Aosdána annual 2004 report an tuarascáil bhliantúil PracticalAosdána matters Aosdána MembershipAosdána is an ofaffiliation Aosdána of increative 2003 artists was limited toIs meitheal200, by agreementd’ealaíontóirí with cruthaitheacha the Arts Council. Toengaged be eligible in literature, for membership, music and visualan artist arts. must havea shaothraíonn been born an in litríocht,or resident an ceol for agusfive years in IrelandEstablished and by have the producedArts Council an in original 1981, and creativena físealaíona body of éwork. Aosdána. Aosdána Ó bhunaigh does not an accept unsolicitedAosdána honours applications; artists whose membership work has is by peerChomhairle nomination Ealaíon and election.Aosdána i 1981, tugtar made an outstanding contribution to the arts gradam d’ealaíontóirí a bhfuil a saothar tar in Ireland. Through financial support and peer éis cur go mór leis na healaíona in Éirinn. Aosdána members are eligible for cnuas (annuity), payable by the Arts Council, to assist recognition, Aosdána encourages and assists Le tacaíocht airgeadais agus le haitheantas them in the full-time pursuit of their art. In 2003, the annual value of the cnuas was members to donate their energies fully to their d’ealaíontóirí óna gcomhghleacaithe, art.11,072. Payment is restricted to those artists brostaíonnwhose other Aosdána earnings, a chuid averaged ball lena over gcuid a three-year period, do not exceed one-and-a-halffuinnimh times thego léirvalue a chaitheamh of the cnuas. lena Thegcuid Arts Council also subscribes to a contributory pensionealaíne, scheme agus and cabhraíonn voluntary sé healthleo é sin scheme a for members of Aosdána. dhéanamh.

Aosdána acknowledges a member’s achievements through an award of honour known as Saoi.Practical There Matters are never more than five Saoithe atCúrsaí any one Praiticiúla time. In 2003 they were ,Membership Benedict of Aosdána Kiely, inLouis 2004 le wasBrocquy, limited Tony O’MalleySa bhliain 2004,and Anthonycuireadh teora Cronin. de 200 Tony ar líon O’Malley na whoto 200, had by been agreement a Saoi with since the 1993 Arts Council.died in Januarymball, 2003. rud aAnthony aontaíodh Cronin leis An gComairlewas elected Ealaíon. Saoi in MarchTo be eligible 2003. for membership, an artist must D’fhonn a bheith i dteideal ballraíochta, ní mór have been born in or resident for five years in d’aon ealaíontóir a bheith ina chónaí in Éirinn ar Ireland and have produced an original and feadh cúig bliana, sin nó gur rugadh in Éirinn é/í. Ní Aosdána’s affairs are governed by an annual General Assembly of the membership and by creative body of work. Aosdána does not mór dó/di freisin líon substainteach saothar bunaidh more regular meetings of the Toscairí, a committee of ten members elected every two years. accept unsolicited applications; membership is ealaíne a bheith cruthaithe aige/aici. Aby General peer nomination Assembly and normally election. meets once a yearNí ghlacannto elect Aosdánanew members le hiarratais and gan to chuireadh; review the organisation’s affairs. is iad na baill eile a ainmneoidh agus a thoghfaidh Aosdána members are eligible for a cnuas iarrthóirí ar bhallraíocht. The(stipend), Arts Councilpayable byprovides the Arts secretariat Council, to services assist to Aosdána, including the payment of cnuais, organisationthem in the full-time of meetings pursuit and of their oversees art. In elections. Tá baill Aosdána i dteideal tuarastail ar a dtugtar 2004, the annual value of the cnuas was ‘cnuas’, a íocann an Chomhairle Ealaíon d’fhonn q12,180. Payment is restricted to those artists cabhrú leo a gcuid ealaíne a shaothrú go whose other earnings, averaged over a lánaimseartha. Sa bhliain 2004, b’fhiú q12,180 in Gathered at the 21st Aosdána General Assembly in the upper yard at Castle on 5 February 2004 are members of Aosdána together with the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, John O’Donoghue, TD. and the Registrar of Aosdána, Patricia Quinn.

