The Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced details of more than €9 million in capital funding for arts and culture centres across the country.
The announcement was made as part of the Creative Ireland programme, with funding provided under the Department’s Arts and Culture Capital Scheme 2016-2018.
A total of 56 cultural organisations will benefit from this capital investment, including theatres, heritage centres, galleries, archives, integrated arts centres, artist studios and creative and performance spaces.
Seven flagship projects will receive substantial funding allocations:
• Solstice Meath Arts Centre – €300,000
• The Irish Arial Creation Centre (home of Fidget Feet) – €350,000
• The Hunt Museum, Limerick – €400,000
• The Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo – €550,000
• Cavan Town Hall Theatre – €750,000
• The Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare – €1,000,000
• Wexford Arts Centre – €1,000,000
A further 49 projects will receive funding ranging from €20,000 to €276,000.
Speaking today Minister Humphreys said:
“This €9 million announcement is the most significant investment in regional arts and cultural centres in a decade. The Creative Ireland Programme places a focus on investing in our cultural infrastructure, because high quality infrastructure is critical for a vibrant arts and culture sector, which in turn underpins social cohesion and supports sustainable economic growth.
We deliberately made this scheme as flexible as possible to ensure projects of varying sizes could benefit. The largest funding awards – of €1 million each – are going to Wexford Arts Centre and the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare. However a wide variety of other projects will also benefit including new lighting and sound systems in theatres, the conversion of an old Post Office to an artist studio and the improvement of digital facilities. These projects all aim to improve the audience and creative experience. This funding package will also ensure past investment in these arts and cultural centres is protected and sustained.”
See the full list of awarded grants below.
Organisations benefitting from new capital funding:
Cavan
Townhall Cavan / Cavan Arts & Culture Centre Ltd, awarded grant – €750,000
Clare
Glór, awarded grant – €37,029
Cork
Firkin Crane Ltd, awarded grant – €150,000
Cork
The Everyman Palace Ltd, awarded grant – €155,463
Cork
Wandesford Quay Ltd (WQL), awarded grant – €90,842
Cork
Cork County Council / Briery Gap, awarded grant – €250,000
Cork
Cork Opera House DAC, awarded grant – €176,288
Donegal
Abbey Arts and Cultural Centre, awarded grant – €164,785
Donegal
An Grianán Theatre, awarded grant – €46,420
Donegal
Donegal County Museum, awarded grant – €27,962
Donegal
Lifford Association Tourism Commerce & Heritage Limited (LATCH), awarded grant – €215,753
Dublin
A4 Arts Studio & Community Education Centre Limited, awarded grant – €22,800
Dublin
Civic Theatre Company Limited, awarded grant – €132,280
Dublin
Draíocht, awarded grant – €47,730
Dublin
Fire Station Artists’ Studios, awarded grant – €30,643
Dublin
First Fortnight Ltd, awarded grant – €20,560
Dublin
Fund It, awarded grant – €21,250
Dublin
Gallery of Photography Ireland, awarded grant – €24,963
Dublin
Irish Film Institute, awarded grant – €149,801
Dublin
Irish Georgian Society, awarded grant – €90,000
Dublin
National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), awarded grant – €120,000
Dublin
National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Maritime Institute of Ireland, awarded grant – €49,705
Dublin
Pavilion Theatre Management Co. Ltd, awarded grant – €149,855
Dublin
Project Arts Centre, awarded grant – €260,485
Dublin
The Ark t/a The Children’s Cultural Centre Ltd, awarded grant – €130,429
Dublin
The MART Gallery Ltd, awarded grant – €34,825
Galway
Galway City Museum, awarded grant – €180,280
Galway
Glenamaddy Arts & Historical Co-Op Society Ltd, awarded grant – €50,000
Galway
Town Hall Theatre, awarded grant – €118,129
Galway
Yeats Thoor Ballylee Development Ltd, awarded grant – €22,000
Kerry
Cultural Centre Killarney/Kerry County Council, awarded grant – €120,320
Kildare
Riverbank Arts Centre, awarded grant – €1,000,000
Kilkenny
The Watergate Theatre, awarded grant – €81,858
Leitrim
North Leitrim Glens Development Company Ltd, awarded grant – €50,000
Leitrim
The Dock/Leitrim County Council, awarded grant – €128,337
Limerick
Irish Arial Creation Centre, awarded grant – €350,000
Limerick
Dance Limerick Hub CLG, awarded grant – €75,015
Limerick
Lime Tree Theatre Limerick Limited, awarded grant – €45,232
Limerick
Limerick City Gallery of Art, awarded grant – €125,850
Limerick
The Hunt Museum Ltd, awarded grant – €400,000
Mayo
Custom House Studios, awarded grant – €43,274
Mayo
Jackie Clarke Collection, awarded grant – €24,300
Mayo
Linenhall Arts Centre Co Ltd, awarded grant – €42,000
Meath
Meath Arts Centre (Solstice)/Meath Co Co, awarded grant – €300,000
Monaghan
Inniskeen Development Group Ltd, awarded grant – €188,636
Monaghan
Old Post Office Clones/Monaghan County Council, awarded grant – €144,077
Offaly
Birr Stage Guild Ltd., awarded grant – €32,844
Roscommon
Roscommon Arts Centre, awarded grant – €276,615
Sligo
Hawk’s Well Theatre, awarded grant – €550,000
Tipperary
Blackcastle Theatre Company, awarded grant – €23,000
Tipperary
The Source Arts Centre, awarded grant – €68,000
Waterford
Barker Arts Centre t/a, awarded grant – €54,000
Westmeath
Dean Crowe Trust, awarded grant – €113,772
Wexford
Wexford Arts Centre/Wexford Co Co, awarded grant – €1,000,000
Wicklow
Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre, awarded grant – €36,036
Wicklow
Tinahely Courthouse CLG t/a The Courthouse Arts Centre, awarded grant – €28,000
Total Amount Awarded – €9,021,444
