3. Decisions: Artist in the Community Scheme, second round 2011
Twice a year, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place and/or interest to work together on projects. The scheme is open to artists from any of the following artforms: architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts and is designed to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists. This scheme is funded by the Arts Council and administered by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. The following funding decisions have been made. Phase 1: Research and Development Award Artist | Community/location | Alison Cronin, visual art | Young People/GAA, Cork | Niamh O’Connor, visual art/video | Focus Ireland, Sligo | Sinead O’Loughlin, theatre | Irish Stammering Association, Dublin | Rosemary Canavan, literature and visual art | Foroige and Mercy Day Centre, Cork | Vukasin Nedeljkovic, film | Asylum seekers in direct provision hostel, Dublin | Kellie Guilfoyle, theatre | Enable Ireland Adult Services, Limerick | Rosaleen Crushell, architecture | Kanturk Community Council & Kanturk Arts Festival, Co Cork | Micheál Rowsome, visual art | Newcastle West Macra na Feirme, Limerick | Dylan Tighe, theatre | Mental Health Experts, Dublin | Laragh Pittman, visual art | International Women’s Support Group, Dublin | Aileen Lambert, visual art | The Gap Arts Festival Committee, Wexford |
Research and Development Award/Mentoring
Artist | Community/location | Mentor | Aislinn Delaney, photography | Inchicore Community Drug Team, Dublin | Anthony Haughey | Cara Konig Brock, visual art | Connect Family Resource Centre, Louth | Lynn Kirkham |
Phase 2: Project Realisation Awards Short term Artist/artform | Community/location | Sinead Dolan, film | RAPID – Globe House Drama Collective, Sligo | Rosaleen Crushell and Douglas Carson, architecture | Skated8, Dublin |
Long term Artist/artform | Community/location | Jeffrey Gormley, dance | KCAT, Kilkenny | Andrew Dodds, visual art | Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Limerick | Gráinne McHale, music | Enable Ireland, Cork | Laura Hyland and Deirdre Grant, music and dance | County Wexford School of Music, Wexford | Marie Brett, visual art | Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork | David Farquhar, visual art | Artlink and Donegal Fishing communites, Donegal | Niamh White, visual art | Stitchers, Dublin |
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