MINISTERS ATTEND NORTH-SOUTH MEETING OF ARTS COUNCILS
Síle de Valera, T.D., Minister for the Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, and Michael McGimpsey, M.L.A., Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Northern Ireland, tonight attended the 24th annual North-South Dinner and Meeting of the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The dinner took place at the Coach House, Dublin Castle.
Earlier, at the annual meeting of the Arts Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the two Councils pledged further co-operation and strategic partnership in their drive to foster and encourage artists and arts organisations arts throughout the island of Ireland.
Welcoming members to the Joint Meeting, Arts Council Chairman Patrick J. Murphy said that the coming year offered many opportunities to strengthen the relationship between the two Arts Councils. "An Chomhairle Ealaíon celebrates the 50th anniversary of its establishment during 2001, and one of the projects to mark the anniversary is the creation of an island-wide arts events listings website, which the Arts Council is undertaking in partnership with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. This will be an important new resource for the arts sector throughout Ireland," said Mr Murphy.
Responding to Patrick J Murphy's remarks, Professor Brian Walker, Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, noted that the professional relationship between the two Councils had deepened and broadened in his period as Chairman. "With a newly-appointed Council membership attending its first Joint Meeting and a new Chief Executive in place in Belfast, continuity is the key word. The major initiatives in supporting the individual artist, sustaining the arts infrastructure and promoting the arts at home and abroad, are already a testament to achievement and they will present challenges for the year ahead."
The 25th meeting of the two Arts Councils will take place in Belfast in 2001.
NORTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATION
Collaboration between the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and An Chomhairle Ealaion 2000
Jointly Funded Projects
Achill Heinrich Boll Committee |
Bursaries at residential centre for writers and artists |
Adapt Northern Ireland |
Arts and disability organisation |
Alice Berger Hammerschlag |
Visual Arts award |
Artflight |
Travel scheme for artists and arts workers |
the Arts and Disability Forum Northern Ireland |
Arts and disability organisation |
Aspects Festival |
Literary Festival |
Books Ireland |
Irish books magazine |
Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival |
Literary Festival |
Circa Art Magazine |
Visual Arts Magazine |
Clare Festival of Traditional Singing |
Traditional music festival |
CLE |
Umbrella organisation for Irish publishers |
Contemporary Music Centre |
Centre for composer promotion |
Dance Theatre of Ireland Tour |
Dance tour |
Drake Music Project |
Project enabling physically disabled children to compose and perform music |
Ennis/IMRO Composition Summer School |
Two-week residential music course |
Feakle Traditional Singing Weekend |
Festival |
Gallery Press |
Poetry and drama publisher |
George Campbell Memorial Travel Grant |
Visual Arts award |
Ireland Chair of Poetry |
Professor of Poetry based at 3 universities in Ireland |
Ireland Literature Exchange |
Support for translation of Irish literature |
Irish Arts Review |
Visual Arts review |
Irish Theatre Magazine |
Publication |
Irish Traditional Music Archive |
Resource & information centre for traditional music |
Irish Writers’ Centre |
Centre for readings, workshops and seminars |
Moving on Music |
Jazz promotion/International Jazz Summer school |
Music Network (Musicwide Scheme) |
Subsidy scheme for promotion of Irish Music |
North/South Dance Projects |
North/South Dance Projects |
Opera Summer School |
Opera summer school |
Opera Theatre Company |
Opera company |
Poetry Ireland |
Organisation promoting poetry in Ireland |
PS1 Studio |
Visual Arts scheme |
Salmon Publishing |
Publisher |
Scoil Samhaidh Willie Clancy |
Traditional Arts Summer School |
Share Music Course |
Residential music course for disabled people |
Skidmore Jazz Award |
Award scheme |
Slieve Gullion Festival of Traditional Singing |
Festival |
Source Photographic Review |
Magazine |
Stewart Parker Trust |
Bursary for new playwrights/workshops/publications |
Support for the Individual Artist |
Joint research |
The Irish Review |
Journal of critical and creative writing |
Tyrone Guthrie Centre |
Residential centre for artists |
Verbal Arts Centre |
Programming |
Via |
Joint publication on International Arts |
Visual Arts Criticism Bursary |
Bursary |
