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Arts in Schools, 2004 Directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmes
Cover photograph: Sinead Foley, artist facilitating a Mask-Making Workshop as part of Kilkenny Arts Festival 2003 programme for Young People. Photographer: Michael Brown © The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, 2004 ISBN 1-904291-08-2
Arts in Schools, 2004
For over 30 years, the Arts Council/an Chomhairle Ealaíon has supported the arts within formal
education – both directly, through schemes and residencies and, indirectly, through funding the
education and outreach programmes of arts organisations.
New and revised curricula in primary and second-level schools have strengthened the place of
the arts in education. As a result, an increasing number of arts organisations are becoming
involved in education programmes. The Arts Council encourages and supports collaboration
between arts organisations, artists and schools as a means of enriching young people’s artistic
and aesthetic education. We also value the positive contribution this collaboration makes to the
work of the artist and the teacher.
To support and promote collaborations between artists, arts organisations and schools, the Arts
Council published, last year, a directory of organisations running arts-in-schools programmes,
Supporting Arts in Education. This addressed the information gap between the arts and
education communities regarding the work in schools of arts organisations.
The directory was popular with artists, educators and administrators, who use it as a practical
resource in setting up new projects and relationships. To maintain the momentum and to keep
the information up-to-date, we have again compiled this directory for 2004. Arts in Schools,
2004 lists an additional 40 arts organisations working in schools, reflecting both the increase in
arts-in-schools activity and its changing nature.
We are currently looking into the possibility of transforming this directory into an online
interactive database, which would be searchable and updateable.
We welcome your comments and suggestions for improving this service. You can fill in the
evaluation form on our website or email your comments to Sarah Bannan, Local Arts Services
Officer, at sarah.bannan@artscouncil.ie. Thank you for your comments and suggestions in
relation to last year’s directory, which informed the production of this year’s publication.
Mary Cloake
Development Director
The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Lorraine Comer, Education Specialist Sarah Bannan, Local Arts Services Officer
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About the Arts in Schools 2004 directory The information in this directory comes directly from the arts sector, with each organisation describing its arts-in-schools programming in its own words. The directory was compiled from questionnaires sent in March to all organisations in receipt of Arts Council revenue funding in 2004, seeking information about their arts-in-schools activities, if any. Local authority arts officers and the Council of National Cultural Institutions were also surveyed. The document is presented in two parts. Part One summarises the information in a series of overviews – by county, by artform and by age range. We hope that this makes the directory more accessible and easier for readers to locate an organisation in their area, working with a particular education level or an artform of interest, and so on. Part Two presents the information in detail; it lists all the organisations surveyed, along with appropriate contact details and their own descriptions of their arts-in-schools programming. The Arts Council is constantly responding to requests for information and advice relating to arts in schools from individual artists, arts organisations, schools and others. As an artist working or hoping to work in schools, you may wish to contact the Arts Council and find out how we can help support your work in education settings. The Arts Council offers financial supports for artists through grants to individual artists or groups of artists. Information on and application forms for these grants can be found in the Council’s practical guide, Supports for Artists. This explains how to apply for awards, how awards are assessed, the objectives of each award and who is eligible to apply. To get your copy of Supports for Artists, contact the Arts Council by telephone on 01 618 0200, by email at artistsservices@artscouncil.ie, or see www.artscouncil.ie. Arts in Schools, 2004 3 A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmes
Contents
PART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by county 7
Overview by artform 10
Overview by target age range 18
PART TWO: Arts-in-schools activities in detail
Arts organisations
Abbey Theatre 22 Dance Theatre of Ireland 36
Access CINEMA 22 Dingle Writing Courses 36
Achill Heinrich Böll Association 22 Douglas Hyde Gallery 36
Alternative Entertainments Arts Group 23 Draíocht 37
Áras Éanna 23 Drama League of Ireland 37
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children 23 Droichead Arts Centre 37
Artlink 24 Dublin Theatre Festival 38
Arts and Disability Forum 24 Dublin Youth Theatre 38
Arts and Disability Ireland 24 Dunamaise Arts Centre 38
Artspace 25 Éigse Carlow Arts Festival 39
Art Trail 25 Federation of Music Collectives 39
Baboró International Arts Festival Film Base 39
for Children 25 Fluxusdance 40
Ballet Ireland 26 Fresh Film Festival 40
Ballina Arts Events 26 Gallery of Photography 40
Barnstorm Theatre Company 26 Galloglass Theatre Company 41
Belltable Arts Centre 27 Galway Arts Centre 41
Books Ireland 27 Galway Early Music 41
Briery Gap Cultural Centre 27 Galway Film Centre 42
Buí Bolg 28 Galway Youth Theatre 42
Butler Gallery 28 Gandon Editions 42
Cairdeas na bhFidléirí 28 Garter Lane Arts Centre 43
Calipo Theatre Company 29 The Glens Centre 43
Calypso Productions 29 Graffiti Theatre Company 44
Carysfort Press 29 An Grianán Theatre 44
Children's Books Ireland 30 Hawk's Well Theatre 44
Cill Rialaig Project 30 IBBY Ireland 45
Cinemobile 30 Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts 45
Clifden Community Arts Week 31 Ionad Cultúrtha 46
Comhar 31 Irish Association of Youth Orchestras 46
Contemporary Music Centre 32 Irish Chamber Orchestra 46
Cork Opera House 32 Irish Film Institute 47
Cork Printmakers 32 Irish Modern Dance Theatre 47
Cork Film Festival 33 Irish National Youth Ballet Company 47
Cork International Choral Festival 33 Island Theatre Company 48
Cork School of Music 33 Junior Galway Film Fleadh 48
Courthouse Arts Centre 34 Kids' Own Publishing Partnership 49
Crawford Art Gallery 34 Kilkenny Arts Festival 49
CREATE 34 Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent 49
Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór/Association Lambert Puppet Theatre 50