Seán Ó Donnchú, Teachta Dála agus Aire Ealaíon, Spóirt agus Turasóireachta, Patricia Quinn, cláraitheoir Aosdána, agus baill d’Aosdána i gcomhluadar a chéile ag an fiche haonú Comhdháil Ghinearálta, sa chlós uachtarach i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath ar an 5 Feabhra.

three-year period, do not exceed one-and-a- aghaidh na bliana. Tá an íocaíocht teoranta dóibh half times the value of the cnuas. Members siúd nach dtéann a dteacht isteach eile ar feadh of Aosdána are eligible to avail of a personal trí bliana thar oiread go leith na suime sin ar an pension plan, to which the Arts Council meán. Tá scéim pinsin phearsanta ar fáil do bhaill subscribes half the basic premium. Members Aosdána, agus íocann an Chomhairle Ealaíon leath may also avail of a voluntary health scheme. an bhuntáille. Tá scéim dheonach sláinte ar fáil do na baill chomh maith. Aosdána acknowledges a member’s Aithníonn Aosdána a bhfuil bainte amach ag achievements through an award of honour duine dá bhaill trí ghradam ‘Saoi’ a bhronnadh air known as Saoi. There are never more than five nó uirthi. Ní bhíonn thar chúigear ina Saoithe ag Saoithe at any one time. In 2004 they were aon am amháin. Ba iad Louis le Brocquy, Anthony Louis le Brocquy, , Seamus Cronin, Seamus Heaney agus Benedict Kiely na Heaney and Benedict Kiely. Saoithe sa bhliain 2004.

Aosdána’s affairs are overseen by regular Is iad an coiste ar a dtugtar na Toscairí a dhéanann meetings of the Toscairí, a committee of ten cúram do chúrsaí Aosdána i gcruinnithe rialta. members elected every two years. A General Suíonn deichniúr ar an gcoiste seo, agus toghtar iad Assembly meets once a year to elect new gach dara bliain. Bíonn cruinniú ag an Chomhdháil members and to review the affiliation’s affairs. Ghinearálta uair sa bhliain d’fhonn baill nua a thoghadh agus le plé a dhéanamh ar chúraimí eile The Arts Council provides secretariat services to na heagraíochta. Aosdána, including the payment of cnuais, Cuireann an Chomhairle Ealaíon seirbhís rúnaíochta organisation of meetings, ceremonies and agus riaracháin ar fáil d’Aosdána. Eagraíonn an oversees elections. tseirbhís seo cruinnithe, searmanais agus toghcháin, agus íocann siad na cnuais freisin. Report on the Year Tuairisc ar an mBliain The Toscairí serving until June 2004 were Seoirse B’iad Seoirse Bodley, Anthony Cronin, Maud Bodley, Anthony Cronin, Maud Cotter, Theo Cotter, Theo Dorgan, , Alice Dorgan, Paul Durcan, Alice Hanratty, Michael Hanratty, Michael Kane, Fergus Johnston, Brian Kane, Fergus Johnston, Brian Maguire and Eric Maguire agus Eric Sweeney na toscairí a bhí Sweeney. They met on four occasions between ag feidhmiú go dtí Meitheamh 2004. Toghadh January and June 2004. A new Toscaireacht Toscaireacht nua i Meán Fómhair 2004. B’iad was elected in September 2004. They were siúd Cecily Brennan, Seoirse Bodley, Clare Cecily Brennan, Seoirse Bodley, Clare Boylan, Boylan, Anthony Cronin, Theo Dorgan, Roger Anthony Cronin, Theo Dorgan, Roger Doyle, Doyle, Paul Durcan, Jennifer Johnston, Michael Paul Durcan, Jennifer Johnston, Michael Kane Kane agus Alice Maher. Bhí dhá chruinniú acu and Alice Maher. They met twice in the latter i ndeireadh na bliana 2004. Tá miontuairiscí part of 2004. Minutes of all meetings for 2004 na gcruinnithe go léir a bhí ann i 2004 le fáil are available on the Aosdána website ó shuíomh idirlín Aosdána www.artscouncil. www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana. ie/aosdana.

