The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Last week, we were delighted to host members of Ireland's leading traditional circus companies at our offices in Dublin. This landmark consultation provided a valuable opportunity to hear directly from traditional circus artists and organisations about the challenges they face. These conversations enable us to provide improved strategic support to this valued pillar of Ireland's arts sector, in line with the new circus policy we will publish this year.

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A statement from the Arts Council regarding our 2023 Annual Report: https://bit.ly/40NnpJu

Today we were delighted to celebrate the election of Paul Muldoon as Saoi of Aosdána. Paul was conferred with the title of Saoi at a special ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin, presided over by President Michael D. Higgins. Speaking today, Chair of the Arts Council Maura McGrath said "To date, there have been 21 Saoithe, and today, the happy occasion of Paul Muldoon’s election brings the number to 22" Read more: https://bit.ly/40PEQJu

Attendance at arts events in Ireland is returning to pre-Covid levels. Today we are delighted to share the results of our 2024 Arts Insight survey, which found 83% of people attended at least one arts event in the previous year, up 11% on 2023. Welcoming the survey findings, our Director Maureen Kennelly said: “I would like to commend all the hard work by artists and arts organisations to engage new and returning audiences after the profound impact of the pandemic on the arts sector." Read more: https://bit.ly/3CC9Vbm 📷: Westival / AMAYO Photography

REMINDER! We are currently inviting tenders for the provision of multidisciplinary arts advisory and assessment services. Deadline: 31 Jan - TOMORROW info: https://lnkd.in/eKEciZ9R

Insightful article on yesterdays 'Suni Arárk a thadyr', 'Looking ahead with Pride' Traveller art event with Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Board member Rosaleen McDonagh said "finally, finally we are having a Traveller renaissance around creativity and art" Arts Council Director Maureen Kennelly said "Today is a clear signal to us, we want to create better conditions to support and develop Traveller artists." RTE more: https://lnkd.in/eGpiBxrm

We were honoured to host delegations from arts councils and cultural institutions across Europe this week for the 2025 Nordic, Baltic, UK & Ireland Forum. We're grateful to be able to strengthen relationships with our European counterparts and thank delegates for sharing valuable perspectives and ideas. Organisations represented at the forum included: 🔹 Arts Council England 🔹 Creative Scotland 🔹 Arts Promotion Centre Finland - Taiteen edistämiskeskus Taike 🔹 Estonian Cultural Endowment 🔹 Rannís - The Icelandic Centre for Research 🔹 State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia 🔹 Lietuvos kultūros taryba | Lithuanian Council for Culture 🔹 Nordic Culture Point 🔹 Arts Council of Northern Ireland 🔹 Kulturdirektoratet 🔹 Kulturrådet - Swedish Arts Council 🔹 Celfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru | Wales Arts International 🔹 Arts Council of Wales 🔹 Nordisk Kulturfond 🔹 Culture Ireland Participating artist: Micheál O'Connell / MOCKSIM 📷 : Conor Ó Mearáin / Mark Maxwell

We welcome Patrick O'Donovan's appointment as Minister for Arts, Culture, Communications, Media and Sport. We look forward to working with the minister to develop the arts in Ireland and to maximise opportunities for artists and arts audiences. Comhghairdeas mór, Patrick O'Donovan TD!