of Irish Choirs 35 LD Dance Trust 50
Daghdha Dance Company 35 Letterkenny Arts Centre 50
4Limerick City Gallery of Art 51 Local agencies
Linenhall Arts Centre 51
Macnas 51 Carlow County Council 68
Mermaid Arts Centre 52 Cavan County Council 68
Model Arts & Niland Gallery 52 Clare County Council 68
Moving On Music 52 Cork City Council 69
Mullingar Arts Centre 53 Cork County Council 69
Music for Galway 53 Donegal County Council 69
Music Network 53 Dublin City Council 70
Myriad Dance/Pulse! Youth Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council 70
Dance Programme 54 Ealaín na Gaeltachta 71
National Chamber Choir 54 Fingal County Council 71
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland 54 Galway City Council 72
O'Brien Press 55 Galway County Council 72
Oireachtas na Gaeilge 55 Kerry County Council 72
Opera Ireland 56 Kildare County Council 73
Pavilion Theatre 56 Kilkenny County Council 73
Na Píobairí Uillean 56 Laois County Council 73
Plearáca 57 Leitrim County Council 74
Poetry Ireland/Writers-in-Schools Scheme 57 Longford County Council 74
Quare Hawks Theatre Company 58 Louth County Council 74
Ramor Theatre 58 Limerick City Council 75
Red Kettle Theatre Company 58 Limerick County Council 75
RHA Gallery 59 Mayo County Council 75
Riverbank Arts Centre 59 Meath County Council 76
Roscommon Arts Centre 59 North Tipperary County Council 76
St John's Theatre and Arts Centre 60 Offaly County Council 77
St Michael's Theatre 60 Roscommon County Council 77
St Patrick’s Festival 60 Sligo County Council 78
Samhlaíocht 61 South Dublin County Council 78
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 61 Waterford City Council 78
Scoil Sheamuis Ennis 61 Waterford County Council 79
Second Age Theatre Company 62 Westmeath County Council 79
Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre 62 Wexford County Council 79
Sligo Art Gallery 62 Wicklow County Council 80
Sligo International Choral Festival 63
South Tipperary Arts Centre 63
Storytellers Theatre Company 63 Council of National Cultural
Tallaght Community Arts Centre 64 Institutions
TEAM Educational Theatre Company 64 Abbey Theatre (22) 81
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios 65 The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon 81
The Theatreworks Company 65 Chester Beatty Library 81
Triskel Arts Centre 65 The Heritage Council 82
Waterford Youth Drama 66 Irish Museum of Modern Art 82
Wexford Arts Centre 66 National Archives 83
West Cork Arts Centre 66 National Concert Hall 83
West Cork Music 67 National Gallery 83
Yeats Society Sligo 67 National Library 84
Young Irish Film Makers 67 National Museum of Ireland 84
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmes6
PART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by county
In this overview by county, arts organisations are listed by their base address. However,
numerous organisations work outside their local area and indicated whether their work
programmes brought them in touch with people at regional or national levels. This is indicated
by the abbreviations in brackets after their names: N = national, R = regional and L = local.
Antrim Donegal County Council
Letterkenny Arts Centre (R)
Arts and Disability Forum (N)
Moving On Music (N, R, L)
Dublin
Carlow Abbey Theatre (N)
Access CINEMA (N, R, L)
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival (N, R, L) Alternative Entertainments Arts Group (R, L)
Carlow County Council The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children (N, R, L)
Arts and Disability Ireland (N)
Cavan Books Ireland (N)
Ramor Theatre (R) Calypso Productions (L)
Cavan County Council Carysfort Press (N)
Children's Books Ireland (N)
Clare Comhar (N)
Contemporary Music Centre (N)
Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts (N, L) CREATE (N)
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy (N, R, L) Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór/Association
Clare County Council of Irish Choirs (N)
Dance Theatre of Ireland (N, R, L)
Cork Douglas Hyde Gallery (R, L)
Art Trail (N, R, L) Draíocht (N, R, L)
Briery Gap Cultural Centre (N, R, L) Drama League of Ireland (N, L)
Cork Opera House (N, R, L) Dublin Theatre Festival (N)
Cork Printmakers (R) Dublin Youth Theatre (N, R, L)
Cork Film Festival (R, L) Federation of Music Collectives (N)
Cork International Choral Festival (R) Film Base (N)
Cork School of Music (N, R, L) Gallery of Photography (N, R, L)
Crawford Art Gallery (N, R, L) IBBY Ireland (N)
Gandon Editions (N) Irish Film Institute (N, R, L)
Graffiti Theatre Company (N, R, L) Irish Modern Dance Theatre (N, R)
Ionad Cultúrtha (R, L) Irish National Youth Ballet Company (N, R)
Irish Association of Youth Orchestras (N) Lambert Puppet Theatre (N, R, L)
Triskel Arts Centre (R, L) Music Network (N)
West Cork Arts Centre (R) National Chamber Choir (N)
West Cork Music (N, R, L) National Youth Orchestra of Ireland (N)
Cork City Council O'Brien Press (N)
Cork County Council Oireachtas na Gaeilge (N)
Opera Ireland (N, R, L)
Donegal Pavilion Theatre (N, R, L)
Na Píobairí Uillean (N, R, L)
Artlink (R) Poetry Ireland/Writers-in-Schools
An Grianán Theatre (R) Scheme (N, R, L)
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesPART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by county
Dublin - continued Samhlaíocht (N, R, L)
RHA Gallery (N, L) Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre (N, R, L)
St Patrick’s Festival (N, L) Kerry County Council
Scoil Sheamuis Ennis (R)
Second Age Theatre Company (N, R) Kildare
Storytellers Theatre Company (N) Fluxusdance (N, R, L)
Tallaght Community Arts Centre (R, L) Riverbank Arts Centre (R)
TEAM Educational Theatre Company (N) Kildare County Council
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios (R, L)
The Theatreworks Company (L)
Dublin City Council
Kilkenny
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Barnstorm Theatre Company (N, R, L)
Fingal County Council Butler Gallery (R)
South Dublin County Council Kilkenny Arts Festival (L)
Chester Beatty Library (N) Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent (N, R, L)
Irish Museum of Modern Art (N) Young Irish Film Makers (N)
National Archives (N) Kilkenny County Council
National Concert Hall (N) The Heritage Council (N)
National Gallery (N)
National Library (N) Laois
National Museum of Ireland (N)
Dunamaise Arts Centre (R, L)
Cairdeas na bhFidléirí
Laois County Council
(L, in both Donegal and Dublin)
Galway Leitrim
The Glens Centre (R)
Áras Éanna (N, R, L)
Leitrim County Council
Artspace (L)
Baboró International Arts Festival
for Children (L) Limerick
Cinemobile (N) Belltable Arts Centre (R)
Clifden Community Arts Week (N, R, L) Daghdha Dance Company (N, R)
Galway Arts Centre (R, L) Fresh Film Festival (N)
Galway Early Music (L) Irish Chamber Orchestra (N, R, L)
Galway Film Centre (N, R) Island Theatre Company (N, L)
