The Waterford City & County Arts Practice Grants were passed at the March Plenary meeting of the Council on Thursday 9th. In all €83,500 was awarded with another €6,300 to be spent on specific Arts Bursaries in the coming months.
2017 saw the largest ever number of applications for the Arts Practice Grants with 74 proposals forwarded for consideration and a record 38 projects and programmes awarded. This is the first time that grants have been passed under the new Waterford City and County Arts Strategy 2016-2021 – “A Shared Vision for Waterford”.
A Council spokesperson said they weren’t surprised at the level of interest considering the current amount of creative arts activity throughout the City and County.
“A gauge for creative activity is the amount of new works produced aligned with interest in existing works and opportunities to access them.” Arts Officer Conor Nolan pointed to two major amateur Drama groups (Brideview & Curtain Call) currently crisscrossing across the Country, Art exhibitions by Ben Hennessey, Anthony Mackie, Janie Kavanagh and Sandra Kelly, Aerial dance in the City, Vivaldi in Lismore, contributions to Maggie’s Moustache, Jerry Fish and Petticoat Loose. He added “There’s a new theatre company, an increase in funding for Marching Bands, and, with the Arts Council, a Garter Lane national tour for “Johnny I Hardly Knew ya”.
The grants were judged in the light of the central three themes in the new arts plan namely
- Participation & Access
- Support for Artists
- Identity and Place
Proposals were invited under the headings of:
- Amateur/Voluntary Arts grants
- Professional Project grants
- Rural Arts Networking grants
- Playwright & Producer team grant
As there were no applications for the Rural Arts Networking Grant the allocation went back into the Professional Project Grants. Bursaries amounting to €6,500 will be advertised over the next couple of months which will bring the Arts Grants figure up to €90,000.
Confirmation letters with Terms and Conditions will go out in the post over the next fortnight.
See below or click Grants for further details.
For information on the application process click here.
| Voluntary/ Amateur Grants | Allocated 2017
€23,700 |
| Brideview Drama
‘Living Quarters’ by Brian Friel (Festival Play) |
1200 |
| Dungarvan Playhouse
Guys and Dolls Production |
600 |
| Fidelma Meaney
Curtain Call Productions Dungarvan Closer Festival Entry |
1200 |
| James Power/Stagemad Theatre Company
“The January Show” by Anna Jordan |
3500 |
| Enda Moran
Waterford in motion |
4000 |
| Edmund Rice Choral Society
contribution towards concert in Large room in Apr |
300 |
| Kay Ryan Hon Secretary
Vivaldi in Lismore |
1000 |
| Magdalena Lipinska
Piano Day 2017 |
500 |
| Symphony Club of Waterford
2017 Season opening in March until November |
1250 |
| Waterford Music
Concert Recitals 2017 |
2150 |
| Barrack Street Concert Band
Year of Youth Development & Engagement |
1400 |
| City Of Waterford Brass
City Of Waterford Brass |
1400 |
| De La Salle Scout Pipe Band
Annual Schedule of Public Performances |
1400 |
| Dungarvan Brass Band
Annual Programme |
1400 |
| Thomas Francis Meagher Fife & Drum Band
Band Maintenance |
1400 |
| Denis Power
Wild in the City |
1000 |
| Professional Project Grants | Allocated 2017
€50,800 |
| Little Red Kettle
Interactive Touring Play |
6000 |
| Waterford Healing Arts Trust
WHAT’s arts and mental health strand – Iontas and the Open Studio |
1800 |
| Dawn West
Maggie’s Moustache |
750 |
| Central Arts
The Tall Tales of Jerry Fish |
3000 |
| Eadaoin Walsh
The Legend of Petticoat Loose |
3500 |
| Professional Project Grants (cont.) | |
| Garter Lane Arts Centre
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye by Jim Nolan |
2500 |
| Ground Floor Theatre Company
Ground Floor Theatre Company, 12-Month Programme of Work |
3000 |
| Anthony Mackey
Underbelly: A visual exploration of contemporary underclass Waterford (Art) |
1500 |
| Ben Hennessy
New Large Paintings (Art) |
1500 |
| GOMA Gallery Of Modern Art Waterford
Beyond the Gallery (Art) |
5000 |
| Janie Kavanagh
The Irish Myths & Legends (Art) |
1000 |
| Keith Currams
10 Storeys to Dust (Art) |
2500* |
| Lisa Cody
The Same But Different (working title) (Art) |
1000 |
| Sandra Kelly
An open letter to my career (Art) |
1000 |
| Anne Queally
Ted and Mary O’Regan Arts Bursary 2017 |
2000 |
| WATERFORD YOUTH ARTS
Youth Theatre Summer Project 2017 |
5000 |
| WATERFORD YOUTH ARTS
CARNIVAL |
4950 |
| WATERFORD YOUTH ARTS
“Market Square” Social History Documentary Film Project on Dungarvan, Co. Waterford |
3300 |
| The Rogue Gallery & Studios
Unexposed to Art |
1500 |
| Playwright & Producer Grants | Allocated 2017
€9,000 |
| Adrian ‘Razor’ Kavanagh
Tasty Buns |
1500
1500 |
| Conor Clancy
To Carrauntohill! |
1500
1500 |
| Gillian Grattan In Association with John O Connell
Tinderella |
1500
1500 |
| Specific Arts Bursaries | Allocated 2017
€6,500 |
| (To be advertised shortly) | €6,500 |
| TOTAL FOR ARTS PRACTICE & ARTS BURSARIES GRANTS | €90,000 |