IRELAND’S first subsidised living space scheme for artists will be launched by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Mr. Jimmy Deenihan, T.D., in Limerick City this coming Thursday.
Limerick Arts Office recently made an open call to recognised cultural practitioners, including contemporary visual artists, performers, musicians and writers, to apply for the use of 6 newly-refurbished residential apartments.
Speaking ahead of the official opening of the Artists’ Apartments at 1-2 John’s Square, Arts Officer Sheila Deegan explained that the scheme forms part of Limerick City Council’s strategy to “further enhance and develop the steady growth in cultural infrastructure that the City has been involved in over many years. The occupied apartments will create a vibrant presence in John’s Square, complementing the existing cultural interests there.
“Dance Limerick, a new resource in the former Daghdha premises, for the promotion of dance in Limerick and its surrounds, will be launched later in the year in the Square. These positive developments and investments build upon an already dynamic heritage of arts activity and stimulate further development opportunities for arts and culture in the City,” she added.
Minister Deenihan will officially launch the Artists’ Apartments at 1-2 John’s Square on Thursday September 26 at 4.30pm.
