Strategic priority #1 - Art for everyone
Outcome 1.2
A broader diversity of people in a greater variety of contexts are experiencing art in their lives.
Action
Continued to deliver on the five year plan for embedding creativity in communities across the city: Creative Ireland Cork City - Culture and Creativity Plan.
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...33 projects and programmes championed by members of the cross-directorate culture and creativity team have been delivered since 2023. These include One City One Book by Cork City Libraries; the Young Print Collective, Creative Parks etc.)
...16 community-led creative projects under the Creative Communities Grant Scheme. A total allocation of €114,509 has been allocated across 41 projects since 2023.
With support from Creative Ireland, worked with Music in Community to provide a programme of live music performances rolled out in three community nursing units in Cork City. Delivered Exploring Loss & Grief: Healing Through Art in partnership with Irish Hospice Foundation. Children and older people in Knocknaheeny and Mayfield benefitted from a creative programme delivered by six artists, focusing on the past, present and future of their neighbourhoods and communities. Developed ‘Creative Places Knocknaheeny’ via an engaged R&D programme with funding from the Arts Council. The project is supported by a partnership of local groups to respond to community-led demand for more arts and creativity.
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