Grants awarded in September 2007

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

Theatre and dance
Name Amount in Euros
Cois Céim Dance Theatre, towards performing Knots at the Festspiele Ludwigshafen, Germany, 29th October - 10th of December 2007. €30,000
Abbey Theatre, towards performing TERMINUS at the Under the Radar Festival in New York, 9th - 19th January 2008. €45,000
Pan Pan Theatre, towards the cost of touring the production 'Oedipus Loves You' in U.K., China, USA February - June 2008. €100,000
Celtic Nations Heritage Festival, towards the cost of performing at the Celtic Nations Heritage Festival, October 12th – 14th 2007. €8,000
Nervousystem, towards the cost of performing "The Myth and the Flesh" at the Caulonia Arts and Traditional Music Festival, 25th - 30th November 2007. €10,000
Stagemad Theatre Company, the cost of performing "Are you the wife of Michael Cleary" in the Irish Arts Centre, New York,  January 2008. €10,000
Magic Theatre, towards the cost of performing and producing Edna O'Brien's "Tir Na N'og" at  San Francisco's Magic Theatre from the 28th January until 24th March 2008. €6,000
The New Theatre, towards towards the cost of performing "The Tailor and Ansty” by Eric Cross at the Kings Head Theatre, London, January until May 2008. €25,000
Fabulous Beast, towards the cost of performing Giselle at the New Zealand International Arts Festival, 8th - 11th March 2008. 50,000
Róisín McBrinn, towards the cost of producing "Crestfall" at  Theatre 503,  London, 27th November - 15th December 2007. 2,000
Galway Arts Festival, towards the cost of performing the play "Trad" at the Perth International Arts Festival, 12th - 18th February 2008. 40,000
BDNC Theatre, towards the cost of performing a "Two for dinner for Two"  in Bulgaria and Bucharest, 6th - 10th November 2008. 20,000
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, towards the cost of participating in Festco 2008 in Bucharest, 5th - 12th April 2008. 29,000
Clowns without Borders, towards the cost of bringing the performance "Clowns without Borders" to Uganda, 17th November - 15th December 2007. 8,000
Gavin O'Sullivan performing 'Running Beast' to mark the 400th anniversary of the flight of the Earls in March 2008. 10,000


Subtotal: 393,000

Film
Name Amount in Euros
Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival, towards the cost of participating at the Sundance Film Festival, January 2008. 1,500
Irish Arts Foundation, towards the cost of showing Irish films at the 5th Annual San Francisco Irish Film Festival, San Francisco Bay, 2nd - 18th March 2008. 4,000
Corona Cork Film festival, towards the cost of participating in the Market of the Clemont - Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2nd - 10th February 2008. 12,000
Fiona Ashe, towards the cost of screening "Puppy Love" at the Irish Film Festival in Boston, 8th - 12th November 2007. 1,300
Luachra Productions, towards the cost of screening a film at the Festival au Desert in Mali, West Africa, 4th - 15th January 2008. 24,000
Alcine and Embassy of Ireland, Madrid, towards the cost of organising Alcine short film festival Spain, showcasing all Irish, 9th – 17th November 2007. 20,000
Solus Film Collective, towards the cost of participating in the Trinidad Film festival from the 23rd - 27th October 2007. 1,000
Boston Irish Film Festival, towards participating in the 9th Annual Boston Irish Film Festival from the 9th - 12th of November 2007. 8,000


