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<\/p>\nMonaghan 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.
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Creative Ireland Programme\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Creative Ireland Programme is an invitation to the entire country to get involved in something truly inspirational. At its heart is collaboration \u2013 between central and local government, between culture and industry, between artists and policy makers \u2013 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Creative Ireland subscribes to the values and high-level principles set out in Culture 2025\/ \u00c9ire Ild\u00e1nach which aim to:<\/p>\n Respond to the digital age.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s insights to infuse products, spaces and processes with cultural meaning, distinctiveness and human value.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The Five Pillars of Creative Ireland C\u00faig Chol\u00fan a bhaineann le \u00c9ire Ild\u00e1nach<\/strong><\/p>\n Pillar 1:<\/strong> Enabling the Creative Potential of Every Child Sc\u00f3d a ligean le Cumas na Cruthaitheachta i ngach Leanbh 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 Creative Ireland will develop and implement Cruinni\u00fa na C\u00e1sca, an annual programme of arts activities and cultural reflection over Easter Weekend \u2013 nationally, locally, and in the Diaspora. RT\u00c9 will be the core partner for the main national event which will be modelled on the highly successful RT\u00c9 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 Cruinni\u00fa na C\u00e1sca in each county. There are three essential operating principles for Creative Ireland: Collaboration and Communication, Community Empowerment, and Internationalisation.<\/p>\n Creative Ireland Programme<\/a><\/p>\n Opinions. Ideas. Thoughts.<\/strong> Monaghan Cultural and Creative Plan 2018-2022\n
\nPillar 2:<\/strong> Enabling Creativity in Every Community Bonn a chur faoin gCruthaitheacht i ngach Pobal
\nPillar 3:<\/strong> Investing in our Creative and Cultural Infrastructure Infheist\u00edocht in Infreastrucht\u00far na Cruthaitheachta agus an Chult\u00fair
\nPillar 4:<\/strong> Ireland as a Centre of Excellence in Media Production \u00c9ire mar L\u00e1rionad Barr Feabhais maidir le L\u00e9iri\u00fach\u00e1n na Me\u00e1n Cruthaitheachta
\nPillar 5:<\/strong> Unifying our Global Reputation Cl\u00fa na h\u00c9ireann ar fud an Domhain a thabhairt le ch\u00e9ile<\/p>\n
\nThe 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.
\nEach local authority will also establish a Culture Team bringing together arts officers, librarians, heritage officers, archivists and other relevant personnel \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
\nBeginning 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.
\nThe Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, and all of our Local Authorities will be key partners in this pillar.<\/p>\n
\nWhat are yours?<\/strong>
\nLooking forward to seeing you there.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDuring 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:<\/p>\n
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