Introduction
Introduction
The five-year Cork City Council Arts and Culture Strategy was formally adopted and launched in June 2022.
The strategy sets out our mission to “enable and champion the artistic and cultural ambitions of Cork city and its people through investment, advocacy, connection and animation” and outlines the goals, objectives and target outcomes that will guide our work for the period of the plan. We have made significant progress towards the achievement of the plan’s objectives over the course of the first two-years of implementation and this report outlines progress to date. Across each of the strategic priorities, actions undertaken in the two years since June 2022 are detailed, grouped under the relevant target outcome. Partnership is the principal enabler of the body of work achieved to date, and indeed the work that remains to be done over the coming years. We acknowledge the contribution of all the collaborators working with us to put arts and culture at the centre of a vibrant, just and progressive city – artists; arts organisations; communities; other sections within Cork City Council; national agencies; and Government. We look forward to advancing on our ambitions for the arts and culture in Cork city as we build on the body of work outlined in this report in the next three years.
Contents
Strategic priority #1 - Art for everyone
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Strategic priority #2 - Space for art
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Strategic priority #3 - Art in the public realm
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Strategic priority #4 - A city for artists
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Strategic priority #5 - Capacity and influence
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Tools of the Trade Exhibition 2024 Photo: Clare Keogh
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