Outcome Grant Spring 2008
Architecture
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 155,000 | |||
| to oversea Ireland's representation at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale. | 150,000 | ||
| organising an exhibition on "The Reflecting City" at the Historic Lingotto complex in Turin, Italy from the 29th June - 3rd July 2008 | Italy | 5,000 |
Film
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 26,500 | |||
| Screen Directors Guild of Ireland hosting the annual General Assembly of the Federation of European Film Directors in Dublin Ireland from the 14th - 15th June 2008 | Ireland | 8,000 | |
| Screen Directors Guild of Ireland hosting the annual Director Finders Series to enable Irish Directors to present their film to the American Film industry on the 26th September 2008 | United States | 7,000 | |
| towards the cost of showing their film Eden at the Tribecca Film Festival, New York, USA April 2008 | 5,000 | ||
| international film programmers to attend the Galway Film Fleadh from the 8th - 13th July 2008 | Ireland | 3,000 | |
| performing a concert with Liam Clancy at the Whitehorse Tavern, Greenwich Village, New York on the 30th June 2008 | United States | 2,000 | |
| attending Toronto documentary for which their film the Trial has been selected for attendence from 22 23 April 2008. | 1,500 |
Literature
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 8,600 | |||
| bringing Anne Enright to participate in the Sydney Writers festival from the 12th - 26th May 2008 | Australia | 2,000 | |
| organising a panel session to share experiences in creating, organising, securing funding and running a Book Fair with representatives Worldwide in Shanghai, China from the 30th July - 8th August 2008 | China | 1,000 | |
| Paul Muldoon travelling for the book Launch of his 8th volume of Cahiers Series at the American University of France, France on the 20th May 2008 | France | 1,000 | |
| Niall De Burca to perform his own stories and workshops at Statewide Cultural Extension Tour at the University of Hawaii from the 18th - 30th June 2008 | United States | 1,000 | |
| performing "The Voice and The Verse" at the 2008 Prague Fringe Festival and a tour in Budapest, Vienna, Cluj Napoca, Krakow, Berlin and Prague from the 17th May - 2nd June 2008 | Czech Republic | 1,000 | |
| bringing John Banville, Brian Friel and Claire Keegan over to present their work at the University of Aberdeen Writers festival from the 9th - 11th May 2008 | United Kingdom | 1,000 | |
| Niall Williams to perform at the 1st International Writers Festival in Jerusalem, Israel from the 11th - 16th May 2008 | Israel | 800 | |
| performing a reading at the 7th International Poetry Festival, Costa Rica, 16th - 28th May 2008 | United States | 800 |
Music
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 217,750 | |||
| Na Piobair presenting a tour of uilleann piping in eleven venues in Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, East Rochester, Vermont, Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St Louis, Toronto, Newfoundland, from the 12th - 26th September 2008 and London, Manchester, Newca | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | 20,000 | |
| performing Beethoven Piano Concertos at France La Chaise Dieu Festival and Bayonne Festival from 27th - 30th August 2008 | France | 20,000 | |
| The National Youth Orchestra participating in the 150th anniversary of the Bern Conservatory, 2008. | Switzerland | 20,000 | |
| the European Union Youth Orchestra performing a 12 concert tour in Italy, France, Germany, China, Japen and Korea from 23th July - 22nd August 2008 | Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China | 20,000 | |
| Irish participation in Return to Camden town 10 day Festival of traditional Irish Music and Dance at the London Irish Centre from the 25th October - 2nd November 2008 | United Kingdom | 15,000 | |
| the National Chamber Choir performing at the MDR Musiksommer festival and Europaeische Kirchenmusik Festival from the 26th - 27th July 2008 | Germany | 10,000 | |
