Grants awarded in December 2006

Theatre and dance, Film, Music, Visual art, Literature, Architecture

Theatre and dance
Name Amount in Euros
The Gate, towards the cost of four Beckett plays to be performed in the Sydney Festival, January 2007. 9,000
Flipside and Spacecraft in association with Focus theatre, towards the cost of bringing "The Friends of Jack Kairo" to the Prague Fringe Festival in May - July 2007. 9,000
Karen Egan, towards the cost of performing "Absolute Cabaret" with story telling at the Bequia Music Festival in January 2007. 1,600
Irish Modern Dance Theatre, towards the cost of performances of two productions "It is better to" and "RrrrKillKillKill" in New York, 14 - 18 March 2007. 25,000
Graffiti Theatre Company, towards the cost of performing "A Day in the Life of a Pencil" in Phoenix, U.S.A, 4 - 7 April 2007. 10,000
Daniel Vais, towards the cost of participating in a dance Festival "Cataplasia" in Frankfurt, 25 – 27 April and London, 17 - 19 May 2007. 15,000
Solas Nua, towards the cost of mounting a production of "the Small Things" in Washington D.C., 1 - 26 February 2007. 1,800
Druid Theatre Festival, towards the cost of a production of "The Playboy of the Western World" in the International Arts Festival in Tokyo, March 2007. 100,000
Semper Fi, towards the cost of performing at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, New York City, 16 April 2007. 20,000
St Patricks Festival/ Bui Bolg, towards the cost of participating in two St Patrick’s day parades in London, 17 March 2007. 35,000
Locus Theatre, towards the cost of performance of ‘Same Same but Different’ in Copenhagen, April/July and October 2007. 30,000
Druid Theatre Festival, towards the cost of performing the co- production of "Leaves" at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, 2007. 20,000
Dennis McNulty, towards the cost of participation in" Encuentro de Medellin 07" a contemporary art event to be held in Medellin, Columbia, January - June 2007. 1,075
Drumlin Players, towards the cost of presenting "In the Shadow of the Glen" "Come and Go" and "Torraiocht Maebh" at the International Theatre Festival in Japan in August 2007. 12,250
Ballymun Axis Art Centre, towards the cost of 2 performances of "Walking the Road" by Dermot Bolger which will mark the 90th anniversary of the 3rd Battle of Ypres, in Ypres Town Theatre, Belgium 15 - 16 June 2007. 13 ,000
Embassy of Ireland Switzerland presenting a St.Patrick's Day event in zurich in 2007. 15,000
   


Subtotal: €342,725

Film
Name Amount in Euros
Reel Ireland /Irish Film Institute, towards the cost of promoting Irish film internationally through the project in various countries throughout 2007. 100,000
Samson, towards the cost of screening the musical "Once" in the U.S.A. from 19 - 25 January 2007. 8,000
Zero Em Comportamento, towards the cost of a festival "IndieLisboa" which is a film festival held in Lisbon, Portugal in April 2007. 4,000
Gene Siskel Film Center, towards the cost of participating in the European Union Film Festival, Chicago, in March 2007. 3,000
Terence Mulligan,Film Fleadh Foundation participating in a four day Music Festival in New York in March 2007. 12,000


Subtotal: 127,000

Music
Name Amount in Euros
Music Network, towards the cost of performing with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, in Prague, November 2007. 2,460
Tyneside Irish Cultural Society, towards the cost of evenings of words and music from Mick Hanley, Altan, Frankie Gavin and Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, in the U.K., from March - May 2007. 1,500
Martin Green, Greater London Authority, towards the cost of participating in St Patrick’s Day parades in London, 18th March 2007. 15,000
Royal Irish Academy of Music, towards the cost of participation in the Festival International de Orquestas de jóvenes, travelling to Murcia in Spain, in Spring 2007. 5,000
Finghin Collins, towards the cost of participation in a concert with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, in Busan, South Korea, on March 9th 2007. 1,300
Líadan, towards the cost of a tour with the Chieftains on their annual tour of America for a six week period from January 2007. 15,000
The Mornington Singers, towards the cost of "Festival 500" an international festival of choral music, Canada, 2-8 July 2007. 12,500
Israel Camerata, towards the cost of 6 concerts "Piano Series" to take place in Jerusalem from the 14th -20th April 2007. 4,500
Madrigal 75, towards the cost of singing Evensong in St Paul's Cathedral, London, 3-5 January 2007. 4,000
Angela Tosheva, towards the cost of 3 concerts in Bulgaria, dedicated to the Irish composer Fergus Johnston, April 2007. 2,000
Gerald Barry, towards the cost of performing" La Plus Forte" in the 2007 Festival Presences in Paris. 790
Dr. Gerald Wheeler, towards the cost of a choir to sing in Pozzoleone, Italy, 17 February 2007. 4,000
Matt Cranitch, towards the cost of participation in presenting a special programme of music entitled "Irish Music", in Turin, March 2007. 3,060
Matthias Osterwold, towards the cost of performing "Physics for the Girl in the Street" in the German Music Festival in March 2007. 3,900
Dublin Choral Foundation, towards the cost of participation in a concert in the medieval courtyard of the Dominican Church, San Clemente, Rome, 2/3 June 2007. 2,000
Ceol Productions, towards the cost of performing traditonal Irish music and reciting poetry in Irish, in Germany, 12 - 17 June 2007. 3,750
St Patricks Trust, towards the cost of of a St Patricks Day Ball with Irish Dance and Musicians, in South Africa, 16 - 18 March 2007. 5,000
Dublin City Workingman's Band, towards the cost of a live performance by a traditional Irish band in Bulgaria, January 2007. 4,060
Francesca Romana Fabris, towards the cost of a four day programme of traditional Irish Music, Céilis and workshops in Rome, 22 - 25 March 2007. 1,800
Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, towards the cost of performing at a Gala Concert in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, 29 June 2007. 3,000
Romana Kokoska Pulchartova, towards the cost of performing a rare contemporary Czech marimba concerto, accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, in Prague, 26 March 2007. 2,100
Celtic Connections Festival, towards the cost of participating in the Celtic Connections Festival, in Glasgow, 17 January 2007. 15,000
Plankton Company, towards the cost of the Chieftains and Liadan tour of Japan in 2007. 30,000
Louvain Institute for Ireland in Europe, towards the cost of performances, 20 May 2007. 50,000
Camerata Ireland, towards the cost of performing in the Morelia festival in Mexico, November 2007. 30,000
National Gallery of Ireland, towards the cost of three concerts in the United States, Jan and May 2008. 45,000
Harp International Festival, towards the cost of attending the 26th Edinburgh Harp Festival from March 30 - April 4, 2007. 1,800
Stephen Pauric Garland, towards the cost of a multi disciplinary programme containing contemporary and traditional music, dance, comedy, street theatre, workshops and sport, in Barcelona 17 March 2007. 5,460
Camerata Ireland, towards the cost of participation at the prestigious naan talia festival in Finland, 5 - 6 June 2007. 15,000
The Lismoraghan singers performing in Pozzoleone Italy 17th February 2007. 4,000
Fil Campbell performing at a St.Patrick's Day Concert in Canberra, Australia in March 2007. 5,700


