Outcome Grant Autumn 2008
Dance
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 98,000 | |||
| performing "Giselle" at the Perth International Arts Festival, Australia from the 28th February - 08th March 2009 | Australia | 55,000 | |
| performing a solo dance show "Out of Time" at the Barbican Theatre as part of the BITE'09 International Performance Festival in February 2009 and in the East Festival, London, from the 5th - 10th March 2009 | United Kingdom | 15,000 | |
| presenting the triple dance bill, "Irish Cream" at the War Memorial Auditorium, 16th - 20th March 2009 | United States | 10,000 | |
| performing, in collaboration with San Francisco dance company, Printz Dance Project, at the Cowell Theatre, San Francisco from the 4th - 8th November 2008 | United States | 10,000 | |
| performing at the Centro Cultural Los Talleres, Mexico in January 2009 | Mexico | 4,000 | |
| presenting "Sense and Meaning" in Edinburgh College of Art on the 15th December 2008 | United Kingdom | 2,000 | |
| performing as part of the Movement Research Improvisation Fall Festival, New York from the 1st - 14th December 2008 | United States | 2,000 |
Film
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 34,450 | |||
| organising a 2nd Irish Film Festa "Casa del Cinema" Rome from the 8th - 11th December 2008 | Italy | 10,000 | |
| promotion of Irish short filmmaking at Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, France from the 31st January - 7th Feb 2009 | France | 9,000 | |
| organising the 10th Annual Boston Irish Film Festival from the 9th - 12th November 2008 | United States | 6,000 | |
| Irish filmmakers attending the Short Film festival Encounters Festival 09th - 22nd Nov 2008 | United Kingdom | 3,500 | |
| screening of Fairytale of Kathmandu in the Best of Input event in Taiwan from the 5th - 7th December 2008 and at the Adelaide Film Festival from the 19th February - 1st March 2009 | China, Australia | 2,500 | |
| representing Irish Animation and screening of films at the prestigious Fiae Film Festival at Rio De Janeiros Museum of Modern art, Brazil from the 6th - 14th November 2008 | Brazil | 1,500 | |
| screening two Irish Documentary films at the Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival from the 5th - 9th November 2009 | United Kingdom | 1,350 | |
| Lenny Abrahamson, director of "Garage" attendence at "Around the World in 14 Films" festival in Germany, Germany from the 28th November - 06th December 2008. | Germany | 600 |
Literature
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 8,250 | |||
| programme of events involving Irish aurthors at the 26th Karlsruhe Book Exhibition, Karlsruhe Buecherschau, Germany from the 14th November - 7th December 2008 | Germany | 4,000 | |
| Louis de Paor and John Spillane performing at the International Poetry Festival Islands without Borders, Czech Republic, from the 11th - 13th November 2008 | Czech Republic | 1,500 | |
| participating in the Jaipur Literature Festival, India from the 21st - 25th January 2009 | India | 1,000 | |
| performing a poetry reading at the Festival International De Poesia De Granada, Nicaragua, USA in February 2009 | United States | 1,000 | |
| poetry readings and discussions in Prague and Brno 12- 15 November | Czech Republic | 750 |
Music
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 97,200 | |||
| participation by Irish musicians in GB's Celtic Connections Festival from the 14th January to 1st February 2009 | United Kingdom | 25,000 | |
| RIAM Symphony Orchestra performing concerts in Connecticut, Virginia and New York from the 23rd - 25th January 2009. | United States | 10,000 | |
| organising 2 tours of Irish music in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland between November 2008 and May 2009 | Netherlands | 10,000 | |
| performances by "The Planter and the Gael" and Batt and Maura Burns at the Houston International Festival from the 16th - 24th April 2009 | United States | 9,000 | |
| performing the 36th annual North American Concert tour from the 7th - 21st October 2008 | United States | 7,500 | |
| performing at ten venues across six cities in India from 12th - 30th November 2008 | India | 6,000 | |
| performing a Christmas tour in Canada from the 3rd to 20th December 2008 | Canada | 6,000 | |
| traditional Irish music, song and dance performances at two festivals in Australia and a number of other venues in Australia and New Zealand from the 6th March - 2nd April 2009 | New Zealand, Australia | 5,000 | |
