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Dunamaise Arts Centre secures share of €130 million Arts Council investment

Dunamaise Arts Centre secures share of €130 million Arts Council investment Reporter: );   ); The Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise has secured €125,000 in funding from the Arts Council s €130 million investment across Ireland in 2021. With its exchequer grant increased to €130 million, the government agency for funding and developing the arts said that while the sector was suffering disproportionately in the health crisis, hundreds of artists and practitioners were planning and already making great art for the public to experience in the months ahead. Due to COVID-19, Arts Centres throughout the country have suffered financially over the past year. Welcoming the news, Minister of State Sean Fleming T.D said: 

Over €1million in funding announced for Kilkenny arts organisations

Over €1million in funding announced for Kilkenny arts organisations Reporter: );   ); Artists and arts organisations in Kilkenny will receive over €1million as Irish society recovers from the pandemic, the Arts Council said today. Kilkenny organisations to benefit include The Butler Gallery (€356,400), KCAT (€70,000), Kilkenny Arts Festival (€452,727), The Watergate Theatre (€97,000) and Young Irish Film Makers (€77,710). With its exchequer grant increased to €130 million, the government agency for funding and developing the arts said that while the sector was suffering disproportionately in the health crisis, hundreds of artists and practitioners were planning and already making great art for the public to experience in the months ahead.

A prism for performances – how Spraoi will look this year

T.V. Honan, Director of Wateford Sproai, said the plan is also to have a series of outdoor performances which will be spread out over the month of August across the county. It emerged this week that Waterford Spraoi was awarded a grant of €385,000 by the Arts Council, which announced its new key strategic funding round. Mr Honan said the initial plan had been to launch the ‘prism’ spectacle in March, but Level 5 restrictions meant it was deferred. Covid-19 continues to disrupt the arts sector, he pointed out. He said normally Spraoi would be performing in St Patrick’s Day parades in Dublin, Cork and Waterford, and in recent years have done Limerick and Kilkenny as well.

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