Grants awarded in September 2008

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

Theatre and dance
Name Amount in Euros

Ursula Mawson Raffalt performing  "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 and the Etropolis Theatre and the Ion Sava Centre for Theatrical Research, the National Theatre, Bucharest, 3rd August - 6th September 2009            

4,000

Miriam Lambert performing “ Goldilocks and the Three Bears” at the 25th World performing Arts Festival, Pakistan from the 13th - 23rd November 2008

2,000

Fishamble Theatre Company presenting "Forgotten" at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival from the 21st - 22nd October 2008

2,500

Aindrias Stack 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

4,000

Orla Barry performing "The Scavenger's Daughter" at the Tate Modern, London on the 13th December 2008

3,000

Ursula Mawson Raffalt performing at the International Theatre Festival in Sibiu, Romania from the 28th May - 04th July 2009

8,000

Fishamble Theatre Company presenting "Rank" by Robert Massey at the Tricycle Theatre, London from the 3rd - 22nd November 2008

30,000

Druid Theatre Company performing "The New Electric Ballroom" at the Perth International Festival in February 2009

70,000

Nessa Cronin speaking at the Symposium “ Playboy of the Western World: then and now” on 19th October 2008

600

Daghdha Dance Company presenting "Sense and Meaning" in Edinburgh College of Art on the 15th December 2008

2,000

Elena Glannotti performing as part of the Movement Research Improvisation Fall Festival, New York from the 1st - 14th December 2008

2,000

MIFA Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts
presenting the triple dance bill  "Irish Cream"  at the War Memorial Auditorium, 16th - 20th March 2009

10,000

Legitimate Bodies Dance Company performing at the Centro Cultural Los Talleres, Mexico in January 2009

4,000

Colin Dunne performing  "Out of Time" at the Barbican Theatre as part of the BITE'09 International Performance Festival in February 2009 and at the East Festival, London from the 5th - 10th March 2009

15,000

Siamsa Tíre performing in collaboration with San Francisco dance company Printz Dance Project at the Cowell Theatre, San Francisco from the 4th - 8th November 2008

10,000

Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre performing "Giselle" at the Perth International Arts Festival, Australia from the 28th February - 08th March 2009

55,000

The Gate Theatre and the 2009 Sydney Festival  will present a season of plays by Brien Friel.

75,000

Blue Raincoat Theatre performing "The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst" at the 11th Turkish State Theatre's International Festival from the 27th March -8th April 2009. 30,000


Subtotal: 327,100

Film
Name Amount in Euros

Conor Finnegan  screening of films at the Fiae Film Festival at the Rio De Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, Brazil from the 6th - 14th November 2008

1,500

Neasa Ní Chianain 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

2,500

Cork Film Festival promotion of  Irish short filmmaking at Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, France from the 31st January - 7th Feb 2009

9,000

Irish Filmakers attendance at "Around the World in 14 Films" festival in Berlin, Germany from the 28th November - 06th December 2008

600

 Screening two Irish Documentary films at the Sheffield International documentary Film Festival from the 5th - 9th November 2009

1,350

Elizabeth Harkman attending the Short Film Festival Encounters Festival 9th - 22nd Nov 2008

3,500

Boston Irish Film Festival organising the 10th Annual Boston Irish Film Festival from the 9th - 12th November 2008

6,000

 

Christina Gangos participating at the Tbilisa International Film Festival in December 2008 500
Eamon Connolly- 1i Productions attending screening of his film 'Eternal' in Palestine from 29th Nov-7th Dec 2008. 1,500
Alpha Pictures organising the 2nd Irish Film Festival 'Casa Del Cinema' Rome, Italy from t 8th-11th December 2008. 10,000


Subtotal: 36,450

Music
Name Amount in Euros

Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society 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

700

David Flynn and Loana Petcu - Colan David Flynn and Ioana Petcu - Colan performing a recital of at the Academia de Muzica in Cluj - Napoca in January 2009

600

Vienna Songwriting Association Gemma Hayes, Maria Doyle Kennedy and The Hollows to perform at 4th Blue Bird Festival Vienna from the 20th - 22nd November 2008

1,000

Eugene Irish Cultural Festival Chulrua and Maldon Meehan performing at the 6th annual Eugene Irish Cultural Festival from the 6th - 7th March 2009

1,500

Derek Gleeson and Irish soloists performing works by Irish composers with the Vratza Philharmonic in Philharmonic Hall, Vratza, Bulgaria on the 11th December 2008

1,000

Gerry O'Connor, Siobhán Armstrong and Róisin Elsafy performing at the Brighton Early Music Festival from the 24th - 26th October 2008

600

Irish Composers Collective performing a concert of new Irish music at the University of York, 1st November 2008

1,000

Glyder performing at the Synchronicity Festival, Kanpur, India on the 25th October 2008

1,800

Copenhagen Irish Festival organising the annual Irish Cultural Festival from the 6th - 9th November 2008

1,500

Seamus Begley performing a tour of traditional Irish music, song and dance performanes at two festivals in Australia and a number of other venues in Australia and New Zealand from the 6th March - 2nd April 2009

5,000

Kerry Records inviting David and Kieran Munnelly to perform “An Irish Christmas”  at seven venues in California 29th November - 14th December 2008

