SERVICES
Morgan Creative Presents – ‘Little Prince’
The Market House, Monaghan on the 7th and 8th August at 2pm
Tickets at the door: €8
Minister Madigan announces details of new Creative Ireland Programme Scheme 2018/2019
Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms. Josepha Madigan, T.D., was today (Monday 14th May) joined by 4th class students of St. Patrick’s National School, Garristown and founder of Fighting Words Roddy Doyle for the announcement of the new Creative Ireland Programme Scheme 2018/2019.
The Creative Ireland Programme is a culture-based wellbeing initiative which is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. It is a five year all-of- Government Programme, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy. In 2017, the Creative Ireland Programme supported a range of successful talks, workshops and events on culture, creativity and well-being, to encourage deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of creativity and to promote the new Programme’s objectives and underlying values.
This new Scheme aims to identify, support and collaborate with a range of strategic partners on projects which are genuinely innovative, will significantly add value and/or scale to the implementation of the Programme and which will help inform policy and/or cross-sectoral development in the area of culture, creativity and wellbeing. Grants of between €10,000 and €70,000* are available to individuals, organisations, community groups, colleges and cultural institutions, amongst others, from an overall fund of €500,000 for this year. Three themes have been identified as areas of priority for the Partnership Scheme – Individual and Collective Wellbeing, Innovation and Connecting Communities.
Speaking at the announcement of the Creative Ireland Programme Scheme 2018, Minister Madigan T.D., said: “The Creative Ireland Programme is an ambitious and ground-breaking initiative which aims to enhance individual and collective wellbeing through increased participation in creative activity. Much has been achieved in the first year of the Programme, from Culture Teams in every Local Authority finalizing their five-year Culture and Creativity plans to the cross-departmental implementation of the ambitious Creative Youth Plan, which is now well underway. We’re also looking forward to announcing details shortly of our first Cruinniú na nÓg, a national day of youthful creativity, which will unlock the creative potential of children and young people with events taking place in towns and communities across the country.
The new Creative Ireland Programme Fund will enable us to activate, enable and support genuinely ground-breaking and innovative initiatives, research projects and community programmes, which have creativity and wellbeing at their centre, and which will help inform and implement the vision of the Creative Ireland Programme. Through these partnerships, we want to encourage ambition, risk, innovation and excellence in the creative and cultural sectors by harnessing the incredible, talent and passion of our citizens and, by working together, across agencies, sectors and organisations, to achieve something truly remarkable.”
Roddy Doyle, author and founder of Fighting Words, said: “Fighting Words has been engaged with the Creative Ireland Programme since early 2017 and we have been working closely with them on the development and implementation of the Creative Youth Plan. As a pilot project for the new Creative Ireland Programme Scheme, we now have the opportunity to significantly scale up and increase access, at a national level, for children and adults to unlock the power of their own imaginations and to become resilient, creative and successful shapers of their own lives.”
Details and application forms for the Creative Ireland Programme Scheme 2018/2019 are available below. Deadline for receipt of application forms is midnight Friday 8th June 2018.
Creative Ireland Programme Scheme Application Form (Word Doc)
Creative Ireland Programme Scheme 2018 2019 Guidelines (PDF)
How the Big Tom Sculpture is progressing
Click on the link below to see full article on how the Big Tom Sculpture is progressing…
Monaghan County Council Culture Night 2018 – Open Call
Culture Night is an annual event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. This year it will take place on Friday 21st September 2018 from 5pm.
Culture Night has been celebrated throughout County Monaghan for a number of years and we want to build on this momentum again in 2018. Monaghan County Council is now inviting groups and organisations in County Monaghan to hold an event and have it included in a County Programme of events for Culture Night.
The County Council in partnership with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht will have a small funding scheme for events and promotion. Some events may not require funding, others will.
Guidelines on criteria and application forms are available by contacting culturenight@monaghancoco.ie or by downloading below.
Closing Date for receipt of applications is Thursday 31st May 2018 at 1pm. Late applications will not be accepted.
Queries can be emailed to culturenight@monaghancoco.ie
Download Application form below:
MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL CREATIVE IRELAND GRANT SCHEME 2018
Monaghan County Council wishes to announce a new grant scheme as part of the Creative Ireland Programme 2017-2022.
Monaghan County Council has developed a five year Cultural and Creativity Strategy 2018-2022 in association with Creative Ireland. Our vision is to maximise opportunities for engagement in culture and creativity, to nurture our creative talent, whilst embedding the individual, social and economic benefits. Each year we wish to develop a programme of work/events which corresponds with one or more of the strategy priorities.
What is the purpose of Monaghan County Council’s Creative Ireland grant scheme?
