The Arts Council is pleased to announce that we are holding a conference on 19 April in the National Gallery entitled Effective philanthropy and corporate fundraising can help grow non-statutory income.  The conference is structured to provide practical tips and essential ‘know how’ on recessionary management, effective philanthropy and corporate fundraising. We are encouraging two representatives from each funded organisation to attend. Full details on the conference and how to register are available in this month’s newsletter.

This month the publication by the Government of Innovation Ireland - the report of the innovation taskforce – was very welcome.  It underscored how the arts can be used to drive jobs in the digital economy and creative industries.  A link to the report on the Department of the Taoiseach can be found here.

In March, the Arts Council released two publications:  An Integrated Dance Strategy 2010 -2012 outlines how the Arts Council intends to build on its review of Partnership for the Arts, and Giving Body to Dance is a summary report of the review of building based infrastructures for dance.  We also make available two new resources on child protection and welfare for arts organisations who work with children and young people. 

The Arts Council announces that it will provide bursaries for up to five places on the Clore Leadership Short Courses in 2010; and provides information on the deadline for the next Young Ensembles Scheme and the Frameworks scheme. We introduce the Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme - 2010, and also announce the recipients of the Dance on the Box Scheme 2010, the Reel Art award and the latest rounds of Deis.  

We have information on Art-Youth-Culture: FYI - a meeting of young people and policy makers that took place this March and introduce futurearts.ie an online forum, which has been designed and managed by Exchange Dublin, a youth-led arts collective, as part of Art-Youth-Culture: FYI. We have an update on Vital Signs: Arts & Health in Context; the website has been updated with papers, podcasts, articles and images from the events and also inform you of a public seminar on the traditional oral arts which will take place in April in Galway.

Finally, closing the newsletter are our regular articles from the Cultural Contact Point and news from the arts community. 

Mary Cloake

Director

The Arts Council is holding a conference for its funded organisations on Monday 19 April in the National Gallery, on recessionary management and how effective philanthropy and corporate fundraising can help grow non-statutory income.

Arts Council Chairman Pat Moylan has welcomed the publication of Innovation Ireland - the report of the innovation taskforce - and said it underscored how the arts can be used to drive jobs in the digital economy and creative industries.

The Arts Council releases two publications: An Integrated Dance Strategy 2010 -2012 outlines how the Arts Council intends to build on its review of Partnership for the Arts, and Giving Body to Dance is a summary report of the review of building based infrastructures for dance.

We are pleased to announce that two new resources are available on our website for arts organisations working with children and young people.

The Arts Council is pleased to announce that it will provide bursaries for up to five places on the Clore Leadership Short Courses in 2010.

The deadline for applications for the next Young Ensembles Scheme is 30 April 2010.

The Arts Council is pleased to announce a new scheme for supporting the touring and dissemination of work in all arts disciplines. The deadline for applications is 5:30pm on Thursday 15 April 2010.

Frameworks is an established scheme for the making of animated short films. The deadline for applications is 23 April 2010.

The Arts Council and RTÉ are delighted to announce the four films selected for the RTÉ Dance on the Box scheme.

The Arts Council has announced the recipients of the second round of its Reel Art awards which is an arts documentary scheme.

Deis is a proposal-based scheme which is aimed at encouraging and facilitating the traditional arts community to seek funding from the Arts Council for a range of projects.

Art-Youth-Culture: FYI was a series of arts-based workshops, discussions, and meetings between young people and key policy makers, regarding young people's participation in cultural life and the arts.

The Vital Signs website has been updated with papers, podcasts, articles and images from events. The opinion pieces are available as articles online and can also be downloaded in booklet form.

The Arts Council are holding a public discussion meeting in Galway City Museum (Galway City Museum, Spanish Parade, Galway City) on Monday 19 April 2010 from 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.

News from the arts community in March includes a call for applications to the studios at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios 2010-2011, and information from Music Network on Making Overtures 2010 an intensive, 5-day professional development course aimed at Irish and Ireland-based professional musicians and composers.

News from the CCP in March includes: The new CCP website has gone live; details of an information meeting in Galway on the European Culture Programme; we include the recipients from Strand 2 2009 and include information on how to apply for 2010; we have a call for proposals for Strand 1.3 and details on the European Heritage Label; there's a call for proposals under the Euromed Audiovisual II programme and a call for experts from EACEA; we include a reminder to stay up to date with the latest news on the EACEA website.