Grants 2016
Our 2016 grants are now closed. You can view the recipients of the 2016 Arts Act Grant Below. Details of the 2017 Arts Grants Scheme will be posted on our website, Facebook and e-bulletin.
| ARTS ACT GRANT SCHEME 2016 - REPORT FOR KILDARE COUNTY COUNCIL | |||||
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | ORGANISATION | AREA | PROJECT DESCRIPTION | AMOUNT AWARDED |
| ARTS ACT GRANT | |||||
| Arts Act - Education | |||||
| Jones | Caroline | Broadford National School | Moyvalley | Refurbishment and tuning of piano and set of Ukeles for the school | €400 |
| Campbell | Fiona | Naas Community National School | Naas | Purchase keyboard | €350 |
| Arts Act - Professional Artists | |||||
| Donoghue | Collette | Naas | Finalise EP production and produce accompanying Music Video | €1,000 | |
| O'Brien | Martina | Naas | 6 month residency in the Irish Centre for High End Computing | €1,500 | |
| O'Sullivan | Sadhbh | Celbridge | To establish a Music and Health programme in one of more local nursing homes in Kildare | €1,000 | |
| McHugh | Tony | Leixlip | Record drum sampling for upcoming EP release and CD duplication | €650 | |
| Freeman | Lisa | Athy | Costs to attend Performance art workshop in Venice | €715 | |
| Fogarty | Dolores | Maynooth | Create a 10 track album modernising old Irish 'slow airs' | €500 | |
| Conway | John | Leixlip | Funding for the 2nd stage of 'The New Normal' a collaborative community art project exploring the experiences of breast cancer survivors. | €800 | |
| Hensey | Noel | Newbridge | Produce work for upcoming exhibition to be curated by Abir Boukhari | €790 | |
| Costigan | Evan | Maynooth | Costs to attend week-long residency in Ty Newydd writing centre | €650 | |
| Boyle | Susan | Kildare | Costs to bring 'A Wine Goose Chase' to Belgium for a symposium on Ireland's connections to Europe. | €700 | |
| Brabazon | Gay | The Curragh | A multi-media body of work based on the story of 'The Curragh Wrens' | €300 | |
| Lipstein | Daniel | Monasterevin | Costs for exhibiting in 'The Custom House Studio Gallery' | €750 | |
| Fagan | Pauline | Narraghmore | Research the actress and writer Margaret Kate Shaw | €500 | |
| Woods | Paul | Monasterevin | Costs for PVC prints from current exhibition 'The People, the Land' | €1,000 | |
| Golubowski | Michal | Kildare | Purchase equipment and materials for stone sculpture | €1,400 | |
| O'Regan | Maebh | Celbridge | Costs for mounting exhibition 'House Painting' | €300 | |
| Johnston | Joseph | Naas | Explore and attempt to modernise the Irish 'fairy tale' | €1,500 | |
| Collins | Olive | Naas | Travel costs for researching new novel based in Jamaica and Ireland | €700 | |
| Keane | Eileen | Newbridge | Costs to attend the Cork international short story festival | €380 | |
| Nevin | Matthew | Naas | Exhibit 'The Core Project' in Rua Red | €1,000 | |
| Keena | Pauline | Clane | Create body of work to exhibit at the 2016 World congress of Psycho-oncology | €1,000 | |
| Arts Act - Community Groups | |||||
| Hayden | Berna | Herbert Lodge School of Music | Kilcullen | Lecture Series: The Golden Age of Italian Opera | €500 |
| Higgins | Patirica | Herbert Lodge School of Music | Kilcullen | Dramatised production of O.Henry short story ''The Magi'' | €500 |
| Daly | Richard | Athy College | Athy | Establish local community choir | €500 |
| O'Donovan | Deirdre | The Millicent Singers | Clane | Professional development with Conductor David Brophy | €500 |
| Molloy | Kim | On Track' Productions | Ballitore | Drama project exploring reality of social media | €800 |
| Gillespie | Sarah | The Bridge, Grangebeg Camphill Communities | Kilcullen | Photographic exhibition local businesses & community | €400 |
| O'Leary | Stephen | Derrinturn Foroige Youth Club | Carbury | Production of short film | €400 |
| Ryan | Mary | Kilteel Eadestown Comhaltas | Naas | Professional / performance development with James Duggan | €500 |
| Fenlon | Fergus | The Hive | Kildare | Series art & drama w/shops, summer into autumn: Susan Boyle | €600 |
| Phelan | Emer | Maynooth Gospel Choir | Maynooth | By working with other socs like to increase awareness og the choir | €500 |
| Crehan | Eimear | Spaek up: Sing Out Music School | Kilcock | Record an album with Mens Shed, Kilcock | €1,000 |
| Jones | Sean | St Patricks College Drama Soc. | Maynooth | Production of JB Keane's 'The Year of the Hiker' | €500 |
| Kehoe | Gaye | Monasterevin Gospel Choir | Monasterevin | Purchase of: Headset microphones & collapsible steps | €500 |
| Deegan | Eimear | Ballymore Eustace Concert Band | Ballymore Eustace | Series instrument specific masterclasses | €500 |
| Ryan | Daniel | Newbridge Musical Society | Newbridge | Cost to secure rights to stage '9:5 The Musical' | €500 |