Galway Youth Theatre (R) Limerick City Gallery of Art (N, L)
Junior Galway Film Fleadh (R) Limerick City Council
Macnas (N) Limerick County Council
Music for Galway (R)
Plearáca (L) Longford
Ealaín na Gaeltachta (N, R)
Galway City Council LD Dance Trust (R, L)
Galway County Council Longford County Council
Kerry Louth
Cill Rialaig Project (R) Calipo Theatre Company (R)
Dingle Writing Courses (N, R, L) Droichead Arts Centre (R, L)
St John's Theatre and Arts Centre (R) Louth County Council
[ Geographical remit: N = national, R = regional and L = local. ]
8PART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by county
Mayo Westmeath
Achill Heinrich Böll Association (R, L) Mullingar Arts Centre (L)
Ballina Arts Events (L) Westmeath County Council
Linenhall Arts Centre (N, R, L)
Mayo County Council Wexford
Buí Bolg (R, L)
Meath Myriad Dance/Pulse! Youth
Ballet Ireland (N, R, L) Dance Programme (L)
Meath County Council St Michael's Theatre (N, R, L)
Wexford Arts Cente (L)
Monaghan Wexford County Council
Quare Hawks Theatre Company (R, L)
Wicklow
Offaly Courthouse Arts Centre ( R)
Mermaid Arts Centre (N, R, L)
Offaly County Council
Wicklow County Council
Roscommon
Roscommon Arts Centre (N, L)
Roscommon County Council
Sligo
Hawk's Well Theatre (R, L)
Kids' Own Publishing Partnership (N, R, L)
Model Arts & Niland Gallery (N, R, L)
Sligo Art Gallery (R)
Sligo International Choral Festival (R)
Yeats Society Sligo (N)
Sligo County Council
Tipperary
Galloglass Theatre Company (N)
South Tipperary Arts Centre (R, L)
North Tipperary County Council
Waterford
Garter Lane Arts Centre (N, R, L)
Red Kettle Theatre Company (N, L)
Waterford Youth Drama (N, R, L)
Waterford City Council
Waterford County Council
[ Geographical remit: N = national, R = regional and L = local. ]
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesPART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by artform
The symbol ‘y’ indicates the artform practice offered in each organisation’s education programme
Arts organisations Architecture Dance Drama/ Film Literature
theatre
Abbey Theatre y
Access CINEMA y
Achill Heinrich Böll Association y y
Alternative Entertainments Arts Group y y y
Áras Éanna y y
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children 1 y y y
Artlink
Arts and Disability Forum
Arts and Disability Ireland y y y y y
Artspace
Art Trail
Baboró International Arts Festival
for Children y y y
Ballet Ireland y
Ballina Arts Events y
Barnstorm Theatre Company y
Belltable Arts Centre y y y
Books Ireland y
Briery Gap Cultural Centre y y y
Buí Bolg y
Butler Gallery
Cairdeas na bhFidléirí
Calipo Theatre Company y y
Calypso Productions y
Carysfort Press y y
Children's Books Ireland y
Cill Rialaig Project
Cinemobile y
Clifden Community Arts Week y y y y
Comhar y
Contemporary Music Centre
Cork Opera House y y y
Cork Printmakers
Cork Film Festival y
Cork International Choral Festival
Cork School of Music y
Courthouse Arts Centre y y
Crawford Art Gallery
CREATE y y y y
Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór /
Association of Irish Choirs
Daghdha Dance Company y
Dance Theatre of Ireland y
Dingle Writing Courses y
Douglas Hyde Gallery
Draíocht y y y
Drama League of Ireland y
Droichead Arts Centre y
Dublin Theatre Festival y
Dublin Youth Theatre y y y
Dunamaise Arts Centre y y y y
10PART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by artform
Multi- Music Opera Public Visual Arts organisations
disciplinary art arts
Abbey Theatre
Access CINEMA
y Achill Heinrich Böll Association
y y Alternative Entertainments Arts Group
y y y Áras Éanna
y y The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children 1
y Artlink
Arts and Disability Forum
y y y y y Arts and Disability Ireland
y Artspace
y Art Trail
Baboró International Arts Festival
y y y y for Children
Ballet Ireland
y y Ballina Arts Events
Barnstorm Theatre Company
y y y y y Belltable Arts Centre
Books Ireland
y y Briery Gap Cultural Centre
y y Buí Bolg
y Butler Gallery
y Cairdeas na bhFidléirí
y Calipo Theatre Company
y Calypso Productions
Carysfort Press
Children's Books Ireland
y Cill Rialaig Project
Cinemobile
y y y y y Clifden Community Arts Week
Comhar
y Contemporary Music Centre
y y Cork Opera House
y Cork Printmakers
Cork Film Festival
Cork International Choral Festival
y Cork School of Music
y Courthouse Arts Centre
y Crawford Art Gallery
y y y y CREATE
Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór /
y Association of Irish Choirs
Daghdha Dance Company
y Dance Theatre of Ireland
Dingle Writing Courses
y Douglas Hyde Gallery
y y Draíocht
Drama League of Ireland
Droichead Arts Centre
Dublin Theatre Festival
y Dublin Youth Theatre
y y Dunamaise Arts Centre
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesPART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by artform The symbol ‘y’ indicates the artform practice offered in each organisation’s education programme
Arts organisations - continued Architecture Dance Drama/ Film Literature
theatre
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival y y y
Federation of Music Collectives
Film Base y
Fluxusdance y
Fresh Film Festival y
Gallery of Photography
Galloglass Theatre Company y
Galway Arts Centre y
Galway Early Music y
Galway Film Centre y
Galway Youth Theatre y
Gandon Editions y
Garter Lane Arts Centre y y y y
The Glens Centre y y y y
Graffiti Theatre Company y
An Grianán Theatre y y
Hawk's Well Theatre y y
IBBY Ireland y
Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts y y y y
Ionad Cultúrtha y y
Irish Association of Youth Orchestras
Irish Chamber Orchestra y y y
Irish Film Institute y
Irish Modern Dance Theatre y
Irish National Youth Ballet Company y
Island Theatre Company y
Junior Galway Film Fleadh y
Kids' Own Publishing Partnership y y y
Kilkenny Arts Festival y y y
Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent
Lambert Puppet Theatre 2 y
LD Dance Trust y y
Letterkenny Arts Centre y y y y
Limerick City Gallery of Art
Linenhall Arts Centre y y y
Macnas y y y y
Mermaid Arts Centre y y y
Model Arts & Niland Gallery y y y
Moving On Music
Mullingar Arts Centre y y y y
Music for Galway
Music Network
Myriad Dance/Pulse! Youth
Dance Programme y y
National Chamber Choir
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
O'Brien Press y
Oireachtas na Gaeilge y y y
Opera Ireland
Pavilion Theatre y y y
Na Píobairí Uillean
Plearáca y y y y
12PART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by artform
Multi- Music Opera Public Visual Arts organisations - continued
disciplinary art arts
y y y Éigse Carlow Arts Festival
y Federation of Music Collectives
Film Base
Fluxusdance
Fresh Film Festival
y y y Gallery of Photography
Galloglass Theatre Company
y Galway Arts Centre
y Galway Early Music
Galway Film Centre
Galway Youth Theatre
y y Gandon Editions
y y y Garter Lane Arts Centre
y y y The Glens Centre
Graffiti Theatre Company
y y An Grianán Theatre
