To the Lord Mayor and Report No. 04/2019 Members of the Dublin City Council Report of the Assistant Chief Executive Arts Funding for 2019 (Arts Act 2003) Arts Funding for 2018 (Arts Acts 2003) In accordance with Section 6 of the Arts Act 2003 local authorities may provide financial assistance for the purpose of: (a) Stimulating public interest in the Arts, (b) Promoting knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts, or (c) Improving standards in the arts within its functional area. Dublin City Council advertised its Arts Grants Scheme on 16th September 2018 with a closing date of 1 st November 2018. A total of 163 applications were received and these were examined and evaluated by a Sub Group of the Arts, Culture, Leisure and Community SPC. There are four types of Arts Grants awarded. 1. Project Grants: Applications by Artists, Arts Organisations and Collectives to mount specific projects such as plays, exhibitions, concerts etc. 152K 2. Neighbour Grants: Support for Arts Projects with significant input by residents of, and located in, a City Neighbour. 84K 3. Voluntary Grants: Support for Arts Projects with significant input by Voluntary Arts Groups. 18K 4. Revenue Grants: Annual support for established Arts Organisations. 276K Resolution: That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 4/2019 and hereby approves the contents therein. Richard Shakespeare Assistant Chief Executive 18 th December 2018
REF Category Business Name 2019-P005 Project Theatre Lovett LTD Project Description Funding is awarded for 1 element of the programme -, Actor Training course with the Gate Theatre. Amount Recommended 4,000 2019-P006 Project First Fortnight Company Ltd. Grant is awarded towards the full programme of events for 2019. 2,500 2019-P008 Project Eoghan Carrick To fund 'Bodies of Water' -a performative video art piece about art, grief, hubris and the limitations of any one form of communication. It will premier in the Dublin Fringe festival in September 2019. 3,500 2019-P010 Project Dublin Sound Lab Funding is awarded for the Music Current Festival 10-13 April 2019. 2,000 2019-P011 Project Helium Arts Funding is awarded for the film-making project - two suitcases Film Project with Canteen Ireland 3,000 2019-P012 Project International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival CLG 2019-P016 Project Danielle Galligan / Gavin Kostick Grant is awarded for the full programme for the 16th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival from May 6-19th, 2019. 4,000 Commissioned work: Presentation of GYM, Swim / party, a co-production with O'Reilly Theatre as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 4,000
2019-P018 Project Big Bang Festival of Rhythm Funding is for Big Bang Dance Project in collaboration with Dance Theatre of Ireland; Coisceim and Catherine Young Dance who have a special performance of their large outdoor event during this Festival. 2,000 2019-P019 Project Clare Monnelly Funding is towards fees for a third actor for the production of a new play 'Minefield' as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. 4,250 2019-P022 Project The Mart Gallery & Studio's DAC Funding is awarded for Group Exhibition of Mart Studio members and Group Workshops from Exhibiting Artists. 2,500 2019-P023 Project Dublin City University Funding is for Artist's fee. 2,500 2019-P025 Project THISISPOPBAB Y Ltd 2019-P028 Project C.A.F.E. Ltd T/A Create Funding towards 'Conversations after Sex', production of a new play for 17 performances at Galway International Arts Festival 2019 and at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2019. 4,500 The funding is awarded for Strands 1, 2 and 3 of the Learning Development Programme. 3,000