| performing a live musical performance accompanying "the Cat and The Canary" at the Film Society of Lincoln Centre on the 18th July and a performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the 16th July 2008 | United States | 8,000 | |
| Kilfenora Ceili Band participating at the Milwaukee Irish Festival from the 14th - 17th August 2008 | United States | 8,000 | |
| The Viking Ship Museum performing "The Odyssey of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough" a musical of its voyage from Dublin to Roskilde in Roskilde, Denmark from the 7th - 10th August 2008 | Denmark | 7,000 | |
| performing at the 2008 Musica Nova Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil from the 21st - 24th August 2008 | Brazil | 6,500 | |
| presenting an Irish Film Festival and Irish Music Concerts at the Irish Cultural Centre and Riverside Studios, Hammersmith from the 12th - 15th June 2008 | United Kingdom | 6,500 | |
| Irish participation in the 14th Annual Catskills Irish Arts Week, a summer school of traditional Irish music and dance in East Durham, New York from the 13th - 20th July 2008 | United States | 6,000 | |
| bringing poet Paul Muldoon and music group Rackett to perform 3 poetry readings and 2 concerts in Helsinki, Oulu and Turku, Finland between the 24th September - 1st October 2008 | Finland | 5,000 | |
| The Royal Irish Academy of Music Performing at the Orkesterfestivalen 2008 as part of the Stavanger European Capital of Culture Programme in Norway from the 20th - 25th June 2008 | Norway | 5,000 | |
| Caitrona O'Leary and Dlra performing at the Zagreb Festival, Rijeka Chamber Music Festival, Zader Musical Evenings at St Donatus Festival and Split summer festival from the 10th - 16th July 2008 | Croatia | 5,000 | |
| Cork Symphony Orchestra performing as part of the Liverpool Capital of Culture at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool on the 10th May 2008 | United Kingdom | 4,000 | |
| performing "the Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" at the Corn Exchange Theatre, Brighton for the Brighton Festival from the 19th May 2008 | United Kingdom | 4,000 | |
| performing at the Prestigious Musica Viva Festival, Lisbon, Portugal from the 25th September 2008 | Portugal | 3,000 | |
| RTE Vanburgh Quartet performing at the 2008 David Oistrakh Festival, Parnu, Estonia at the Elizabeth Church from the 23rd - 24th July 2008 | Estonia | 3,000 | |
| performing at Roskilde Cathedral for the return of the replica Viking Ship Sea Stallion to Roskilde, Denmark from the 8th - 11th August 2008 | Denmark | 3,000 | |
| Beoga performing concerts at major festival in Montana, Kansas City, Boston Icon Festival, Celtic Fest Chicago, Kansas City Midwest arts Conference, Irish 2000 Festival, Myrna Loy Cantre, Syracuse Irish Festival, East Hartford Recreation Centre and York H | United States | 3,000 | |
| the Irish Music Society of Oulu presenting the Irish Garda Band, Andy Irvine and puppeteer Miriam Lambert at Nuku Youth and Culture Centre, Oulu from 2nd - 5th October 2008 | Finland | 3,000 | |
| Concorde performing at Unicum festival, Llubljana, Slovenia on 10th May 2008 | Slovenia | 2,500 | |
| The NUI Maynooth Chamber Choir performing at Bourlon, Town Hall, Fchain, Town Hall and Blois Main Hall, France, France from the 15th - 20th June 2008 | France | 2,500 | |
| Wexford Sinfonia orchestra playing 2 concerts in Brittany, France in 12th - 15th June 2008 | France | 2,000 | |
| two music concerts and an Irish dance show to be performed at a festival held at "Giardini del Tolomei, Siena, Italy from the 5th - 7th June 2008 | Italy | 2,000 | |
| Attridge Academy of Irish Dance participating in the International Folklore Festival Vitosha run by the Vitosha Cultural Club, Sofia, Bulgaria from the 12th - 18th July 2008 | Bulgaria | 2,000 | |
| Newfoundland Piping Tionol to take place at the School of Music, Memorial University, St John's, Canada from the 1st - 3rd August 2008 | Canada | 2,000 | |
