Scope and remit
Scope and remit
This Arts and Culture strategy fulfils that obligation in relation to the arts within Cork City. As such, this strategy focuses its attention on the arts and embraces culture as defined in its relation to the arts. The arts, as defined in the Arts Act 2003, means ‘any creative or interpretive expression (whether traditional or contemporary) in whatever form, and including, in particular, visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture and including any medium when used for those purposes’. We recognise that art forms have evolved and the boundaries between art forms blurred since this definition of the arts. We acknowledge and look forward to supporting arts and culture as it continues to develop with integrity and ingenuity in the coming years. The Arts Office operates as the Arts and Events section within the Community, Culture and Placemaking Directorate. It is the primary point of coordination of the City Council’s arts development remit as provided for under the Arts Act 2003, as follows: 6(1) A local authority shall, for the purposes of section 67 of the Act of 2001 prepare and implement plans for the development of the arts within its functional area and shall, in so doing, take account of policies of the government in relation to the arts.
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