Arts & Events Creative Ireland
2020 Projects
Final reporting and drawdown of funding for all 2020 Creative Ireland projects is nearing completion. In a recent meeting, the efforts of Cork City Council Arts Office were acknowledged, particularly in delivering creative projects in response to new opportunities such as the Positive Ageing and Wellbeing Fund.
Positive Ageing and Wellbeing
In response to the prioritisation of health and wellbeing of older people during COVID times, and informed by the success of the 2019 Creative Enquiry with Cork City Arts Office and strategic partners, we applied for and were awarded €15000 through the Cre ative Ireland Positive Ageing and Wellbeing Fund. The fund is supporting a broad partnership to ‘COVID Proof Cultural Companions’. On the request of the Cork Cultural Companions Steering Group, we have engaged a very experienced research team at UCC, lead by Dr. Eleanor Bantry, to evaluate the initiative and capture the experience of participants.
Jobs Stimulus Package • Artist CPD – Social Engaged Practice Workshops : This workshop series is ongoing.
• Inter - Local Authority Cultural Placemaking Knowledge Exchange: The Arts Office has had several meetings to develop the plan for the proposed knowledge sharing event for staff of Cork City Council and staff of other Local Authorities on street arts and cultural placemaking. The event will take place in January 2021. • Street Arts Workshops The Arts Office is currently exploring how expert consultation can enhance the proposed programme. The Street Arts Learning Programme should benefit anyone interested in producing street-based socially distanced events in Cork City to learn about methods of doing so from experts in the field. Ardú The Ardú Street Art Initiative, funded by Cork City Council with support from Creative Ireland has been developed as a tour experience with funding through Fáilte Ireland and collaboration with the Tourism section. The Ardú Team have developed a web platform to support an audio-enhanced self guided trail which was launched on 5 th December. In the first two weeks of December (in line with Covid19 restriction level), a number of pre-bookable tours of the Ardú trail, guided by some of the Ardú artists have been made available. This has provided an additional offering to the local public and domestic visitors in the lead-up to Christmas. Re-imagined GLOW/Christmas Event Planning continued through November on the Artistic Festive Installation trail using vacant shop windows in the City. The installations are based on bringing ten Pantomimes to life in ten different shop windows in locations including St. Patrick’s Quay, Ma ylor Street, Cook Street, Oliver Plunkett Street, Grand Parade, Castle Street and Opera Lane. The production has engaged many who work in the creative industries who have been impacted by COVID19 including set design and construction, animation, voiceover and project mapping. The installation will launch early December with the anticipated lifting of Level 5. Separately, Graffiti Theatre are running a schools programme based on creating your own Panto box with 10 schools. This will result in an exhibition of the school children’s work at the Atrium window in the New Civic Buildings in the week before Christmas. The Ferris Wheel came on site on November 28 th and the build started on November 29 th with the intention to open on December 2 nd .
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