| performing at the Latvian Song Festival at Dome Square, Riga, Latvia on 9th July 2008 | Latvia | 2,000 | |
| performing concerts and seminars at the Rymer Auditorium of the Music Department of the University of York on the 10th May 2008 | United Kingdom | 2,000 | |
| performing at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada from the 3rd - 8th August 2008 | Canada | 1,500 | |
| Ensemble Scratch the Surface curating a performance at the Muse des Beaux - Arts, Nimes, France on the 21st June 2008 | France | 1,500 | |
| performing at a music and art festival in Sattra, Oland, Sweden from the 3rd to 5th July 2008 | Sweden | 1,000 | |
| Cran performing the closing concert at the Quebec City Celtic Festival, Canada on the 31st August 2008 | Canada | 1,000 | |
| a performance at "Ceol Aneas", New Zealand's leading Traditional Irish Music Festival from 30th May - 2nd June 2008 | New Zealand | 1,000 | |
| performing at a chamber music festival in Ottawa, Canada from the 28th July - 6th August 2008 | Canada | 1,000 | |
| performing at the 7th International Terrastock Festival, New York and further 17 concerts in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania from the 12th June - 6th July 2008 | United States | 1,000 | |
| Tullamore Branch of CCE performing at the Auditorium of European Parliament Buildings from the 2nd - 5th May 2008 | Germany | 1,000 | |
| performing at Waldeschaff Church, Castle Mespelbrunn and Hessenthal Band Festival, Bavaria, Germany from 11th - 13th July 2008 | Germany | 1,000 | |
| performing a new show "Viva" at the Prague Fringe Festival from the 29th May - 1st June 2008 | Czech Republic | 750 | |
| Melanie OReilly presenting a contemporary musical performance of James Joyce work in the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh on the 15th June 2008 | United Kingdom | 600 | |
| performing Irish Traditional Music concerts from the Birdsong Harp Center, The First Baptist Church and Memphis Cathedral in Holladay, Camden, Jackson and Memphis, Tennessee USA from the 13th - 18th May 2008 | United States | 600 | |
| performing at the RiRa Festival in Downtown Historic Butte, Montana, US from the 8th - 10th August 2008 | United States | 600 | |
| organising a 2 day cultural Festival presenting Irish Music and Dance, Budapest, Hungary from the 25th - 28th July 2008 | Hungary | 600 | |
| Brian Finnegan to perform at the Boxwood Festival in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia from the 19 - 25th July 2008 | Canada | 600 | |
| introducing his violin concerto "Messenger" at Camerata Pacifica's concert at New Yorks Morgan Library on 25th April 2008 | United States | 600 | |
| presenting 3 concerts by Liz Carroll and John Doyle on the 3rd May at the Fairfield Theatre Company, Damien and Seamus Connolly at the Tressler's Barn on the 17th May and Andy Irvine at the Fairfield Museum from the 23rd - 24th June 2008 | United States | 600 | |
| attending the International Celtic Congress for a six day event from the 27th July - 2nd August 2008 | United Kingdom | 500 | |
| participating in The Music and the Moving Image conference of Film Music scholars at the New York University from 30th May - 1st June 2008 | United States | 300 |
Theatre
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 386,250 | |||
| Rough Magic Theatre Company performing their award winning production of "Improbable Frequency" by Arthur Riordan at the 59E59 Theatre, New York from the 8th December 2008 - 4th January 2009 | United States | 80,000 | |
| The Gate Theatre presenting its Beckett Season at the 2008 Lincoln Center Festival, New York from the 10th - 28th July 2008 | United States | 50,000 | |
| Dance Theatre of Ireland performing a three week tour in Korea and a four week collarorative residency with the Korean theatre company "Now Dance",from the 16 August to 6th October 2008 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 40,000 | |
| performing "The Bull" at the spielzeiteuropa as part of the Berliner Festspiele from the 27th - 30th November 2008 | Germany | 40,000 | |
