Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 6 MB) - Offaly County Council
Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 6 MB) - Offaly County Council
Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 6 MB) - Offaly County Council
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successive themes of the process of protecting, the process<br />
of making and the process of using. In total 1,000 school<br />
children attended the centre.<br />
Film<strong>Offaly</strong><br />
<strong>Offaly</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong>‟s Film Commission, Film<strong>Offaly</strong>,<br />
established its third Film<strong>Offaly</strong> Award, in partnership with<br />
Filmbase. The award winner was Toy Soldiers written by<br />
Matthew Roche and produced by Rhoda's Chaos. 2011 was<br />
the second year of the OFFline Festival and numbers of<br />
participants taking part in workshops, screenings and the<br />
filmmaking challenge doubled. Film<strong>Offaly</strong> and OFFline Film<br />
Festival also hosted a film industry event at the Galway<br />
Film Fleadh attracting 300 people.<br />
Still from the Short Film Toy<br />
Soldiers winner of the<br />
Film<strong>Offaly</strong>/Filmbase Award<br />
2011<br />
Arts Act Grants<br />
39 Community/Voluntary groups received grants towards<br />
arts activities in their community totalling €7,500<br />
Support to Artists Scheme<br />
21 Artists from <strong>Offaly</strong> across all disciplines were funded in<br />
2011 and two artists were awarded bursaries to the Tyrone<br />
Guthrie Centre, totalling €9,700<br />
Drama Awards & Community Band Grants<br />
12 Drama/Musical voluntary groups were awarded under<br />
the Drama Award Scheme 2011 and three town bands<br />
were funded totalling €9,250.<br />
Youth Arts Scheme<br />
Eight programmes providing quality experiences in a range<br />
of art disciplines were awarded funding and undertaken by<br />
youth groups under the training of professional artist.<br />
Funding totalled €4,000.<br />
Festival Support<br />
The Arts Service facilitated with funding, advice and<br />
promotional assistance to:<br />
The Shannonbridge Midsummer Music Festival<br />
Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival<br />
Slieve Bloom Storytelling Festival<br />
Tullamore International Summer Organ Festival<br />
IFONLY Dance Festival<br />
OFFline Film Festival<br />
Shakefest<br />
Bealtaine, Festival of Arts for Older People<br />
A county wide programme of events was coordinated and<br />
developed by the Arts Office in collaboration with the<br />
Library Service for the Bealtaine Festival. There were 30<br />
events across the county, including visits by Michael D<br />
<strong>Offaly</strong> Local Authorities <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2011
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