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Arts Act Grants15 community groups received grants towards arts activities intheir community totalling €5,000.00. The projects werespecifically chosen for their innovativeness and quality artsimpact on the community.Festival SupportThe Arts Service facilitated with funding, advice and promotionalassistance to: The Shannonbridge Midsummer Music Festival Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival Tullamore International Summer Organ Festival IFONLY Dance Festival OFFline Film Festival Shakefest Daingean Homecoming FestivalSupport and Information Service to Professional,Amateur, Voluntary and Community Groups andIndividualsThe Arts Office is a resource for artists and organisations thatrequire advice, direction and information on developing andpromoting their arts practice. This element of the service isbased on best practice principles in all forms of arts developmentand is intended to give rise to increased confidence in qualitymethods and professional approaches.In November 2012, planning permission was granted forthe centre at Kilbride Park, allowing the design to proceedtowardsconstructiontender.Bealtaine, Festival of Arts for Older PeopleA county wide programme of events wascoordinated and developed by the ArtsOffice in collaboration with the LibraryService for the Bealtaine Festival. Therewere over fifty events organised bygroups across Offaly. Active age over 55’senjoyed art exhibitions, photography,poetry, song, dance, drama, music,poetry. From ‘Afternoons of Creativity’ to‘Evenings of Opera and Musicals’, thisfestival provides entertainment to all overin Offaly.Offaly Local Authorities Annual Report 201225
Tullamore Community Arts CentreThe community fundraising draw, raised €155,000. Workcontinued with the Board on the business planning,corporate fundraising, updating Dept on progress, website,refining the design, progressing charitable status and VATregistrationMidlands Collaborative Projects (The Arts Offices ofOffaly, Westmeath, Laois and Longford)There were 2 publications of the Midlands Arts and CultureMagazine. This free, 32 page magazine, highlights the diversityand quality of arts projects across the four counties and aims tocreate a greater national cultural identity of the Midlands.Midland Master Classes were delivered as professionaldevelopment opportunities for artists in the MidlandsHullabaloo Children’s Arts FestivalIn 2012,Hullabaloo tookplace in bothBirr and Claraduring theOctober midtermbreak.Led by the Arts Office, in partnership with Birr Theatre and ArtsCentre, Clara Family Resource Centre and the Library Serviceover 35 events were organised with an attendance of 85%. Thefestival featured a live broadcast by RTE Jr and was featured onRTE Radio 1 and the Sunday Independent.Music GenerationIn 2012, Offaly and Westmeath Arts Offices led a multi agencyregional partnership application to Music Generation and onDecember 7th achieved €563,000 to roll out a 3 year MusicEducation programme for young people across the region.The project aims to creative a systematic and accessibleprogramme of music education in pre schools, primary andsecondary schools as well as community music opportunities. Itwill employ a full time Development Officer and p/timeAdministrative Officer and up to 30 musicians over a 3 yearperiod. The project will being in 2013.In preparation for this project two primary schools in Offaly, St.Mary’s Edenderry and Rhode NS performed in the NationalConvention Centre, Dublin in the intergenerational singingproject Rain Falling Up with the RTÉ National SymphonyOrchestra.Launch of Hullabaloo Children’s Arts Festival at Aras an ChontaeOffaly Local Authorities Annual Report 201226
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