Strategic priority #3 - Art in the public realm
Strategic priority #3 - Art in the public realm
#3
Art in the public realm
Outcome 3.2
All eligible Cork City Council capital development projects include public art commissions.
Action
New role of Public Art Manager appointed to resource expanded programme of public art in the city.
Outcome 3.2
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.
Goal
Animate our city centre and our neighbourhoods with art that reflects and celebrates who we are.
Action
Delivered Planning for Outdoor Performance (POP) programme in national collaboration with 7 other Local Authorities. Programme included training webinars for event producers.
Supported and Steered the KinShip Creative Climate Action Public Art Project at Tramore Valley Park
Action
Partnered with Cork Midsummer Festival, National Sculpture Factory and The Everyman to bring Venice Biennale Golden Lion award-winning Opera- performance, ‘Sun & Sea’ to Millenium Hall, June 2023.
Action
Outcome 3.1
Perceptions of public art have been transformed though the quality, inventiveness and range of Cork City’s commissioned projects.
Outcome 3.4
The public experience of Cork City’s signature events is enhanced, and investment is leveraged for the benefit of the city and its arts and cultural communities.
Action
Commissioned and produced Island City - Cork’s Urban Sculpture Trail, a trail of five contemporary sculptures in the city centre island. The largest single investment in public art in Cork city to date. Funded by Fáilte Ireland under Urban Animation Scheme. Launched December 2023.
Action
Expanded the St. Patricks Day offering in 2024 to become a weekend festival of events.
Introduced Community Artist in Residence in 2023 to support the artistic quality of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Action
Re-launched Cork Christmas Festival as Corkmas and commissioned SOLAS, a festive interactive immersive light experience in the public realm.
Action
55,000 people 3,200 participants
33,000 people 250 events
Urban Mirror by plattenbaustudio on Cornmarket Street. Photo: Clare Keogh
Programme of refurbishment of existing public sculpture underway. Saurian by Jim Buckley in Lee Fields completed. Services for refurbishment of Reedpod by Eilis O’Connell, Lapps Quay have been procured, scheduled for September 2024.
Action
Annual audience of approx. 55,000 in city centre for St. Patricks Day Parade and 3,200 parade participants.
Annual audience of approx. 33,000 for 250 events on Culture Night x 2
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