The key objective of the Fund is to provide support to local community groups; artistic and creative practitioners; event organisers and those involved in creative activities and projects, to encourage creativity, collaboration and cultural participation.
We are now inviting applications for the 2018 funding scheme.
Funding for 2018 is available under two themes:
· Bliain na Gaeilge
· Year of Cultural Heritage
Guidelines on criteria and application forms for this new Scheme are available by contacting:
Or by downloading the forms below:
CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IS THURSDAY MAY 3RD 2018 AT 1PM
LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Cavan Monaghan Networking Event
NYCI Youth Arts Programme in association with Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board and Cavan and Monaghan Arts Services invites you to join your colleagues at our:
Youth Arts Networking Day & Introduction to Film Projects with Young People Workshop
Date: Wednesday, 11th April 2018
Venue: Castle Saunderson Scouting Centre, Belturbet, Co Cavan
Time: 10 – 2pm (including networking lunch!)
Fee: Free
Book or enquire with: Maureen McIntyre, Youth Officer, Cavan and Monaghan ETB: maureenmcintyre@cmetb.ie
Calling all youth workers, volunteers and youth arts practitioners in Cavan and Monaghan!
Following on from a successful similar initiative in the NorthWest, NYCI Youth Arts Programme in association with Cavan and Monaghan ETB and Cavan and Monaghan Arts Services is organising a youth arts networking day which will offer you the chance to network with others doing similar work.
The day also includes a practical workshop with Young Irish Filmmakers, exploring tips and techniques for working with film in youth work settings – either as stand alone activities or by incorporating them into your youth work and facilitation skills – as well as a look at the benefits of film projects for young people.
Somhairle MacConghaile Arts Officer with Monaghan County Council’s Arts Service and Catriona O’Reilly from Cavan County Council’s Arts Service will give a brief overview of the Arts service with particular reference to the work they carry out with young people. Anne O Gorman from the Arts Programme at the National Youth Council of Ireland will give a brief overview of the supports the programme can offer you in your work.
Introduction to Film Projects with Young People: Preparation, Shooting and Editing:
There is a lot involved in making films with young people and any number of areas you could focus on, but this training will help you get started and organise your project. This 2.5 hr training with Garry McHugh, Director of Young Irish Filmmakers, will focus on tips and techniques for working with film in youth work settings. The training will be focus on Preparation, Shooting and Editing.
Learning Outcomes:
- PREP: Strategies for devising scripts and projects to film with young people
- SHOOT: How to run a film shoot with young people (managing a crew, managing the shoot, ensuring there are tasks for everyone)
- EDIT: Advice on editing software and editing processes (please note that we won’t be learning how to edit ), advice on how to work well and manage a partnership should you bring in a filmmaker.
- TIPS & TAKE AWAYS: How to facilitate and manage young people’s interests and confidence around film projects through a youth work approach
Young Irish Film Makers is a film, animation and digital media training and production facility where young people aged 9 to 25 years are empowered, through practical training programmes, to work with professional digital equipment to make films, animation and digital media content.
Networking and lunch
Over lunch, we can informally explore participant’s needs in terms of trying to run youth arts projects within their projects/clubs and any issues/concerns that arise for them. It is also a chance to catch up and build connections with your peers and colleagues.
Booking:
Please note that numbers are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment. Further information and booking with Maureen McIntyre, Youth Officer, Cavan and Monaghan ETB: maureenmcintyre@cmetb.ie
Artist Support Scheme 2018
Artist Support Scheme 2018
Arts Partnership Funding Scheme 2018
Arts Partners Grants Scheme is set up to allocate direct grant assistance to Arts venues, arts organisations & arts festivals deemed to be of strategic importance to the arts environment within the county.
Policy
‘Monaghan Co. Council, in conjunction with the Arts Council, is committed to developing a sustainable network of arts organisations, companies, festivals and venues, presenting and promoting professional arts work so that the public can enjoy a wide range of excellent arts experiences both as audiences and engaged participants.’ MCC Arts Policy 2016-2020.
Action
‘In order to assist them in developing good practice in audience development and public engagement and to encourage arts organisations to commission new work, to experiment with co-productions and to engage directly with artists in the development of their annual programmes and to ensure that investment is strategic and sustainable. MCC Arts Policy.
You can download an application form in MS Word Format here >> or have one emailed to you by request to artsoffice@monaghancoco.ie or by simply calling 047 38162 to have an application form posted to you.
Is Féidir leat an t-iarratas a líonadh amach trí ghaeilge mas fearr leat.
The Arts Office, Monaghan County Council, The Market House, Monaghan Town.
Closing date 1st February 2018
Data Protection
Patrick Kavanagh 50th Anniversary Graveside Commemoration
The Patrick Kavanagh Centre & Monaghan County Council presented a graveside tribute to poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh featuring a number of well known poets and writers from across county Monaghan and beyond.
