Creative Ireland Bursaries 2019 - Round 1
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce the recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Bursaries 2019.
The awards aim to encourage the development of partnerships between local communities and artists, creative practitioners and/or arts organisations in the design and development of creative and cultural projects and events throughout the County.
The awards are funded by Creative Ireland, a five year all-of- Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential.
3 projects are awarded bursaries, amounting to €13,793 in total, supporting activity taking place around the County.
The artforms supported include visual art and graphic design, theatre and dance.
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Organisation |
Award amount |
Description |
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Loughlinstown, Ballybrack and Shanganagh Men's Shed |
€2,031 |
To work with an artist to learn graphic harvesting and produce a wall mural |
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Floating World Productions |
€5,732 |
Theatre project with older persons in dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum |
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Dance Theatre of Ireland |
€6,030 |
Well Dance classes and performance by older people in Ballinteer, Mt Merrion and Johnstown Killiney |
Creative Ireland Bursaries 2018 announcement
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce the recipients of the dlr Creative Ireland Bursaries 2018.
The bursaries aim to support the considerable number of individual artists and cultural organisations that sought to engage with Creative Ireland in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County.
The awards are funding by Creative Ireland, a five year all-of- Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy. The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential.
9 projects are awarded bursaries, amounting to €25,000 in total, supporting activity taking place in Cabinteely, Ballybrack, Glencullen, Glasthule, Stillorgan, Dundrum, Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire.
The projects include Festivals, Early Year Family, Older Persons and intergenerational art activities and Community Arts. The artforms supported include architecture, craft, animation, choral music, theatre, literature, visual art and dance.
Welcoming the announcement, An Cathaoirleach Councilor Ossian Smyth said
“We are very pleased to partner with Creative Ireland to offer bursaries for communities throughout Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to engage in our local culture through festivals, events and workshops. We look forward to seeing a variety of creative projects throughout the County in the coming months”.
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Organisation |
where activity will take place |
Award amount |
Description |
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Dublin Animation Film Festival |
Dun Laoghaire |
4000 |
Support for the 2018 animation film festival |
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Ballyogan Resource Centre |
Glencullen |
3000 |
Early years art activity with families |
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Blaithin Quinn |
Cabinteely Ballybrack Glasthule Dundrum |
2300 |
Village Encounters, an architecture project engaging local villages communities resulting in a publication. |
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Dance Theatre of Ireland |
Stillorgan |
2500 |
Weekly dance classes for older people |
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Conlent Gent |
Glencullen |
3000 |
Wood Carving with older persons groups leading to an exhibition |
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Floating World |
Dundrum |
2600 |
Create an intergenerational family singing group/choir |
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Floating World |
Dundrum |
3300 |
Participatory project for those over 65yr to create a site specific work of theatre |
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Dalkey Creates |
Dalkey |
2300 |
Support of Dalkey Creates Festival |
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Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre |
Dalkey |
2000 |
Support for Echoes 2018, festival celebrating Maeve Binchy and other Irish Writers |