y y y y Hawk's Well Theatre
IBBY Ireland
y y y y Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts
y y Ionad Cultúrtha
y Irish Association of Youth Orchestras
y y Irish Chamber Orchestra
Irish Film Institute
Irish Modern Dance Theatre
Irish National Youth Ballet Company
Island Theatre Company
Junior Galway Film Fleadh
y Kids' Own Publishing Partnership
y y y y Kilkenny Arts Festival
y Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent
Lambert Puppet Theatre 2
y LD Dance Trust
y y y Letterkenny Arts Centre
y Limerick City Gallery of Art
y y y Linenhall Arts Centre
y y y y Macnas
y y y Mermaid Arts Centre
y y y y Model Arts & Niland Gallery
y Moving On Music
y y y y Mullingar Arts Centre
y Music for Galway
y Music Network
Myriad Dance/Pulse! Youth
Dance Programme
y y y y National Chamber Choir
y National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
O'Brien Press
y y Oireachtas na Gaeilge
y Opera Ireland
y Pavilion Theatre
y Na Píobairí Uillean
y Plearáca
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesPART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by artform The symbol ‘y’ indicates the artform practice offered in each organisation’s education programme
Arts organisations - continued Architecture Dance Drama/ Film Literature
theatre
Poetry Ireland/Writers-in-Schools Scheme 3 y y
Quare Hawks Theatre Company y y
Ramor Theatre y y
Red Kettle Theatre Company y
RHA Gallery
Riverbank Arts Centre y y y
Roscommon Arts Centre y y y
St John's Theatre and Arts Centre y
St Michael's Theatre y y
St Patrick’s Festival 4 y y
Samhlaíocht y y y y
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy y
Scoil Sheamuis Ennis y y y
Second Age Theatre Company y
Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre y y
Sligo Art Gallery
Sligo International Choral Festival
South Tipperary Arts Centre y
Storytellers Theatre Company y
Tallaght Community Arts Centre y y y
TEAM Educational Theatre Company y
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
The Theatreworks Company y
Triskel Arts Centre y y
Waterford Youth Drama y y y y
Wexford Arts Cente y y y
West Cork Arts Centre y y
West Cork Music
Yeats Society Sligo y
Young Irish Film Makers y y
Local agencies
Carlow County Council
Cavan County Council y y y y y
Clare County Council y y y
Cork City Council y y y
Cork County Council y y y
Dublin City Council y y y y y
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council y y
Ealaín na Gaeltachta y y
Fingal County Council 5 y y
Galway City Council y y y y
Galway County Council y y y
Kerry County Council y y y y
Kildare County Council y y y y
Kilkenny County Council y
Laois County Council y y y
Leitrim County Council y
Longford County Council y y
Louth County Council y y y
Limerick City Council y y
Limerick County Council y y y y
14PART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by artform
Multi- Music Opera Public Visual Arts organisations - continued
disciplinary art arts
Poetry Ireland/Writers-in-Schools Scheme 3
Quare Hawks Theatre Company
y y Ramor Theatre
Red Kettle Theatre Company
y RHA Gallery
y y Riverbank Arts Centre
y y y Roscommon Arts Centre
y y St John's Theatre and Arts Centre
y y St Michael's Theatre
y y y y St Patrick’s Festival 4
y y y Samhlaíocht
y Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy
y Scoil Sheamuis Ennis
Second Age Theatre Company
y y Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre
y Sligo Art Gallery
y Sligo International Choral Festival
y y South Tipperary Arts Centre
Storytellers Theatre Company
y y y Tallaght Community Arts Centre
TEAM Educational Theatre Company
y Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
The Theatreworks Company
y y Triskel Arts Centre
Waterford Youth Drama
y y y Wexford Arts Cente
y y West Cork Arts Centre
y West Cork Music
Yeats Society Sligo
Young Irish Film Makers
Local agencies
y y y y Carlow County Council
y y y y Cavan County Council
y y y Clare County Council
y y y Cork City Council
y y y Cork County Council
y y y y y Dublin City Council
y y Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Ealaín na Gaeltachta
y y y y Fingal County Council 5
y y y y y Galway City Council
y y Galway County Council
y y y y Kerry County Council
y y y y Kildare County Council
y y y Kilkenny County Council
y y y Laois County Council
y Leitrim County Council
y y Longford County Council
y y y y Louth County Council
y y Limerick City Council
y y Limerick County Council
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesPART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by artform The symbol ‘y’ indicates the artform practice offered in each organisation’s education programme
Local agencies – continued Architecture Dance Drama/ Film Literature
theatre
Mayo County Council y y y y
Meath County Council y y y
North Tipperary County Council y y y
Offaly County Council y y y y y
Roscommon County Council y y y
Sligo County Council y
South Dublin County Council y y y y
Waterford City Council y y y y
Waterford County Council y y y
Westmeath County Council y y y y y
Wexford County Council y y
Wicklow County Council y y y y y
Council of National Cultural Institutions
Abbey Theatre y
The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon y y y y y
Chester Beatty Library 6 y
The Heritage Council 7 y
Irish Museum of Modern Art
National Archives 8 y
National Concert Hall
National Gallery
National Library y
National Museum of Ireland y y y y y
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Overview by artform
Multi- Music Opera Public Visual Local agencies – continued
disciplinary art arts
y y Mayo County Council
y y y y Meath County Council
y y y North Tipperary County Council
y y y y y Offaly County Council
y y y Roscommon County Council
y y y y Sligo County Council
South Dublin County Council
y y y Waterford City Council
y Waterford County Council
y y y y y Westmeath County Council
y y y Wexford County Council
y y y y y Wicklow County Council
Council of National Cultural Institutions
Abbey Theatre
y y y y y The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon
y y Chester Beatty Library 6
y y The Heritage Council 7
y Irish Museum of Modern Art
National Archives 8
y National Concert Hall
y National Gallery
National Library
y y y y y National Museum of Ireland
1
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children is also involved in new technology
2
Lambert Puppet Theatre is also involved in puppetry
3
Poetry Ireland/Writers-in-Schools Scheme is also involved in storytelling
4
St Patrick’s Festival is also involved in street theatre
5
Fingal County Council is also involved in photography
6
The Chester Beatty Library is also involved in inter-cultural education
7
The Heritage Council is also engaged in woodcarving, traditional crafts, and storytelling
8
National Archives is engaged primarily with historical archives
