£2.47 MILLION FOR THE ARTS
Saturday 16th February 2002 at 1pm 0 Comments
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland today announced the allocation of awards totalling £2.47 million through three Arts Council National Lottery Fund Programmes.
- £1.2 million is shared between 23 arts organisations across Northern Ireland through the Arts Council’s Access to the Arts programme, designed to create the opportunity for everyone to participate in the arts
- £900,000 goes to ten arts organisations across Northern Ireland through the Audience Development programme, to introduce new audiences to the arts
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Twelve arts organisations across Northern Ireland benefit from more than £340,000 awarded through the New Work programme for projects that take new work to people throughout Northern Ireland
HIGHLIGHTS
- An Gaelaras in Derry City receives £120,000 for 3-year arts education programme
- £104,430 for Portadown’s All Set Schools Project cross-cultural dance & music programme
- Goldsmith In Residence scheme at the Ulster Museum receives £13,118
- £11,530 for new public art work in Dungannon
- Factotum receives £14,038 for new publications on Belfast’s architecture and songs
- £99,788 Audience Development award for Association of Regional Theatres (NI) in Cookstown
Ms Roisín McDonough, Chief Executive of the Arts Council, said:
"The exceptional level of interest in these Lottery programmes is testament to the sector’s willingness to embrace the range of strategic priorities identified in the Arts Council’s five-year Arts Plan. The projects highlight the remarkable variety of ways in which the arts can enrich people’s lives. Their quality is such that they will make real headway into broadening the appeal of the arts for new audiences throughout Northern Ireland."
Applications for the three programmes closed at the end of July 2002. The Arts Council intends to announce the re-launch the programmes at the beginning of the new year, with funding coming onstream for the new financial year.
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Applicant |
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Local Authority Area |
Arts Council Award |
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ACCESS TO THE ARTS PROGRAMME |
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An Gaelaras DERRY BT48 |
Access, Combined - 3 year arts education programme |
Derry |
£120,000 |
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All Set Schools Project PORTADOWN |
Access, Traditional Arts - 3 year cross-cultural traditional dance & music programme |
Craigavon |
£104,430 |
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Kid's Own Publishing Partnership BALLINTOGHER, SLIGO |
Access, Visual Arts - 3 year Creativity & Exchange through Arts & Technology in Education |
Other |
£120,000 |
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Ardoyne Youth Club BELFAST BT14 |
Access, Combined - 3 year artistic & creative workshops training and events |
Belfast |
£73,200 |
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Childrens Express, BELFAST BT1 |
Access, Literature - 1 year programme in journalism, creativity and the media |
Belfast |
£30,000 |
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Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company, LONDONDERRY BT48 |
Access, Dance - 3 year programme |
Derry |
£96,642 |
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Camphill Community Mourne Grange KILKEEL |
Access, Music - 3 year programme in Celtic Lyre Instruments |
Newry & Mourne |
£91,400 |
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Rathlin Co-operative Society Limited, RATHLIN |
Access, Combined -1 year pilot programme Arts on Rathlin |
Moyle |
£40,000 |
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Catalyst Arts Ltd, BELFAST BT1 |
Access, Combined -1 year pilot programme - FIX02 - festival of performance arts. |
Belfast |
£22,469 |
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Mater Hospital, BELFAST BT14 |
Access, Combined - 3 year programmeDreams |
Belfast |
£31,060 |
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Craft Northern Ireland, DERRY |
Access, Craft - 1 year programme of workshops and a conference |
Derry |
£36,977 |
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Community & Health Development Network Ltd, NEWRY |
Access, Combined - 3 year programme |
Newry & Mourne |
£99,672 |
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Ashton Community Trust, BELFAST BT15 |
Access, Drama - 1 year pilot programme to increase awareness and appreciation of arts |
Belfast |
£35,328 |
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Northern Ireland Visual Arts Forum, BELFAST BT1 |
Access, Visual Arts -1 year pilot programme to widen access to visual arts in the community |
Belfast |
£29,000 |
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Crescent Arts Centre Ltd, BELFAST BT7 |
Access, Literature- extension of literary activities to include Irish language and to complement Between the Lines Festival |
Belfast |
£55,000 |
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Ti Chulainn Ltd, MULLAGHBANE |
Access, Traditional Arts - 3 year artistic events project in Irish and English |
Newry & Mourne |
£69,000 |
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Omagh Arts Committee, OMAGH |
Access, Combined - 1 year Omagh Arts Festival |
Omagh |
£9,000 |
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Newry & Mourne Health and Social Services Trust, NEWRY |
Access, Combined - 1 year multi-arts programme |