The General Assembly met in February at Dublin Tháinig an Chomhdháil Ghinearálta le chéile i Castle and elected six new members: Moya gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath i mí Feabhra agus Cannon, John F. Deane, Trevor Joyce, Eileen thogh siad seisear ball nua, mar atá: Moya MacDonagh, Jimmy Murphy and Geraldine Cannon, John F. Deane, Trevor Joyce, Eileen O’Reilly. Members were informed about the MacDonagh, Jimmy Murphy agus Geraldine Arts Council’s proposal to open the membership O’Reilly. Cuireadh in iúl do na baill ag an of Aosdána to choreographers and architects at gcruinniú seo, go raibh sé ar intinn ag an the meeting. The proposal was agreed by the gComhairle Ealaíon an bhallraíocht a oscailt membership. do chóireagrafaithe agus d’ailtirí. D'aontaigh an ballraíocht ar an tógra. Tionóladh an chéad As the first General Assembly of the affiliation Chomhdháil Ghinearálta sa bhliain 1983, agus took place in April 1983, 2004 marked a special dá bhrí sin bhí comóradh speisialta bliain is fiche 21st anniversary. The General Assembly was ann i 2004. Labhair an tAire Ealaíon, Spórt agus addressed on the day by the Minister for Arts, Turasóireachta, Seán Ó Donnchú,Teachta Dála, Sport and Tourism, Mr John O’Donoghue, TD. A reception for new members was held in leis an gComhdháil Ghinearálta an lá sin. the offices of the Arts Council in March. The Bhí fáiltiú ann do na baill nua in oifigí na reception was attended by the new members Comhairle Ealaíon i mí an Mhárta. Bhí na baill and their families, members of the Council and nua agus a muintir i láthair, chomh maith le nominators. baill eile na Comhairle agus daoine a d’ainmigh na baill nua. President McAleese and Dr. Martin McAleese hosted a garden party to acknowledge the Sa Mheitheamh 2004, bhí cóisir gháirdín ag work of Aosdána and its members at Áras an an Uachtarán Mhic Ghiolla Íosa agus ag an Dr. Uachtaráin in June. Máirtín Mac Giolla Íosa in Áras an Uachtaráin mar aitheantas ar an obair a dhéanann Aos One hundred and nineteen members received Dána agus a chuid ball. the cnuas during the year, representing total payments by the Arts Council of a1,382,224. 119 ball a fuair cnuas i rith na bliana. Is ionann sin agus suim iomlán de a1,382,224, a d’íoc An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Farewell Slán is beannacht Aosdána was saddened by the death of one Ba mhór an méala d’Aosdána bás Fergus of its founding members, photographer Fergus Bourke, ball agus duine de bhunaitheoirí na Bourke in October 2004. heagraíochta i mí Deireadh Fómhair 2004.

Fergus Bourke Fergus Bourke Fergus Bourke died on 8 October 2004. He Bhásaigh Fergus Bourke ar an ocht Deireadh was born in Bray, County Wicklow in 1934. Fómhair 2004. Rugadh é i mBré Co. Chill He was regarded as one of the finest Irish Mantáin i 1934. Grianghrafadóir a bhí ann a photographers who, over a 40 year career, raibh saol fada oibre aige a mhair daichead significantly contributed to our understanding bliain. Mhéadaigh sé ár dtuiscint ar ealaín of photography. Through the use of na grianghrafadóireachta go mór. Seasann a portraiture, his work captured some of the chuid portráidí mar chuid de na híomhánna is strongest images of people in this country. His láidre atá againn de dhaoine in Éirinn. Rinne early street scenes of Dublin captured the now sé grianghraif freisin de radharcanna ar de vanished world of tenements and children's shráideanna Bhaile Átha Cliath agus léirítear games. His feeling for the Irish landscape saol na dtithe árasáin agus chluichí sráide go resulted in fine sombre images, all of which glinn iontu, gné den saol atá imithe go deo were visible in the major retrospective of his anois. As a chiall do thírdhreach na hÉireann work - Eye, Hand and Heart, at the Gallery of a d’eascair na híomhánna duibheagánacha a Photography in Dublin in August 2003. bhí an-bhreá. Taispeánadh na píosaí sin go léir i dtaispeántas dá shaothar saoil Eye, Hand and He exhibited widely in Ireland and Heart, ag an Gallery of Photography i mBaile internationally. His work is in many private and Átha Cliath sa bhliain 2003. public collections including that of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His books included: Is iomaí taispeántas a bhí aige ar fud fad na Mother Ireland with Edna O'Brien, Kindred hÉireann agus go hidirnáisiúnta. Tá a shaothar - The Portrait Collection 1983-1991; and le fáil i roinnt mhaith bailiúchán príobháideach Connemara Blues with John O'Donoghue and agus poiblí. Orthu seo tá The Museum of Landscapes of the Soul. Modern Art, Nua-Eabhrac. Ar na leabhair a Gathered at the Arts Council on 22 March 2004 at the new member’s reception are (left to right): John F. Deane, Trevor Joyce, Moya Cannon, Olive Braiden, Chair of the Arts Council, Geraldine O'Reilly, Jimmy Murphy and Eileen MacDonagh.