| performing "The Magic Tree" at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival from the 1st - 23rd August 2008 | United Kingdom | 30,000 | |
| performing "Swan Lake" in a number of theatres throughout England from the 1st - 28th November 2008 | United Kingdom | 25,000 | |
| performing Anaconda Ashes at the Mother Lode Theatre, in Butte,Montana and University Theatre, University of Montana in Missoula from the 30th July - 10th October 2008 | United States | 20,000 | |
| performing "Fairytaleheart" At The National Theatre of Kosova, Pristina on 10th September, Professional theatre of Prizen in the Culture House on 11th September and at the Childrens Theatre Centre in Skopje on the 12th September 2008 | Albania, Suriname | 20,000 | |
| performing "Forgotten" at the Assembly Aurora Nova Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland from the 3rd - 25th August 2008 | United Kingdom | 10,000 | |
| performing "Married to the Sea" in the Wild Men Room in the Assembly Room at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from the 30th July - 25th August 2008 | United Kingdom | 10,000 | |
| Mad Cap Theatre Company bringing "Living with Johnny Depp" to the Zoo Venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from the 1st - 25th August 2008 | United Kingdom | 8,000 | |
| performing "All Dolled Up" and "Danny and Chantelle" at the Brighton Festival Fringe, Udderbelly from the 20th - 25th May and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Assembly Rooms from the 31st July - 25th August 2008 | United Kingdom | 8,000 | |
| Axis Arts Centre presenting a one night show and conducting workshops from 14th - 29th June 2008 at Barrow Street Theatre | United States | 7,000 | |
| performing "The Pride of Parnell Street" by Sebastian Barry at the New Plays from Europe theatre Biennale, Wiesbaden, Germany 13th - 16th June 2008 | Germany | 7,000 | |
| Maggie Cronin performing a one women show "Greenstick Boy" in the West Drawing room at the Assembly Rooms, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from the 28th July - 26th August 2008 | United Kingdom | 5,000 | |
| Frank McGuinness' adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's"The Master Builder" being performed at the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street, New York, USA in summer 2008 | United States | 5,000 | |
| a live performance by Brokentalkers at the Campo Victoria via audio and video feed, Gent, Belgium from the 24th - 28th June 2008 | Belgium | 5,000 | |
| Blood in the Alley performing "Catalpa" at The London Fringe Festival, Ontario, Angigonish Festival, Nova Scotia and Festival Gros Morne, Newfoundland, Canada from the 31st July - 20th August 2008 | Canada | 4,000 | |
| performing "Its a Cultural Thing or is it" at the Burach Arts Theatre in May/ June 2008 | United States | 4,000 | |
| performing Forgotten at the Seabu Festival in Romania, June 2008. | 4,000 | ||
| performing Disco - nnect at the Domestic at the Conflux Festival of Contemporary Psychogeography in Brooklyn, New York from 11th - 14th September 2008 | United States | 2,000 | |
| presenting a lecture "Solo Mapping" at the World Dance Alliance Global Summit in Brisbane, Australia from the 13th - 18th July 2008 | Australia | 1,500 | |
| Declan Hughes speaking about his work and performing his play "Shiver" at the Athens Centre, Greece on the 12th June 2008 | Greece | 750 |
Visual Art
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 126,790 | |||
| Kerlin Gallery taking part in the Art Basel Fair, Switzerland from the 4th - 8th June, the Frieze Art Fair, London from the 16th -19th October, Art Basel US Beach Fair from the 4th - 7th December 2008 and the Armory Show, New York in March 2009 | Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States | 20,000 | |
