Arts Participation and

Festivals

Orla Moloney, Head of Arts Participation

Arts Participation - a broad range of arts practices where individuals/ groups collaborate with skilled artists to make or interpret art

Introduction

The Arts Council values festivals as a means to:

develop a vibrant and sustainable arts profile at a local level

offer opportunities to present new work and new ways of working that can have far reaching effects for artists and audiences

Arts Council - Festivals

MDA recurring funding ◦ 3.5 – 2.8 million since 2008◦ Reduced numbers to 8 - Galway, Kilkenny, Cork

Midsummer, Dublin Fringe, Earagail, Eigse, Carlow, Clonmel Junction and Clifden

Festivals & Events Scheme (ex SFS)◦ 850k approx◦ Supported 158 Festivals and events in 2012◦ Three strands (>9,999; 10 – 20k; up to 40k◦ Two rounds

Arts Council - Festivals

FES is keen to support festivals where the infrastructure is underdeveloped

It aims to support programmes that include:◦ professional artists◦ new experiences for audiences◦ new or niche areas of programming e.g. New

media, Jazz etc.

Festivals & Events Scheme priorities

Equity – participation in the artistic and cultural life of the country

Opportunities for artists – specialising in socially engaged practices

Invigoration of the arts

Arts Council – Arts Participation

Arts and Health Arts and Disability Cultural Diversity and the Arts Arts and Older People Arts and Communities (of place and

interest)

Arts Participation Contexts

Grants

Projects/ T&T

Bursaries/ A&D Awards

AiC Scheme

Small/ non-recurring developmental funds e.g. A&H in Festivals

Direct Funding

Venues

Arts organisations

Production companies

Local authority arts offices

Festivals

Indirect Supports

More diverse work◦ Range of artists/ companies and participants◦ Performances/exhibitions/ events/ residencies/

workshops

More diverse audiences◦ Non-traditional arts audiences

work of wider interest/ relevance considerations of access at all stages from marketing

to presentation of work

Arts Participation in Festivals

Mary Nugent and James O’Shea Croí Glan

KCAT STUDIO

Callan, Co.Kilkenny

Arts Council – new policy and strategy

Arts and Disability Ireland (ADI) – advice on work & access - www.adiarts.ie

ADN (Mayo, Galway and Cork) – Shift in perspective resource pack

Altered Images – www.alteredimages.ie

Arts and Disability resources

Creative Check-Up

Phizzfest

Creative Check-Up: Aesthetic ScreeningPhizzfest

Arts Council – Arts and Health Policy and Strategy

Waterford Healing Arts Trust –www.waterfordhealingarts.com

National online resource - www.artsandhealth.ie

Create – www.createireland.ie

Arts and Health resources

Hungry Tea Creative

Connections/ Mark Storor

 

A Cork Midsummer Festival and

Mayfield Arts Newbury House

project with support from Nasc

Photographer: Marcin

Lewandowski

Hungry Tea Creative Connections/ Mark Storor 

A Cork Midsummer Festival and Mayfield Arts Newbury House project with support from Nasc

Photographer: Marcin Lewandowski

Hungry Tea Creative

Connections/ Mark Storor

 

A Cork Midsummer Festival and Mayfield Arts Newbury House project with support

from Nasc

Photographer: Marcin Lewandowski

- Funded by the European Commission under the European

Integration Fund

- Supported by the Office for the Promotion of Migrant

Integration, Department of Justice & Equality and Pobal 

- Additional funding - The Arts Council Artist in the

Community Scheme (AiC) managed by CREATE.

Hungry Tea Creative Connections/ Mark Storor

Arts Council Policy and Strategy

Create – www.createireland.ie

CfCP/ ArtPolonia (particularly Polish and Eastern European artists living in Ireland)

Cultural Diversity and the Arts resources

Waterford Healing Arts Trust

Dawn Chorus at Bealtaine 2011

Kathleen Hogg displays her ‘spider’ tattoo as part of the

‘INK’ exhibition

Credit: Aidan Kelly Artist/Photographer,

Bealtaine Festival and Age &

Opportunity

Paddy Byrne - GalleonCredit: Aidan Kelly

Artist/Photographer, Bealtaine Festival and Age & Opportunity

Age & Opportunity – www.olderinireland.ie- www.bealtaine.com

Create – www.create-ireland.com

Arts and Older People resources

Dublin Fringe Festival

The Last Ten Years

RADE/Sean Millar

Artists/ arts organisations with track record in high quality collaborative practice

Projects funded through the Arts Council / AiC Scheme

Create – www.create-ireland.com

Arts and Communities resources

More high quality arts experiences for more diverse audiences combining:◦ Technique◦ Originality/ Innovation◦ Ambition◦ Connection ◦ Magic

Why Arts Participation in Festivals?