Strategic priority #3 - Art in the public realm
Action
Launched new website for the Island City Urban Sculpture Trail. The website contains access to self-guided tours for the public as well as a host of accessibility features that increase access to the trail. The Arts Office partnered with Arts & Disability Ireland (ADI) to create a bespoke suite of access accommodations for the trail, including siting Navi-Lens QR codes at the sculptures, producing audio descriptions of the artworks and Social Narrative documents.
Action
Engaged Sample-Studios to create a series of free monthly guided walking tours of Island City.
Action
Completed the final output of the Per Cent For Art project I Can Colour Between The Lines But I Choose Not To , a collaboration between Knocknaheeny residents and artists with guests Mark Storor and Stephen King, produced by Cork Midsummer Festival. A tile-mural was installed in September 2024.
Action
I Can Colour Between The Lines But I Choose Not To by Mark Storor. Photo: Michael O’Sullivan
Programme of refurbishment of existing public sculpture underway. Reedpod by Eilís O’Connell, Lapps Quay refurbished in October 2024; John Behan’s Swan Fountain at Bishop Lucey Park under refurbishment; Storm damage to Pegasus by Renn & Thacker, condition assessment underway.
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