Newry & Mourne |
£29,443 |
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The McCracken Summer School, BELFAST BT14 |
Access, Combined - 1 year programme Music, Arts, Drama & Irish language summer school. |
Belfast |
£8,000 |
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Craigavon Borough Council Arts Development, CRAIGAVON |
Access, Visual Arts - 1 year Graffiti Project creating spray art murals in public places |
Craigavon |
£11,276 |
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Artscare, BELFAST BT2 |
Access, Combined - 3 year - worker to develop the organisation |
Belfast |
£14,590 |
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Ulster Youth Orchestra, BELFAST |
Access, Music - 3 year training opportunities |
Belfast |
£85,996 |
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Castlereagh Borough Council, BELFAST BT8 |
Access, Combined - 1 year Access project developing arts activities |
Castlereagh |
£18,400 |
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SUB-TOTAL |
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£1,230,883 |
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AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME |
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Belfast Community Circus School, BELFAST BT1 |
Audience Development, Other - 3 year programme |
Belfast |
£85,840 |
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Diversions Dance Ltd, CARDIFF |
Audience Development, Dance -3 year developing family audiences for dance |
Other |
£45,000 |
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The Context Gallery, LONDONDERRY BT48 |
Audience Development, Visual Arts - 1 year tour to galleries in NI |
Derry |
£5,275 |
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Armagh City & District Council, ARMAGH |
Audience Development, Combined - 3 year programme |
Armagh |
£178,500 |
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Ards Arts Committee, NEWTOWNARDS |
Audience Development, Combined - 3 year programme of festivals |
Ards |
£70,695 |
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The Nerve Centre, LONDONDERRY BT48 |
Audience Development, Combined - 3 year programme |
Derry |
£240,574 |
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Belfast Exposed Community Photography, BELFAST BT1 |
Audience Development, Visual - 2 year programme |
Belfast |
£29,953 |
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Old Museum Arts Centre, BELFAST BT1 |
Audience Development, Combined - 3 year marketing based strategy |
Belfast |
£69,075 |
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Association of Regional Theatres (NI), COOKSTOWN |
Audience Development, Drama - 1 year programme |
Cookstown |
£99,788 |
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Down District Council, DOWNPATRICK |
Audience Development, Opera - 3 year programme |
Down |
£74,250 |
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SUB-TOTAL |
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£898,950 |
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NEW WORK PROGRAMME |
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Tinderbox Theatre Company Ltd BELFAST BT1 |
New Work, Drama. The Chairs |
Belfast |
£25,000 |
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Ormeau Baths Gallery BELFAST BT2 |
New Work, Visual Arts - 1 year programme |
Belfast |
£18,500 |
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National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland, BELFAST BT9 |
New Work, Craft - Art of Gold Exhibition |
Belfast |
£13,118 |
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North West Play Resource Centre, LONDONDERRY BT48 |
New Work, Drama - 'Spike & the Asteroids' |
Derry |
£40,000 |
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Straight Forward Film & Television Production, HOLYWOOD |
New Work, Drama - 'On Eagles Wings' - promote live performances |
North Down |
£50,000 |
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Sustrans Northern Ireland Ltd, BRISTOL |
New Work, Visual Arts - Art & the Travelling Landscape |
Other |
£45,000 |
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Cahoots NI, BELFAST BT6 |
New Work, Drama - 'Fairytale' |
Belfast |
£37,915 |
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Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council, DUNGANNON |
New Work, Visual Arts - public art commission hospital roundabout |
Dungannon |
£11,530 |
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Northern Ireland Railways Co. Ltd, BELFAST BT1 |
New Work, Visual Arts - commission of public art at the new Central Station |
Belfast |
£50,000 |
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Derry City Council, DERRY BT48 |
New Work, Visual Arts - 2002-2003Orchard Gallery Programme |
Derry |
£30,000 |
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Factotum, BELFAST BT1 |
New Work, Architecture - Belfast Architecture & Belfast Songs |
Belfast |
£14,038 |
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The Verbal Arts Centre (Northern Ireland) Ltd, DERRY BT48 |
New Work, Combined - Drama reflecting benefits of sport & arts to young people's development, in association with Derry City Football Club |
Derry |
£5,250 |
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SUB-TOTAL |
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£340,351 |
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TOTAL |
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£2,470,184 |
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