Grants awarded in September 2006

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

Theatre and dance
Name Amount in Euros
The Ark co-production with Cwmni Theatre Arad Goch of "Winter Pictures" a show for children in Wales September/October 2006 8,000
IETM International Network of Contemporary Performaing Arts Irish participation in networking meetings in Beijing and Shanghai, China, in October 2006 organised by International Network of Contemporary Performaing Arts and the China Association of Performing Arts 10,000
Manhattan Theatre Club bringing Brian Friel's play "Translations" to the Biltmore Theatre, New York, in January/March 2007 15,000
Irish Theatre Institute attendance of international presenters at a conference and networking event with Irish producers and artists in Dublin in October 2006 15,000
An Grianan Theatre bringing the children's play "The Witchin' Well" by Joe Brennan to Bucharest, Romania in October 2006 5,500
Irish Modern Dance Theatre binging dance performances of "The White Piece" to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, in November/December 2006 30,000
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company bringing the production "The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst" to Avila in Spain in November 2006 12,000
BDNC Theatre performances of "Hang-Gliding" at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff in November 2006 3,500
Operating Theatre performing "Here Lies" in the Salle d'Exposition of the Centre Culturel Irlandais in November 2006 13,000
Embassy of Ireland Washington a two-week festival celebrating the Beckett Centenary in October 2006 2,000
Ireland Romania Cultural Foundation two performances of "The Friends of Jack Kairo", a one man show by Simon Toal, at the Bucharest International Theatre Festival in November 2006 and two performances of "Resonance" by the Irish Dance Company Echo Echo at the Bucharest International Theatre Festival in November 2006 10,000
Samuel Meyler -Clowns without Borders bringing the performance "Clowns without Borders" to 7 United Nations Refugee Agency Camps in Kathmandu & Nepal in October 2007 1,500
Corn Exchange Theatre Company bringing the production "Dublin by Lamplight" to 4 venues in the UK in April/May 2007 and to Mexico in October 2007 75,000
St Patrick's Day Festival Bui Bolg and the Institute of Art & Design Dun Laoighre performing in the Chingay Parade in February 2007 35,000


Subtotal: €210,500

Film
Name Amount in Euros
Boston Irish Film Festival- Mangers Irish Film Festival Irish participation in the Festival in Boston, November 2006 4,000
An Claidheamh Soluis -DBA Arts Centre presentation of Irish films in New York in 2006-2007 3,000
Epinoux Estelle support towards attendance at an international conference on contemporary Irish cinema at the University of Limoges, France, in November 2007 1,500
Association Travelling/Irish and British Film Festival Cherbourg-Octeville Irish participation in the Cherbourg-Octeville Film Festival in France in March 2007 3,000
Irish Arts Foundation support towards Irish participation in the 4th Annual S.F. Irish Film Festival in San Francisco in March 2007 2,500
Screen Directors Guild of Ireland hosting, in association with the Directors Guild of America, the Annual Directors Finders Series in October 2006 and screening of the selected film in Los Angeles in November 2006 4,000
MTU Pimedate Oode Film Festival (Black Nights) Irish participation in the 10th Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia in November/December 2006 2,300
Conor Morrissey cost towards participating in the Manhattan Short Film Festival New York in September 2006 with his short film "Last Night” 1,200
Patrick Jolly participation in an exhibition of the" BURN Project" in Mexico and two screenings of "Sugar" at the International Independent Film Festival in Argentina in October/November 2006 3,000
Jonathan Cummins participating in the 11th Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin Film Festival in Paris in November- December 2006 1,000
Victor Sloane showing the video work "Walk" at the Recontres Paris/Berlin Festival in Paris in November/December 2006 1,000
Paul Rowley showing video works "Gravity Loop" at the Recontres Paris/Berlin Festival in Paris in November 2006 1,000
Cinematheque Tel AVIV participation in the 8th Festival in Tel Aviv in 2007. 9,000
Cork Film Festival a stand and screenings at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in France in January/February 2007 6,000
Wildfire Films producing a film of Druid Synge project from live performances in Augest 2005. 90,000


