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By Waterford City & County Council

County Waterford Creative Ireland Open Call

The Creative Ireland Programme is the Government’s five-year initiative which places creativity at the centre of public policy.  It is a culture-based programme designed to promote individual, community and national wellbeing.  It’s vision is:

“That every person living in Ireland will have the opportunity to fully realise his or her creative potential”

Under the Creative Ireland Programme, applications are now being sought for projects and initiatives which will take place in 2018. The maximum grant available to an individual project in this round of funding is €5,000.  75% of the approved project cost will be supported by the County Waterford Creative Ireland Programme with 25% being met by the successful applicants.

Projects and initiatives already supported through any other funding stream from Waterford City and County Council will not be eligible to apply.  We now invite you to see yourselves as co-creators of your own cultural and creative experiences and to mobilise communities of interest.

The aim of this Open Call is to encourage new, ambitious and meaningful collaborations between people and communities and artists/archaeologists/historians/archivists and       everyone else involved in the culture and creative sectors within County Waterford.  If you require further information you can contact creativewaterford@waterfordcouncil.ie

By Waterford City & County Council

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta bronnta ag Comhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge

Tá áthas ar Oifig na Gaeilge, Comhairle Cathrach & Contae Phort Láirge a fhógairt go bhfuil páirt-scoláireachtaí le bronnadh ar bheirt mhacléinn chun freastal ar chúrsa samhraidh Gaeilge i gColáiste na Rinne, Rinn Ó gCuanach an samhraidh seo.

Léiríodh suim mhór sa Scoláireacht a fógraíodh an mhí seo caite agus ba mhaith leis an Oifigeach Gaeilge, Máire Seó Breathnach buíochas a ghabháil le gach éinne a chur isteach ar an Scoláireacht. Bhí caighdeán ard iarratais agus dá bharr san, beartaíodh dhá pháirt-scoláireacht a bhronnadh ar bheirt chailín – Saoirse Ní Chaoimh ón bPasáiste agus Megan Ní Ghrádaigh ó Bhaile Mhac Cairbre. Comhghairdeachas leis an mbeirt úd agus tá súil againn go n-éireoidh go breá leo sa Choláiste agus lena gcuid staidéar amach anseo.

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The Irish Office, Waterford City & County Council is delighted to announce that two part-scholarships are to be presented to two students to attend a summer course in Coláiste na Rinne, An Rinn this summer.

The Irish Officer, Máire Seó Breathnach would like to thank all of those who applied for the Scholarship, which was announced last month. The standard of applications was high and it was therefore decided to present two part-scholarships to the following students: Saoirse Ní Chaoimh from Passage East and Megan Ní Ghrádaigh from Ballymacarbry. Congratulations to the lucky recipients and we wish them all the best, both for the Summer Course in An Rinn and for their future studies. Comhghairdeachas libh beirt.

Tuilleadh eolais/Further information: Máire Seosaimhín Breathnach, Oifigeach Gaeilge
Teil: 0761 10 2884 or e-mail: msbreathnach@waterfordcouncil.ie

By Waterford City & County Council

Waterford Arts and Summer School bursaries awarded

Waterford City & County Council’s Arts Office has announced details of the successful recipients for various artistic summer schools 2018.

In receipt of bursary assistance for the Drama League of Ireland Summer School at the University of Limerick are:

  • David Mansfield, Aisteorí an tSean Phobail
  • Pat Power, Dungarvan Dramatic Club

The recipients of assistance towards attending the Irish Youth Choir Summer programme
are:

  • Irinel Lineen, Kilmacthomas
  • Pax O Faoláin, An Rinn
  • Sarah Keane, Abbeyside, Dungarvan
  • Brian Hughes, Ballinacourty

Bursary support for the Irish Youth Orchestra of Ireland Summer School is awarded to:

  • Lucy Kirby, Newtown, Waterford City
  • Conor Power, Waterford City
  • Fódhla Dunne, Tramore

In addition the recipients of bursaries to attend the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, the artist’s
workplace at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan during 2018 have been awarded as follows:

  • Two week residency to: David Power/Musician/Cul na Smear and Petra
    Kindler/Theatre, Waterford city
  • One Week residencies to Christine O’ Brien/Visual Artist, Waterford city
  • Mary Tritschler/Visual artist, Dunmore East
  • Rachel Smith/Visual artist, Tramore
  • Ciara Gormley/Visual Artist, Modeligo

The Arts Office acknowledges the Arts Council’s support to the arts in Waterford.

ENDS

By Waterford City & County Council

Creative Ireland – Open Call for Funding for Projects

Do you want to be involved with the new Creative Ireland Programme?

The Creative Ireland programme is about promoting individual, community and national well-being through creativity. The programme is built around the themes of identity, culture and citizenship.

Waterford City and County Council’s Creative Ireland Culture Team is pleased to announce an open call for Waterford based creative practitioners, groups, organisations, communities and individuals to submit applications for funding for creative and cultural projects to be developed in 2018.  This Creative Ireland open call is a countywide open call and applications are invited from artists, writers, performers, archaeologists, historians, archivists, or anyone involved in the creative or cultural arena in Waterford City and/or County.

Applications are invited from established individuals and groups, but those with little or no previous involvement in creative or cultural projects are also welcome.

The overall level of funding available ranges from €500 – €5,000 with a maximum grant of €5,000 being awarded to an individual project.

Full details and an application form can be down loaded from http://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/departments/culture-heritage/creativeireland.htm

Further information from creativewaterford@waterfordcouncil.ie

By Waterford City & County Council

‘Bring Your Own Chair’ Craft/Designer Residency + Host opportunities

Expressions of interest are sought for 3 x craft makers/designers to host and collaborate with a European designer/craft practitioner for 5 days in July 2018.

Bring Your Own Chair is an art project taking place in rural towns and villages across counties Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford throughout the spring and summer of 2018. As part of the programme three craft makers and/or designers will undertake two week-residencies in July 2018 within the specific context of a rural town, engaging with the vernacular craft and design history of the locale.

Workhouse Union are seeking proposals from designers/craft makers who wish to explore the possibilities of socially engaged practice within the context of Bring Your Own Chair.

We are particularly interested in potential of co-operation, craft and industry to
sustain rural economies.

By Waterford City & County Council

Creative Ireland Programme Scheme 2018/2019

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms. Josepha Madigan, T.D., was today (Monday 14th May) joined by 4th class students of St. Patrick’s National School, Garristown and founder of Fighting Words Roddy Doyle for the announcement of the new Creative Ireland Programme Scheme 2018/2019.

The Creative Ireland Programme is a culture-based well-being initiative which is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential.  It is a five year all-of- Government Programme, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy. In 2017, the Creative Ireland Programme supported a range of successful talks, workshops and events on culture, creativity and well-being, to encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of creativity and to promote the new Programme’s objectives and underlying values.

Read further information below.

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