Subtotal: 958,680

Visual art
Name Amount in Euros
Grace Weir, towards the cost of a solo exhibition at the Welcomes Trust Arts Space, in the Science Museum in London, 1 Oct - 25 Nov 2007. 28,000
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, towards the cost of bringing 3 Artist to Arco, Madrid, 15 - 19 Feb 2007. 6,000
Katie Holton, towards the cost of a solo exhibition in the Van Horn gallery in Dusseldorf from 1 Feb - 31 March 2007. 5,000
Michelle Rogers, towards the cost of a solo exhibition in Los Angeles gallery Track 16, April 2007. 7,400
Antoin O'Heocha, towards the cost of taking part in the "Shanghai Expo", 15 March - 15 May 2007. 8,000
Peter Jones, towards the cost of a printmaking workshop and exhibition at the Caversham centre Kwazula Natal, South Africa, 2 - 6 April 2007. 2,000
Jools Gilson – Elis, towards the cost of exhibiting "The Knitting Map" in Pennsylvania, USA, from March - May 2007. 6,000
Martin Healy, towards the cost of presenting a new video work call Genesis 28:12 at Diva Fair Miami, 7 - 10 December 2007. 5,000
Robert O'Connor, towards the cost of a solo exhibition of work in Eastlink gallery, Shanghai, April 2007. 4,914
Austin McQuinn, for towards the cost of mounting two exhibition for a new gallery in San Francisco, April 2007. 6,000
Mark Cullen, towards the cost of exploring ideas pertaining to the use of material and natural resources with regard to sculpures, Argentina, May - June 2007. 3,120
Brian Duggan, towards the cost of of a three month residency in the centre Culturel Irandais Paris, Jan - April 2007. 2,535
John Roch Simons, towards the cost of participation in "Cead in China" an exhibition of contemporary Irish art in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing, 2007. 4,000
Suzanne Mooney, towards the cost of participating in an artist residency Changdong National Studio in Seoul, Korea, 2007. 4,000
Irish Arts Review, towards the cost of publication and distribution of 15,000 copies of a special Venice arts Biennale Edition of the Irish Arts Review. 12,500
Breda Catherine Ennis, towards the cost of an exhibition in the Louvain Institute of Ireland, March – May, 2007. 4,000
Michele Horrigan participation an international residency programme in Argentina in March 2007 1,500
Chris Fite – Wassilak, towards the cost of participation in an exhibition "The Lighthouse" in London. 5,000
Kunstverein and Stadtische Galerie, towards the cost of participating in a solo exhibition of Willie Doherty’s work at Kunstverein in Hamburg from 12 May - 26 August, 2007 and Munich from 29 Sept 2007 - 6 Jan 2008. 15,000
The Model Arts and Niland Gallery exhibition "In a World Like This" in London

12,000

 

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios participating in an artist residency in Helsinki in 2007. 8,000


Subtotal: €22,469

Literature
Name Amount in Euros
Ireland Literature Exchange, towards the cost of promoting Irish literature internationally in 2007. 315,400
Shanghai International Literary Festival, towards the cost of participation of Irish writers in the festival in March 2007. 5,000
Oilbhéar Ó Braonáin, towards the cost of delivering a bilingual lecture on the topic of the Irish Language in a multilingual, multicultural, modern Europe, Luxembourg, 1 March 2007. 1,000
Cúirt International Festival of Literature towards the cost of second phase of Sealines Project, April 2007. 5,710
Alliance Francaise Dublin, towards the cost of participation by Irish writers in a Franco - Irish Literary Festival from 27 - 29 of April 2007. 5,000


Subtotal: €332,110

Architecture
Name Amount in Euros
Boyd Cody Architects, towards the cost of participation in an architectural festival, Triennale of Lisbon TAL'07. 50,000

Subtotal: €50,000