A new initiative aimed at encourage Limerick people to engage, participate and enable their creative potential has been launched at a special event in Dublin Castle.
Highlights of the Limerick Culture and Creativity Plan include the digitisation of Limerick City Gallery of Art’s collection and the HearSay Audio Arts Festival which will celebrating creative audio in all its forms.
Other developments include a major oral history project entitled the Shannon Fisherman Archive, and ‘Queens of the Island Field’ featuring stories told by older citizens and performed by Moyross Community Drama. The International Council for Traditional Music is a world conference aimed at furthering the study, practice, documentation, preservation and dissemination of all traditional music type. FaileEile/Music Generation will be a music festival performed entirely by children and young people, and finally The School of Spectacle, is a Creative Europe funded project that brings creative practitioners and artists from five European countries to share skills, develop talent and celebrate European heritage
Speaking about the Limerick Culture Plan Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD said: “I would like to sincerely thank all of the Culture Teams in Limerick who have been working so hard in recent months to help us realise some of the key ambitions in the Creative Ireland programme. Limerick already has a vibrant cultural scene and through Creative Ireland we want to see more people in Limerick participating in the arts locally.
“The power of culture cannot be overestimated; arts and culture can open our minds, enliven our communities and enrich our children’s lives. The development of a Culture Plan is an important commitment in the Action Plan for Rural Development, because we believe that culture should be part of the development of every community, be it rural, urban, or somewhere in between. I look forward to seeing this plan being implemented in Limerick in the coming months, to see Creative Ireland in action,” Minister Humphreys concluded.
