Arts Plan 2012-2016 - Offaly County Council

44offaly county councilObjectives1. Enable financial support to continue to fundbursaries for visiting artists2. Identify long term tenants at the studioswho will enhance the Mill’s artistic andcommunity programme and subsidize thebursaries.3. Find a way to re establish bursaries tocollege graduates, as a way of supportingemerging artists and developing links withart colleges nationally.4. Establish a direct funding relationship withthe Arts Council, through the Artist inCommunity Scheme and Project Awards.5. Continue to host Bealtaine events andparticipate in other community, educationaland national arts events such as CultureNight.A CIVIC SPACE IN EDENDERRYEdenderry needs a community and civic spacein which, among other activities, cultural activitycan be appreciated and participated in. We willwork with agencies and the local community toadvocate for a facility such as this, in order for itto become the objective of a partnership ofagencies which can deliver upon it.Objectives1. Enable a strategic cultural action groupwhich will support and promote communityand youth arts activity and raise the profileof existing provision in the town.2. Promote benefit and viability of using ofempty and unused buildings/shops astemporary arts spaces.3. Support the growth of existing and new artsgroups and organisations in the town6. Continue to host a lecture and exhibitionseries alongside community events tobroaden their visitor numbers.4. Advise on how the arts can be facilitatedand integrated into any new civic facility inEdenderry7. Develop exchange opportunities betweenthe Mill and other national culturalinstitutions8. Attract visiting artists of national andinternational standing