2019-P029 Project Noelle Brown / NB Theatre Funding is for one week researching and interviewing a cross section of women sourced from The Well Woman Centre, Mysecondspring.ie and Transgender Equality Network Ireland, who have experienced menopause symptoms in preparation of 2 weeks work at Fringe lab with actor Ali White and sing / actor Sarah Kinlen. 3,000 2019-P032 Project Deirdre O'Leary Funding towards exploration and presentation of solutions to the homelessness crisisinvolving musician Deirdre O' Leary, composer Andrea Molino and filmmaker Christopher Ash. It will result in a live music/film performance. 3,500 2019-P034 Project Kirkos Funding awarded for the 'Blackout' element of the proposal, a multi-sensory music/theatre experience. 2,500 2019-P035 Project Clowns Without Borders, Ireland Funding is towards 10 Weeks of social circus workshops and summer camp with 20 young people living in Direct Provision in Dublin's inner city. 2,000 2019-P038 Project Tonnata Music Funding is awarded for Stimmung performance and Postal Notes copresented with the Irish Composers Collective. 3,000 2019-P039 Project Noaoise Roo Callan For the recording of an e.p. (short album) and live event at Project Arts Centre addressing mental health. 2,000
2019-P040 Project Brokentalkers For project, exploring assisted suicide to be performed at Project Arts Centre as part of an international tour. 4,500 2019-P044 Project Liz Roche Company 2019-P047 Project Irish Writers Centre 2019-P049 Project Irish Theatre Institute CLG 2019-P051 Project New Dublin Voices Funding of 3,000 is awarded towards the development of the film 'Naher closer, nearer sooner' to be screened at the Goethe Institute and 500 for dancer Lucia Kickham for the development of two new works. 3,500 Funding is awarded for ' New Irish Communities Creative Writing' workshops. 4,000 Funding is awarded for the overall programme of the Irish Theatre Institute and in particular the professional development of actors ages 55-80+ and delivering artist centred activities and development throughout 2019. 4,000 Funding towards 'In Time of War' - commemorative music pieces to mark the decade of various centenaries from the First World War to the beginning and end of the Civil War (1922-23). This is an ongoing programme active since 2014. 2,000
2019-P052 Project The Corn Exchange Theatre Company Ltd 2019-P053 Project Dead Centre Theatre Company Ltd 2019-P055 Project ANU Productions 2019-P059 Project Spike Cello Festival 2019-P060 Project East Asia Film Festival Ireland Funding is towards Corn Exchange and Abbey Co- Production of 'The Fall of the Second Republic' by Michael West, set in 1973 and depicting a highly theatrical celebration of political downfall. It will result in a 4 week, 23- performance run to take place in the Abbey Theatre in November 2019. 4,500 Funding towards the production of Beckett's Firt Play to be presented as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2019. 2,500 Funding for production of Faultline at the Gate Theatre. 4,500 For a dynamic Cello festival in Feb 2019 which will take place in various locations across Dublin 3,500 Funding is awarded for Event 3 The VR Film screening and installation at IMMA. 2,000 2019-P063 Project Clare Dunne Funding is for 'Sure Look It, Fuck it' - at Space Upstairs, Project Arts Centre from 17th - 23rd March. A collaborative, multidisciplinary project that asks vital questions about the Ireland of today combining live performance, poetry and music. 4,250
2019-P064 Project Irish National Opera 2019-P065 Project Pallas Projects Ltd 2019-P066 Project Jacek Wislocki 'Chant 21' Funding is for 'This Hostel Life' -a new installation opera composed by Evangelia Rigaki and based on a series of short stories by Nigerian writer Melatu Uche Okorie and telling the stories of migrant women living in Ireland. 4,500 Funding specifically recommended for annual exhibition Periodical Review. 4,000 For the performance of Italian/ Polish Chamber Music in The Hugh Lane and National Botanic Gardens 2,500 2019-P067 Project Junk Ensemble Funding is for the production of Misunderstanding of Myrrhha. 5,000 2019-P071 Project Collapsing Horse 2019-P072 Project Kaleidoscope Night 2019-P073 Project PhotoIreland Festival Ltd. For the development and production of 'A very Old Man with Enormous Wings' as part of the Young Radicals: Fringe for Kids as part of the Fringe Festival 2019 2,000 For a performance in The Irish Jewish Museum and Kaleidoscope 10th Anniversary Gala at the Sugar Club premiering newly commissioned piece by Irish Composer Linda Buckley. 2,000 Funding towards the overall programme of Photo Ireland. 4,500
