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1 Grants awarded in September 2009 theatre/dance Jocelyn Clarke delivering talks and attendence at events associated with the premiere of his new play Finn at the Skirball Centre for Performing Arts, New York University, in March Fidget Feet Fidget Feet performing Madam Silk and Invoke at the Fljotsdalsherad Cultural Centre, Iceland from the 21st June - 2nd July ,000 Gare St Lazare Players presenting First Love at the Beckett Festival in Buenos Aires and Moby Dick in Sofia, Lovech and Vratsa, Bulgaria from the 1st - 20th November ,000 Blue Raincoat Theatre Company presenting The Third Policeman by Flann O Brien at the Tron, Glasgow and the Traverse, Edinburgh in April ,000 Fishamble Theatre Company presenting Forgotten at the Irish Arts Center, New York from the 15th February - 5th March ,000 Deirdre Murphy performing a solo dance piece in the Movement Research Open Performance Night, Judson Church, New York on the 2nd November Julie Lockett Ella Clarke, Cindy Cummings, Emma Fitzgerald, Julie Lockett and Áine Stapleton performing at Siobhán Davies Studios, London 12th - 13th February ,000 Pan Pan Theatre Company presenting Oedipus Loves you at the Sydney Festival and the Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia from the 23rd January - 6th February ,000 Ballet Ireland touring productions of Lyric Suite and Cinderella in the UK from the 12th - 21st November ,000 Solas Nua season including US premiere of Danny and Chantelle in November-December, two outdoor theatrical events by the Performance Corporation, presentation of a public art piece and Irish writers participating in DC Irish Writers Festival in February-March in Washington, DC 20,000 TOTAL 141,150 film Alexander Niskac organising Days of Irish Film to include screening of 20 short Irish films and one documentary in Ljubljana 23rd - 24th March ,000 Archimedia Cultural Association presenting Irish Film Festa, the third annual Italian Festival dedicated to Irish Cinema at the Casa del Cinema, Rome from the 27th - 29th November ,000 One Eyed Productions organising a showcase of Irish film, including 3 features, 6 shorts and 9 animation films in Damascus, Syria from the 31st October - 6th November ,000 Cork Film Festival promoting Irish short film-making at the International Short Film Market, Clermont Ferrand, France from the 1st - 6th February ,000 The ICON SF Festival towards the screening of The Secret of Kells at the Icon International SF Festival, Isreal, 4-10 October

2 film Barley Films/Padraig Fagan attending 37th Annual Annie Awards on 6th February ,000 Miriam Cahill to attend the Cleremont Ferrand Film Festival Jan 30th - Feb 6th, ,000 Cartoon Salon attending the screening of their film the Secret of Kells at the 2010 Santa Barbara Film Festival and attending the Annie Awards, 5th - 6th Feb, ,500 TOTAL 31,200 music Ian Wilson attending performance and introducting world premiere of new work heaven lay close for saxophone quartet and tablas at ToonZaal s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands on the 13th December Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society presenting Brock McGuire at the Fairfield Theatre in November and James Keane at the House Concert in December 2009 in Fairfield, CT, US 500 Hugh Buckley and Stephen Keogh performing at the Shanghai Jazz Festival from the 16th - 18th October ,500 The Irish Arts Foundation Leeds presenting Irish artists including traditional band At The Racket at the Leeds Gathering Festival, UK from the 5th - 15th November ,500 Malcolm Proud performing three solo organ recitals in Vermont, Massachusetts and Virginia, USA from the 25th - 30th October ,000 Zoe Conway performing three concerts showcasing Irish dance music with John McIntyre at Rheinau - Freistett, Weisses Ross and Nurnberg, Germany from 17th - 24th January ,500 Raymond Deane, Darragh Morgan, Robin Micheal and Mary Dullea performing a concert at the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London on the 29th March ,000 The Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith presenting performances by Mick Flannery, Niall de Burca, Gino Lupari and Janet Behan, November - December Martin Healy and band performing at the Montserrat St Patricks Week events in March ,500 Project Arts Centre presenting White Rocket, the Jazz Trio at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi on the 5th November ,000 Laoise Kelly performing at the Third World Harp Festival, Paraguay from the 19th - 21st November ,500 Rebecca Capova performing a solo tour in China from the 6th - 15th March ,000 Ceol Productions presenting 11 concerts of Irish Christmas in America involving Séamus Begley, Gráinne Hambly, Tommy Martin, Séan Earnest and Brian Cunningham in various venues around America from the 28th November - 13th December ,500 Paul Brock McGuire Band performing in Southern and Midwestern USA from 25th October - 6th November ,000 Crash Ensemble performing as part of week-long celebration of Irish and American new music curated by Darragh Morgan at the King s Place, London on the 24th April ,000

