Outcome Grant Summer 2006

Film

Summary DescriptionCountriesCitiesAmount Approved (€)
   Total: 33,500
presenting a two-day film festival of Irish films and workshops in five venues in Palestine in August/September 2006Israel15,000
premiere screening of 2 Films in London, October, 2006.United Kingdom5,000
REEL, the First Ireland-Scotland Film Festival to be held in Scotland in October/November 2006United Kingdom4,000
attendence at the Galway Film Fleadh, July 20063,500
participation at Beckett- an Exhibition, Film Series and Symposium, in toronto from November 8 to December 22, 2006.United States3,000
a showcase of Irish film and music and a workshop series at the Festival du Film Amazigh in Algerie in December 2006/January 2007Algeria3,000

Literature

Summary DescriptionCountriesCitiesAmount Approved (€)
   Total: 49,050
lecturing in Irish Studies at three Russian Universities for the academic year 2006-2007Russian Federation9,680
Irish participation in the "Irresponsibility & Literature" Conference and an Irish culture evening at the Conference in China in September 20069,400
Irish participation in a literary conference at the St. Petersburg State University, Bloomsday celebrations and towards an exhibition of prints in Russia in June 2006Russian Federation6,490
the 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL) in Sydney in July 2006Australia5,000
participation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 12 - 28 August, 2006.United Kingdom4,750
performances of "Rockaby" by Sameul Beckett in July and the exhibition "Beckett in Kassel" and November/December 2006 in Germany Germany4,440
Irish participation in the Sydney Writers' Festival in May 2006Australia3,010
participation in the People's Poetry Festival, New York, 5 - 7 May 2006United States1,400
Irish participation in the 1st International Symposium of Celtic and Germanic Studies in Brazil in July 2006Brazil1,300
of Story Telling in Auckland, June 2006.Australia1,300
participation in the 7th International Poetry Festival in Israel in October/November 2006Israel1,215
participation in the International Conference of IASIL in Japan, 30th Sept - 1st Oct 2006 Japan1,065

Music

Summary DescriptionCountriesCitiesAmount Approved (€)
   Total: 273,920
a concert series in China in November 2006China60,000
touring in Finland from 3 - 7 August 2006. Finland25,000
participation in EUYO, in various venues across Europe, 6 - 20 August 2006.United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Denmark, Switzerland20,000
participating in the Rhineland Summerfest in Germany in September 2007Germany20,000
participation in a major concert and lecture tour of China in November, 2006.China13,500
a North American Concert Tour, in various locations, October 2006.United States10,000
participation in the production of Verdi's La Traviata in London, September, 2006.United Kingdom10,000
Irish participation in the Toender Festival in Denmark in August 2006Denmark10,000
3 Recitals in New York City in August, 2006.United States10,000
participation in the London Festival, October 20 - October 29, 2006United Kingdom8,000
performances in Poland and the Czech Republic in July 2006Czech Republic, Poland8,000
particaption at 3 concerts and CD recording in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 15, 23 and 25 July 2006.Germany, Austria, Switzerland5,000
participation at the 4th Annual Liverpool Irish Festival, October, 2006.United Kingdom5,000
performance of choral works in Salzburg, Austria as part of the Mozart 2006 Commenoration October 2006Austria5,000
participation at a Festival in Vaudreuil, Canada from 16 - 18 June 2006.United States4,000
participation at the Performance Theatre in Hungary on 16 June 2006.Hungary4,000
attending the Irish Festival in Finland from 29 September - 8 October 2006.Finland4,000
Irish participation in the Namest nad Oslavou Festival in July 2006Czech Republic4,000
Irish participation in the 12th Annual Catskills Irish Arts Week, a summer school of traditional Irish music and dance in East Durham, US, in July 2006United States4,000
participation in the Golden Karagoz International Folk Dancing Festival in Turkey in July 2006Turkey4,000
participation at The Hebridean Celtic Festival in Scotland from 13 - 14 July, 2006United Kingdom3,500
promoting the Sliabh Luachra Tradition in Chicago in September 2006.United States3,500
performing classical music and Irish traditional music in schools in Japan in July 2006Japan3,500
participation in the Irish traditional Music Festival in Leeds, Sept, Nov 2006 & Feb, March 2007United Kingdom3,000
conducting a Cultural Summer - Camp with the St Louis Irish Arts Association, in the US, June - July 2006United States3,000
workshops and concerts at the 17th Recontre Muiscale Irlandais in Tocane St. Apre, France in July 2006France3,000
participate in the Druiven Festival in Belgium, 15 September 2006.Belgium2,500
participating in the Annual Conference of the International Assoication of Music Information Centres in Sweden in June 2006Sweden1,800
recitals incorporating traditional Chinese and Irish music in Taiwan in July 2006China1,700
participation at the Celtic Roots Festival, Canada, August, 2006.United States1,600
participation at the concert-premier in New York in December 2006 and February 2007.United States1,500
participation at the Celtic Roots Festival, Canada, August, 2006.United States1,500
participation in a concert with the Vratza philharmonic, 11 May 2006.Greece, Bulgaria1,240
to participate in the Fringe Festival, Praha, 30 May - 4 June, 2006.Czech Republic1,200
participation at The Oulu Irish Festival in Finland from October 5 - 8, 2006Finland1,000
participation in the Annual "Fiesta Mayor" in Spain, 9 August and 12th August 2006.Spain1,000
US tour in August/September 2006United States1,000
a traditional Irish music and song concert series in Connecticut, US, in May/September 2006United States1,000
participation as a speaker and singer in the Festival of the Sea in Newfoundland in September 2006Canada1,000
Irish musicians and dancers participating in the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in Aberdeen, Scotland, in July 2006United Kingdom1,000
participation of speakers and singers in the International Celric Congress in Brittany, France in July/August 2006United Kingdom800
participation at the Bratislava Cultural Summer Concert,27 July, 2006Slovakia580
performing original songs as a solo artist at the 2006 NXNE Music Festival in Toronto in June 2006Canada500

