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Arts Participation and Festivals. Introduction. Orla Moloney, Head of Arts Participation Arts Participation - a broad range of arts practices where individuals/ groups collaborate with skilled artists to make or interpret art. Arts Council - Festivals.
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Introduction • Orla Moloney, Head of Arts Participation • Arts Participation - a broad range of arts practices where individuals/ groups collaborate with skilled artists to make or interpret art
Arts Council - Festivals The Arts Council values festivals as a means to: • develop a vibrant and sustainable arts profile at a local level • offer opportunities to present new work and new ways of working that can have far reaching effects for artists and audiences
Arts Council - Festivals • MDA recurring funding • 3.5 – 2.8 million since 2008 • Reduced numbers to 8 - Galway, Kilkenny, Cork Midsummer, Dublin Fringe, Earagail, Eigse, Carlow, Clonmel Junction and Clifden • Festivals & Events Scheme (ex SFS) • 850k approx • Supported 158 Festivals and events in 2012 • Three strands (>9,999; 10 – 20k; up to 40k • Two rounds
Festivals & Events Scheme priorities • FES is keen to support festivals where the infrastructure is underdeveloped • It aims to support programmes that include: • professional artists • new experiences for audiences • new or niche areas of programming e.g. New media, Jazz etc.
Arts Council – Arts Participation • Equity – participation in the artistic and cultural life of the country • Opportunities for artists – specialising in socially engaged practices • Invigoration of the arts
Arts Participation Contexts • Arts and Health • Arts and Disability • Cultural Diversity and the Arts • Arts and Older People • Arts and Communities (of place and interest)
Direct Funding • Grants • Projects/ T&T • Bursaries/ A&D Awards • AiC Scheme • Small/ non-recurring developmental funds e.g. A&H in Festivals
Indirect Supports • Venues • Arts organisations • Production companies • Local authority arts offices • Festivals
Arts Participation in Festivals • More diverse work • Range of artists/ companies and participants • Performances/exhibitions/ events/ residencies/ workshops • More diverse audiences • Non-traditional arts audiences • work of wider interest/ relevance • considerations of access at all stages from marketing to presentation of work
Mary Nugent and James O’Shea CroíGlan
KCAT STUDIO Callan, Co.Kilkenny
Arts and Disability resources • Arts Council – new policy and strategy • Arts and Disability Ireland (ADI) – advice on work & access - www.adiarts.ie • ADN (Mayo, Galway and Cork) – Shift in perspective resource pack • Altered Images – www.alteredimages.ie
Creative Check-Up: Aesthetic Screening Phizzfest
Arts and Health resources • Arts Council – Arts and Health Policy and Strategy • Waterford Healing Arts Trust –www.waterfordhealingarts.com • National online resource - www.artsandhealth.ie • Create – www.createireland.ie
Hungry Tea Creative Connections/ Mark StororA Cork Midsummer Festival and Mayfield Arts Newbury House project with support from NascPhotographer: Marcin Lewandowski
Hungry Tea Creative Connections/ Mark StororA Cork Midsummer Festival and Mayfield Arts Newbury House project with support from NascPhotographer: Marcin Lewandowski
Hungry Tea Creative Connections/ Mark StororA Cork Midsummer Festival and Mayfield Arts Newbury House project with support from NascPhotographer: Marcin Lewandowski
Hungry Tea Creative Connections/ Mark Storor • Funded by the European Commission under the European Integration Fund • Supported by the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration, Department of Justice & Equality and Pobal • Additional funding - The Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme (AiC) managed by CREATE.
Cultural Diversity and the Arts resources • Arts Council Policy and Strategy • Create – www.createireland.ie • CfCP/ ArtPolonia (particularly Polish and Eastern European artists living in Ireland)
Waterford Healing Arts Trust Dawn Chorus at Bealtaine 2011
Kathleen Hogg displays her ‘spider’ tattoo as part of the ‘INK’ exhibition Credit: Aidan Kelly Artist/Photographer, Bealtaine Festival and Age & Opportunity
Paddy Byrne - Galleon Credit: Aidan Kelly Artist/Photographer, Bealtaine Festival and Age & Opportunity
Arts and Older People resources • Age & Opportunity – www.olderinireland.ie - www.bealtaine.com • Create – www.create-ireland.com
Arts and Communities resources • Artists/ arts organisations with track record in high quality collaborative practice • Projects funded through the Arts Council / AiC Scheme • Create – www.create-ireland.com
Why Arts Participation in Festivals? • More high quality arts experiences for more diverse audiences combining: • Technique • Originality/ Innovation • Ambition • Connection • Magic