of fixed assets _ (100) ______Net cash inflow from operating activities 92,021 112,191 ______
Capital Expenditure and Financial Investment Purchase of tangible fixed assets (5) (104,727) (169,181) Sale of fixed assets – 100 ______(104,727) (169,081) ______102 (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents (12,706) (56,890) ______
Analysis of Changes in Cash and Cash Equivalents Balance at 1 January 153,979 210,869 Net cash outflow (12,706) (56,890) ______Balance at 31 December 141,273 153,979 ______
Cash and Cash Equivalents as shown in Balance Sheet ______Cash in hand and at bank 141,273 153,979 ______
Ciarán Benson Patricia Quinn Chairperson Director
2 July 1997 Note 1: National Lottery
Pursuant to Section 5(1)(a) of the National Lottery Act, 1986, a sum of IR£3,970,000 was paid to the Council on the determination of the Government and was expended in accordance with Section 5(2) of the Arts Act, 1951, as part of the Council’s programme of support for the arts.
Note 2: Other Grants
(The project or scheme for which each grant was designated is given in parentheses) IR£ IR£ Literature: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 48,432 An Chomhairle Leabharlanna 1,000 Frankfurt Book Fair 1996: THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON International Fund for Ireland 100,000 Bord Fáilte 40,000 Austellungs U. Messe GmbH 30,509 Guinness Ireland Group Ltd 30,000 Department of Foreign Affairs 21,000 American Ireland Fund 15,625 Verein zur deutsche/irischen Kulturfoerderung e.V. 10,639 Ireland Funds 6,289 Arts Council for Northern Ireland 4,800 An Bord Bia 2,995 German Ireland Fund 1,993 103 Bord na Gaeilge______1,500 314,782 Visual Arts: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (grants) 4,800 Department of Justice 5,000 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation______9,940 19,740 Drama: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 1,917 Music: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 46,756 Multi-Disciplinary Arts: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Grants) 45,120 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 7,697 Department of Education (Youth Arts 82,817 Development Officers) ______30,000 Local Authorities/Development/Partnerships: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 9,209 Combat Poverty Agency (Poverty and the Arts research project) 533 An Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta 15,742 (Capital research)______6,000 Capital: Tyrone Guthrie Trust (Grant) 21,735 Sundry: Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ARTFLIGHT) 19,200 An Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta (L’Imaginaire Irlandais) 512,940 541,934 Sundry (ARTFLIGHT) ______9,794 ______1,045,423 ______Note 3: Expenditure on the Arts
Directly Promoted 1996 1995 Grants Activities Total Total IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ Literature 891,490 357,667 1,249,157 879,209 *Visual Arts and Architecture 1,594,903 27,287 1,622,190 1,472,707 Film 754,539 7,475 762,014 660,580 Drama 6,146,197 40,613 6,186,810 5,652,126 Dance 568,158 1,139 569,297 445,749 Opera 993,257 15,363 1,008,620 912,019 Music 1,420,342 31,980 1,452,322 1,225,616 Multi-Disciplinary Arts 2,370,211 23,246 2,393,457 2,103,133 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON Local Authorities, Partnerships, Development 477,772 53,537 531,309 441,031 Aosdána 645,896 57,984 703,880 663,115 Capital 1,027,230 – 1,027,230 924,335 Sundry 50,386 645,686 696,072 289,021 ______Totals 16,940,381 1,261,977 18,202,358 15,668,641 ______
Previous year’s figures have been restated for purposes of comparison.
104 * Visual Arts and Architecture expenditure includes grants towards the cost of works of art acquired by approved bodies under the Council’s Joint Purchases Scheme. The works may not be sold without the prior agreement of the Council and, in the event of such an agreement, they may not be sold for less than their original price and half the sum realised shall be refunded to the Council.