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesPART ONE: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by target age range
The symbol ‘y’ indicates which age range(s) an arts organisation’s education programme are developed for
Arts organisations 4–7 years 8–11 years 12–15 years 16–18 years
Abbey Theatre y y y
Access CINEMA y y
Achill Heinrich Böll Association y y y
Alternative Entertainments Arts Group y y y
Áras Éanna y y y y
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children y y
Artlink y y y y
Arts and Disability Forum y y y y
Arts and Disability Ireland y y y y
Artspace y y y y
Art Trail y y
Baboró International Arts Festival
for Children y y
Ballet Ireland y y y
Ballina Arts Events y y
Barnstorm Theatre Company y y y y
Belltable Arts Centre y y y y
Books Ireland y y y y
Briery Gap Cultural Centre y y y y
Buí Bolg y y y
Butler Gallery y y y y
Cairdeas na bhFidléirí y y y
Calipo Theatre Company y y
Calypso Productions y
Carysfort Press y y y y
Children's Books Ireland y y y y
Cill Rialaig Project y y y
Cinemobile y y y y
Clifden Community Arts Week y y
Comhar y
Contemporary Music Centre y
Cork Opera House y y y y
Cork Printmakers y y y
Cork Film Festival y y y
Cork International Choral Festival y y y
Cork School of Music y y y y
Courthouse Arts Centre y y y
Crawford Art Gallery y y y y
CREATE y y y y
Cumann Náisiúnta na gCór /
Association of Irish Choirs y y y y
Daghdha Dance Company y y y
Dance Theatre of Ireland y y y y
Dingle Writing Courses y y
Douglas Hyde Gallery y y y y
Draíocht y y y y
Drama League of Ireland y y y y
Droichead Arts Centre y y y y
Dublin Theatre Festival y y y y
Dublin Youth Theatre y
Dunamaise Arts Centre y y y y
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Overview by target age range
Arts organisations - continued 4–7 years 8–11 years 12–15 years 16–18 years
Éigse Carlow Arts Festival y y
Federation of Music Collectives y y
Film Base y y
Fluxusdance y y y y
Fresh Film Festival y y
Gallery of Photography y y y y
Galloglass Theatre Company y
Galway Arts Centre y y
Galway Early Music y
Galway Film Centre y y
Galway Youth Theatre y y y
Gandon Editions y y
Garter Lane Arts Centre y y y y
The Glens Centre y y y y
Graffiti Theatre Company y y y y
An Grianán Theatre y y y y
Hawk's Well Theatre y y y y
IBBY Ireland y y y
Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts y y y y
Ionad Cultúrtha y y y
Irish Association of Youth Orchestras y y y
Irish Chamber Orchestra y y y y
Irish Film Institute y y y y
Irish Modern Dance Theatre y y y y
Irish National Youth Ballet Company y y y y
Island Theatre Company y y y
Junior Galway Film Fleadh y y y
Kids' Own Publishing Partnership y y y y
Kilkenny Arts Festival y y y y
Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent y
Lambert Puppet Theatre y y y y
LD Dance Trust y y y y
Letterkenny Arts Centre y y y y
Limerick City Gallery of Art y y y y
Linenhall Arts Centre y y y y
Macnas y
Mermaid Arts Centre y y y y
Model Arts & Niland Gallery y y y y
Moving On Music y y y
Mullingar Arts Centre y y y y
Music for Galway y y
Music Network y y y y
Myriad Dance/Pulse! Youth
Dance Programme y y y
National Chamber Choir y y
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland y y
O'Brien Press y y y
Oireachtas na Gaeilge y y y
Opera Ireland y y
Pavilion Theatre y y y y
Na Píobairí Uillean y y y
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesPART 1: Arts-in-schools activities in summary
Overview by target age range
The symbol ‘y’ indicates which age range(s) an arts organisation’s education programme are developed for
Arts organisations – continued 4–7 years 8–11 years 12–15 years 16–18 years
Plearáca y y y y
Poetry Ireland/Writers-in-Schools Scheme y y y y
Quare Hawks Theatre Company y
Ramor Theatre y y y y
Red Kettle Theatre Company y y y
RHA Gallery y y y y
Riverbank Arts Centre y y y y
Roscommon Arts Centre y y y y
St. John's Theatre and Arts Centre y y y y
St. Michael's Theatre y y y y
St. Patrick’s Festival y y
Samhlaíocht y y y y
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy y y y
Scoil Sheamuis Ennis y y y y
Second Age Theatre Company y y
Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre y y y y
Sligo Art Gallery y y
Sligo International Choral Festival y
South Tipperary Arts Centre y y y
Storytellers Theatre Company y y y y
Tallaght Community Arts Centre y y y y
TEAM Educational Theatre Company y y y y
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios y
The Theatreworks Company y y
Triskel Arts Centre y y y y
Waterford Youth Drama y y y y
Wexford Arts Cente y y y y
West Cork Arts Centre y y y y
West Cork Music y y y
Yeats Society Sligo y y
Young Irish Film Makers y y y
Local agencies
Carlow County Council y y y y
Cavan County Council y y y y
Clare County Council y y y y
Cork City Council y y y y
Cork County Council y y y y
Dublin City Council y y y y
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council y y
Ealaín na Gaeltachta y y y
Fingal County Council y y y y
Galway City Council y y y y
Galway County Council y y y y
Kerry County Council y y y y
Kildare County Council y y y y
Kilkenny County Council y y y y
Laois County Council y y y y
Leitrim County Council y y y y
Longford County Council y y y
Louth County Council y y y y
20PART 1: Arts-in-schools activities in summary Overview by target age range Local agencies – continued 4–7 years 8–11 years 12–15 years 16–18 years Limerick City Council y y y y Limerick County Council y y y y Mayo County Council y y y y Meath County Council y y y y North Tipperary County Council y y y y Offaly County Council y y y y Roscommon County Council y y y y Sligo County Council y y y South Dublin County Council y y y Waterford City Council y y y Waterford County Council y y y Westmeath County Council y y y y Wexford County Council y y Wicklow County Council y y y y Council of National Cultural Institutions Abbey Theatre y y y The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon y y y y Chester Beatty Library y y y y The Heritage Council y y Irish Museum of Modern Art y y y y National Archives y y National Concert Hall y y y y National Gallery y y y y National Library y y National Museum of Ireland y y y y Arts in Schools, 2004 21 A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmes
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Abbey Theatre
26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Education contact name: Jean O’Dwyer
Title: Outreach/Education Director
Telephone: 01 887 2223
Email: outreach@abbeytheatre.ie
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 8 – 18 years
Artform: Drama/Theatre
The Abbey Theatre’s Outreach/Education Department uses the resources of the Abbey and
Peacock Theatres to create meaningful access to and engagement with drama for 8 to 18 year-
olds. Its annual programme illustrates the diverse ways in which people of all ages interact with
drama and theatre as makers, participants and audience.
