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Irish Equity representatives held a high level meeting with officials in the Department of An Taoiseach, yesterday (Thursday, 23rd May), to discuss improvements to the taxation and social welfare system for actors. The meeting was also attended by officials from the Department of Finance and Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. At the meeting, Irish Equity representatives called for changes that will increase the support and respect for actors to enable them to make a living and have long, rewarding careers.
Irish Equity 2019 AGM
More details and venue to follow.
Talks between Abbey Theatre management and theatre workers
Talks between Abbey Theatre management and theatre workers – Please read the article which appeared in The Irish Times on Saturday, 2nd February 2019 READ ARTICLE
Choral Evensong in Remembrance of Actors, Musicians and Artists
Choral Evensong in Remembrance of Actors, Musicians and Artists. All welcome.
Applying for the 2018 Co-operation Projects Call?
10am-3pm Thursday 18th October 2018
Europe House, 12-14 Mount Street Lower, D2
Sign up: E-mail your name, organisation and brief project details to cedculture@artscouncil.ie.
Are you developing an application for the next Co-operation Projects deadline in 2018? We will host a free application workshop in Dublin on Thursday 18th October for organisations that are developing proposals for Co-operation Projects in 2018.
Get some insights into what you need to demonstrate in your proposal for a successful application!
Learn about the red flag items that can trip applicants up!
Hear tips from previously successful applicants.
Bring along all your niggling questions on the application process, application form and budgets.
We will also have a general introduction to Co-operation Projects funding to begin the session. If you are not planning an application for this year’s deadline but would like to learn more please do come for coffee and the introductory session.
We are also holding an Information session and Workshop in Waterford on 8th October.
Can’t attend our workshops in Dublin or Waterford? Phone us on 01 6180200 for information and advice or email your questions to cedculture@artscouncil.ie. We’re here to help, right up to the time that you press that submit button, so do keep in touch!
To register your interest in attending please email cedculture@artscouncil.ie.
Creative Europe Funding Workshop
· Mon 8 October 2018 | 10:00 – 13:00
· Garter Lane Arts Centre, 5 O’Connell Street, Waterford
· FREE TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE HERE
Our free workshop will be an interactive session for arts, culture, heritage, craft and design organisations to explore ideas for developing transnational working practices and to learn about accessing Creative Europe funding.
The session will begin with an overview of the Creative Europe Culture sub-programme and in particular the Co-operation projects fund by Audrey Keane of the Creative Europe Desk Ireland’s Culture office.
Round table discussions: This will be followed by round table discussions exploring the different aspects of developing and running a European project. Hear from Creative Europe beneficiaries including Chris Clarke, The Glucksman Gallery (VIBE project) and Edel Doran, First Fortnight Festival (NEFELE project) and Katherine Collins, Waterford Walls who will share their experiences.
This will be an opportunity to learn from the experience of those already involved in projects and to test your own ideas for a project. Delegates are invited to stay on for a networking lunch with more opportunities to share learning and ideas.
This event is organised by Waterford Europe Direct Information Centre in partnership with Creative Europe Desk Ireland (Culture Office), Waterford Cultural Quarter and the Waterford Area Partnership.
Have your say: Has Dublin become too expensive for artists to live here?
Musician David Kitt says he was being forced to leave because he can’t afford it anymore
Musician David Kitt is quitting Ireland, claiming it is too expensive to live in the country anymore. Kitt says he has no choice given that the Dublin house in which he lives is being sold as part of a portfolio to a consortium of European investors. “I do think it is sad that so many creative/artistic/bright people are being forced to leave this city and the country in general.” He blamed Fine Gael who he said are “failing this city and its people massively. And Dublin’s heart and soul is being ripped out and sold to the highest bidder.”
The Irish Times would like to hear from readers on the issue. Do you think Dublin and other cities and towns around Ireland have become too expensive for artists, musicians and other creatives to live and work? Is the cultural vibrancy of the city being lost as a result? If you are working in a creative industry, have you had to leave Dublin, or Ireland, to make a living? Or are you, like Kitt, planning to leave? How would you fix the problem? Are there examples of better functioning systems where you live now that could be adopted by Ireland?
You can contribute (max 300 words) using this form. Please include a few lines about yourself – where you are from originally, when you emigrated and why, where you live now and what you do there – and attach a photograph if you have one.
A selection of responses may be published in the Irish Times, or passed to a journalist who may wish to contact you for more information.