I dteannta a chéile ag oifigí na Comhairle Ealaíon ar an 22 Márta ag fáiltiú do bhaill nua bhí (ó chlé go deas): John F. Deane, Trevor Joyce, Moya Cannon, Olive Braiden, Cathaoirleach na Comhairle Ealaíon, Geraldine O'Reilly, Jimmy Murphy agus Eileen MacDonagh.

2004: New members d’fhoilsigh sé tá: Mother Ireland i gcomhpháirt le hEdna O’Brien, Kindred - The Portrait Moya Cannon (literature) Collection 1983-1991; agus Connemara Blues Moya Cannon is a poet. Her works include i gcomhpháirt le John O'Donoghue agus Oar, The Parchment Boat and Carrying the Landscapes of the Soul. Songs. Her work has appeared in a number of international anthologies and she has edited 2004: Baill nua themed issues for Review (1995) and held writer-in-residence posts for Kerry Moya Cannon (litríocht) County Council and Trent University Ontario. Is file í Moya Cannon. Ar na bailiúcháin atá She was born in County Donegal and is now foilsithe aici tá Oar, The Parchment Boat agus living in Galway. Carrying the Songs. Foilsíodh a saothar i roinnt cnuasaigh idirnáisiúnta agus tá eagarthóireacht John F. Deane (literature) déanta aici ar eagráin théamaithe d’Éigse John F. Deane is a poet and a novelist. He has Éireann (1995). Tá tréimhsí caite aici mar published several books of poems in Ireland scríbhneoir cónaitheach faoi choimirce and abroad, four novels and two books of Chomhairle Condae Chiarraí, agus in Ollscoil short stories. He was the founder of Poetry Trent in Ontario Cheanada. Rugadh í i dTír Ireland and the . In 1985 Chonaill agus tá cónaí uirthi anois i nGaillimh. he created the Dedalus Press. In 1996 he was elected Secretary General of the European John F. Deane (litríocht) Academy of Poetry. Among his awards are the Is file agus úrscéalaí é John F. Deane. Tá O'Shaughnessy Award, the Marten Toonder roinnt mhaith cnuasach filíochta foilsithe aige Award and several foreign prizes. He was born in Éirinn agus thar lear, ceithre úrscéal agus on Achill Island, County Mayo and is currently dhá leabhar gearrscéalta. Ba é a bhunaigh living in Dublin. Éigse Éireann agus i 1985, bhunaigh sé an Daedalus Press. I 1996, toghadh é mar rúnaí ginearálta ar Acadamh Eorpach na Filíochta. Ar na duaiseanna a bhuaigh sé, tá Gradam O’Shaughnessy, Gradam Marten Toonder Trevor Joyce (literature) agus roinnt mhaith duaiseanna eile thar lear. Trevor Joyce is a poet. His works include The As Acaill ó dhúchas é agus tá sé ina chónaí i Poems of Sweeny Peregrine, Stone Floods, mBaile Átha Cliath anois. With the First Dream of Fire they Hunt the Cold and the audio CD Red Noise of Bones. At the Trevor Joyce (litríocht) age of 19 years he founded New Writers' Press. File é Trevor Joyce. Ar na saothair atá foilsithe He was the founder and director of SoundEye: aige tá The Poems of Sweeny Peregrine, Stone The International Poetry Festival. He has Floods, With the First Dream of Fire they Hunt held writer-in-residence posts for Cork County the Cold agus an DD fuaime Red Noise of Council and the National University of Ireland, Bones.In aois a naoi déag dó, bhunaigh sé New Galway. He was born in Dublin. Writers' Press. Ba é