[ Cork City Council - Annual Report 2020 ]
Heritage, Arts & Culture
Conservation Area of Shandon. The route was marked by five checkpoints designed by members of the public and will encourage participants to engage with architectural heritage in a healthy and fun way. There was a downloadable map and clues to help you to navigate through the streets of Shandon (an Architectural Conservation Area). By exploring the route, participants wandered through historic streets and lanes searching out everyday features that may date back hundreds of years. There were stories about the people who once lived and worked in Shandon. The aim of the orienteering route is to raise awareness and celebrate the architectural conservation areas of our city. The route will highlight wonderful architectural features that can be seen on shop fronts, houses and civic buildings such as wrought iron railings, sash windows, intricate stone carvings, fanlights and many other features, some of which are hundreds of years old.
COVID-19 had a profound impact on the Arts and Events sector in 2020. Despite this, all funding supported through the Arts Office was maintained. The majority of grant funded projects and activities went ahead in 2020, albeit adapted around restrictions imposed by COVID-19. The sector responded through a reimagined programme and hybrid delivery of online and physical events as COVID-19 restrictions allowed. In addition, further initiatives were undertaken by the Arts Office in response to COVID-19, including managing the Creative Call to Children with the Lord Mayor’s Office (See Cruinniú na nÓg) and the coordinating of an Art Supply Drive to 235 under 18 year olds in Direct Provision Centres as part of the Cork City of Sanctuary.
Urban Orienteering Route
A competition took place for the first Urban Orienteering route through the Architectural
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