Arts Act Grant Scheme 2011

Category

Name

Area

Project Description

Amount Awarded

Professional Visual Artists

Gillian Lawler

Athy 

Development of a new body of work

€800.00

Paul Woods

Ballitore

Development of a new body of work

€1,200.00

Mark Mc Greevy

Prosperous

Development of a new body of work

€1,200.00

Oonagh O'Brien

Newbridge

Study trip 

€150.00

Padraig Robinson

Athy 

Development of a new body of work

€800.00

Visual Arts Collectives

Maeve Mulrennan

Allen

Artists residency programme

€1,500.00

Music Collectives

David Day Jabba Jabba Drumming

Athy 

Childrens drumming workshops

€600.00

Professional Dance Artists 

Aisling Kennedy

Celbridge

Ballet Summer Dance programme, Boston

€1,000.00

Professional Theatre Collectives

The Kaleidascope project

Ballitore

New childrens theatre production

€1,200.00

Tavistock Arts 

Newbridge

New play 'Skip to the End

€1,200.00

Theatre Rua

Prosperous

Griffintown' touring costs

€1,200.00

Crossfire Theatre CO

Newbridge 

Development of play 'Words'

€1,200.00

Crooked House Theatre

Newbridge

Staging of Irish premiere of 'Other Hands'

€1,200.00

Mend and Make Do Theatre Co

Athy 

Touring of 'You with the Tears in your Eyes'

€1,200.00

Community Theatre

Carbury Drama Group

Carbury

Upgrade of lighting system

€800.00

Film

Darren Bolger/CAKE

Curragh

Short Film Festival

€3,000.00

Arts and Health

Nas Na Riogh Housing Assoc

Naas

Artist in Residence programme Jennie Moran

€1,000.00

Croi Anu Creative Centre

Moone

Moone and surrounding memories project for active retired

€800.00

Youth Arts

Foroige 

Kilberry

Residency with writer Oisin Mc Gann

€1,000.00

Community Arts Projects

Celbridge Artistic project

Celbridge

Open day in new creative centre

€400.00

Artists in Schools Residency Bursary Award 2011

School

Area

Artist

Project Description

Amount Awarded

St Marys Boys NS

Maynooth

Amelia Peart

Visual arts/ printmaking progarmme, inspired by the heritage of North Kildare

€2,500.00

Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Bursary Award 2011

Category

Recipient

Area

Two weeks residential bursary at TGC artists workplace

Music

Piaras Hoban

Naas

€650.00

Literature/Drama

Mairin O'Grady

Newbridge

€650.00

Music

Eimear Crehan Fox

Kilcock

€650.00

Youth Arts Residency Bursary 2011

Group Name

Artist

Project Description

Newbridge Family Resource Centre 

Lorraine Walsh

Animation hub project

€2,500.00

Drama League of Ireland Summer School Bursary Award 2011

Recipient

Area

Mary Clare Mc Mahon

Kilcullen

€440.00

Laban Guild Dance Leaders Course Bursary 2011

Recipient

Area

Audrey Holligan

Monasterevin

Course fees to attend Kildare Dance Summer School, NUI, Maynooth

€350.00

Orla Gildea

Leixlip

€350.00

Emerging Visual Artists Solo Exhibition Bursary Award 2011

Recipient

Area

Noel Hensey

Newbridge

Solo exhibition at Riverbank Arts Centre, with marketing and technical assistance

€2,500.00

Recording Bursary at Leixlip Library 2011

Musician/Band

Area

Description

Dave Nolan

Kildangan

Recording of original music

€900.00

Orla Gildea

Leixlip

Recording an original play

€900.00

Lost Colours

Celbridge

Recording of original music

€900.00

Tristan Carroll

Rathangan

Recording of original music

€900.00

Above Control

Leixlip/Celbridge

Recording of original music

€900.00

Shoman and the Purple Trees

Leixlip

Recording of original music

€900.00

Film Bursary Award 2011

Laura Mc Gann

Newbridge

Mr Mace:  the day capitalism arrived in rural Ireland

€3500 plus

€300 editing time

Cecil Day Lewis Literary Bursary Award 2011

Peter Cunningham

Naas

Writing new novel

€2,500.00

TOTAL VALUE OF 2011 GRANTS

€43,740.00