Access CINEMA
The Studio Building, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Education contact name: Maretta Dillon
Title: Director
Telephone: 01 679 4420
Email: mdillon@accesscinema.ie
Target education level: Second-level schools
Age range: 12 – 18 years
Artform: Film
Access CINEMA works with arts centres and film societies to expand access to non-mainstream
cinema. To date, this work has focused on adults and older audiences. However, Access CINEMA
is beginning to work with groups seeking to develop informal education opportunities for young
people to see a range of cinema not normally available on commercial cinema screens. Generally
speaking, these screenings take place outside conventional school hours and with the young
people’s own peer groups. This work is at an early developmental stage.
Achill Heinrich Böll Association
c/o Abha Teangaí, Dooagh, Achill, Co Mayo
Education contact name: John McHugh
Title: Secretary
Telephone: 098 28735
Email: hbollachill@anu.ie
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 8 – 18 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Visual Arts, Literature
The Achill Heinrich Böll Association provides residencies for artists in the cottage formerly lived in
by Nobel Prize-winning author Heinrich Böll. This provides a secluded and private environment
for writers and artists to do their work, while also providing access for the resident island
community – including schools – to high-quality, cultural and artistic events. Writers and artists
give readings and talks to interested school and education groups; a recent example is Gabriel
Rosenstock, who visited several primary schools in the parish and read his poems, many of
which are included in school text books.
22Alternative Entertainments Arts Group
Tymon Bawn Community Centre, Firhouse Road West, Dublin 24
Education contact names: Brenda Fuller/Caroline Barry
Titles: Visual Arts Officer Programme Co-Ordinator/
Literary Projects for Young People
Telephone: 01 462 1029
Email: altents@eircom.net
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 8 – 18 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Music, Visual Arts, Literature, Film
Alternative Entertainments (AE) runs once-off events in schools – including drama, music, visual
arts and creative writing workshops – along with four-week long creative writing projects with
writers-in-schools in the area. The company has the potential to develop film projects and more
long-term drama projects with schools. AE is flexible and open to project development ideas
with schools, who take cognisance of its governing arts policy, and work on the basis of fluid
communication between teachers, pupils and the AE team.
Áras Éanna
Inis Oírr, Co na Gaillimhe
Education contact name: Val Ballance
Title: Director
Telephone: 099 75150
Email: araseanna@eircom.net
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Dance, Visual Arts, Public Art, Multi-Disciplinary
Áras Éanna serves its local community and schools and, as an arts centre, acts as host to
visiting groups from Ireland and abroad. The centre is happy to arrange activities from day trips
by groups, to longer stays on the island. Activities range from arts-based activities to leisure
pursuits such as fishing and sport. Crafts can also be included. Courses and activities can be
run in Irish, English or a combination of both languages. Facilities include a 70-seat theatre/
cinema, studios, workshops and craft rooms.
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children
11a Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Education contact name: Fiona Donohue
Title: Administrator
Telephone: 01 670 7788
Email: info@ark.ie
Target education level: Primary schools
Age range: 4 – 12 years
Artforms: Visual Arts, Drama/Theatre, Dance, Literature, Music,
New Technology
The Ark’s work spans all artforms through a wide variety of media and techniques. The nature
of the engagement ranges from passive looking and listening, to more engaged interaction, to
full participation. During term-times, the Ark typically presents school-sessions twice daily.
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesTeachers’ resource packs are usually sent out in advance of a programme to enable both
teachers and pupils to get the most out of their visit to the Ark. In September 2004, the reach
of Mobile Ark will be expanded, bringing some of the Ark’s major exhibitions and workshops
directly to schools around Ireland that are unable to visit the centre in Dublin. This will give more
children nationwide direct access to the Ark’s high-quality arts experiences in their own schools.
Artlink
Tullyarvan Mill, Buncrana, Co Donegal
Education contact name: Mhairi Sutherland
Title: Managing Director
Telephone: 074 936 3469
Email: artlink@eircom.net
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artform: Visual Arts
Artlink creates visual arts opportunities for all sections of the community, with an emphasis on
young people and children. Artlink works in partnership with other organisations with an
educational focus in schools, such as the ‘Schools Completion Scheme’ for Inishowen aimed at
preventing early school leaving, and ‘Even Break,’ providing arts access in areas of disadvantage.
Artlink’s studios host school tours and visits from national schools all year round and a recent
portfolio preparation course was targeted at 14 – 17 year olds.
Arts and Disability Forum
Ground Floor, 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT1 1FF
Education contact name: Avril Crawford
Title: Director
Telephone: 048 9023 9450
Email: info@adf.ie
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Arts and Disability Forum provides information on arts and disability issues, policy and good
practice. The forum networks with arts and education facilities, and has contact with 80
disabled artists throughout Ireland. Though not directly involved in arts-in-schools programmes,
the Forum works as an information source for teachers and arts educators seeking disabled
artists to work in schools.
Arts and Disability Ireland
c/o 10/11 Earl Street South, Dublin 8
Education contact name: Jane O’Rourke
Title: Administrator
Telephone: 01 473 6600
Email: adi@artsincontext.com
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artforms: Architecture, Drama/Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts,
Opera, Literature, Film, Public Art, Multi-Disciplinary
Arts & Disability Ireland serves as a referral service for both artists and school programmers in
developing arts and disability activities, and awareness levels, in school settings.
24Artspace
7/8 Addley Park, Liosban, Galway
Education contact names: Gerard Ward/Mark Kelly
Title: Administrator
Telephone: 091 773 046
Email: artspacegalway@eircom.net
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artform: Visual Arts
Artspace is a collective of professional artists, some of whom teach and lecture part-time in
local primary and second-level schools. Artspace is a primary resource with regard to Galway
County Council’s art and education programme.
