Strategic priority #3 - Art in the public realm
Outcome 3.2
All eligible Cork City Council capital development projects include public art commissions
Action
Douglas Togher Flood Relief Scheme Per Cent for Art commissioning process underway.
Major Per Cent For Art commission underway in respect of the Dunkettle Interchange. Open competition for commission budgeted at €375,000 and funded by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Partnership with Cork County Council and TII.
Action
Marina Promenade Pavilion mural commission underway.
Action
New Cork City Council Public Arts Policy under development.
Action
Site-wide Guidance for Public Art in respect of the Docklands provided within the 2025 variation to the City Development Plan (2022 – 2028) to ensure per cent for art commissioning.
Action
Outcome 3.3
Cork’s arts and culture sector is producing arts activities of impact and imagination in public spaces that engender a sense of pride and belonging as well as contribute to the city’s distinct appeal
Action
Continued to support and steer the KinShip Creative Climate Action Public Art Project at Tramore Valley Park in 2025.
Fleadh Cheoil na Mumhan 2025 hosted in Cork City and supported by Cork City Council.
Action
Cork City Council Climate Action Unit collaborated with Cork Midsummer Festival to bring ‘Les Girafes’, a street spectacle by Compagnie OFF (France) to Patrick Street as part of the Open Streets programme.
Action
Les Girafes. Photo: Jed Niezgoda
In total 16 arts festivals supported in 2025, many with significant public realm engagement. E.g. Dragon of Shandon Festival; Sounds from a Safe Harbour; Cork Midsummer Festival.
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