COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons

"That this Area Committee requests the Chief Executive to look at commissioning a canvass art project that could be called  "The Faces of Clondalkin'' that would include well know people from Clondalkin like Jim Gavin, Mary Kennedy, Bernard Dunne, Aidan Turner, Mic Christopher, Kenneth Egan and Graham Norton etc. We also commend South Dublin County Council for the fantastic canvass initiative."  

REPORT:

Following on from the successful 2018 pilot (South) Dublin Art Canvas Scheme, and the approval of an appropriate budget for 2019, the pilot Scheme was continued into 2019.

The South Dublin Canvas project is an action within the 2019 SDCC Litter Management Action Plan, which aims at eliminating/minimising visual litter as the issue of graffiti (visual litter) remains high on the agenda.

The project format has been run as follows to date: Cross-county traffic signal boxes (locations agreed in collaboration with LUPT), Project Coordinator call for submissions and an SPC steering group (established in 2018) assessment of submissions comprising Chair of the Environment SPC, the Council’s Arts Officer, and Conservation Officer,  the Senior Executive Office from EWCC, the Environmental Awareness Officer and the Project Coordinator of the Dublin Canvas project - all of whom have background in conservation and environmental matters, media production/public relations, the Arts, and similar projects.

It is intended to re-establish an SPC steering group from the new SPC, after the recruitment of the new Environmental Awareness Officer and to extend the pilot scheme into 2020. We will then seek locations and subsequently Artists to continue with the successful initiative. The issue will be added to the SPC agenda for discussion.