Note 4: Administration
1996 1995 IR£ IR£ Staff Remuneration, PRSI and Superannuation 646,178 571,601 Council and Staff Expenses 248,251 197,473 Consultants’ Fees and Expenses 25,796 11,139 Rent, Light, Heat, Insurances, Cleaning, Repairs and Other House Expenses 122,106 162,768 Printing, Stationery, Postage, Telephone and Sundry Expenses 149,825 127,988 Depreciation 77,314 65,316 ______1,269,470 1,136,285 ______Note 5: Fixed Assets
Works Furniture and of Art Equipment Total Cost IR£ IR£ IR£ Balance at 31 December 1995 271,431 468,387 739,818 Additions at cost 26,565 78,162 104,727 ______Balance at 31 December 1996 297,996 546,549 844,545 ______
Depreciation Balance at 31 December 1995 – 279,376 279,376 Charge for the year – 77,314 77,314 ______
Balance at 31 December 1995 – 356,690 356,690 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ______
Net Book Value At 31 December 1996 297,996 189,859 487,855 ______
At 31 December 1995 271,431 189,011 460,442 ______
Note 6: Capital Account 105 1996 1995 IR£ IR £ Balance at 1 January 460,442 356,577
Transfer from Income and Expenditure Account Funds allocated to acquire fixed assets 104,727 169,181 Amortised in line with depreciation 77,314 65,316 ______27,413 103,865 ______Balance at 31 December 487,855 460,442 ______Note 7: Trust Funds
Assets at 31 December 1996 IR£ IR£ President Douglas Hyde Award £2,161 7.50% Capital Stock, 1999 2,000 (Market Value of Investment £2,234) Cash at Bank 172 ______2,172
W.J.B. Macaulay Award £13,414 6.50% Exchequer Stock, 2000–05 13,498 6,912 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 21,023 (Market Value of Investment £50,627) ______
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON 34,521 Debtor 265 Cash at Bank 4,291 ______39,077
Denis Devlin Award 2,212 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 7,016 (Market Value of Investment £11,901) ______7,016 Debtor 79 Cash at Bank 2,333 106 ______9,428
Ciste Cholmcille £7,336 7.50% Capital Stock, 1999 6,736 7,920 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 16,339 11,921 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 15,855 (Market Value of Investment £59,054) ______38,930 Debtor 776 Cash at Bank 2,067 ______41,773
Marten Toonder Award £10,582 6.50% Exchequer Stock, 2000–05 10,658 10,744 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 11,995 20,754 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 15,002 (Market Value of Investment £150,592) ______37,655 Debtor 1,219 Cash at Bank______9,572 ______48,446 Carried forward 140,896 Note 7: Trust Funds/Assets (Continued)
IR£ IR£ Brought forward 140,896
Doris Keogh Award 2,334 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 7,000 (Market Value of Investment £12,557) ______7,000 Debtor 92 Cash at Bank 372 ______7,464
Michael Byrne Award
3,590 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 8,808 THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON (Market Value of Investment £14,216) ______8,808 Debtor 139 Cash at Bank 402 ______9,349
Mary Farl Powers Award 1,400 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 5,000 1,928 Irish Life Ordinary 10p shares 5,000 (Market Value of Investment £10,827) ______107 10,000 Debtor 115 Cash at Bank 442 ______10,557
Margaret Arnold Scholarship £10,017 6.5% Exchequer Stock, 2000–05 9,791 2,000 Bank of Ireland Ordinary Stock £1 Units 9,373 2,500 Allied Irish Banks plc 25p shares 9,120 3,800 Irish Life Ordinary 10p shares 9,216 (Market Value of Investments £41,109) ______37,500 Debtor 37 Cash at Bank______512 ______38,049 ______206,315
Note: Investments are shown at cost and are held in trust by an Chomhairle Ealaíon Note 7: Movement of Trust Funds
31 Dec 31 Dec 1995 Income Expenditure 1996 IR£ IR£ IR£ IR£ President Douglas Hyde Award 2,009 163 – 2,172 W.J.B.Macaulay Award 40,323 2,254 (3,500) 39,077 Denis Devlin Award 8,962 466 – 9,428 Ciste Cholmcille 44,362 14,413 (17,002) 41,773 Marten Toonder Award 46,522 6,424 (4,500) 48,446 Doris Keogh Award 7,014 450 – 7,464 Michael Byrne Award 9,616 633 (900) 9,349 Mary Farl Powers Award – 10,557 – 10,557 Margaret Arnold Scholarship – 38,049 – 38,049
THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON ______158,808 ______73,409 ______(25,902) ______206,315
Note: During 1996 the Council set up two additional trust funds: (i) To provide a biennial award for a printmaker arising from the gift of IR£10,000 in memory of the late Mary Farl Powers; (ii) To establish The Margaret Arnold Scholarship for Irish instrumentalists or singers arising from a bequest of IR£37,500 by the late Margaret Sutcliffe.