Patrick Kavanagh was born in County Monaghan in 1904. He died on 30th November 1967, and is buried at the former St. Mary’s Church, Inniskeen, now home to the Patrick Kavanagh Resource Centre.
To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, at noon on Thursday November 30th, a cast of Ireland’s finest living writers and poets gathered at his graveside to deliver a spine-tingling recital ten of Kavanagh’s best-loved works.
You can view this very special tribute via the link below:
For detailed coverage of the event nationally, please click on the articles below:
www.beat102103.com/news/patrick-kavanagh-remembered-50th-anniversary-death/
www.laois-nationalist.ie/2017/11/30/patrick-kavanagh-remembered-on-50th-anniversary-of-his-death/
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/patrick-kavanagh-remembered-on-50th-anniversary-of-his-death-816551.html
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-poems-of-patrick-kavanagh-should-return-to-schools-nxw7n88b3
www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/images-of-the-day-1.3311399
www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017/1130/923883-ceremony-to-mark-50th-anniversary-of-kavanaghs-death/
www.balls.ie/gaa/patrick-kavanaghs-ice-cream-378683
Culture and Creativity in County Monaghan
Monaghan is a county historically steeped in cultural heritage and industry. It is renowned for its cultural and creative activity, with a wealth of vibrant heritage, arts and culture opportunities for everyone to learn and engage with.
Creative Ireland Programme
The Creative Ireland Programme is an invitation to the entire country to get involved in something truly inspirational. At its heart is collaboration – between central and local government, between culture and industry, between artists and policy makers – to facilitate an ecosystem of creativity. The transformational potential of culture was understood by the revolutionary generation. During this year, 2016, as we commemorated the events that led to the foundation of our state, we rediscovered the power of cultural creativity to bring communities together, and to strengthen our sense of identity.
That is why it became obvious that we should build a legacy of 2016 around our cultural heritage. Multiple discussions led to the idea of personal and collective creativity as a policy objective. The best way to nurture the creative imagination is through active engagement with arts and culture. Promoting creativity provides us with a strategy for individual wellbeing, social cohesion and economic success. This all-of-government initiative is an ambitious plan, possibly one of the most important initiatives of our time. it calls on all of us to play a part in placing our rich cultural heritage, and its potential, at the centre of our lives.
It is an initiative that can define us for generations to come. It can redefine our role as a small sovereign republic in a globalised world. It is an important statement to ourselves and to the world. Culture and creativity are the greatest assets of any society. It is our duty to do everything we can to unleash the full creative potential of our people. That is what this initiative is all about.
Creative Ireland subscribes to the values and high-level principles set out in Culture 2025/ Éire Ildánach which aim to:
- Enrich the lives of everyone through engagement in the cultural life of the nation
- Create opportunities for increased citizen participation, especially for those currently excluded
- Encourage ambition, risk, innovation and excellence in the creative and cultural sectors
- Ensure that culture is seen as a core component of work across Government
- Recognise and support the cultural contribution of the voluntary sector
- Ensure the robustness of systems which safeguard and promote Ireland’s cultural heritage
- Support a thriving Irish language, with vibrant Gaeltacht communities and other language networks
- Promote Ireland’s culture on the international stage
- Finance this vision with well-designed funding mechanisms.Creative Ireland is the main implementation vehicle for the priorities identified in that framework policy which seek to:
- Put culture at the heart of our lives
- Foster creativity
- Celebrate our cultural heritage and traditions
- Recognise the importance of culture to a vibrant society
- See collaboration as the new norm
- Emphasise the international dimension
Respond to the digital age.
Creative Ireland defines creativity as a set of innate abilities and learned skills: the capacity of individuals and organisations to transcend accepted ideas and norms and by drawing on imagination to create new ideas that bring additional value to human activity. Culture and creativity are inextricably linked: artists and designers are central to the evolution of a culture of creativity. The artist is the primary interrogator and narrator of our culture: the designer uses the artist’s insights to infuse products, spaces and processes with cultural meaning, distinctiveness and human value.
Creative people are key to the new economy in which the ability to conceptualise is more important than knowledge. Culture and creativity are essential features of an innovative, post-industrial economy.