Art Trail
Wandesford Quay Studios, Crosses Green, Cork
Education contact names: Julie Forrester/Harry Moore
Title: Administrator (Harry Moore)
Telephone: 021 496 1449
Email: info@arttrail.ie
Target education level: Second-level schools
Age range: 12 – 18 years
Artform: Visual Arts
Art Trail is an artist-led event held annually over ten days in November/December. The focal
point is the exploration and exposition of arts practice and revolves around open studios,
exhibitions and performance events, which seek to engage audiences by showing not only
completed work, but also work-in-progress. Art Trail also programmes associated events that
centre on discussion arising from artists’ practice, such as seminars, residencies and work-
shops. School tours of the open studios and exhibitions can be booked through the Art Trail’s
office. Schools wishing to be informed of Art Trail events should register on the organisation’s
mailing list. In 2004, Art Trail is programming a special summer event (SOUNDWORKS from
21-30 June) that will focus on artists’ work with sound.
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Baboró International Arts Festival for Children
The Black Box Theatre, Dyke Road, Galway
Education contact name: Lali Morris
Title: Executive Director
Telephone: 091 509705
Email: baboro@gaf.iol.ie
Target education level: Primary schools
Age range: 4 – 12 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts,
Opera, Literature, Multi-Disciplinary
Baboró presents an international arts festival for children aged 3 to 12 years. The programme
includes performances, workshops, a touring programme, training for artists in schools and
training for teachers. Baboró is also keen to network with other communities interested in
working with the touring artists.
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesBallet Ireland
Agher, Summerhill, Co Meath
Education contact name: Stephen Brennan
Title: Education Officer
Telephone: 086 366 1057 or 046 955 7585
Email: brennansg@hotmail.com
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 6 – 18 years
Artform: Dance
One of Ballet Ireland’s primary aims is to make ballet accessible to all. The educational unit,
initiated in 1999, has developed a comprehensive educational programme for which it received
an ‘AIB Better Ireland’ awards grant in 2003. It includes an annual summer school, workshops
held on-stage, lecture-demonstrations, master classes and an Associate Programme. In 2004, the
summer school programme will be expanded to eight weeks, covering theatres in north, south-
east and west of the country, and including a collaborative venture in June with St Michael’s
Girls’ National School in presenting dance performances.
Ballina Arts Events
Ballina Arts Centre, Old UDC Building, Tone Street, Ballina, Co Mayo
Education contact name: Tony Conway
Title: Administrator
Telephone: 096 73593
Email: ballinaartscentre@eircom.net
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 8 – 15 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Music, Visual Arts
Ballina Arts Centre is co-ordinating a number of workshop programmes with local schools in
2004, and invites interested parties to make contact to discuss these projects.
Barnstorm Theatre Company
Church Lane, Kilkenny
Education contact names: Vincent Dempsey/Philip Hardy
Titles: General Manager/Artistic Director
Telephone: 056 775 1266
Email: vincent@barnstorm.ie/philip@barnstorm.ie
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artform: Drama/Theatre
Barnstorm produces professional theatre experiences for children and young people with
specially commissioned/adapted scripts for specific audiences (4-6, 7-13, 14+). The company
tours its productions annually to main-house venues throughout the country, providing specially
developed teachers’ resource packs for each production. Barnstorm carries out research in local
schools for the development of new plans. It provides writers-in-schools and drama-in-schools
projects. It also offers tailor-made workshops for schools in Kilkenny, and supports and advises
schools and youth clubs in the area.
26Belltable Arts Centre
69 O’Connell Street, Limerick
Education contact name: Peter McNamara
Title: Director
Telephone: 061 315 871
Email: belltabl@iol.ie
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts, Opera,
Film, Public Art, Multi-Disciplinary
The Belltable Arts Centre works with professional artists in a variety of artforms presenting
work for young audiences. The range of projects presented includes drama, music, film and
visual arts. Belltable works in partnership with Limerick Youth Theatre, Fresh Film Festival and
Umbrella Street Theatre.
Books Ireland
11 Newgrove Avenue, Dublin 4
Education contact name: Jeremy Addis
Title: Publisher
Telephone: 01 269 2185
Email: booksi@eircom.net
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artform: Literature
Books Ireland lists and reviews children’s books, as well as books of interest to second-level
pupils, in a magazine that appears nine times a year (monthly during term-time). The postal
subscription for second-level school libraries is E32 a year.
Briery Gap Cultural Centre
Main Street, Macroom, Co Cork
Education contact name: Ann Dunne
Telephone: 026 42421
Email: brierygap@eircom.net
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts, Film
Briery Gap Cultural Centre’s activities may be summarised as follows:
■ National Transition Year Drama Festival, which runs in Galway, Mullingar, Listowel and
Macroom;
■ Film shows for each exam cycle at second-level;
■ Summer Theatre School for primary school age groups, with music, song, dance, drama
and visual arts;
■ Schools’ participation in the Centre’s ‘Uí Laoghaire Festival’, e.g., storytellers at schools, art
exhibitions, co-ordinating activities with schools;
■ Talks on literature relating to schools’ programmes.
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A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmesBuí Bolg
Whitemill Industrial Estate, Wexford
Education contact name: Lucy Medlycott
Title: Community Artist
Telephone: 053 23183
Email: community-arts@buibolg.com
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 15 years
Artforms: Visual Arts, Drama/Theatre, Multi-Disciplinary
In 2003, Buí Bolg provided 73 educational workshops for schools across the Leinster region. The
services provided by Buí Bolg’s education outreach programme are puppetry, circus skills, carnival
workshops, arts workshops, costume and make-up workshops. The company works in partner-
ship with Wexford County Council to run a series of environmental workshops in primary
schools. It also works in partnership with the Schools’ Completion Programme to develop a
series of workshops with a theme, e.g., Hallowe’en.
Butler Gallery
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny
Education contact name: Grace Kearney
Title: Education Development Officer
Telephone: 056 776 1106
Email: butlrgal@indigo.ie
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artform: Visual Arts
As part of an offsite lending scheme, the Butler Gallery is, this year for the first time, in
conjunction with the Presentation Secondary School in Kilkenny, curating an exhibition from its
own collection. This special exhibition spans two centuries and contains important works by
international, Irish and local artists, particularly women. It is hoped it will raise awareness of the
important role that women artists played in furthering the development of Irish art. In previous
years, the Presentation Secondary School has organised loans for the school from the collection
of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
On an on-going basis, primary or second-level teachers can pre-book a guided tour of the Butler
Gallery’s exhibitions for their students. The Gallery’s contemporary video lending library is also
available to all schools.
