Arts & Events Creative Ireland 2021 Projects
Increased funding for 2021 has confirmed, A total funding allocation of €160,161 (€145,161 core funding + €15,000 Cruinniú na nÓg funding) will be allocated to Cork City Council.
In addition, we will be invited to respond to the following opportunities over the course of 2021:
1. Positive Ageing and Creative Wellbeing Scheme 2. Creative Engagement Climate Action Community Fund : The Creative Ireland Programme in collaboration with the DECC will provide a Cultural and Creative Climate Action Community Fund that will deliver, through cultural and creative projects, individual and community awareness of the need for climate-related behavioural change. Arts Funding Panels for the assessment of applications for Arts Project Awards, Individual Artists Bursary Awards and the Arts in Context Scheme met across January. All awards have now been made and decisions communicated. The following number of awards have been made for 2021:
• Arts Grants: 59 professional arts organisations and community arts groups • Project Scheme: 12 awards • Artists Bursary: 14 awards • Arts in Context Scheme: 8 awards
Annual review meetings with each of the 14 organisations funded via revenue funding were commenced in January and will continue into February. These organisations are Cork Opera House, Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork Folk Festival, Munster Literature Centre; Cork Academy of Music, Music Generation, O’Bheal, The Butter Museum; Cork Jazz Festival; Crawford Supported Studios, Sounds From a Safe Harbour; St. Peters Commemorative Centre, National String Foundation; Triskel Arts Centre Christchurch. St. Patrick’s Festival Planning is underway for the Cork St. Patrick’s Festival 2021. It is proposed the festival will run from Saturday 13 th to Wednesday 17 th March. Due to ongoing government restrictions, a parade is not feasible this year. A hybrid programme of online and physical events where possible is being planned to celebration our national holiday. Based around the theme of ‘Meitheal’, in it together, the pro gramme will include: • Greening of Buildings as part of an initiative with Fáilte Ireland. Increasing the number of locations in the city that can light green for St. Patrick’s Day is currently being investigated. • A large-scale projection onto R&H Hall that will be based on the St. Patrick’s Day theme of ‘Meitheal’ is currently being procured. • A pre-recorded video to be shown online over the festival that marks the civic and community nature of the St. Patrick’s Day and a response to this year’s theme Meithe al is being examined. • An installation by Cork Community Arts Link in Bishop Lucey Park for the festival, based on the legend of Cliodhna, the patron of county Cork and her three brightly coloured birds whose sweet song heals the sick. • Cultural and heritage organisations in the city will be invited to submit their programming that will be packaged and promoted by Cork City Council as Cork St. Patricks Festival. Arts Council €30,000 was aw arded to Cork City Council Arts Office as lead applicant in a partnership project aiming to develop on the outcomes of the 2019 Creative Enquiry for Arts and Older People. The project will facilitate dissemination of learning and recommendations from the Creative Enquiry in dynamic, engaging modes for arts practitioners, organisations and policy makers working with older people.
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