| participating at the Volta Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland, from the 2nd - 7th June 2008 Artforum Art Fair, Germany, 3rd September - 9th October 2008, Zoo Art Fair, London from the 17th - 20th October 2008, Nada art Fair, US from the 5th - 9th December 2008 | Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, France, Australia, Italy, Japan, Poland | 20,000 | |
| participating at 2 Art fairs, Next located at the Merchandise Mart, Chicago from the 25th - 28th April and Art Basel located at the Messe Basel in the Swiss Exhibition Center, Basel, Switzerland from the 4th - 8th June 2008 | Switzerland, United States | 10,000 | |
| participating at Next Chicago Art Fair from the 25th -28th April and Volta, Basel, Switzerland from the 3rd - 7th June 2008 | United States, Belgium, Switzerland | 10,000 | |
| participating in Arte - Materia: Dialogues exhibition at the EXPO 2008 Festival in Fargoza, Spain from the 14th June - 14th September 2008 | Spain | 10,000 | |
| presenting a solo exhibition at the American Irish Historical Society building, New York in October 2008 | United States | 10,000 | |
| participating in a exhibition at the Municipal Gallery "Dwor Karwacjanow", Gorlice, Poland with a selection of other Irish artists from the 1st - 14th September 2008 | Poland | 5,500 | |
| participating at the London Original Print Fair on the 23rd - 27th April 2008 | United Kingdom | 5,000 | |
| participating in a solo exhibition in Les Rencontres D'Arles, France from the 8th - 13th July 2008 | France | 4,000 | |
| exhibiting a solo exhibition at Manifesta, The European Biennial for Contemporary art in Rovereto, Italy from the 19th July - 2nd November 2008 | Italy | 4,000 | |
| organising "Nought to Sixty" a exhibition of English including Irish Artists in the Institute of Contemporary arts from the 5th May - 2nd November 2008 | United Kingdom | 4,000 | |
| curating an exhibition of contemporary Irish artists at the Brick Lane Gallery, London from the 12th June - 30th June | United Kingdom | 4,000 | |
| Willie Doherty video installation "Passage" to take part in the Exhibition "The Subject Now" in the Adam's art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand from the 25th July - 5th October 2008 | New Zealand | 3,000 | |
| organising a solo exhibition at the Mattress Factory art Museum, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from the 25th April 2008 | United States | 2,500 | |
| participating in a solo exhibition at the Universal studios, China, China from the 1st - 30th August 2008 | China | 2,000 | |
| performing a tour at the Economist London 24th July - 19th September, Rugby City Art Gallery, UK from 8th July - 25th August and ArtSway, New Forest, UK in Mid 2009 | United Kingdom | 2,000 | |
| organising a exhibition at the KunstRaum Goethetrasse xtd, Linz, Austria from 1st - 14th August 2008 | Austria | 2,000 | |
| participating in the Third ChinaBiennale Exhibition, July 2008 | China | 1,500 | |
| organising a solo exhibition at the Cecile R Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St Louis, Missouri, USA from the 10th - 18th November 2008. | United States | 1,200 | |
| Fergus Feehily participating in a group exhibition at the Misako and Rosen Gallery, Tokyo from the 1st - 11th June 2008 | Japan | 1,000 | |
| Fergus Feehily participating in a solo exhibition at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Germany from the 4th - 11th May 2008 | Germany | 1,000 | |
| organising a solo exhibition at the 531 West 25th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York from the 4th - 27th September 2008 | United States | 1,000 | |
| organising an exhibition "Inishlacken: A Place Apart" at the Red House Arts Centre, New York from 18th December - 18th January 2008 | United States | 1,000 | |
| Samuel Walsh's solo exhibition "The Divine Comedy" at the Musee de Pont Aven, Brittany, France from the 24th May - 1st July 2008 | France | 800 | |
| organising a solo exhibition at the 411 Gallery Shanghai, China from the 26th April - 3rd May 2008 | China | 750 | |
| organising a exhibition at the Galerie Jakubska, Prague from the 23rd April - 7th May 2008 | Czech Republic | 540 |
Total for Spring 2008: €920,890