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Cairdeas na bhFidléiri
162 Belmont Park, Raheny, Dublin 5
Education contact name: Rab Cherry
Title: Director
Telephone: 01 832 7991
Artform: Music
Although not officially involved with the formal education sector, Cairdeas na bhFidléirí runs a
week-long Donegal-style fiddle school during the first week in August every year in
Glencolmcille. They also run a variety of weekend schools at various locations in Donegal. The
28ability levels at these weekend schools goes from beginner-level to masterclasses, and ages
range from 6–60 years. The organisation is open to working with the formal education sector
and would welcome an approach from anyone seeking assistance.
Calipo Theatre Company
Barlow House, Narrow West Street, Drogheda, Co Louth
Education contact name: Collette Farrell
Title: Company Manager
Telephone: 041 983 7455
Email: collette@calipo.ie
Target education level: Second-level schools
Age range: 12 – 18 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Film, Multi-Disciplinary
As part of Calipo’s community and outreach programme, the company has established a work-
shop policy to explore issues that are relevant to young people. Calipo’s multi-media
programmes aim to:
■ Promote access and participation in the arts;
■ Develop personal and interpersonal skills through the medium of drama and
video production;
■ Provide a safe and challenging environment in which to address issues that might not be
addressed in the core curriculum.
Recent work includes a multi-media drama programme with transition year students in local
second-level schools.
Calypso Productions
7 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2
Education contact name: Bairbre Ní Chaoimh
Title: Artistic Director
Telephone: 01 670 4539
Email: bairbre@calypso.ie
Target education level: Second-level schools
Age range: 16 – 20 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Music
Calypso has a long-term commitment to educational process that addresses issues of equality,
inclusion, race awareness, integration and interculturalism. Its Tower of Babel programme of
drama and music workshops was specifically designed to give young asylum seekers and
refugees access to arts-based activities in an integrated setting, to empower them and facilitate
fuller participation in Irish life. The sessions, which are held on a weekly basis in O’Connell’s
School in Dublin inner city, are facilitated by theatre and music practitioners. Calypso’s first
showcase ‘Mixing it on the Mountain’ by Maeve Ingoldsby was performed in the Samuel
Beckett Theatre in 2003 and the Tower of Babel singers perform regularly in public.
Carysfort Press
58 Woodfield, Scholarstown Road, Dublin 16
Education contact name: Dr Dan Farrelly
Title: Publisher
Telephone: 01 493 7383
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Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artforms: Drama/Theatre, Literature
Carysfort Press is planning to produce books that can be used in the classroom for instruction
and training in drama at primary and at second level. The books should be attractive to pupils
and useful for teachers, especially those with no direct training in theatre.
Children’s Books Ireland
17 Lower Camden Street, Dublin
Education contact name: Claire Ranson
Title: Executive Director
Telephone: 01 872 5854
Email: info@childrensbooksireland.com
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 18 years
Artform: Literature
Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) publishes Inis, a quarterly magazine containing reviews and articles
on Irish and international children’s books, along with a bi-monthly newsletter, Children’s Books
News. In conjunction with the Department of Education and Science, CBI has published Book
Choice for Primary schools and Book Choice for Post-Primary schools, and The Big Guide 2: Irish
Children’s Books. These are of particular use for teachers, librarians and arts professionals, as are
CBI’s conferences for adults, including the Children’s Books Ireland Summer School. CBI runs the
Children’s Book Festival each October, in conjunction with the Youth Library Group. In 2002,
they published What’s the Story? The Reading Choices of Young People in Ireland. CBI organises
the Bisto Book of the Year Award and aims to develop greater involvement of schools in the
Awards in 2004/5. CBI also provides a general advice and information service on all aspects of
children’s books.
Cill Rialaig Project
Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry
Education contact name: Collette Murphy
Title: General Manager
Telephone: 066 947 9297
Email: cillrialaig@esatclear.ie
Target education level: Primary and second-level schools
Age range: 4 – 15 years
Artform: Visual Arts
The Cill Rialaig Arts Visitor Centre runs regular weekly art classes for local school children. In
2003, there were over 194 participants. Working under resident artists, children learn ceramics,
metal working, mixed media and also have the unique opportunity of learning from
international artists visiting the nearby retreat.
Cinemobile
Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Rd, Galway
Education contact name: Goretti O`Brien
Title: Administrator
30Telephone: 091 751629 Email: cinemobile@oceanfree.net Target education level: Primary and second-level schools Age range: 4 – 18 years Artform: Film Cinemobile tours to towns and communities without access to cinema throughout the country. Primary schools are offered a range of short films and animations, while second-level students can programme the Cinemobile themselves from a range of curriculum titles and also select a screening time of their choice. Cinemobile will park at larger schools with suitable parking where numbers necessitate several screenings Clifden Community Arts Week Clifden, Co Galway Education contact name: Brendan Flynn Title: Principal Telephone: 095 21184 Target education level: Second-level schools Age range: 12 – 18 years Artform: Multi-Disciplinary In conjunction with the Clifden Arts Festival, Clifton Community Arts Week offers every second-level class in the area an opportunity to experience all the artforms. This has been hap- pening for the past 27 years. Each class is given a recital each month, and the Community Arts Week organisers are grateful to Music Network for arranging these workshops. The students also receive the writers-in-schools programme and poets spend a week as writer-in-residence for all suitable classes, particularly transition year. Students also participate in play readings and all primary schools in the locality take part in the Macnas parade as part of the arts week. Comhar 5 Rae Mhuirfean, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Guthán an thadhaill oideachais: 01 678 5443 Ríomh-phost: comhar@eircom.net An sprioc-leibhéal oideachais: Iar-bhunscoileanna Réimse na haoise: 16 – 18 bliana Foirm ealaíne: An Litríocht Iris i nGaeilge a phléann le cúrsaí reatha agus cúrsaí ealaíona é Comhar. Foilsítear go míosúil é. Tá ráta speisialta ar fáil do mhic léinn. Comhar 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2 Education contact telephone: 01 678 5443 Email: comhar@eircom.net Target education level: Second-level schools Age range: 16 – 18 years Artform: Literature Comhar is an Irish-language magazine covering current affairs and arts issues. It is published monthly. Students may avail of a special subscription rate. Arts in Schools, 2004 31 A directory of Arts Council-funded organisations with arts-in-schools programmes
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