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Art centre to draw down €570,000 02.05.08
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ARTLINK in Buncrana
couldn't have created a nicer picture - a Goverment
cheque with €570,000 to be drawn on it.
The local community arts group is celebrating news
of the windfall to be allocated by the Depatment of
Arts, Sports and Tourism. Senator Cecilia Keaveney,
a former chair of the Government Arts Committee,
welcomed the allocation and explained that it was
made following recommendation to Arts Minister,
Seamus Brennan, by an independent selection
committee. |
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Artlink was founded by
a group of local artists in 1992. It has a studio,
offices and workshop spaces in Tullyarvan Mill and
also enjoys a public exhibition space at Fort Dunree
Military Museum.
Its facilities include a drawing and painting
studio, a compact and professionally lit exhibition
area and a fully-equipped ceramics studio.
Artlink was formed to promote |
"the value of the
visual arts in collaborative, public and community
contexts and to create opportunities for
participation by a broad range of groups and
individuals".
It is involved as partners in the Donegal Public Art
Policy and Strategy 2006 –2010 and has worked on a
number of public projects, residencies and
site-specific commissions. Artlink, which offers
night classes to the public, has been for some time
on the reserve list for the Department's ACCESS
Programme grant aid.
Senator Keaveney said: "I’m delighted as a former
chair of the Arts Committee to see this money come
to Donegal North East and the great project, which
has been Artlink to date." |
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