| performing a tour "Irish Christmas in America" involving Tada, Karen Casey, Cara Dillon, Tommy Martin, Grinne Hambly, Sienna Hickey and Abbey Magill from 29th November - 17th December 2008 | United States | 4,000 | |
| performing of a six week tour of Australia and New Zealand from the 6th March - 13th April 2009 | Australia, New Zealand | 4,000 | |
| performing at the Synchronicity Festival, Kanpur, India on the 25th October 2008 | India | 1,800 | |
| Chulrua and Maldon Meehan performing at the 6th annual Eugene Irish Cultural Festival from the 6th - 7th March 2009 | United States | 1,500 | |
| organising the annual Irish Cultural Festival from the 6th - 9th November 2008 | Denmark | 1,500 | |
| Gemma Hayes, Maria Doyle Kennedy and The Hollows to perform at 4th Blue Bird Festival Vienna from the 20th - 22nd November 2008 | Austria | 1,000 | |
| Irish soloists performing works by Irish composers with the Vratza Philharmonic in Philharmonic Hall, Vratza, Bulgaria on the 11th December 2008 | Bulgaria | 1,000 | |
| a concert of new Irish music at the University of York, 1st November 2008 | United Kingdom | 1,000 | |
| inviting David and Kieran Munnelly to perform in seven major theatres in California An Irish Christmas, 29th November - 14th December 2008. | United States | 1,000 | |
| three concerts of Irish music and song - Ger Foley on the 4th October 2008, Tommy O'Sullivan on the 23rd October 2008 and Cherish the Ladies on the 7th December 2008 in Fairfield, USA | United States | 700 | |
| David Flynn and Ioana Petcu - Colan performing a recital of at the Academia de Muzica in Cluj - Napoca in January 2009 | Romania | 600 | |
| Gerry O'Connor, Siobhn Armstrong and Risin Elsafy performing at the Brighton Early Music Festival from the 24th - 26th October 2008 | United Kingdom | 600 |
Theatre
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 262,100 | |||
| performing "The Walworth Farce" on a six - city USA tour from the 25th September - 31st October 2009 | United States | 80,000 | |
| performing "The New Electric Ballroom" at the Perth International Festival in February 2009 and at the Riverside Studios, London in March 2009 | Australia, United Kingdom | 70,000 | |
| presenting "Rank" by Robert Massey at the Tricycle Theatre, London from the 3rd - 22nd November 2008 | United Kingdom | 30,000 | |
| performing "The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst" at the 11th Turkish State Theatre's International Festival from the 27th March - 8th April 2009 | Turkey | 30,000 | |
| performing a six week UK tour of the "Playboy of the Western World" from the 20th April - 25th May 2009 | United Kingdom | 20,000 | |
| participating at the International Theatre Festival in Sibiu, Romania from the 28th May - 04th July 2009 | Romania | 8,000 | |
| performing in 7 refugee camps in Bhutanese, Nepal in November - December 2008 | Nepal | 8,000 | |
| performing and installing "Ephemeral silence or the universe of D.A.N.T.E at the Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, Wales from the 29th March - 19th April 2009 | United Kingdom | 4,000 | |
| theatre/music show/storytelling performances in NYU, New York on the 3rd November 2008, Boston Irish Theatre 10th November 2008 and Irish Arts Foundation, San Francisco November 2008 | United States | 4,000 | |
| Orla Barry performing "The Scavenger's Daughter" at the Tate Modern, London on the 13th December 2008 | United Kingdom | 3,000 | |
| presenting "Forgotten" at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival from the 21st - 22nd October 2008 | United Kingdom | 2,500 | |
| performing a solo puppet piece Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the 25th World performing Arts Festival, Pakistan from the 13th - 23rd November 2008 | Pakistan | 2,000 | |
| speaking at the Symposium on Playboy of the Western World: then and now on 19th October 2008 | United States | 600 |
Visual Art
| Summary Description | Countries | Cities | Amount Approved (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 115,100 | |||
| participating at 3 major International Art Fairs, Art Forum, Berlin from the 31st October - 3rd November 2008, Pulse, US from the 3rd - 7th December 2008 and ARCO, Madrid from the 11th - 16th February 2009 | Germany, Spain, United States | 15,000 | |
| a solo performance by Gerard Mannix Flynn in China, "Return to Sender" and "The Fighter", an exhibition of Farcrys works and screening of their films entitled "Remnants of our past" and "Victim Impact Report" in Taipei, Oct - Dec 2008. | China | 15,000 | |
