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An Chomhairle Ealaion 1985.Pdf An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Ceathrú Tuarascáil Bhliantiúl is Tríocha maille le cuntais don bhliain dár chrioch 31ú Nollag 1985. Tíolacadh don Rialtas agus leagadh faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas de bhun Altanna 6 (3) agus 7 (1) den Acht Ealaíon 1951. Thirty-fourth Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1985. Presented to the Government and laid before each House of the Oireachtas pursuant to Sections 6 (3) and 7 (1) of the Arts Act, 1951. ISBN 0 906627 12 5 ISSN 0790-1593 Members Máirtín McCullough, Chairman John Banville Vivienne Bogan Breandán Breathnach (died November 1985) David Byers Patrick Dawson Máire de Paor Bríd Dukes Vincent Ferguson Mairéad Furlong Garry Hynes Barry McGovern Rosemarie Mulcahy (from August 1986) Tom Munnelly (from February 1986) Patrick J. Murphy Eilís O'Connell (until June 1986) Seán Ó Mordha Michael Smith Michael Taylor (December 1986) Staff Director Adrian Munnelly Officers: Literature, Arts Centres and Festivals, Community Arts Laurence Cassidy Visual Arts Medb Ruane Visual Arts/Exhibitions and Film John Hunt Drama and Personnel Phelim Donlon (from March 1985) Drama and Dance Arthur Lappin (until March 1985) Music and Opera Patricia Quinn Traditional Arts and Administration Dermot McLaughlin (from July 1986) Regions, Research, Information Marian Fitzgibbon (from June 1985) Education and Dance Martin Drury Finance David McConnell Executive Assistants Nuala Donnelly Kevin Healy Nuala O'Byrne Bernadette O'Leary Secretarial Assistants Suzanne Quinn Patricia Moore Jennifer Traynor Mary Cloake Mary Hickey Paula Harold Receptionist Kathryn Cahille 70 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Telephone: (01) 611840 (December 1986) An Chomhairle Ealaíon An Chomhairle Ealaíon/The Arts Council is an independent body set up under the Arts Acts 1951 and 1973 to promote and assist the arts. It operates through a wide-ranging programme of financial assistance and special services, offered to individuals and organisations. The Council also acts as an adviser on artistic matters to Government, and is one of four bodies having a statutory right to make representations to planning authorities in connection with applications for planning permission in areas of special amenity throughout the country, and in cases where proposed developments might detract from the artistic or architectural appearance of buildings of interest. The Council consists of a board of not more than seventeen members appointed by An Taoiseach. The present Council was appointed in January 1984 and its term of office expires in 1988. The Council meets ten times a year to set Council policies and make decisions within the terms of the Arts Acts. These policies and decisions are implemented by a staff headed by a Director, appointed by the Council. The Council reports to the Oireachtas through An Taoiseach and its accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Annual grants from the Oireachtas are the Council's principal source of income. These grants are supplemented by income from local authorities and private organisations. The Council also administers a number of trust funds, set up privately for specific purposes. The Arts are defined in the Arts Acts and include: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film, print- making, design, theatre, dance, music, opera, literature, and the fine arts and applied arts generally. Contents Page Chairman's Introduction 7 Review of the Year 8 Aosdána 10 Literature 12 Visual Arts 14 Drama 18 Dance 22 Traditional Arts 23 Opera 24 Music 25 European Music Year 1985 27 Film 29 Arts Centres and Festivals 31 Community Arts 33 ACE (Arts Community Education) 34 Education 35 Regional Arts 37 Regional Arts Committees 40 Capital/Sundry 41 Analysis of 1984 Grant Aid 42 Accounts 45 Chairman's Introduction Funding (or lack of it) was the single most important problem facing Council during 1985. It is our belief that the case for substantially increased funding has been made but is unlikely to be satisfactorily addressed in current economic circumstances. The general underfunding of the arts is acknowledged by our Minister and I am hopeful that he will respond positively to our proposals for a phased programme of increasing the Council's income with particular emphasis on a share of the proceeds from the National Lottery. We should record that our Minister, Mr. Nealon, has played a vital role in maintaining the central position of the arts among many conflicting demands on the proceeds from the National Lottery. If the ultimate target of £13m Arts Council funding is achieved before the end of this decade, I believe that the Government and the Arts Council will have given a much needed stimulus to the spirit of our people. The benefits that would accrue from such a level of grant-aid are immense — a view