The Five Pillars of Creative Ireland Cúig Cholún a bhaineann le Éire Ildánach
Pillar 1: Enabling the Creative Potential of Every Child Scód a ligean le Cumas na Cruthaitheachta i ngach Leanbh
Pillar 2: Enabling Creativity in Every Community Bonn a chur faoin gCruthaitheacht i ngach Pobal
Pillar 3: Investing in our Creative and Cultural Infrastructure Infheistíocht in Infreastruchtúr na Cruthaitheachta agus an Chultúir
Pillar 4: Ireland as a Centre of Excellence in Media Production Éire mar Lárionad Barr Feabhais maidir le Léiriúchán na Meán Cruthaitheachta
Pillar 5: Unifying our Global Reputation Clú na hÉireann ar fud an Domhain a thabhairt le chéile
Local authorities have a crucial role in the overall local delivery of the entire Creative Ireland programme and are exclusively mandated, through their culture teams, to deliver Pillar 2: Enabling Creativity in Every Community Bonn a chur faoin gCruthaitheacht i ngach Pobal
The Centenary Programme demonstrated two critically important aspects of local governance: first, local authorities are the primary instruments of community engagement and second, local authorities have a particular capacity for local programme delivery, especially in the context of citizen engagement. The empowerment of local authorities to lead the engagement of citizens with our arts and culture is essential. To make this effective, each local authority will be asked to develop a Culture and Creativity Plan, reflecting the overall structure and aims of the national strategy for culture and creativity.
Each local authority will also establish a Culture Team bringing together arts officers, librarians, heritage officers, archivists and other relevant personnel – thus maximising synergies and focusing attention on the capacity of local authorities to foster and encourage creative activity. The team will report to and be led by a Director of Services. A dedicated budget will be allocated to each Local Authority with the primary objective of citizen engagement with their Culture and Creativity Plans.
Creative Ireland will develop and implement Cruinniú na Cásca, an annual programme of arts activities and cultural reflection over Easter Weekend – nationally, locally, and in the Diaspora. RTÉ will be the core partner for the main national event which will be modelled on the highly successful RTÉ Reflecting the Rising. This initiative will be replicated across the country using the Culture Night model. Local authorities will be the primary delivery mechanism for Cruinniú na Cásca in each county.
Beginning in 2018, Creative Ireland will establish and support an annual County of Culture award, allowing individual counties to showcase their cultural creativity over a 12-month period. Creative Ireland will also establish and support an awards scheme that recognises and rewards Irish-based artists work and seeks to promote them at home and overseas. The Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and the Department of Social Protection are working together to introduce a new pilot scheme to provide income supports to low-earning artists through the social welfare system.
The Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and all of our Local Authorities will be key partners in this pillar.
There are three essential operating principles for Creative Ireland: Collaboration and Communication, Community Empowerment, and Internationalisation.
Opinions. Ideas. Thoughts.
What are yours?
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Monaghan Cultural and Creative Plan 2018-2022
During the month of September we are carrying out public consultation into developing a 5 year Cultural and Creative plan for County Monaghan 2018-2022. We would really like to hear your ideas and opinions, so why not drop into one of our workshops as follows:
| Date | Venue | Time |
| Monday 18th September | Carrickmacross Workhouse | 7-8.30pm |
| Tuesday 19th September | Clones Library | 7-8.30pm |
| Thursday 20th September | Market House, Monaghan | 4-5.30pm |
If you can’t join us to chat, why not complete our online survey? (Survey open until the 29th September 2017)
www.surveymonkey.com/r/MonaghanCreativeIreland
Or Email us at creative@monaghancoco.ie
For more information on Creative Monaghan contact creative@monaghancoco.ie
Culture Night:
What is Culture Night?
Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including the National Cultural institutions, extend their opening hours to allow for increased access to the public. Special and unique events and workshops are specifically programmed at participating locations and everything is available free of charge.
Culture Night has grown from a relatively small scale cultural event staged only in Dublin in 2006 to the significant national cultural event that it now is, with some 350,000 people visiting museums, galleries, historic houses, artists’ studios and cultural centres across the country. The initiative has captured both the public imagination and the enthusiasm of artists and cultural organisations.
Culture Night
Encourages more people to visit cultural venues and experience culture in their locality
Reminds us all about the fantastic cultural facilities and resources that we have locally and nationally
Raises the profile of cultural organisations, activities and facilities
Encourages people to try new things and to get into the habit of going more often to cultural venues and activities in their locality
Makes it easier for people to play a role in their local cultural scene
Helps create a sense of community and belonging
Who makes Culture Night happen?
Culture Night happens because many people share a vision and enthusiasm for enjoying, celebrating and promoting creativity and culture. The following list gives a taste of the wide range of institutions that make it happen across Ireland:
The public, artists, performing groups, galleries, museums, sport clubs, libraries, arts centres, craft workers, studios and workshops, theatres, public spaces, broadcasters, schools, community groups, local authorities, government departments, state agencies and public bodies, transport companies, universities, shops and many more!
Culture Night 2017 will take place on Friday 22nd September 2017 between 5pm and 11pm. Check out our programme of events and follow us on facebook ‘Culture Night Monaghan’. For more information, contact culturenight@monaghancoco.ie