MAYO COUNTY COUNCIL
TO: Mr. John Condon, County Secretary
FROM: Anne McCarthy, Arts Officer
Recommendations for Arts Act Grants Allocations for 2011 pending receipt of full details and audited accounts.
File No. Name of Grant Observations Recommendations Applicant Allowed 2010 2011
20 Claremorris Arts €5,250 Annual Event €4,800
Committee Visual Arts Exhibition
22 Westport Arts Festival €5,500 Annual Arts Festival €5,200
140 Scoil Ácla €1,200 Annual Festival €1,100
141 Fleadh Cheoil Mhaigh €1,500 Traditional Music €1,400
Éo Festival
180 Ballina Street €4,000 Annual Festival €3,600
Festival
203 Achill Artist’s Group Did not apply Artists Exhibition €500
205 Siamsa Straide €2,200 Festival €2,000
215 Kenny Naughton School €1,200 Literary Festival €1,100
216 Castlebar Blues Festival €1,500 Music Workshops/access €1,200
219 Feile Chois Cuan €2,000 Traditional Music €1,800
277 Louisburgh Community €2,500 Children’s Arts Did not apply Project Festival
281 Ceol Na Locha Did not apply Music Festival €800
295 Soogroo €1,200 Children’s Arts Festival €1,100
299 Club Vario, Ballina €600 Youth Arts Workshops €500
311 Crimlin Community €1,500 Community Arts Music €1,200
Arts Group Collective
324 Jazz Motion €500 Jazz Events €500
319 Westport Blue Grass Fest did not apply Blue Grass Festival €500
Feile Iorras Did not apply International Folk Arts €2,700
Total Recommended Allocation under Arts Acts 2011 €30,000
Applications which can receive or have received support under other developmental /capacity-building programmes through Mayo County Council Arts Office, or which have received substantial funding from other source.
The following are observations pertaining to the organisations listed, who have applied for Arts Acts Grants in 2011 -
File No. Name of Applicant Observations
Comhar Dun Chaochain Teo Event did not take place in 2011
Ionad Ealaina Iorras Teo Festival did not take place in 2011. Arts venue receives support through Partnership funding.
File No. Name of Applicant Observation
90 Comhaltas, Craobh Chlann Lir Comhaltas already receiving funding for Fleadh
Mhaigh Eo.
File No. Name of Applicant Observations
Ballycroy Community Council Application pertains to provision ineligible for Arts Acts
Castlebar Gospel Choir Application pertains to activity ineligible for Arts Acts
Amy Murray Application pertains to activity ineligible for Arts Acts
SUMMARY
No. of applications receiving funding: 17
No. of ineligible applications: 3
No. of applications pertaining to events not occurring in this year: 2
Total number of applications 23
Anne McCarthy
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Anne McCarthy
Arts Officer