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Offaly Town Receives €375,000 To Establish Arts Programme

Monday, 28 June 2021 09:30

Hiring a planning co-ordinator is one of the ways the money will be spent.

An Offaly town is receiving funding to establish an arts prorgamme. 

The Arts Council is giving 375,000 euro to Edenderry to fund a co-ordinator to plan creative events in the area. 

Creative Places is funding projects for areas which have not benefitted from sustained arts investment in the past.

Director of the Arts Council, Maureen Kennelly said,

“We are delighted to be significantly investing in these places in this focused manner. It is very important to us that public investment in the arts reaches and benefits more people in a sustained and meaningful way. We look forward to seeing the ambitious new projects that these inspiring communities create together and we are excited by the prospect of supporting them to celebrate and animate new places.”

Each programme is led by different consortiums made up of local authorities, community development organisations and arts organisations, it will create employment for coordinators, artists and researchers interested in place based arts development.

A member of the Darndale community Lorraine Kenny, in responding to the opportunity said, 

"After a challenging year, I am excited to see what this project can do in reviving a sense of community in Darndale. There was once a lot of activity in the area - we had a variety group for adults and kids would put on shows in the community hall, for example. I would like to see that this funding is used for everyone in the community. Young, old, whether you're working or not. Everyone in the area should see and feel the benefits of this project"

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