New Posts and Personnel

to help deliver arts plan

Arts Council releases details of successful candidates for four key posts

Four newly-created posts embrace important new priority areas within the Arts Council’s remit. Crafts, architecture, public art, social inclusion and language arts address vital elements of the Council’s strategy up to 2006, with an emphasis on increased access and participation in creative activity. They also identify explicitly for the first time within the Council’s structure the high priority given to developing the remarkably wide range of artistic and cultural practice pursued by people in Northern Ireland.

Iain Davidson visual arts & crafts

Paul Harron architecture & public art

Julianne M^ccormick community arts (social inclusion)

Robbie Meredith literature & language arts

Iain Davidson has previously worked as a freelance arts worker, as Arts Development Officer with Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council and, most recently, as Crafts Development Co-ordinator and Arts Development Officer with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. He takes up his post with immediate effect.

Paul Harron has worked with the fine art publisher Phaidon Press as editor of architecture and design, with Laurence King Publishing as Senior Editor in architecture and design and with Appletree Press in Belfast as Publishing Manager. He is an Associate Lecturer with the Open University and takes up his post with the Arts Council in January 2003.

Julianne McCormick is working currently as Creative Development Officer (East of Bann) with the Workers’ Educational Association. Previously, she has been Training Co-ordinator with The Orchardville Society based on the Ravenhill Road in Belfast and Play Development Worker at the Dee Street Community Centre. She takes up her post in January 2003.

Robbie Meredith currently works as Outreach Officer with the Linen Hall Library. He is a teaching assistant in the School of English at the Queen’s University of Belfast and previously has lectured in 20^th Century Irish literature in BIFHE. He is a regular contributor to Fortnight magazine and takes up his post with the Arts Council in January 2003.