Thirteen of the most creative and artistic communities in County Cork are set to receive substantial funding totalling nearly €82,000 with the announcement of awards under the Cork County Municipal Districts Creative Communities Scheme
Announcing the awards made under the scheme County Mayor, Cllr. Declan Hurley said
“Cork County Council has long recognised the importance of sustaining cultural life in local communities. Cultural activity, whether it is the work of artists, writers or musicians, or the many dedicated voluntary arts groups active in every community, helps to maintain, what can be described as the cultural heartbeat of communities”. “The Creative Communities Scheme is designed to help local group and artists, to come up with imaginative projects that will involve people of all ages in the art and celebrate local cultural identity.
The Creative Communities Scheme is administered in each of the County’s eight Municipal Districts and has since its introduction in 2016 already delivered many successful new arts and cultural projects in local communities.
The projects that will be funded through this current round are wide ranging and include, The Folk Project, an exciting new community music theatre production for Charleville scripted by local playwright Katie Holly who had a huge success with her recent show Sharon at the Midsummer Festival.
Creative Killeagh is a project proposed by the county’s newest arts venue, Greywood Arts that will have visiting international artists working in various community settings in and around the beautiful East Cork village of Killeagh.
Further West, the members of the community arts group Treasures of Dunmanway will receive funding to work with young people on a devised play about one of Dunmanway’s most famous figures, Sam Maguire. West Cork Arts Centre will continues its work with older people in the Skibbereen area looking at the story of the 110 girls sent from Skibbereen to Australia to make a new life in the aftermath of the famine.
The County’s emerging young filmmakers will also get a boost with funding being made available to Cork Young Filmmakers to help young people in Mitchelstown and Ballincollig take their first steps in film production
Also speaking at the launch of the scheme County Council Arts Officer, Ian McDonagh congratulated the groups. He said that the proposal received this year were ambitious and imaginative will have terrific impact on creative and community life in local Municipal Districts.
List of Funded projects click here