| Byrne | Aisling | Run of the Mill Theatre | Celbridge | Creation of short film 'Downtown' | €700 |
| Goulding | Gillian | Irish Wheelchair Association | Athy | Felting course with Liadain Butler | €500 |
| Martin | Kevin | Naas Film Club | Naas | Support for promotion material | €300 |
| Leahy | John | South Kildare Photography Club | Newbridge | Expenses associated with annual exhibition | €400 |
| Byrne | Ann | Athy Musical & Dramatic Soc | Athy | Collaborative production with 2nd level schs in Athy March 2017 | €500 |
| Hyland | Hugh | Athy Film Club | Athy | Support for promotion material | €300 |
| Abozaglo | Patty | Maynooth | Collaborative Arts proj. U3A Maynooth: Vera McEvoy | €1,000 | |
| Caulfield | David | Celbridge Camera Club | Celbridge | Costs associated with annual exhibition | €400 |
| O'Reilly | Sadie | Clane Musical and Dramatic Society | Clane | Costs for upcoming musical 'Kiss me Kate | €500 |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER ARTS ACT GRANT | €30,685 | ||||
| ARTIST IN SCHOOLS BURSARY AWARD | |||||
| Breslin | Gerry | Kildare Town Educate Together NS | Kildare | 6 week ceramic project. | €2,500 |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER ARTIST IN SCHOOLS BURSARY AWARD | €2,500 | ||||
| TYRONE GUTHRIE RESIDENCY BURSARY AWARD | |||||
| Smith | Fifi | Celbridge | Complete development of 'The Plight of the material world' exhibition | €650 | |
| Ralli | Matthew | Naas | Develop script for upcoming play 'Keratin' | €650 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER TYRONE GUTHRIE RESIDENCY BURSARY AWARD | €1,300 | ||||
| DANCE SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARY | |||||
| O'Reilly | Kathleen | Naas | Attend Kildare Dance and Movement Summer School | €400 | |
| Cleary | Caitríona | Maynooth | Attend Kildare Dance and Movement Summer School | €400 | |
| O'Callaghan | Lauren | Leixlip | Attend Kildare Dance and Movement Summer School | €400 | |
| Jordan | Niamh | Naas | Attend Kildare Dance and Movement Summer School | €400 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER DANCE SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARY | €1,600 | ||||
| YOUTH ARTS BURSARY AWARD | |||||
| O'Brien | Geraldine | Playacting Drama Group | Celbridge | Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet | €2,500 |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER YOUTH ARTS BURSARY AWARD | €2,500 | ||||
| PLATFORM4 RECORDING BURSARY | |||||
| McAlinden | Orla | Cór Gael Scoil Chill Dara | Curragh | Record a charity CD in Irish | €900 |
| Haskins | Carolann | Athy | Record new 12 track album | €900 | |
| Kelly | Clodagh | Leixlip | Record 'Empty Vessels' sound installation | €900 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER PLATFORM4 RECORDING BURSARY | €2,700 | ||||
| DRAMA LEAGUE OF IRELAND BURSARY AWARD | |||||
| McGinley | Daniel | Calverstown | Attend DLI summer school course 'What is a director? Why do they exist?' | €495 | |
| McLaughlin | Mary | Newbridge | Attend DLI summer school course 'Brick by Brick; | €495 | |
| Burton Lambe | Noel | Castledermot | Attend DLI summer school - no course spec. | €495 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER DRAMA LEAGUE OF IRELAND BURSARY | €1,485 | ||||
| CECIL DAY LEWIS LITERARY BURSARY AWARD | |||||
| Professional Category | |||||
| Lynch | David | Leixlip | Novel loosely based on experience as a journalist during the 'Arab Spring' | €2,000 | |
| Emerging Category | |||||
| McAlinden | Orla | Newbridge | Develop new novel 'The flight of the wren' | €1,500 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER CECIL DAY LEWSI LITERARY BURSARY AWARD | €3,500 | ||||
| EMERGING VISUAL ARTIST BURSARY AWARD | |||||
| Golubowska | Marta | Kildare | Exhibition entitled 'Be-longing' which examines what makes a home. | €2,500 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER EMERGING VISUAL ARTIST BURSARY AWARD | €2,500 | ||||
| LOCAL PUBLISHING BURSARY AWARD | |||||
| Roche | Clement | Athy | Publish 'Athy and District World War One Roll of Honour' | €650 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER LOCAL PUBLISHING AWARD | €650 | ||||
| ARTISTIC ENTREPRENEUR BURSARY IN ASSOCIATION WITH KILDARE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | |||||
| Sheridan | Paul | Leixlip | Purchase a Wacom Cintiq drawing board | €1,500 | |
| TOTAL AWARDED UNDER ARTISTIC ENTREPRENEUR BURSARY | €1,500 | ||||
| SHORT GRASS FILM BURSARY | |||||
| Webster | Paul | Leixlip | Produce 'The Vasectomy Doctor' | €1,500 | |
| Higgins | Donal | Naas | Produce 'The Story of Yes!' | €1,500 | |
| Carroll | Louisa | Celbridge | Produce 'Something in the Water' | €1,500 | |
| TOTAL SHORT GRASS FILM BURSARY | €4,500 | ||||
| GRAND TOTAL AWARDED UNDER KILDARE COUNTY COUNCIL ARTS GRANTS 2016 | €55,420 | ||||