Resources & Covid-19

The Arts Service will continue to support artists and arts organisations during this crisis. Obviously many plans will need to be changed so that you can continue to carry out the kind of programme as near to the one you envisaged. If its a programme or a project that you received funding for by Waterford City & County Council and you want to talk to us about how to progress it under the current circumstances – feel free to contact us via the emails below. Our view is that your project is worthwhile. We are interested in helping you find a way to complete it.

Below is a series of links for resources and opportunities during the current Virus Crises. It is mainly for artists and art organisations/groups. If there is something you want to add to this page or want to see featured – contact arts officers: conornolan @ waterfordcouncil.ie or Margaret – morgan @ waterfordcouncil.ie

Keep safe.

D E A D L I N E S

• Ongoing:  Writers in Schools Scheme. Max €200
• 13 August 2020 17:30: Emergency Stabilisation Fund (Provides once-off financial support to Strategic Funded and Arts Centre Funded organisations that are in need of emergency grant aid between now and 31 December 2020. (Max award Unlimited)
• 17 August 2020 17:00: Artist in the community scheme bursary award (Maximum award €10,000)
• 20 August 2020 17:30: Engaging with Architecture Scheme (Max award €25,000)

Other:

• Online Circus work shops for children
• Virtual Tours of a selection of world famous Arts Galleries
• Garter Lane Resource Page
• Expressions of Interest sought for Temporary Deployment of Youth Workers
• Book a one-on-one Visual Artists Help Desk with Visual Artists Ireland (VAI)
• Arts Council update from Director Maureen Kennelly
• STORIES FROM HOME
  Leicester-based The Spark Arts for Children release a brand-new short story every Wednesday throughout May and June. Check out their Youtube channel here.
• Concerts: Digital Concerts via the Journalofmusic.com (July 20 to 26)

A weekly round-up of articles and items that may be of interest – generally updated on a daily basis

• Writing and Publishing Scams (winningwriters.com)
• Opportunity knocks: how lockdown is opening doors for new creative talent (Vanessa Thorpe – theguardian.com)
• The world’s worst wax museum – in pictures (Sarah Gilbert – theguardian.com)
• Five artists on how to begin painting and drawing (Gemma Tipton – Irishtimes.com)
• Funniest books to read during quarantine (Katy Waldman – newyorker.com)
• Balcony Seats: Watching Movies From Apartment Buildings (Alan Taylor – theatlantic.com)
• The Beauty of Maps … What’s in your 2km zone (Part 1)
• A €22m chair? Eileen Gray, the design genius who scared the pants off Corbusier (Oliver Wainwright – theguardian.com)
• On the Edge of Chaos: Where Creativity Flourishes (Katrina Schwartz, 2014, KQED.org)
• How to Write a Screenplay During Quarantine -FREE 100-page eBook. (Jason Hellerman nofilmschool.com – Note: you will have to subscribe to No Film School newsletter – but there is no fee)
• Embracing the Chaotic Side of Zoom (Naomi Fry – newyorker.com)
• I thought my writing too shameful, too feminine, until I read Karl Ove Knausgård (Megan Nolan – theguardian.com)
• Write now: Nine writers share advice on how to get started – included is Waterford’s Clodagh Beresford – (Gemma Tipton – Irishtimes.com)
• Will Music Venues Open in August? – ‘This is trial with no room for error’ (thejournalofmusic.com)
• Imagined Histories of Artists and Their Parents (Nic Koller – Newyorker.com)
• Not just Netflix: the best alternative US streaming services (Zach Vasques – theguardian.com)
• Giant kookaburra bird built by artist during lockdown: ‘People adore it’ (Naaman Zhou – theguardian.com)
• The End of Minimalism – Keeping a cluttered house could be making a return? (Amanda Hill – theatlantic.com)
• The arts world is facing a fierce reckoning about diversity. But is it too late? (Arwa Mahdawi – theguardian.com)
• ‘We were let loose’: my art school days, by Peter Blake, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Steve McQueen and more (Hannah Booth, Ellie Violet Bramley, Hannah Marriott and Priya Elan – theguardian.com)
• World spends to protect culture from economic ruin (Guardian writers – theguardian.com)
• The Woman Who Made the Best Action Movie of 2020 (David Simms – theatlantic.com)
• How to Draw a Child (Emma Allen and Emily Flake – newyorker.com)
• From Easy Rider to Sightseers: 10 of the best road trip movies (Simon Wardell – theguardian.com)
• The Irish Times Summer Nights Festival (Conor Goodman – irishtimes.com)
• Face masks from around the world (Associated Press photographers)
• ‘Water is sacred‘: 10 visual artists reflect on the human right to water (theguardian.com)