Cork Academy of Music
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Cork Butter Museum
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• Ó’Bhéal literary festival (including The Unfinished Book of Poetry)
Recovery Planning
Liaison with the Economic and Strategic Development Directorate has revealed opportunities for the delivery of creative activities that will support the arts sector, activate the City Centre and build community confidence through engagement. A detailed proposal has been developed. Dates have been set for a series of online exchanges to facilitate the sharing of tips and resources: • Venues i.e. theatre, film, music, dance, performance, literature, festivals • Workspaces e.g. creative workspaces, studios • Time-based/Seasonal i.e. festivals, tourism especially those reliant on volunteers
An exchange for Cultural Attractions i.e. galleries, museums, has been facilitated via the CCC Tourist Office
Wellness Programming
Through a series of conversations and meetings with coordinators of community services incorporating wellbeing programmes, many excellent initiatives have been identified that Cork City residents can be signposted to. This includes an online Wellness Hub for adults developed by a network of social prescribing initiatives across the Cork- Kerry Community Health catchment area (two of which are based in Cork City) and online offerings for U18s by Helium Arts Creative Health Programme in partnership with CUH. Several projects that can address the needs and experience of specific target groups are being explored in consultation with the 16 areas represented by the newly established Community Response Teams. The target groups include cocooning older people, people living with long term health conditions, minority groups and those affected by mental health issues.
‘Contact’ by Corcadorca was supported for its wellbein g as well as its creative potential (see previous page)
The Community Arts Coordinator is liaising with CCC HR on the possibility of CCC staff participation in the Summer SING! 2020
Youth Response
Cork City Council Arts Office has supported the recently established Youth Response Forum in two ways to date:
1. High quality online arts programming for ‘Summer Fun Night’ 2020, an alternative to Bonfire Night
2. Facilitation of arts programming for the newly launched ‘We Are Cork’ Youth Summer Challenge
CULT – Create
The Community Arts Coordinator is providing input into the CULT-Create, an EU Interreg project which aims to examine the potential of all kinds of Cultural & Creative Industries (CCIs) in terms of tourism. In particular, the project will place an emphasis on opportunities for experiential ‘co - creation’ which actively involves the visitor in cultural and creative tourism (CCT).
Arts and Cultural Strategic Plan
A cross-department review of strategic documents is underway in advance of a meeting to feed into a new plan from early June.
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