| an exhibition by artists from the Achill Artists Group in Cologne, Germany in March 2009 | Germany | 9,000 | |
| selection of Irish artists participating in an exhibition project at the Smart Project Space, Amsterdam from the 10th January to the 21st February 2009 | Netherlands | 8,000 | |
| organising a solo international exhibition in Newfoundland, Canada from September 2009 - September 2010 | Canada | 8,000 | |
| Irish artists participation in the exhibition "The Pressure of a Sign: Visible Invisible" at CACE, Porto from the 31st Jan - 1st March 2009 and Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw from the 28th January - 27th February 2010 | Portugal, Poland | 8,000 | |
| participating in "Sounds and Visions - Art Film and Video from Europe" at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel from the 6th February - 20th April 2009 | Israel | 5,000 | |
| exhibit at the Centre of Contemporary Non-objective art, Brussels from 17th October to 19th November 2008 and participate in the Turin Triennale from the 6th November 2008 - 18th January 2009 and NADA Art Fair, US from the 5th - 9th December 2008 | United States, Italy, Belgium | 5,000 | |
| presenting the publication "Printed Project" at Printed Matters "NY Art Book Fair", New York from the 23rd to 26th October 2008 | United States | 4,000 | |
| an exhibition by David Beatte, Karl Burke and Chris Fite - Wassilak at studio 1.1 London from the 8th January to 1st February 2009 | United Kingdom | 4,000 | |
| send copies of Circa Art Magazine to Major Art Fairs and Biennales worldwide and arrange e-flux international art listing service in 2009 | 3,500 | ||
| an exhibition of work by selected Irish visual artists at Saint - tienne Biennial of Design, Lyon, France from the 15th to 30th November 2008 | France | 3,500 | |
| participating in a group show at the LA County Museum, Los Angeles from the 27th November 2008 - 23rd January 2009 and 2 exhibitions in Hanbury Street Project Space, London from the 4th - 25th November 2008 and at the Sketch Gallery, London from the 20th | United Kingdom, United States | 3,000 | |
| a solo exhibition of photographs and video works at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne from the 5th June - 1st August 2009 | Australia | 3,000 | |
| exhibiting of George Bolster's art installation Reckoner at MASS MoCA from April 2009 until March 2010 | United States | 3,000 | |
| a solo exhibition at Robert Drees Gallery, Hanover, Germany in February - March 2009 and at Art Cologne in May 2009 | Germany | 2,500 | |
| perfroming at the Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil with four other international artists from the 2nd- 6th November 2008 | Brazil | 2,000 | |
| participate and perform at the International Performance Festival at the Asiatopia, Bangkok from the 14th - 16th November 2008 | Thailand | 2,000 | |
| a solo exhibition "Here Somewhere" at the Mart House Gallery, Amsterdam from the 21st November to 21st December 2008 | Netherlands | 2,000 | |
| a solo exhibition "Many Shades of Black" at the MOP in Sydney from 3rd - 26th November 2008 | Australia | 1,500 | |
| an exhibition by Janet Mullarney and Concert by Kay McCarthy as part of the 3rd Riflessidiversi Festival in Magione, Italy from the 18th - 25th October 2008 | Italy | 1,500 | |
| performing in Exist 08, international Festival of Live Art in Brisbane, Australia from the 22nd to 26th October 2008 | Australia | 1,000 | |
| an exhibition and live performance at the Trace Gallery, Cardiff in November 2008 | United Kingdom | 1,000 | |
| participating at Preview Berlin - The Emerging Art Fair from the 30th October - 2nd November 2008 | Germany | 1,000 | |
| a solo exhibition at Mary Mary Gallery, GB, Scotland from the 15th November - 20th December 2008 | United Kingdom | 1,000 | |
| participating in the China International Photography Festival October 2008 | China | 800 | |
| presenting photographic exhibition, "A Tale of two Cities", at Barristers Gallery, New Orleans from the 8th November - 29th December 2008 | United States | 800 | |
| presentation of Pripyat by Nicky Larkin at the Optica Video Art Festival, Spain, Spain from the 16th to- 18th October 2008 | Spain | 500 | |
| Niamh O'Malley presenting a solo exhibition at the HIAP Project Room, at the Cable Factory, Helsinki from the 2nd - 19th December 2008 | Finland | 500 |
Total for Autumn 2008: €615,100