1,000

Honor Heffernan performing at ten venues across six cities in India from 12th - 30th November 2008

6,000

Danú  performing a Christmas tour in Canada from the 3rd to 20th December 2008

6,000

Ceol Productions presenting tour "Irish Christmas in America"  involving Téada, Karen Casey, Cara Dillon, Tommy Martin, Gráinne Hambly, Sienna Hickey and Abbey Magill from 29th November - 17th December 2008

4,000

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann performing the 36th annual North American Concert tour from the 7th - 21st October 2008

7,500

Royal Irish Academy of Music  Symphony Orchestra performing concerts in Connecticut, Virginia and New York from the 23rd - 25th January 2009

10,000

Wigt Productions organising two tours of Irish music in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland between November 2008 and May 2009

10,000

Ergodos, Irish composers attending concerts of contemporary Irish music, 16th Dec, Amsterdam and 18th Dec Berlin 2008 2,775
Irish musicians participating in Glasgow's Celtic Connections Festival from the 14th January- 1st February 2009. 25,000


Subtotal: 86,975

Visual Arts
Name Amount in Euros

Tristan Fennell participating in the Singapore International Photography Festival October 2008

800

Molesworth Gallery presentation of “Pripyat” by Nicky Larkin at the Optica Video Art Festival, Madrid, Spain from the 16th to- 18th October 2008

500

Áine Phillips, performing in “Exist 08”, International Festival of Live Art in Brisbane, Australia from the 22nd to 26th October 2008

1,000

Harry Moore presenting a photographic exhibition, "A Tale of Two Cities", at Barristers Gallery, New Orleans from the 8th November - 29th December 2008

800

Amanda Coogan presenting an exhibition and live performance at the Trace Gallery, Cardiff in November 2008

1,000

Denis McNulty exhibiting at the Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil with four other international artists from the 2nd- 6th November 2008

2,000

Declan Rooney presenting a solo exhibition "Many Shades of Black" at the MOP in Sydney from 3rd - 26th November 2008

1,500

Amanda Coogan performing at the International Performance Festival at the Asiatopia, Bangkok from the 14th - 16th November 2008

2,000

Clodagh Emoe presenting a solo exhibition “Here Somewhere” at the Mart House Gallery, Amsterdam from the 21st November to 21st December 2008

2,000

Immagini D'Irlanda in Umbria presenting 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

1,500

Patrick Jolly 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 November – 13th January 2009.

3,000

Ard Bia Gallery participating in Preview Berlin - The Emerging Art Fair from the 30th October - 2nd November 2008

1,000

Trish Morrissey presenting a solo exhibition of photographs and video works at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne from the 5th June - 1st August 2009

3,000

Stephan Brandes presenting a solo exhibition at Robert Drees Gallery, Hanover, Germany in February - March 2009 and to present work at  Art Cologne in May 2009

2,500

Circa art Magazine promotions at major Art Fairs and Biennales worldwide and arrange e-flux international art listing service in 2009

3,500

Aleana Egan presenting a solo exhibition at Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland from the 15th November - 20th December 2008

1,000

Benjamin Gaulon presenting an exhibition of work by selected Irish visual artists at Saint - Étienne Biennial of Design, Lyon, France from the 15th to 30th November 2008

3,500

Visual Arts Ireland presenting the publication "Printed Project" at Printed Matters NY Art Book Fair, New York from the 23rd to 26th October 2008

4,000

Exhibition by David Beattie, Karl Burke and Chris Fite - Wassilak at studio 1.1 London from the 8th January to 1st February 2009

4,000

Exhibition of George Bolster's art installation “Reckoner” at MASS MoCA from April 2009 until March 2010

3,000

Clare Langan 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

10,000

Smart Project Space Foundation selection of Irish artists participating in an exhibition project at the Smart Project Space, Amsterdam from the 10th January to the 21st February 2009

8,000

Séan McCrum organising a solo international exhibition in Newfoundland, Canada from September 2009 - September 2010

8,000

Achill Artist Group presenting an exhibition in Cologne, Germany in March 2009

9,000

Rubicon Gallery participating at Art Forum, Berlin from the 31st October - 3rd November 2008, Pulse, Miami from the 3rd - 7th December 2008 and ARCO, Madrid from the 11th - 16th February 2009

15,000

Síun Hanrahan participating 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

8,000

Green on Red Gallery participating at the NADA Art Fair, Miami, 5th- 9th December 2008.

5,000

Niamh O'Malley presenting a solo exhibition at the HIAP Project Room, at the Cable Factory, Helsinki from the 2nd - 19th December 2008.

500

 

Subtotal: 105,600

Literature
Name Amount in Euros

Clare Muireann Murphy participating in the Jaipur Literature Festival, India from the 21st - 25th January 2009

1,000

Moya Cannon performing a poetry reading at the Festival International De Poesia De Granada, Nicaragua, USA in February 2009

1,000

CLE Irish Book Publishers Association programme of events involving Irish authors at the 26th Karlsruhe Book Exhibition, Germany from the 14th November - 7th December 2008

4,000

Eilean Ní Chuilleanain poetry readings and discussions in Prague and Brno 12- 15 November

750

Louis de Paor and John Spillane performing at the International Poetry Festival Islands without Borders, Czech Republic, from the 11th - 13th November 2008

1,500


Subtotal: 8,250