Subtotal: 132,500

Music
Name Amount in Euros
Eugene Irish Cultural Festival bringing six master Irish musicians to the 4th Annual Eugene Irish Cultural Festival in Oregon in March 2007 1,750
Classical Links performances by classical Irish musicians at Carnegie Hall, New York, in October 2006 1,000
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group the US premiere of Gerald Barry's opera "The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit" at the Carnegie Hall, New York, in March 2008 11,000
Celtic Nations Heritage Foundation traditional Irish music and dancing performances and workshops at the Annual Irish Heritage Festival in Louisiana in October 2006 5,000
Elizabeth Murdock Irish participation in bodhrán workshops and performances as part of Edinburgh's showcase of traditional arts "Ceilidh Culture" in April 2007 1,482
Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society a traditional Irish music and song concert series in Connecticult, US in September/November 2006 600
Carmel Sheerin participation of Carmel Sheerin and the Ravens in the World of Bluegrass Festival in Nashville, US, in September/October 2006 2,000
Terry Moylan/Brooks Academy support towards attendance at the 20th Annual weekend of Irish traditional music, song and dance in Paris in association with the Association of Irlandaise Paris in January 2007 3,000
Sraid Eoin Wren Amú participating in the Basel Fasnacht Festival in Switzerland in February 2007 5,000
Kila Records touring in Japan in September/October 2006 5,000
JV Agentura S.R.O Irish participation in an evening of Irish music and dance in Prague in October 2006, including Rinceoiri, Coisceim and Altan 3,000
Headford Arts Group concert/performance in San Jose in October 2006 5,000
Royal Irish Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra support towards a US tour in October 2006 15,000
Cormac Kenevey touring with the Irish Jazz group Phil Ware Trio in the UK in November 2006 2,000
Music from Ireland Irish participation in 7 major concerts and music industry conventions between September 2006 and February 2007 20,000
Gavin Prior live performances at the opening of the "All Out" Exhibition in Rome in October 2006 1,500
Contemporary Music Centre International distribution of the CD "Contemporary Music from Ireland Volume 6" showcasing recent compositions by living Irish composers 3,500
Hugh Buckley performing two concerts in Argentina in November 2006 2,000
Daniel Figgis premiere of newly commissioned work including singers and musicians in New York in November 2006 2,300
Improvised Music Company launch of new agency function for the Improvised Music Company representing Irish artists in jazz 15,000
Dr Tony Langlois an exchange between North Africian and Cork Musicians with performances in October 2006 and January 2007 3,000
Camerata Ireland support towards the cost of performing in the Theatre Champs Elysees, Paris, and Cadogan Hall, London, in November 2006 15,000
Martin O'Hare/Copenhagen Irish Festival Irish participation in traditional music performances, workshops and lectures at the Copenhagen Irish Festival in November 2006 5,000
Bridgewood Ensemble/Leonie Curtin performances and workshops at the New Music Symposium at Georgia State University in Atlanta, US, in October 2006 3,000


