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A new book is set to be published by Cork County Council this year highlighting the county’s incredible history of retail heritage.

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Services is marking Bealtaine this Month with an extensive range of creative activities to commemorate the festival that celebrates arts and creativity as we age. 

Cork County Council has issued an open call for artists to apply to exhibit their work at the Library Headquarters (LHQ) Gallery.  The Library and Arts Service is inviting professional artists, curators, and arts organisations to submit proposals for the 2025/2026 Visual Art Exhibition Programme.

Cork County Council’s Arts Service is inviting schools to apply to participate in Frameworks, a classroom-based education programme. Four Primary schools in County Cork will become temporary custodians of our county art collection and will engage in a programme that will be facilitated by a professional artist.

Cork County Council Arts Office has announced a new award for emerging visual artists. The Emerging Visual Artist Award 2024 will provide an artist with a financial bursary and the opportunity for a solo exhibition at the Cork County Council LHQ Gallery.  

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has announced ‘In My Time’, an exhibition of sculptural works by Denis O’Connor will open at Library Headquarters Gallery on the 28th of March.

Cork County Council calls for expressions of interest as part of the annual national celebration of arts, culture and creativity.

Cork County Council, in conjunction with the OPW Art Management Group, is inviting proposals for the development of a creative residency under the Per Cent for Art allocation for Bandon Flood Relief Scheme.

128 Artists and arts organisations are set to receive funding of over €166,000 from Cork County Council through its 2024 Arts Grants Scheme. Considering the scheme at their meeting on Monday February 12th Councillors noted that there has been a sharp rise in applications to the Arts Grants Scheme over the past two years. 

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service is seeking creative facilitators and musicians to work with them over the next two years. 

Cork County Council has opened application for the Creative Startup Scheme 2024. The scheme supports artists, designers and craftspeople to establish retail spaces, as well as reinforcing the Council’s work in revitalising commercial centres in towns and villages.