Limerick’s €85,000 from Arts Council for policy and project development

By
Rose Rushe
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21/07/2017 MAXWELLS DUBLIN Pic shows ( l to r )Lucina Russell, Kildare Arts Officer, Liz Burns, Wexford Arts Officer, Orlaith McBride, Director of the Arts Council, Philip Delemere, Leitrim Arts Council, Kenneth Redmond, Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown Arts Officer, Siobhan Mulcahy, Clare Arts Officer and Sheila Deegan, Limerick Arts Officer. The Arts Council has today announced the recipients of the Invitation to Collaboration Scheme which will see €212,000 being awarded to six major arts projects around the country, as part of a scheme which promotes  greater collaboration between local authorities.Projects that will benefit include a unique composition for visually impaired musicians with the Irish Memory Orchestra in Clare, a major youth arts project in Limerick focussing on tolerance and action and a biodiversity themed public art project along the eastern coastline between Wexford, Dublin City and Fingal County Councils. Indecon will conduct research into local authority arts provision, while Kildare will lead out on advancing the practice of dance and health. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown will focus on community arts provision in Ballyogan, in a research partnership with Belfast City Council and Queens University. The scheme aims to identify new ways of strengthening access to the arts for people across Ireland and to highlight the role of the arts in building sustainable, cohesive communities.  For more information, please contact Joe Stuart 087 410 8751 PIC: NO FEE, MAXWELLPHOTOGRAPHY.IE
Left: Lucina Russell, Kildare Arts Officer; Liz Burns, Wexford Arts Officer; Orlaith McBride, director of the Arts Council; Philip Delemere, Leitrim Arts Council; Kenneth Redmond, Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown Arts Officer; Siobhan Mulcahy, Clare Arts Officer and Sheila Deegan, Limerick Arts Officer, stakeholders in Autonomy
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THE Arts Council has awarded €65,200 to Limerick City and County Council to deliver a unique and ambitious youth programme called ‘the Autonomy Project‘.

Limerick will also benefit from €20,000 to commission an Indecon report, along with Kildare, Leitrim and Fingal County Councils.

This represents a strategic intention by the local authority partners to examine their work practices and better understand their changing roles, inform future policy development and meet future needs.

The Arts Council confirmed the award as part of their ‘Invitation to Collaboration’ scheme aimed at Local Authorities, which promotes unique collaborations through working better together and promoting access to and engagement with the arts.

The Autonomy Project is a multi-disciplinary youth programme, led by Lisa McLoughlin and focusing on tolerance and action through art.

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 It is responding to a global resurgence in art and youth activism providing an important platform to explore how young people can express themselves in issues such as gender orientation, activism and social justice.

The project will be delivered through existing groups such as Limerick Youth Theatre, Dance Limerick, Music Generation and GOSHH culminating with week long performance / installation and symposium with international contributors on art and autonomy in UL led by Dr Niamh Nic Ghabhann.

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