Note 8: Interest-Free Loans 108 During 1996 ten additional interest-free loans were given. IR£ Balance at 31 December 1995 301,047
Additional Loans 136,519 Repayments ______(104,818) Balance at 31 December 1996 ______332,748
Note 9: Premises
The Council occupies premises at 69 and 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, under leases which expire in 2015 and 2014 respectively. The annual rent is IR£72,850, subject to reviews every five years. The next reviews fall due in 2001 and 1999.
Note 10: Future Commitments
At 31 December the Council had entered into commitments in connection with activities due to take place after that date. The amount involved, IR£9.5m., is not reflected in these accounts. Note 11: Superannuation Schemes
(a) A Staff Superannuation Scheme under the Arts Act, 1973, Section 10, is in operation. Benefits are defined and the scheme provides for equal contributions to be made by Council and staff. The assets of the Scheme comprise a combination of an insured fund and a managed fund. Irish Pensions Trust Ltd act as independent corporate trustees and the manager is Irish Life Assurance plc. Actuarial reviews are carried out every three years. The last review, carried out as at 1 January 1995, showed that, while the assets were more than sufficient to cover accrued liabilities based on current salary levels, they were not sufficient to cover accrued liabilities in respect of service taking into account projected future salary increases. In view of this, the Actuary strongly recommended a funding increase. A provision at current premium rates is maintained in respect of the extra liability arising out of future salary adjustments but funds have not been provided to meet this liability. At 31 December 1996 the provision was THE ARTS COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE EALAÍON IR£176,683 (1995: IR£153,789). The next actuarial review will be undertaken as at 1 January 1998. Total staff superannuation costs charged to the Income and Expenditure Account for the current year are IR£54,054 (1995: IR£56,012). (b) A Superannuation Scheme is in operation for members of Aosdána on the basis of insured annuity contracts and defined contributions. The cost of the annual premiums is shared equally by the Council and the members. The charge to the Income and Expenditure Account for the current year is IR£19,120 (1995: IR£19,531). 109 Note 12: Subsidiary Companies
At 31 December 1996 the following companies limited by guarantee were subsidiaries of the Council as it controlled the appointments to their boards: Fire Station Artists Studios Ltd – established to provide a workspace for artists in the former fire station at Buckingham Street, Dublin 1. Grants totalling IR£128,000 were paid to the company by the Council during 1996. Audited financial statements are not yet available. In March 1997 the Articles of Association of the company were amended, as a result of which the Council no longer controls the appointment of the company’s directors. Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig – established to manage and develop Annaghmakerrig House, Co. Monaghan, as a workplace for artists and controlled jointly with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Taking account of grants from the Council, IR£280,114, and from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, IR£45,120, at 31 December 1996 the company had Net Current Liabilities of IR£159,400 (1995: IR£144,200) and Net Assets of IR£837,700 (1995: IR£720,000).
Note 13: Council Members’ – Disclosure of Interests
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