2019-P075 Project Irish Modern Dance Theatre 2019-P077 Project Emily Aoibheann McDonnell Funding is for 'Dance from the Dance: Contemporary Irish identity & the Dancing Body' - a festival taking place in November 2019 at the Project Arts Centre presenting a week-long festival of Irish choreography showcasing 11 established and emerging Irish choreographers from Ireland and the Irish diaspora. 3,000 For the presentation of two aerial focused performances as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival and at Project Arts Centre 2,000 2019-P079 Project Michelle Read Performance and practical research and development for a new performance piece about memory and forgetting. Practical workshops will take place in July and August 2019 with preparatory research work into groups taking place between January and June 2019. 2,000 2019-P082 Project Great Music in Irish Houses Festival T/A Musical Knights Ltd 2019-P084 Project Alchemiser CLG t/a Graphic Studio Dublin To fund the annual 'Dublin Musical Saunter' with a focus on pianist John O' Connor in various Dublin locations addressing most of the core criteria 2,000 Funding is towards a oneweek artist's residency in the Graphic Print Studio. 2,000
2019-P085 Project Louise White For the production of a contemporary musical theatre piece, 'Poor Little Rich Girl' as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 4,000 2019-P087 Project Black Church Print Studio CLG For an exhibition and programme of events 'Carnal' curated by Aisling Prior celebrating recent changes in Ireland on issues such as blasphemy, abortion & gender identity 3,500 2019-P088 Project Michelle Browne To commission 3 artists as part of Cycling for Ages - Velo-city International Cycling Conference 2019 who will work with schools and older adults through Bealtaine and will be accompanied by a conference presentation and masterclass. 4,000 2019-P090 Project Geoff Power For the staging of two 'script in hand' performances of Stronger at Smock Alley Theatre in March, exploring the trauma of rape, supported by the Probation Service. 4,000 2019-P096 Project Live Collision Funding is towards the overall programme for the Live Collision International Festival 2019 from 23-27 April 2019. 4,000 2019-N001 Neighbour 2019-N002 Neighbour Rialto Community Drug Team Complex Youth Theatre fees. 3,000 fees. 3,000
2019-N003 Neighbour 2019-N004 Neighbour 2019-N005 Neighbour 2019-N006 Neighbour 2019-N007 Neighbour 2019-N008 Neighbour 2019-N009 Neighbour 2019-N010 Neighbour 2019-N011 Neighbour 2019-N012 Neighbour 2019-N013 Neighbour Our Lady of the Victories Infant School Central Model Senior School The Five Lamps Arts Festival Scoil Chaoimhin Artane School of Music Creativity in the Classroom The Macushla Dance Club Outlandish Theatre Platform CLG Dublin Circus Project Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre Social Economy CLG Candlelit Tales fees. 2,000 towards professional artist fees as co-ordinator and VTS coach for the teacher network. 4,000 fees. 5,000 fees. 2,000 towards professional music tutors fees. 2,000 fees. 3,000 fees. 3,000 fees. 3,000 fees. 3,000 fees. 7,000 fees 5,000
2019-N014 Neighbour 2019-N015 Neighbour 2019-N016 Neighbour 2019-N017 Neighbour 2019-N018 Neighbour 2019-N020 Neighbour 2019-N021 Neighbour 2019-N023 Neighbour 2019-N024 Neighbour Martina Glavin Irish Writers Centre Pipeworks Music Ltd Community Centre for Music and the Arts CLG Crumlin Poetry Ireland / Eigse Eireann The Ark Children's Cultural Centre (CLG) Complex Productions Company Ltd Margaret Fitzgibbon Dublin Youth Dance Company fees 2,000 fees for the Irish Wheelchair Association residency programme. 2,000 fees. 2,000 fees. 3,000 fees for a writer in residence in collaboration with the Pathways programme. 2,000 for professional artists' fees for artist in residence. 2,000 for participatory performers to take part in a forum theatre piece based on Augusto Boal's techniques. 3,000 for artist in residence professional fees. 3,000 for professional artists fees. 3,000
