Create has announced the successful applicants to the Second Round of the Artist in the Community Scheme in 2017. The Artist in the Community Scheme is managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts, on behalf of the Arts Council.
Seven applicants were successful under the Research and Development phase, four with mentors, and eight applicants were successful for Project Realisation, one for short term securing funding of up to €10,000 for long term projects.
Research and Development Award
Artist; Community; Context; Artform; Location
Eszter Nemethi; North Main St Traders Association; Community of Interest; Visual arts; Cork
Brian Fleming; St.Michael’s Estate Regeneration Team; Community Development; Music / Visual Arts; Dublin
Brigid Teehan; South Tipperary General Hospital; Arts in Health; Visual Arts; Tipperary
Research and Development Award with Mentoring
Artist; Community; Context; Artform; Location (Mentor)
Ruairí Donovan; Comharchumann Chléire; Community of Place; Dance; Cork (Ríonach Ní Néill)
Jessica Kelly; Mohill Heritage Railway Restoration Society; Community of Interest; Visual Arts; Leitrim (Michelle Horrigan)
Kate Harris; Ballyfermot / Chapelizod Access Group; Arts and Disability; Theatre; Dublin (Medb Lambert)
Celina Muldoon; Connect Mental Health; Arts in Health; Performance; Donegal (Amanda Coogan)
Project Realisation Award
Community; Artist; Project title; Context; Artform; Location
Short Term;
Robert Emmet Community Development Project; Deirdre Harte; After The Future; Community Development; Visual arts; Dublin
Long Term
Camphill Community Dingle; Zoë Uí Fhaoláin Green; My Life as a Dance; Arts and Disability; Dance; Kerry
National Family Support Network; Grace Dyas Theatre Club; Aftermath; Arts and Health; Theatre; Dublin
RADE (Recovery through Art,Drama + Education); Rodney Lee; Home; Arts and Health; Film; Dublin
Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (Lough Derg); George Higgs; MAMM; Community of Interest; Music; Tipperary
Identity: LGBT Support Group; Maeve Stone and Oonagh Murphy; Home; Community Development; Theatre; Dublin
Bere Island Projects Group; Ian Wilson; Singing the Parkrun; Community of Interest; Music; Cork
Rialto Youth Project; Fona Whelan; The Bubble (tbc); Community Development; Theatre; Dublin
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