The Arts Council has announced details of its Project award for 2012, Round One. This award supports specific projects in the field of a particular artform commencing in 2012. The Arts Council received 222 applications for Round One. Forty eight awards have been made to the value of €999,942.00.

Some of the work which will be supported next year includes artist Cleo Fagan who will curate an educational programme on contemporary visual art for fifth-class students at St Catherine's Primary School, Rush, County Dublin; Grainne Hope for a collaboration between Musique et Sante, Kids Classics and Crumlin Children's Hospital to design a programme to increase patient participation in music in hospitals; Landmark productions to produce the world premiere of a new play, by Irish writer Emma Donoghue, presented in partnership with HATCH and Dublin Theatre Festival and directed by Annabelle Comyn; Theatre Lovett’s  new show for children, with eight established actors, musicians and designers stepping into the world of children’s theatre to mine and explore de la Mare’s 1939 'Animal Stories'.

To see the full list of all 48 Project Awards (Round One) click directly to: http://www.artscouncil.ie//en/we_funded.aspx?fid=bd514501-c6ab-4a16-a869-8f5cd856f06a&yyyy=2012.