bunaitheoir agus stiúrthóir SoundEye: The Cork International Poetry Eileen MacDonagh (visual arts) Festival é. Bhí sé ina scríbhneoir cónaitheach Eileen MacDonagh is a sculptor. She has faoi choimirce Chomhairle Condae Chorcaí exhibited in Scotland, Sweden, Germany, Japan agus Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh chomh and Luxembourg. Her works include Crystal, Still maith. Tá cónaí air i mBaile Átha Cliath. Pots and From Another Constellation. Her work has contributed to many collections. She was Eileen MacDonagh (físealaíona) born in Sligo. Dealbhóir is ea Eileen MacDonagh. Bhí taispeántais aici in Albain, sa tSualainn, sa Jimmy Murphy (literature) Ghearmáin, sa tSeapáin agus Lucsamburg. Jimmy Murphy is a playwright. His works for Ar na saothair atá cruthaithe aici, tá Crystal, the Abbey Theatre include Brothers of the Still Pots agus From Another Constellation. Tá Brush (1993), A Picture of Paradise (1997) samplaí dá saothar le fáil i mórán bailiúchán. and The Muesli Belt (2000). Other works Rugadh i Sligeach í. include Aceldama (1998), The Kings of the Kilburn High Road (2000) and The Castlecomer Jimmy Murphy (litríocht) Jukebox (2004) for Red Kettle. He is a former Drámadóir is ea Jimmy Murphy. Ar na saothair writer in residence at NUI, Maynooth, a atá scríofa aige d’Amharclann na Mainistreach member of the Abbey Theatre’s Advisory tá Brothers of the Brush (1993), A Picture of Council and a recipient of three Bursaries in Paradise (1997) agus The Muesli Belt (2000). Tá literature from the Arts Council. saothair eile aige chomh maith mar Aceldama (1998), The Kings of the Kilburn High Road Geraldine O'Reilly (visual arts) (2000) agus The Castlecomer Jukebox (2004) Geraldine O’Reilly is a visual artist. Her first do chompántas Red Kettle. Is iar-scríbhneoir major exhibition was a series of paintings called cónaitheach ag Ollscoil na hÉireann Má Journal - based on her research and recordings Nuad, agus is ball é de Choiste Comhairleach of letters between Ireland and New York during Amharclann na Mainistreach, agus ghnóthaigh and after the famine. Other exhibitions include sé sparántachtaí litríochta trí huaire ón In a State, Rites and Entwined Histories. Her Chomhairle Ealaíon. work has contributed to many collections. Residencies include Áras Eanna on the Aran Geraldine O'Reilly (físealaíona) Islands, the University of Tasmania, Australia Is físealaíontóir í Geraldine O’Reilly. Journal and Triskel Arts Centre in Cork. ba teideal dá céad mhórthaispeántas péintéireachta, sraith de phictiúr a bhunaigh sí ar thaighde a rinne sí ar thaighde agus ar thaifeadtaí a rinne sí de litreacha a seoladh idir Éirinn agus New Eabhrac i rith an Ghorta Mhóir agus ina dhiaidh. I measc taispeántas eile tá In a State, Rites agus Entwined Histories. Tá a saothar le fáil i mórán bailiúchán. Tá tréimhsí cónaitheacha caite aici in Áras Éanna in Árainn, in Ollscoil Tasmania san Astráil agus in Ionad Ealaíon Triskel, Corcaigh. For further information Contact: e [email protected] w www.artscouncil.ie/aosdana

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Aosdána *Cnuas recipient in 2004/daoine a fuair Cnuas le linn 2004

