Arts Plan 2012-2016 - Offaly County Council
Arts Plan 2012-2016 - Offaly County Council
Arts Plan 2012-2016 - Offaly County Council
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THE GRAND CANALIn 1960, the Grand Canal closed to commercialtraffic. Today the Grand Canal is one of <strong>Offaly</strong>’sbest natural resources and it is an artery that wewould like to celebrate further for its historical,cultural and social impact on the county.Through a Public Art Commission in <strong>2012</strong>,we are fostering the idea of the Grand Canalin <strong>Offaly</strong> as a Cultural Corridor; to become anationally visible cultural signature of <strong>Offaly</strong>.By commissioning three artists of differingdisciplines to make artworks in response totheir journey and experiences along the GrandCanal, as a solitary pursuit or by engagingwith communities, we are opening a new andcreative dialogue around the canal and its futureuses. The resulting work will form a collection ofartistic responses to the Grand Canal which willbe documented and displayed nationally andinternationally in various ways over the nextfew years.Objectives:1. Manage a touring exhibition of the artworkover Irish waterways and other venues/festivals nationally and internationally andensure its online presence through a websiteand other new media.2. Work to ensure the Grand Canal in <strong>Offaly</strong>becomes nationally synonymous with artisticexpression and devise an evaluation processto observe how this is developing.3. Consider further commissions/projects ofsignificance along the canal, including thosewith other agencies, which would meetsimilar objectives of creating a CulturalCorridor through <strong>Offaly</strong>.4. Promote the processes and outcomes of thecultural development of the Grand Canalthrough multiple service providers, culturaland tourism agencies.45arts plan <strong>2012</strong>–<strong>2016</strong>