3 music Magnetic Music GmbH organising The Irish Folk Festival with performances by David Munnelly Band, Niamh Parsons, Graham Dunne, Tommy O Sullivan and Jennifer Roland Band in various venues in Germany from the 20th October - 15th November ,000 Travis Just/Object Collection presenting performance of The Geometry by Irish composer Jennifer Walshe at the Chocolate Factory, New York in March ,000 Seamus Begley and Jim Murray performing at Mossvale Music Festival, the National Folk Festival in Canberra, the Yacandandah Music Festival, Victoria, Apollo Bay Music Festival, Victoria, Australia and various concerts in New Zealand from February - April ,000 Beoga performing concerts in a number of venues in Denmark from the 4th - 10th November ,000 Muthesius Kunsthochschule presenting performance of composition The Partenheimer Project by Kevin Volans on the 19th November 2009 as part of an interdisciplinary symposium on spatial awareness in the arts in Kiel Kunsthalle in Germany 1,500 Kerry Records LLC presenting twelve performances by David and Kieran Munnelly band of An Irish Christmas in California from November - December ,500 El Feile presenting 10 Irish Festival, including Mary Coughlan and her band, John Spillane and an Irish film showcase in Barcelona, Spain from the 12th - 21st March ,500 Irish Chamber Orchestra performing at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana on the 8th November 2009 to include US premiere of jointly commissioned new work by Stephen Mackey 17,000 Irish Arts Center presenting Academos Irish World Academy Strings with Cantoral Irish World Academy Schole at the Society for Ethical Culture, New York on the 4th February ,000 Seamus Finneran presenting Sharon Shannon band at the Sydney Festival, Australia from the 29th - 31st January ,000 Jennifer Walshe performing at the Performa09 Biennal, New York on the 7th and 12nd November ,000 Camerata Ireland performing concerts in Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris on 8th June, and Cadogan Hall, London on 9th June ,000 Sonya Keogh performing with Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra at the Congress Concert Hall, Vilnius on the 17th April ,500 Irish Chamber Orchestra performing a ten-concert tour of China and Singapore 2010 World Expo from the 9th - 29th June ,000 St Patrick s Day Parade Committee of Brussels funding towards the participation of 5 Irish artists in St Patrick s Day Festival, 14th - 17th March ,000 TOTAL 198,400

4 visual art Áine Philps and Michelle Browne presenting their work in the Performing Curation: Live artist as curator exchange, a day-long live art event on the 20th November Niamh O Malley presenting a solo exhibition at Gaain Gallery, Korea, 23rd February - 30th March Heaven s Full presenting a solo exhibition of work by Nevan Lahart at Heaven s full (project) gallery, London from the 5th November - 6th December ,000 Graphic Studio Dublin presenting a group exhibition of work by 13 artists inspired by the National Museum of Ireland s collection at the Leuven Institute Belgium in ,500 David Beattie presenting a solo exhibition at the Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada from the 2nd March - 10th April ,000 Stephen Lawlor presenting a solo exhibition at Fred Gallery, London from 4th - 28th February ,000 Golden Thread Gallery presenting a group exhibition of Irish artists at the Art Centre at the Kao Yuan University in Taiwan from the 22nd February - 31st March ,000 Galway Arts Centre presenting an exhibition showing the new work of 6 Irish artists at the Red House Arts Center, Syracuse, US in March ,000 Cill Rialaig Project presenting an exhibition by Irish artists at the Queens Elm Artists Gallery, London from the 15th - 29th October ,000 The Writing Workshop Jessamyn Fiore, Jessica Foley, Áine Ivers and Susan Thomson presenting an exhibition in a geodesic dome tent on X-Initiative West 22nd St and at P.S.I Contemporary Art Center, New York from the 19th - 25th October ,000 Mothers Tankstation presentation of work by Mairead O heocha at the Armory art fair, New York from the 3rd - 7th March ,500 Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts presenting work by Gerard Byrne at the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art from the 16th April - 3rd May ,000 Katie Holten presenting a solo exhibition at the LMAKprojects, New York from the 20th February - 27th March ,500 Stacia Blake presenting an exhibition of Irish and Japanese artists at the Across Fukuoka Exchange Gallery, Fuluoka, Japan from 8th - 13th December ,000 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Exhibition of work by Tom Molloy at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut from 31st January - 6th June ,000 Garrett Phelan presenting an installation at the Auckland Triennial, New Zealand from the 12th March - 20th June ,000 Green on Red Gallery presentation of work by Fergus Feehily, Niamh O Malley and Gerard Byrne at Art Basel, Miami from the 3rd - 6th December ,500 Presentation of an exhibition curated by Mark Garry and Georgina Jackson with Irish artists Rhona Byrne, Karl Burke, Bea McMahon and Dennis McNulty at the Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh from the 19th March - 8th August ,000 Exhibition of Hugh Lane s Centenary Print Collection at the American Irish Historical Society, New York in March ,000 TOTAL 76,100

5 literature Nuala Ní Chonchúir participating in the Derwent Poetry Festival from the 20th - 22nd November Geraldine Mills reading tour including short story collection The Weight of Feathers in a number of venues in Connecticut in the US from the 26th - 29th October Poetry Hearings presenting Irish poets Mary Noonan, Matthew Sweeney and Maurice Scully in the Berlin Festival of Poetry in English, Germany from the 20th - 21st November Stanza (Scotland s International Poetry Festival) 2010 presenting Irish poets Seamus Heaney, Dennis O Driscoll, Matthew Sweeney and musical trio Dordán, in St Andrews from 17th - 20th March ,750 International Festival of Authors, Toronto, Canada presenting Irish writers Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Paul Durcan and Colm Tóibín and Maureen Kennelly participating in Visitors Programme from the 21st - 31st October ,000 Niall De Burca performing at the 13th International Storytelling Festival, Tehran from the 13th - 16th December ,500 Ireland Literature Exchange arranging readings by Anne Enright, at the Fifth International Literature Festival in Jaipur, India from the 21st 25th January ,750 TOTAL 13,750

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