Document2 16/6/03 16:58 Page 1 annual review 2002 Document2 16/6/03 16:58 Page 2 Designed and Produced @ Designed andProduced annual review for the year ended 31 December 2002 Annual Review 2002 ISBN: 1-904291-06-6 ISSN: 0790 - 1593 70 Merrion Square, 70 Cearnóg Mhuirfean, t +353 1 6180200 e [email protected] Dublin 2, Ireland Baile Átha Cliath 2, Éire f +353 1 6761302 w www.artscouncil.ie Callsave 1850 392492 ➔ Kaké Dance Ensemble from Ghana in West Africa at the Laois Arts Festival AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 2 Contents 4 Introduction 7 Implementing the Arts Plan in 2002 21 A review of the arts in 2002 77 More information about the arts locally 80 Providing nationally and internationally for the arts 101 Acknowledgements and further information about the arts in Ireland ➔ An outdoor performance at the Galway Arts Festival AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 4 Introduction Réamhrá This year, the Arts Council has decided to As this county by county review illustrates, Sa bhliain seo, tá beartaithe ag an Mar a léirítear san athbhreithniú contae ar report on its support for the arts in Ireland the success of our strategies for developing gComhairle Ealaíon tuairisc a thabhairt ar a chontae seo, tá rath na straitéisí atá againn in a different way. In this volume, as well as the arts rests on partnerships with local tacaíocht dona healaíona in Éirinn i slí i leith forbairt na n-ealaíon ag brath ar reporting on progress in implementing the authorities and other public agencies in éagsúil. San imleabhar seo, chomh maith le pháirtíochtaí le húdaráis áitiúla agus eagrais six core objectives of the third Arts Plan, we every part of the country, as well as support tuairisc ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta ó poiblí eile ar fud na tíre, chomh maith le highlight the achievements of artists and for artists, arts organisations and promoters, thaobh an tríú Phlean Ealaíon a chur i tacaíocht le haghaidh ealaíontóirí, arts organisations county by county. Later in wherever they are based. bhfeidhm, tugaimid chun suntais éachtaí eagraíochtaí ealaíon agus tionscnóirí, pé áit the year, when our financial accounts have ealaíontóirí agus eagraíochtaí ealaíon ina bhfuil siad bunaithe. received the Comptroller and Auditor We also report here on the work of touring contae ar chontae. Níos déanaí sa bhliain, General’s certificate, and been adopted by service organisations, and on the expanding nuair atá teastas ón Reachtaire agus ón Tugaimid tuairisc anseo freisin ar an obair a Government, we will produce an Annual network of venues for making, exhibiting Iniúchóir Ginearálta faighte ag na cuntais dhéanann eagraíochtaí seirbhíse ar Report, incorporating an itemised list of and performing the arts nationally, which airgeadais againn, agus nuair atá glactha chamchuairt, agus ar ghréasán na n-ionad expenditure on the arts. has flourished over the last decade with leo ag an Rialtas, cuirfimid Tuarascáil le haghaidh déanamh, taispeántas agus cur capital investment from national and local Bhliantúil ar fáil, ina bhfuil liosta sonraithe i láthair an n-ealaíon go náisiúnta, atá ag In 2001, we celebrated the anniversary of Government. de chaiteachas ar na healaíona. leathnú agus faoi bhláth le deich mbliain the first Arts Act (1951), which brought the anuas le hinfheistíocht chaipitil ón Rialtas. Arts Council into existence. In the thirty Also published simultaneously with this Sa bhliain 2001, cheiliúramar féile céad years since the second Arts Act (1973) the review is the 2002 Annual Report for Acht na n-Ealaíon (1951), a bhunaigh an Foilsithe ag an am céanna leis an role of local Government in supporting the Aosdána, an affiliation of creative artists. Chomhairle Ealaíon. Sna tríocha bliain ón Athbhreithniú seo tá tuairisc bhreise: arts in Ireland has been transformed. From a dara Acht (1973), tá athrú ollmhór tagtha ar Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2002 le haghaidh situation where most arts promoting An Irish language version of this review is an ról atá ag an rialtas áitiúil i dtacaíocht Aosdána, cumann na n-ealaíontóirí organisations were based in the capital or in published on our website, and a print copy dona healaíona. Ó staid ina raibh formhór cruthaitheacha. a handful of major towns, the arts have is available from the Arts Council. na n-eagraíochtaí a bhí ag cur na n-ealaíon become truly dispersed, with arts venues, chun cinn bunaithe sa phríomhchathair nó i Tá leagan Gaeilge den athbhreithniú seo festivals and events supplementing the líon beag dena bhailí móra, tá na healaíona foilsithe ar ár suíomh gréasáin, agus tá cóip amateur and voluntary activity to be found anois scaipthe go fírinneach, le hionaid chló ar fáil ach é a iarradh ón gComhairle in every city and town. ealaíon, féilte agus imeachtaí ag tacú leis na Ealaíon. gníomhaíochtaí amaitéaracha agus deonacha atá le fáil i ngach cathair agus baile, agus in iomad ceantar tuaithe chomh maith. 