we have been pressing on Government since this Council was appointed. In the world of the arts, all activity is the outcome of vision, imagination, planning, organisation, administration. This activity cannot be put in place overnight — it needs to be thought out, one, two, sometimes three years in advance: for example, can a major art exhibition be coordinated and mounted successfully without at least two years' advance preparation? This being so, the Arts Council must be in a position to react more readily to the planning requirements of its many clients. It must be ready to recognise the financial commitments of each grant-aided body not just on a year- to-year basis but for longer terms, even if the response has to be on an 'in principle' basis. Ideally, the Council would prefer to collaborate with its clients in longer-term planning of activity — assuming always that standards of excellence are maintained. The Council aspires to a close working relationship with its clients on the one hand and the Minister of State for the Arts and Culture on the other, with a view to achieving this necessary security of long-term funding. In a brief overview of the past year, the Council can point to some good news and some not so good. In literature, for example, there has been the healthy initiative in support of works written in the Irish language, as well as in English. Also, there has been a marked upsurge in regional arts affairs. Some extremely important publications have been promoted by the Council which highlight certain deficiencies, including 'The Dancer and the Dance', and 'Deaf Ears?', which draws urgent attention to the treatment of music in our schools. There was the regrettable (for the first time ever) contraction of theatre touring and the reduction or elimination of grant-aid in some areas. The present Council is now in its third year of office, still intact save for the sad loss of one of its most astute, experienced and knowledgeable colleagues: Breandán Breathnach — rath Dé ar a anam dílis. Following Matthew Arnold, we continue to seek out 'the study of perfection which is the true aim of culture'. Within this aim, we endeavour to widen our horizons in order that we may bring the arts to every citizen. Of course, there are obstacles and inhibitions but these need not, and must not, deter Council from doing its utmost to fulfil its mandate. Máirtín McCullough Chairman Review of the Year The year under review was primarily one of reassessment, rationalisation and streamlining. As a positive reaction to the dire shortage of funds which inhibited developments in the arts, the Arts Council undertook in order to achieve a review of its support for many of the arts disciplines, a firmer and clearer articulation of policy. The Minister of State for Arts and Culture Mr. Ted Nealon, T.D., announced that he wished to publish a White Paper on the arts. The Council responded by preparing a submission outlining a programme of support and development for the arts to the end of the century. As part of the preparation of its submission, the Council arranged 17 public meetings throughout the country to which the public had an opportunity to make their views on the arts known to the Council. These were very well attended and showed a high level of support for the arts and concern about their development. The report was drawn up by John Banville, member of the Arts Council and of Aosdána, with the assistance of John O'Mahony, Regional Arts Officer, Cork/Kerry. It emphasised the central role of the arts in our society, and proposed continued support for the individual artist with a concentration on greater access to and participation in the arts for the population as a whole. During the year, the Council devoted a great deal of time to assessing the amount which it required to discharge fully its function to assist and promote the arts. A figure of £13,000,000 was identified, and communicated to the Minister and to the Department of the Taoiseach. The Arts Council hopes that it will be possible to achieve this target figure within a reasonable time-scale. In keeping with the Council's concern to widen access to the arts the Council's regional arts policy moved into a new phase with the appointment of an Arts Officer jointly with Clare Co. Council. Support for the arts by the local authorities around the country continued to grow in 1985. The partnership between local authorities and the Arts Council is one which the Council will continue to promote in 1986, and the years beyond. As part of its internal review of policy the Council changed the emphasis in its education policy from 'arts in schools' to a more educationally integrated approach. The Council hopes that this change coupled with the dialogue which the Council has had with the Curriculum and Examinations Board, will have a significant impact on the role of the arts in Irish education.
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