Visual Arts/Físealaíona Visual Arts Contd/ar lean Literature Contd/ar lean Literature Contd/ar lean Robert Ballagh Louis Marcus* Philip Casey* Val Mulkerns John Behan Fergus Martin* * Jimmy Murphy* Pauline Bewick Stephen McKenna Michael Coady* Cathal Black* Theo McNab Evelyn Conlon* Thomas Murphy Basil Blackshaw Seán McSweeney Anthony Cronin* Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin Brian Bourke* Nick Miller Tony Curtis* Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill* Fergus Bourke* Helen Moloney* Margaretta D’Arcy* Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Cecily Brennan* Alfonso Lopez Ita Daly* Christopher Nolan Vincent Browne* Monreal* Michael Davitt* Jim Nolan* Michael Bulfin Michael Mulcahy* John F. Deane* Edna O’Brien John Burke* Carolyn Mulholland* Seamus Deane Julie O’Callaghan* Cathy Carman* Janet Mullarney* Neil Donnelly* Seán Ó Coistealbha* James Coleman Pat Murphy* Theo Dorgan* Micheál Ó Conghaile* Barrie Cooke Eilís O’Connell Paul Durcan* Ulick O’Connor* Joe Comerford Mick O’Dea* Peter Fallon Mary O’Donnell* Maud Cotter* Gwen O’Dowd* Bernard Farrell Julia O’Faoláin Dorothy Cross* Alannah O’Kelly* Pádraic Fiacc* Críostóir Ó Floinn* William Crozier Geraldine O'Reilly* Gerard Mannix Flynn* Desmond O’Grady* Charles Cullen* Patrick O’Sullivan Brian Friel Mary O’Malley* Michael Cullen* Janet Pierce* * Liam Ó Muirthile* Rosaleen Davey* Kathy Prendergast Carlo Gébler* Cathal Ó Searcaigh* Edward Delaney* Patrick Pye* * Micheal O’Siadhail Diarmuid Delargy* Michael Quane* Hugo Hamilton Tim Robinson* Willie Doherty Bob Quinn* Michael Harding* Micky Donnelly* Vivienne Roche* Anne Haverty* Sydney Bernard Smith* Felim Egan* Nigel Rolfe* Dermot Healy Matthew Sweeney Conor Fallon James Scanlon* Seamus Heaney Colm Tóibín Mary FitzGerald* Patrick Scott Aidan Higgins* William Trevor Tom Fitzgerald Dermot Seymour* * Macdara Woods* Marie Foley* Sean Scully Pearse Hutchinson* Vincent Woods* Martin Gale* David Shaw-Smith* Trevor Joyce* Richard Gorman* Noel Sheridan Jennifer Johnston Music/Ceol Tim Goulding* John Shinnors Neil Jordan Gerald Barry* Patrick Graham Maria Simonds- Adrian Kenny* Seóirse Bodley Patrick Hall* Gooding Benedict Kiely* John Buckley Alice Hanratty Camille Souter* Tom Kilroy Frank Corcoran Charles Harper Imogen Stuart James Liddy Raymond Deane* Eithne Jordan* Rod Tuach* Jerome de Bromhead Michael Kane Charles Tyrrell* Brian Lynch* Roger Doyle* John Kelly* Barbara Warren* Tom MacIntyre* Eibhlis Farrell Brian King Michael Warren Bernard MacLaverty Stephen Gardner* Gene Lambert* Samuel Walsh* Deirdre Madden* Ronan Guilfoyle Sonja Landweer* Nancy Wynne Jones * Michael Holohan* Louis le Brocquy Hugh Maxton* Fergus Johnston* Melanie le Brocquy Literature/Litríocht Thomas McCarthy John Kinsella Ciarán Lennon* Leland Bardwell* John McGahern Philip Martin Mary Lohan* Sebastian Barry Medbh McGuckian* Kevin O’Connell Eileen MacDonagh* Dermot Bolger Frank McGuinness Jane O’Leary* Anne Madden Clare Boylan * Eric Sweeney Brian Maguire Moya Cannon* * Ian Wilson* Alice Maher* Marina Carr* James Wilson*