Culture Ireland allocations point to difference
on Northern Ireland (Wednesday 20 April 2005)
compiled Elaine Cronin
Last week the Republic's Minister John O'Donoghue
announced details of the allocation of 400,000 euro toward the
promotion of Irish arts abroad for 2005 as part of the newly
established government organisation Culture Ireland. The national
agency, which was launched with an initial budget of 2 million
euro during February of this year, was established to promote
Irish arts overseas, to build and maintain our cultural identity
and to enhance Ireland's international profile. The organisation's
remit includes the allocation of grants for overseas activity
to Irish artists or arts organisations, the funding and facilitation
of Irish participation at strategic international arts events
and the management of emblematic cultural events either in Ireland
or abroad.
The funding allocated toward the visual arts
totaled at 70,600 euro, and includes a sizable grant of 30,000
euro toward Ireland's participation in the 2005 Venice Biennale.
What primarily stands out from this list are
the apparent differences between the allocation procedures of
Culture Ireland in comparison to those of the Arts Council /
An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Whereas the Arts Council counts
those who reside in Northern Ireland as ineligible, Culture
Ireland has allowed it. In the application guidelines for grants
and bursaries from the Arts Council, "Applicants must have
been born in or be resident in the Republic of Ireland",
a rule which is quite understandable. However, it continues
to state that "Residents of Northern Ireland are not eligible
to apply." Why? This is an especially puzzling rule given
that if you reside in any other state or region, you
are eligible (for further recirca news on this click here).
The thirteen-member
Board of Culture Ireland are to report to the Minister within
twelve months with a three-year strategic plan for the agency,
and whether their policies on funding allocation will then change
to correspond to those of The Arts Council will remain to be
seen. In the meantime, it is odd to say the least that two bodies
both of which report to the same minister have contradictory
policies in relation to Northern Ireland.
Visual-arts awards are as follows:
1 - Kate Hennessy - art exhibition
in London in November/December 2005. 1,800 euro
2 - Queen Street Studios: Ruth
McCullough - exhibition in Spain in May / June 2005. 3,150 euro
3 - Greg Long - participation in
the Florence Artist Biennale in December 2005. 1,500 euro
4 - Patrick Walshe - participation
in the Florence Artist Biennale in December 2005. 1,500
euro
5 - Lucy Doyle - participation
in the Florence Artist Biennale in December 2005. 1,500 euro
6 - Benijamin Elves - participation
in the Florence Artists Biennale in December 2005. 1,500 euro
7 - Linda O'Keeffe - participation at
a Symposium and exhibition of Sound in Canada in May 2005 1,250 euro
8 - Mick O'Shea participation a
Cork/Japan Residency Programme in Japan in May/June 2005. 2,500 euro
9 - Irene Murphy -participation
a Cork/Japan Residency Programme in Japan in May/June 2005. 2,500 euro
10 - Graphic Studio Dublin
- exhibiting at the London Original Print Fair at the Royal
Academy of Art in London in April 2005. 6,000 euro
11 - Kerlin Gallery - participation
at Art Fairs in Basel. 10,000 euro
12 - Helen O'Leary - an artist
in residence for one month and exhibition in Australia in July/August
2005. 1,400 euro
13 - Sarah Glennie Irish Curator
for Venice Visual Biennale 2005 - supplementary Funding
for the Biennale. 30,000 euro
14 - Gráinne Hassett
- participation in an Architectural exhibition in Tokyo
in April 2005. 2,000 euro
15 - Meav Lenaghan - participation at
the International Print Biennial of Trois-Rivieres in
Canada in June 2005. 1,000 euro
16 - Dorothy Cross -
exhibition in Mc Mullen Museum in Boston from April-June
2005. 3,000 euro
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