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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 12, 2015

QUESTION NO.13QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm his plans to continue to promote Arts & Culture throughout our County?

REPLY:

 

South Dublin County Council will continue to promote the Arts in 2015 through partnership projects, grant support and advisory support for professional arts organisations and venues in the county as well as amateur voluntary and community arts organisation in the county. Developmental support for artists working or living in the county will be provided through the individual Artists Bursary Awards.

The Council will present a number of performance programmes including NOISE Flicks Youth Film Festival, a new Easter Festival, Ruaille Buaille Lucan Children’s Music Festival (June), Culture Night (September), the Red Line Book Festival (October) and Unwrapped Winter Festival (December).

A key priority for 2015 is to progress the roll out of Music Generation South Dublin which provides subsidised music tuition and performance opportunities for children and young people in the County. There are currently 750 children benefiting from the service and the aim for 2015 is to double this figure. This is an eight year programme which is a Music Network initiative funded by U2 and the Ireland Funds, The Department of Education and Science and Local Partners.

Other direct services include the provision of low cost recording by Contact Studio as a development support for music, literature, film and audio recording.

Creative Campus a Visual Arts programme which connects second level and third level students through the visual arts is an established part of the Council’s programme as is award winning Tallaght Young Filmmakers. Other initiatives may be undertaken with partners in the areas of Cultural Diversity, Arts in Health and Disability Arts.

Consultation for a new five year arts development strategy 2016 - 2010 will begin towards the end of this year.