Subtotal: 131,417

Visual art
Name Amount in Euros
Art Project Network participating in the group exhibition "Oh, Show me your beauty when the witness are gone!" in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in February/March 2007 5,935
Leonard Sheil participation in an exhibition at the Kunstverein in Badein, Austria, in September/October 2006 4,400
Rory Breslin a solo exhibition of bronze sculptures and drawings at Galerie Stam in Amsterdam in Nov 2006/Feb 2007 2,000
Janet Pierce particpation in a solo exhibition of paintings in Gallerie Artfelt, New Delhi, India, in February/March 2007 3,057
Hillsboro Fine Art participation in the 17th Miami Art Fair in January 2007 2,200
Embassy of Ireland, participation in an exhibition "Ireland on Camera" showing the work of 5 photographers in Berlin in November 2006 3,086
Elisabetta "McBett" Jacomini touring exhibition "All Out"in Rome in October/November 2006 2,800
Alice Maher touring exhibition "Alice Maher: Past and Present" to a number of UK venues in January 2007 5,000
CIRCA Art Magazine attending art fairs in New York, Madrid, Cologne, Basel, London, Paris, Miami and advertising by e-flux 5,000
Hilary James Staunton touring a photography exhibition on Ogham writing throughout France in 2006/2007 5,000
Tom Molloy participation in the exhibition "Present Future" as part of the Artissima Art Fair in Turin, Italy, in November 2006 5,590
David Blackmore bringing a photographic social documentary body of work called "Detox" to Toronto, Canada, in October/November 2006 1,346
The Model Arts and Niland Gallery Irish participation in the exhibition "The Secret Theory of Drawing" at the Drawing Room Gallery in London in October/December 2006 5,000
Royal Hibernian Academy partipation in an exhibition "Singing the Real" in South Africa in July/September 2007 by Irish artists exploring the combination of scientific method and art practice 37,500
Queen Street Studios support towards bringing the exhibition "Intersections - Globalisation and Identity" to the Youkobo Art Space in Tokyo in December 2006 6,275
Ciaran Murphy participation in an exhibition in Milan in November 2006 1,045
Michele Horrigan participation an international residency programme in Argentina in March 2007 1,500
Brigitta Varadi support towards an art residency and exhibition in Finland in December 2006 to February 2007 1,700
Group 06 participation in an exhibition of painting and drawing called "A Natural World" at the Annan Galleria in Helsinki, Finland, in November 2006 3,000
Finola Jones & David Godbold participation in the New Art Dealers' Alliance Art Fair in Miami in December 2006 8,000
Mark Curran visual art participation in an exhibition in Finland in October 2006 1,045
Bbeyond support towards taking part in the Recontre Internationale d'Art Performances in Quebec in September as part of a 2006 exchange with Quebec Artists 4,440
Fion Gunn participating in an exhibition 'Green Thought in an Urban Shade' in Tsinghua University, Beijing in September 2006 4,798
Art Services International/Chester Beatty Library touring the exhibition 'Imperial Mughal Albums' from the Chester Beatty Library to 5 Museums in the US from May 2008-September 2009. 135,000


Subtotal: €254,717

Literature
Name Amount in Euros
Ireland Romania Cultural Foundation, Prof. David Harkness giving a 2-week lecture module in Irish History in Romania in October 2006 3,100
Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies a poetry reading by Paul Durcan in Athens on 25 October 2006 700
Paula Meehan poetry reading at 23rd International Conference of IASIL Japan and lectures, readings and workshops at the Aichi Shukutoku University and University of Tokyo in September/October 2006 2,000
Theo Dorgan readings at the 23rd International Conference of IASIL Japan and lectures, readings and workshops at the Aichi Shukutoku University and University of Tokyo in September/October 2006 2,000
Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies lecture and exhibition by Dr. Muris O'Sullivan on Tara in Athens in December 2006 950
University of Sassari (Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature) Irish speakers presenting lectures on Sardinia/Ireland cultural and historical links at the International Conference "Island/World: Sardinia between Archaism and Modernity" in Sassari, Italy in November 2006 1,000
International Readings at Harbourfront Centre Irish participation in the 27th Annual International Festival of Authors at the Habourfront Centre, Toronto, in October 2006 783
Dr. Alison O'Malley-Younger support towards the cost of attendance at the 4th Annual Irish Studies Conference and cultural events at the University of Sunderland in the UK in November 2006 3,000
Maurice O'Keeffe lectures on Easter 1916 at various venues in the US in November/December 2006 300
University of Cardiff a lecture by Prof. Terence Brown on "The Irish Dylan Thomas" at the University in October 2007 285
Embassy of Ireland, Berlin towards a lecture series at the Beckett Centenary Celebration in Humboldt University, Berlin, in October 2006 3,350
University College Cork participating in 'Ireland and Argentine Modernity, Culture and Identity in the 20th Century' conference at the Univ of Salvador and La Matanza Univ in Buenos Aires in Nov/Dec 2006. 6,400


Subtotal: €23,868