Theatre

Summary DescriptionCountriesCitiesAmount Approved (€)
   Total: 236,590
US tour of Samuel Beckett plays in October/November 2006United States100,000
of reviving and performing the 'Flowerbed' to promote the company's work in the UK and Israel from 20 - 24 October, 2006.Israel, United Kingdom40,000
participation in the Car Show in Tasmania, 25-27 March,2006.Australia30,000
a theatrical performance in the Paris Beckett Festival, October 2006.France25,000
the production of "Monged" by Gary Duggan at the Liverpool Irish Festival in October 2006United Kingdom15,000
performing "Once Beneath the Skin" at the Blurred Borders Festival in San Diego in June 2006United States10,000
the Praxis Theatre Laboratory performing "Women and thw Trojan Horse" in the New York Fringe Theatre Festival in August 2006United States5,000
participation in the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in London, 15 May - 3 June 2006.United Kingdom4,000
an artist exchange programme to take place in Bucharest, 2-7 May 2006.Romania2,790
a reading of "Anaconda Ashes" in Montana, 11 - 12 August, 2006.United States2,500
participation at the '2006 Year of Beckett Exibit' from 1-7 October, 2006Canada2,000
Enda Walsh's attendance at the premiere of the French production of "Disco Pigs" at the La Batie - Festival de Geneve, Switzerland in September 2006Switzerland300

Visual Art

Summary DescriptionCountriesCitiesAmount Approved (€)
   Total: 208,275
participation of artists in a workshop symposium and exhibition in Georgia in September 2006Russian Federation, Georgia40,000
the exhibition "Ireland 2007-2017: Ecology, Mythlogy & Technology" of innovative Irish furniture design in Paris in December 2006/March 2007France40,000
an exhibition in Switzerland in June 2006 and in London in October 2006Switzerland, United Kingdom18,000
exhibiting paintings in the Freight Gallery in Fremantle, Nov/Dec, 2006.Australia15,000
an exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establsihment of Irish representation in Australia and a concert featuring Delia Murphy's Music in Canberra in October 2006-January 2007Australia10,000
of taken part in a solo project entitled 'Racer' in the GB, 19 August - 30 September, 2006.United Kingdom10,000
participation at the Chisenhale Gallery (London) exhibition, November, December, 2006.United Kingdom7,000
bringing an exhibition on Irish dispora in Leeds to the European Parliament in Brussels in July 2006Belgium6,825
particapation at the'VOLTA Show 02', in Basel from 14 - 18 June, 2006.Germany5,000
an Exhibition in France, December 2006.France5,000
a visual art programme as part of the "Platform" Series at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany in October 2006Germany5,000
a solo exhibition by Jaki Irvine at the Smart Project Space Gallery in the Netherlands in September/October 2006Netherlands5,000
exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa in August/September 2006South Africa5,000
participation at the ChinaInternational New Media Arts Exhibition and Symposium from 10 - 20 June, 2006China5,000
an Exhibition of "Beckett Suite", a suite of 24 etchings in New York, June, 2006.United States5,000
participation in the Echigo-Tsumari Srt Triennial in Japan in July/September 2006Japan4,500
participation at an Art exhibition and International Summit on Art in Manhattan, September 2006. United States4,150
exhibiting in the Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodore, an International competition, in Milan, 18-31 May 2006.Italy3,000
developing and exhibiting at a solo exhibition in October, 2006United Kingdom3,000
participation at the "Nomadic Kitchen Art in context" exhibition in Brazil, September 2006 Brazil2,400
exhibiting at the "East-West Ceramics Collaboration" in Hawaii from July 16 - August 12, 2006.United States1,900
participation in an exhibition in Germany in November 2006.Germany1,500
participating in the 28th Congress of International Federation for Photogrpahic Art in China in September 2006China1,500
particpation in a fine art exhibition 'Infected Landscape' in New York from May 18 - June 30, 2006.United States1,500
an exhibition "in Flagranti" Germany, September -November and December 2006 - January 2007.Germany1,000
participation in a solo Exhibition in Finland from 2 - 4 June 2006Finland1,000
a joint exhibition of painting and sculpture with Jakub Syriste in Athens, Greece in October/November 2006Greece1,000

Total for Summer 2006: €801,335