2019-N027 Neighbour 2019-N028 Neighbour 2019-N029 Neighbour 2019-N030 Neighbour 2019-N031 Neighbour 2019-N032 Neighbour 2019-N035 Neighbour East Wall North Port Development Group Ltd. - East Wall Youth Reckless Arts in Swan Youth Service Andrew Wielens and Sophie Daly Canal Communities regional Youth Service - Bluebell Youth Project Masamba Samba School Social Economy Programme Company LTD Dublin Simon Community CMS Learning Centre for professional artists' fees. 2,000 for professional artists' fees. 4,000 for professional artists' fees. 2,000 for professional artists' fees. 2,000 for professional artists' fees. 2,000 for professional artists' fees. 3,000 for Professional Artist Fees. 2,000 2019-V001 Voluntary The Hibernian Orchestra 2019-V005 Voluntary Girls Rock Dublin 2019-V006 Voluntary Silk Road Film Festival Ltd. Funding is granted towards professional artists' fees. 4,000 Funding is granted towards professional artists' fees. Please note that funding is not awarded towards gear purchase as this is outside of the Voluntary grant critiera. 2,000 Funding is granted towards professional artist s fees - masterclasses and Q&A sessions. 2,000
2019-V007 Voluntary Gospel Rising Festival Company Ltd. 2019-V011 Voluntary Na Piobairi Uilleann CFTR Funding is granted towards professional artists fees, in particular the workshop programme and Dublin Gospel Band. 2,000 Funding is granted towards professional tutors involved in Ceol Sa Chlub - a youthled weekly music programme and monthly music performances. 2,000 2019-V019 Voluntary GlasDrum CLG for professional musicians fees. 2,000 2019-V020 Voluntary Ardu Vocal Ensemble 2019-V021 Voluntary Taking Flight: Education & Performance Ltd 2019-R001 Revenue International Dance Festival of Ireland - Dublin Dance Festival 2019-R002 Revenue Crash Ensemble 2019-R003 Revenue Bewley's Café Theatre Company Ltd. 2019-R004 Revenue Dublin Choral Foundation CLG 2019-R005 Revenue Dublin Fringe Festival for professional artists fees. for professional artist s fees. Festival programme; Artist development initiatives; public engagement Dublin concerts and engagement programme Programme of New productions and coproductions. Lassus Scholars education and performance programme Festival indoor and outdoor programme of events. 2,000 2,000 16,000 7,000 7,000 5,000 35,000
2019-R006 Revenue Pan Pan Theatre Company Ltd. 2019-R007 Revenue Rough Magic CLG 2019-R008 Revenue Common Ground CLG 2019-R009 Revenue Ballymun Arts and Community Resource Centre CLG t/a Axis 2019-R010 Revenue Fishamble Theatre Company CLG 2019-R011 Revenue Temple Bar Gallery & Studios 2019-R012 Revenue Chamber Choir of Ireland 2019-R013 Revenue Dublin Theatre Festival Company Ltd New productions The First Bad Man; and Sleep Walkers coproduction with DYT. New production of Marina Carr's Hecuba and the SEEDs professional development programme for theatre artists. Artist Residency initiative in Inchicore/Rialto; Public events; Multigenerational music development programme and performances. Sing participatory music project; Lonely drama young women's programme; Threads participatory dance programme. Duets - a new artists development initiative showcased in Fringe; City performance of Before; ongoing artists supports Gallery exhibition programme and Making Connections education and public engagement initiative. Dublin concerts ( of early, traditional and contemporary choral music) and lecture series, Festival presentation of Irish and International theatre and performing arts; artist development initiatives 6,000 7,000 12,000 13,000 9,000 11,000 5,000 40,000
2019-R014 Revenue Imram Feile Liriochta 2019-R015 Revenue Dublin Youth Theatre CLG 2019-R016 Revenue Project Arts Centre Ltd. 2019-R017 Revenue Irish Gallery of Photography DAC 2019-R018 Revenue Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland 2019-R019 Revenue The Ark Children's Cultural Centre (CLG) t/a The Ark 2019-R020 Revenue CoisCeim Dance Theatre 2019-R021 Revenue Dublin Festival CLG Programme of events celebrating Irish language and literature. Annual programme of workshops and productions. Visual and performing arts commissions, artist supports and access /engagement initiatives Artist Commissions and Residency awards Access and participation dance artist and associated community, youth and health programme V&A Games, Big Bang and Push, Children s Council, work with families in direct provision and Access for (inner city) Schools. Development of new work and Broad reach programme Film Festival 2019 general programme and outreach/access programme 7,000 14,000 27,000 5,000 12,000 16,000 13,000 9,000 Recommended amount by category: Project 152K Neighbour 84K Voluntary 18K Revenue 276K Total 530K