Subtotal: 71,800

Music
Name Amount in Euros
The Irish - Polish Society, towards the cost of presenting a song - recital in the Lazienki Palace, Warsaw on 17th Novmber 2007. 1,000
The RTE Vanbrugh Quartet, towards the cost of attending the Chamber Music America's national conference in New York, 3rd - 7th January 2008. 8,000
Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society, towards the cost of performing two traditional music concerts in Newtown and Fairfield from the 2nd until the 15th November 2007. 1,200
Eugene Irish Cultural Festival, towards the cost of bringing The Black Brothers to the 5th Annual Eugene Irish Cultural Festival in Oregon, 7th March 2008. 2,000
Celtic Connections Festival, towards the cost of organising Irish performers to perform at the Glasgow Celtic Connections festival, January 2008. 25,000
Stephen Garland, towards the cost of of the Dublin City Workingman's Band playing in 5 promotional performances at EL FEILE, Barcelona, 13th - 17th March, 2008. 3,000
Religiosas Dominicanas Irlandesas Do Convento De Nossa Senhora Do Bom Sucesso, towards the cost of a concert of Irish Music held in the Igreja do Convento de Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, Lisboa on the 17th November 2007. 2,500
Anúna, towards the cost of performing 6 concerts in Japan, 8th - 19th of December 2007. 12,000
Kilkenny Gospel Choir, towards the cost of participating in charity concerts in Boston and New York in conjunction with Gospel choirs based in the USA, 3rd - 9th of November 2007. 15,000
AMEN, towards a concert at the Irish Embassy in Athens on 21st November 2007. 5,000
Michael Boss, towards the cost of a performance by Irish musicians at the University of Aarhus, 15th of November 2007. 3,000
Gregory Harrington, towards the cost of participating in a classical tour of New Zealand, 15th - 27th March 2008. 3,500
3epkano, towards the cost of musically accompaning a silent film at the BAMcinematek in New York, 13th November 2007. 7,500
Noirin Hamilton, towards the cost of an exhibition and traditional music showcase at the Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam from 15th - 29th March 2008. 4,500
Barry Dinan, towards the cost of digital projections and live performances throughout Cuba, December 2007 - May 2008. 3,000
Oisín Mac Diarmada, towards the cost of performing two concerts in Statesboro and Milledgville, South Georgia, 25th - 30th November 2007. 600
Jennifer Walshe, towards the cost of travel to Israel to perform at the Ultrasound Music Festival, 7th and 8th December 2007. 1,000
Irish Chamber Orchestra, towards the cost of a series of showcase concerts across America, April 2008. 85,000
Copenhagen Irish Festival, towards the cost of traditional music performances, workshops and lectures, at the Copenhagen Irish Festival, November 2007. 1,800
Frank Corcoran, towards the cost of music presentations, Princeton, 10th - 15th December 2007. 650
Aylish E. Kerrigan, towards the cost of giving masterclasses, lectures, workshops and recitals in the Wuhan Conservatory of Music, October 2007. 4,000
Music Network, towards the cost of Triocca performing at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore from the 16th - 22nd February 2008. 3,000
Roger Doyle, towards the cost of performing a composed piece at Historique Au Bon - Pasteur in Montreal, 23th - 30th November 2007. 1,500
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, the cost of a North American Concert Tour, in various locations, in 2007. 10,000
Philip King, towards the cost of  participation by the Irish side in a project bringing together traditional Irish and Maori musicians in New Zealand, 23rd Feburary - 17th March 2008. 65,000
Finghin Collins towards three recitals in U.S. 16-18 December 2007 2,300
Liverpool Irish Festival performing at the Irish musicians Festival from the 19th October-4th Nevember 2007. 2,500
Martim Healy performing St.Patrick's Day concerts in Monserrat from 10th-18th March 2007. 4,000
Camerata Ireland performing several concerts in France from 20th November-5th February 2007. 120,000


Subtotal: 397,550

Visual Arts
Name Amount in Euros
Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, towards the cost of participation in the Aqua Art Miami art fair, 6th - 9th December 2007. 10,500
Bbeyond, towards the cost of two art performances in Helsinki, 18th - 24th February 2008, as part of an artist exchange programme. 4,000
John Roch Simons, towards the cost of participating in a solo exhibition in 411 gallery Beijing from  July - August 2008. 5,000
Brian Patterson, towards the cost of participating in a joint exhibition with other artists at the Kaskadenkondensator, Switzerland, 1st - 6th November 2007. 800
Enda O'Donoghue, towards the cost of performing in a solo exhibition in Galerie Hunchentoot in Berlin from the 2th November until the 1st of December 2007. 2,500
Oisín Byrne, towards the cost of exhibiting art work in The Academy of Everything is Possible in London, 6th - 16th December 2007. 3,500
PPM Design, towards the cost of preparing the Shorelines project 2009 - 2010 in Ireland and Newfoundland. 2,000
David Farrell, towards the cost of participating in the FOTO ARTE Brasila, October - December 2007. 5,000
Denis Mc Nulty, towards the cost of participation in a group exhibition in Vancouver, Canada, 5th March - 13th April 2008. 3,000
Ms Jennifer Trouton towards the cost of exhibiting four Irish artists work at the Guayasiamin Gallery, Havana Cuba from the 1st – 30th December 2007. 3,000
Caroline McCarty participating in an artist residency project in Tokyo including a talk and exhibition from 23rd October-6th November 2007. 2,700
Crafts Council of Ireland participating in the International Fine Craft Exhibition Sculptural Object Functional Art, SOFA in Chicago, from 1st-4th Niv 2007. 45,000
Sean Lynch exhibiting work in Q Gallery, Copenhagen from 26th October-4th November 2007 2,600
Peter Fulop participating in a two month artist in residency project in Shigaraki including an exhibition and presentation in Nov-Dec 2007. 2,000
Antoin o'Heocha exhibiting at the Shanghai International Art Fair, 29th Nov-3rd Dec 2007. 1,500
Green on Red Gallery presenting Fergus Feehily's solo exhibition in Jack Hanley's Gallery from 6th-10th Nov, and participating in Nada Art Fair in Miami from 2nd-10th Dec 2007 18,000
Katie Holten presenting a solo exhibition in Malkasten in Dusseldort in November 2007. 5,000

 

 


Subtotal: 113,400

Literature
Name Amount in Euros
David Murphy, towards performing the cost of performing at the Beneluxcon 2007 convention, Louvain from the 23rd November - 26th November 2007. 300
Geraldine V Whelan, towards the cost of of participating as a speaker at the annual conference of CANSCAIP, 3rd November 2007. 1,200
MacDara Woods, towards the cost of participating at the Sha'ar International Poetry Festival in Israel, 18th - 21st October 2007. 1,200
Michael O'Loughlin, towards the cost of presenting work as part of the Lithuanian Writers Association in Lithuania, November 2007. 1,300
Irish Literature Exchange (ILE), towards the cost of running a literature showcase at the Habitat International Conference Centre in New Delhi 7th - 31st January 2008. 125,000
CLÉ Irish Book Publishers, towards the cost of hosting the Irish National Collective stand at the Frankfurt International Book Fair 2007, from  9th - 14th October. 3,000


Subtotal: 132,000