4 5 AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 6 To make an arts career a realistic ambition for excellent and innovative artists... This year we refined and improved our networking. A feasibility grant to the supports for individual artists, making almost emerging Theatre Forum established the 800 awards in response to the many basis for an independent engine of hundreds of applications received. Through professional and sectoral development these awards, we help artists to build their within the wider performing arts sector. body of work, which is the basis on which their careers rest. Financial support for more than half of Aosdána’s members is provided by the cnuas To bridge an acknowledged gap for mid- (annuity). This offers stability to many artists. career artists, we introduced new awards for Paula Meehan, a recently-elected member of professional training and development. This Aosdána and winner of the Denis Devlin flexible and responsive scheme allows artists Award in 2001, gives an illustration of the to apply on a year-round basis for short impact on her career of the support courses, seminars and conferences. This new provided by the cnuas. She had her first scheme was one of the first outcomes of an original work for radio, Janey Mack is Going extensive evaluation of artists’ programmes, to Die broadcast by RTÉ Radio 1 in 2002. carried out over a couple of years by an “Membership of Aosdána and the receipt of external analyst, Belinda Mollar. the cnuas has given me the time to work on bigger projects, and longer work,” says the The practical effect of professional training poet, who has gone on to develop other for artists is to help them to build viable work for radio, to produce a number of careers in the arts. A critical step for many plays (all of which have had professional artists is public celebration of their talent or productions) and to start working in fiction their promise. Tom Vaughan Lawlor, an for the first time. acting student who has received three successive acting training awards from the Trí thacaíocht dhíreach leanúnach do Ríonach Council, won the prestigious Laurence Ní Néill, i sraith dámhachtainí sna blianta Olivier Bursary, one of the most important roimhe seo agus deontas cónaitheachta le awards for emerging actors in Britain - the déanaí, cuireadh ar chumas an ealaíontóra first time this has been won by an Irish rince seo Seandálaíocht a chruthú – saothair student actor. oirfidigh ag plé le teanga agus le hionannas. Bhraith saibhreas an tsaothair ar an imoibriú Through detailed negotiation of funding buan le daoine sna ceantair Gaeltachta a supports with a number of key service clúdaíodh faoin gcónaitheacht. Cuireadh an organisations, including the Association saothar i láthair don chéad uair i nGaeltacht of Professional Dancers in Ireland, Chonamara i 2002 agus tugadh ar Shawbrook/LD Dance Trust and the Institute chamchuairt an-rathúil é i rith na bliana, go of Choreography and Dance, we supported dtí Féile Ealaíon Earagail i nGaoth Dobhair the dance sector in a number of measures agus go dtí Inis Oírr, Baile Bhúirne agus to improve the sustainability of dance artists’ Gleann Cholm Chille chomh maith. careers, including training and production development opportunities and international 7 ➔ Actor Olwen Fouere in a staging of Samuel Beckett’s Lessness at the Kilkenny Arts Festival AC ANNUAL REVIEW INSIDE (TO#B71 16/6/03 12:52 Page 8 To broaden and enrich participation in the arts... Through residency programmes for artists outside formal education, we supported an working in communities, in schools and International Conference on Youth Theatre, youth work contexts, we maintained our organised by the National Association for commitment to promote high quality Youth Drama and hosted in Cork by Graffiti participation in the arts. To link the Theatre Company. The conference helped to programme with other kinds of support for consolidate links within youth theatre – a arts in communities, we devolved the widespread and vibrant form of youth arts management of one of these programmes organisation in Ireland – and between to CAFE, under the terms of a multi-annual individual youth theatres and the wider arts funding agreement. community. The international potential of youth theatre was highlighted by the Opportunities to extend and enhance the initiation of Calypso’s Tower of Babel project, arts experience of young people in the involving young people from Ireland and formal education sector flowed from the young refugees, mainly from Nigeria. This implementation by the Department of ongoing project provides young people from Education and Science of welcome first level different countries with a rich opportunity curriculum reform. In cooperation with the through artistic experience to understand Department, we actively explored the more about the challenges presented by potential for greater collaboration between physical dislocation.