GRANTS AREAS

Detailed below are the areas for which we will invest. Click on the area of interest for a more detailed description.
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Production of quality Arts Programmes

Audience Development / Inclusion

The Artist and the City

PRODUCTION OF QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMMES

Professional theatre / Performance Production

This goes towards a professional Theatre Company or a professional Theatre production. The production must employ professional Actors, Choreographers, Crew etc, must be open to the public and should have six performances excluding rehearsals and previews. Waterford City Council understands that it is only one part of the package needed to support such a venture.

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Professional creative collaboration production

This grant is for a multidiscipline collaboration between a number of organisations. Applicants must prove a collaborative ethos drives the process and that it integrates a number of art forms. The end product must be open to the public and should have six performances excluding rehearsals and previews. Waterford City Council understands that it is only one part of the package needed to support such a venture.

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Amateur / Voluntary group production

This grant is for Amateur/Voluntary groups for theatre/performance production that utilises volunteers across the board. The production must be open to the public and should have six performances excluding rehearsals and previews. Waterford City Council understands that it is only one part of the package needed to support such a venture.

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Youth / Pre-professional production

A grant for a Theatre production either developed for and including youth or a theatre production by a new pre-professional theatre company. The production must be open to the public and should have six performances excluding rehearsals and previews. Waterford City Council understands that it is only one part of the package needed to support such a venture.

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Marching / Concert Band programme

Marching / Concert Band programme
The majority of the award will be on a competitive, but rotational basis to one of Waterford's Marching/concert bands. It will be substantially higher than previous grants so as to enable the band greater opportunities.

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Concerts programme

This is aimed at formal concert providers such as Waterford Music Club and the Symphony Club of Waterford. It’s on a competitive basis.

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Hospitals / Disability Programme

This is aimed to provide an arts programme to involve those who cannot be part of general arts provision either through disability or through being confined to hospital.

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AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT / INCLUSION

The premise of this programme is to encourage young people to get involved in the arts by inculcating a curiosity, an interest and appreciation of the arts. It is also an opportunity for established Arts Organisations to widen their practice base by producing one or more of the following initiatives.

Primary Schools arts performance programme

We would like to see a programme aimed at 6th form primary schools in Waterford city.  This programme must include a section that deals with, or explains the depth and context of the arts in everyday life.

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Secondary schools arts performance programme

We would like to see a programme aimed at 1st year secondary schools in Waterford City. This programme must include a section that deals with, or explains the depth and context of the arts in everyday life. In the future we would like to see some crossover between this programme and the programme aimed at 6th class primary schools.

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Transition year production programme

We would like to see a programme aimed at developing production and producing skills amongst transition year students in Waterford City. This programme must include a section that deals with, or explains, the depth and context of the arts in everyday life.

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Youth social inclusion Arts programme

We would see this being largely aimed at disadvantaged youth and early school leavers. We would be interested in approaches made with other partners on-board. We would like this to take a narrative style, possibly along the lines of a social history project. These programmes must be fully documented and culminate in a film or a performance and a film. This programme must include a section that deals with, or explains, the depth and context of the arts in everyday life.

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Intergenerational inclusion Arts programme

This is aimed at youth and older people to encourage respect through exploring common themes to both. We would like this to take a narrative style, possibly along the lines of a social history project and leading to a production. The programme must be fully documented. This programme must include a section that deals with, or explains, the depth and context of the arts in everyday life.

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ARTIST & THE CITY

This largely replaces the Small Arts Grants and is aimed mainly at professional artists. Specific bursaries aimed at youth, musicals and drama are also being made available this year.

Professional development grants

These are Professional Development grants for practicing artists or artist-led groups living and based in Waterford City in the categories of dance, music, drama/theatre, literature, film and visual arts.

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Tyrone Guthrie Artists Awards
Its purpose is to allow artists room and space to develop their ideas or projects via a residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in County Monaghan. For 2012 there will be two awards: An award for a practicing creative artist for two weeks; there will also be an award for Printmaking for two people working together for one week.

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Publishing purchase scheme

While this is mainly aimed at purchasing books and CD/DVDs we are open to other suggestions. We would then send the produce to other Local Authorities, to local and national media, to Councilors and to our libraries.

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3rd Party Support Scheme

This is to help fund other private bursary schemes aimed at burgeoning City arts practitioners such as the Ted & Mary O’Regan Awards etc.

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Specific Bursaries:

Youth Choir Bursary, Youth Orchestra Bursary, Music Network Bursary, AIMS Bursary, All Ireland Drama Festival Bursary, Arts Incubator Bursary. (Please note Applications may be judged outside of the general adjudication time-frame)

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