In this month's newsletter, we announce the closing date for the next round of Bursary Awards.  We also remind you of the upcoming deadline for the Kevin Kieran Architecture Award, a biennial award which affords an emerging architect the opportunity to develop and deliver a research project and design and run a building contract for the Office of Public Works

Arts Audiences has published the latest audience report drawn from the Target Group Index.  It provides a short profile of arts attendance, providing information on audiences for each artform.   It also contains information on how arts audiences consume media.  We hope that this will help arts organisations make informed marketing decisions. The report is for anyone who is interested in high-quality information about audiences for the arts in Ireland, particularly those involved in marketing.    

Next month, an Arts and Disability Resource Pack entitled Shift in Perspective will be launched. The resource pack is designed to assist arts organisations and venues to develop innovative approaches in high-quality contemporary arts and disability practice.  It is also hoped that the pack will encourage organisations and venues to make their events more accessible to artists and audiences with disabilities. 

Also in this edition, we announce the decisions for the Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme – 2011 (Strand 2), a scheme supporting the touring and dissemination of work in all art disciplines.  We also publish the decisions from the Engaging with Architecture Scheme, a new scheme that the Arts Council launched with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with the purpose of engaging the public with architecture.   The recipients of the Visual Artists' Workspace Scheme 2011 are revealed; this new scheme is aimed at assisting group studios throughout the country provide the best possible environment for working visual artists.  In addition, we announce the recipient of the first Arts and Older People Bursary Award (Artist in the Community Scheme), an award designed to support and nurture the professional development of an arts practitioner working in the practice area of arts and older people.

Finally, the newsletter rounds off with our regular articles on news from the arts community and international news from the Cultural Contact Point.

Mary Cloake
Director

The deadline for the next round of Bursary Awards is Thursday 20 January, 2011 at 5.30pm.

The deadline for the Kevin Kieran Architecture Award is 5:30pm, Thursday 9 December 2010.

Arts Audiences has published the latest audience report drawn from the Target Group Index.

An arts and disability resource pack entitled Shift in Perspective will be launched next month.

The Arts Council is delighted to announce decisions for the 2011 round of the Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme (Strand 2), designed to support additional touring and dissemination of work across a broad range of arts disciplines.

The recipients of the Engaging with Architecture Scheme are announced.  This is a new scheme that the Arts Council launched with the Department of the Enviroment, Heritage and Local Government with the purpose of engaging the public with architecture.    

The Arts Council announce the recipients of the Visual Artists' Workspace Scheme 2010, a new scheme introduced with the aim of assisting group studios throughout the country provide the best possible environment for working visual artists.

Ríonach Ní Néill is the recipient of the first Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award, managed by Create.

News from the arts community in November includes information on a professional development seminar and workshop for artists and health practitioners; a new extensive on-line resource entitled Source from Na Píobairí Uilleann and finally Laois County Council arts office invites applications for studio awards at Arthouse Stradbally, a new studio space due to commence in March 2011.

News from the CCP in November includes: a call for information from CCP Ireland on any activities planned for 2011 that have an international remit; the recipients of the EU Prize for Literature are announced; information on the third Culture in Motion Conference; contributions to the Green Paper, Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries are published on-line; details on the recognition of the role of cultural and creative industries in the Europe 2010 strategy;  a reminder on the public consultation process for the next Culture Programme and a call for proposals for organisations to work with countries of the Eastern partnership.