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Cork County Council has announced that 10 arts initiatives have been awarded funding through the Creative Communities Scheme 2025. The successful applicants include a youth film project, festivals, creative hubs, a craft collective and a therapeutic community. 

An exhibition that celebrates creativity on the seven islands off the west coast of Cork will open at LHQ Gallery on Saturday the 22nd of March. 

Cork County Council has announced Eóin Heaney as the winner of its Ocean and Environment Commission. Supported by Creative Places West Cork Islands, the commission will see the acclaimed filmmaker undertake an 18-month residency across the seven inhabited West Cork islands.
 

Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has announced a programme of events to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), which takes place on the 8th of March 2025.

Cork County Council and the OPW, under the State’s Per Cent for Arts Scheme, have announced a call for submissions for a public art commission as part of the Clonakilty Flood Relief Scheme. 
Per Cent for Art is a government initiative where 1% of the cost of any publicly funded capital, infrastructural and building development can be allocated to the commissioning of a work of art.

Cork County Council has issued an open call for events to celebrate culture, creativity and the arts as part of Culture Night 2025. 

Tá clár Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2025 fógartha ag Comhairle Contae Chorcaí, agus beidh imeachtaí Gaeilge ar siúl sna leabharlanna, sna scoileanna agus ar líne an mhí seo chugainn. Is í Seachtain na Gaeilge an ceiliúradh bliantúil is mó in Éirinn ar ár dteanga agus ár gcultúr dúchais. Ritheann sé ón 1 go dtí an 17 Márta.

Cork County Council has announced its Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025 programme, with Irish language events taking place in libraries, schools and online next month. Ireland’s largest annual celebration of our native language and culture, Seachtain na Gaeilge, runs from the 1st to the 17th of March.

Cork County Council and Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre are delighted to announce a partnership residency for artists Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh and Bernie Masterson.

Cork County Council has announced funding of over €166,000 for 123 artists and arts organisations through its 2025 Arts Grants.

Cork artist collective ‘inter_site’ will transform the top two floors of Cork County Hall as part of their ‘⌥ertigo, A Crescendo’ exhibition opening this week. The exhibition takes place from the Friday the 7th to Sunday the 9th of February 2025 between 5:00pm and 8:00pm, advance booking is required.