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National Campaign For the Arts

Date: 08 Nov 2009
Here's your chance to take action in support of the National Campaign for the Arts. The action is open to anyone - including artists, arts workers, their families, friends, patrons etc. so please forward this information on to everyone in your personal and professional address books - it's vital to get as many people as possible to sign up for this. The main objectives are to raise awareness and inform people of what’s at stake for the Arts in the forthcoming budget and to ask people to add their signatures to an online petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/ncfa/petition.html) in support of the cause.

Arts workers throughout the city and county are coming together to ensure the place of the arts in our country’s recovery. For more information, visit http://www.corkarts.org .

The primary concern of the Campaign is to protect arts funding in the forthcoming budget from recession-inspired slash & burn recommendations made by the McCarthy Report. The aim is to raise support at a grassroots level for The National Campaign for the Arts, which is a broad and inclusive coalition that reflects the scale, reach and diversity of the arts in Ireland today. Its membership has a national reach that includes major festivals, venues, producers and representative organisations in visual arts, theatre, film, dance, music, literature, architecture and collaborative arts.

The National Campaign for the Arts asserts the fundamental importance of the arts to economic recovery and calls for:
The Campaign calls for:
* Retention of Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide
* Retention of The Irish Film Board, development agency of the Irish film industry
* Maintenance of existing levels of funding to the Arts Council
* Retention of the artist's income tax exemption scheme
* Commitment to retain the arts portfolio at cabinet as part of a senior ministerial portfolio

Dancing in the street - an extra special event took place last Saturday – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY5bOjT73XU&feature=player_embedded

Cork artists and arts workers are proud of their contribution to Cork's designation in the Lonely Planet Best of 2010 Guide as one of the top ten cities in the world to visit and the significance that this has had to the local economy. It is hoped that with the maintenance of current levels of Arts Council funding, the arts in Cork will continue to draw visitors to the area and that Cork can capitalise on the spending power of these visitors.
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EVENTS

  • Culture Night 2010 24 Sep 2010 - Tickets: € Free Once again, the Firkin Crane will open its door on Culture Night - and we open the floor to the dancers and dance lovers of Cork with an interesting programme of events for visitors! View details
  • BLANK CANVAS 2010 Sharing 01 Oct 2010 - Tickets: € suggested donation €5 - an exciting look at work-in-progress, presented by some or all of the currently resident artists. View details
  • Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice Sessions 06 Oct 2010 - 15 Oct 2010 Tickets: € 16/14 students, group rates available Cyclone Repertory Company presents an entertaining and informative synthesis of analysis and performance that has the primary goal of helping students in their understanding of these two Shakespearean plays
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Supported by: Arts Council of Ireland, FAS, Cork City Council Cork City Council FÁS Arts Council of Ireland