Cruinni ú na n Ó g Cruinni ú na n Ó g is set to take place on the 13 th June as an online programme . Cork City’s programme was made available to view on the Cork City Council website as well as the national website. Despite the shorter timeframe and COVID 19 restrictions, the programme was the biggest to date which is a testament to the creative problem -solving capabilities of our cultural producers and the trojan work of our PF C oordinator, Eimear O’Brien. A decrease in in-person activities resulted in a surplus of our Cruinniú na nÓg budget which was channelled into the Lord Mayor’s Creative Cal l for Children in Cork City. The outcomes of this initiative included a) a digital exhibition on www.artsforall.ie, b) a child-friendly publication for display in Cork City libraries which will include copies for the Local Studies section and c) a archival collection for posterity in Cork City and County Archives.
Cork City of Sanctuary As proposed to the Cork City of Sanctuary Working Group and with the support of the Community Response Team, the Community Arts Coordinator has coordinated an Arts Supplies Drive to 235 under 18 year olds in Direct Provision Centres to which many Cork City-based cultural institutions have made generous donations.
General Update Progress reports by award grantees gathered in the last month have provided reassurance that the vast majority of planned projects and activities will go ahead in 2020, albeit adapted around restrictions imposed by COVID 19. A handful will be postponed to 2021, leaving us with an exciting calendar of events for Q3 and Q4 that will reaffirm our social solidarity despite the necessity of physical distancing. Strategic Programmes supported through Revenue Funding that are revising modes of delivery in light of COVID include: • Beag, Cork Mid-Summer Festival, Music Generation, Cork Academy of Music, Cork Butter Museum, Ó’Bhéal literary festival (including The Unfinished Book of Poetry) Wellbeing 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. 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. European Maritime Day 2020 Discussions are ongoing with the Commission regarding the possibility of rescheduling EMD 2020 to later in the year. A paper on the options was produced with the Marine Attacheé in Brussels outlining the options. The preference of Ireland is to reschedule to 2021 but the Commission are anxious not to disrupt the cities already committed to. Feasibility to hold at the end of the year is looking increasingly unlikely and a final decision on postponement/cancellation is to be made shortly.
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