St. Patrick’s Festival Planning continues for the Cork St. Patrick’s Festival 2021 due to take place from Saturday 13 th to Wednesday 17 th March. While initially a hybrid programme of on-line and physical events was planned, due to the extension of government restrictions until April 5 th , planned physical events such as an installation by Cork Community Art Link in Bishop Lucey Park had to be deferred. Instead, the installation is due to happen at a later date, with an online programme of audio recordings and gallery of images to be released for the festival. Planning for other programming for the festival continues including: Greening of Buildings as part of an initiative with Fáilte Ireland. The number of building going green is in excess of 30 and increasing. Drone footage of key building was captured at the end of February for Fáilte Ireland and RTE, with more filming and footage to follow. Planning for a large-scale projection onto R&H Hall that will be based on the St. Patrick’s Day theme of ‘Meitheal’ is ongoing. CAVS has been appointed as the AV company. The projection is based around the Irish proverb that is associated with Meitheal , Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine” – and an English interpretation “In the shelter of each other, we live” . A pre-recorded video including the Lord Mayor and a compilation of parades past in recognition of our community parade participants is also planned. A series of online instructional videos on how to make a St. Patrick’s Puppet with Cork Puppetry Company, Face painting with Cork Circus and Costume making with Graffiti theatre are being recorded to be broadcast in the lead- in to St. Patrick’s Day. Words on Windows vinyl series with the Cork City Libraries continues, with a series of Irish Poetry to be displayed in the Cities libraries. Cultural and heritage organisations in the city will be invited to submit their programming that will be packaged and promoted by Cork St. Patricks Festival. Social Practice Programme Feedback received from the third Participant Meet Up this week was enormously positive in terms of the impact to date of this programme for those participating.
Arts Council A procurement process is now underway to identify a suitable provider of Project Management Services for the 2020 Creative Enquiry for Arts and Older People Dissemination Programme. The project will facilitate dissemination of learning and recommendations from the Creative Enquiry in dynamic, engaging modes for arts practitioners, organisations and policy makers working with older people. BEAG Early Years Programme The BEAG Early Years Programme recruitment process got underway. With the support of Cork City Council Arts Office and other partners in the BEAG Steering Group, 7 new artists have been invited to join with 3 already on the BEAG panel. The current focus is to develop blended modes of delivery for childcare settings in Cork City and County. Placemaking A number of queries with regard to street art commissioning have been received this month demonstrating the need for a systemized approach to dealing with the interest generated by the success of Ardú Street Art Initiative in 2020. Dates for a series of exchange events and workshops have been confirmed for end of February until mid- April with a view to developing a set of Guiding Placemaking Principles for the commissioning and management of Street Art. Two exchanges will take place between Cork City and other Arts Offices. A set of two workshops will be facilitated by consultant Wessel Badenhorst for Cork City Council staff who have provided input into street art processes to date. Arts for All As a member of the Arts for All Strategic Group, Cork City Arts Office facilitated the award of a set of 7 stipends for arts practitioners to attend online training in Cultural Management and Disability delivered by Accesso Cultural – Portugal. The awards were drawn from Arts for All Funding. The recipients are listed below. The training was excellent by all accounts and all have committed to produce a resource in response to their experience for sharing with peers.
Recipients: Arts for All Training Stipends:
Kate Mitchell
Maeve Kelleher
Gwen Kennedy
Aoibhie McCarthy
Davy Dummigan
Claire Layton-O'Brien
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Brian Crotty
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