| Assessment of the economic impact of the arts in Ireland (PDF, 0.30 MB)
| The purpose of this research is to establish an evidence-based assessment of the economic impact of the arts as an input into wider economic policy. This study, which follows the 2009 Indecon
assessment of the economic impact of the arts in Ireland, is concerned with the impact of the arts
in 2010. This update report focuses on employment and job creation, the value added and the benefit to
the exchequer arising from the Arts Council organisations, in addition to the wider arts and
creative sectors. | 2011 | 18 |
| The living and working conditions of artists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (PDF, 1.55 MB)
| All-Ireland research report on the living and working conditions of artists. | 2010 | 208 |
| Cultural Diversity and the Arts - Language and Meanings (PDF, 2.77 MB)
| Cultural Diversity and the Arts - Language and Meanings is an edited version of chapter four of Cultural Diversity and the Arts, a section of the research report commissioned by the Arts Council in partnership with the Office of the Minister for Integration / National Action Plan against Racism (nPar). The pamphlet is intended as a resource for the arts sector and the diverse publics with which it works or wishes to work. | 2010 | N/A |
| Step Up: A programme for pre-professional contemporary dance In Ireland (PDF, 1.51 MB)
| Co-commissioned by the Arts Council and the University of Limerick in 2010, Step Up: A programme for pre-professional contemporary dance in Ireland provides a comprehensive review of the existing dance educational landscape in Ireland. It also carries out a review of existing international models that could be used to create a structured environment for the professional development of Irish students and to increase the interaction between dancers trained abroad and the Irish dance sector. | 2010 | 79 |
| Giving body to dance (DOC, 0.11 MB)
| This is a summary report of the review of building-based infrastructures for dance in Ireland. The document contains findings which relate to the quality of spaces that are currently available to professional dance practitioners countrywide. | 2009 | 18 |
| Review of Visual Artists' Workspaces (PDF, 3.49 MB)
| This review assesses the provision of workspaces for visual artists in the Republic of Ireland and makes suggestions for the Arts Council's future strategic support and development for workspace provision. | 2009 | 267 |
| Assessment of Economic Impact of the Arts in Ireland (PDF, 2.44 MB)
| This report, submitted to the Arts Council by Indecon International Economic Consultants, presents an independent economic evaluation of the arts in Ireland with a particular focus on: job creation and employment; economic benefit of the arts; the impact of arts investment on cultural tourism; the relationship between the arts and the creative industries and their significance for the smart economy; and the contribution of the arts in re-building Ireland's international reputation. | 2009 | 154 |
| Cultural diversity and the arts research project: Towards the development of an Arts Council policy and action plan (PDF, 0.52 MB)
| This report forms part of the documentation on Cultural Diversity and the Arts, prepared under the Cultural Diversity Research Project: Towards the development of an Arts Council policy and action plan. | 2009 | 74 |
| Arts, Education and Other Learning Settings. A Research Digest. (PDF, 0.39 MB)
| This report contains a digest of information on 72 research reports published in
relation to the arts in education in Ireland between 1979 and mid-2007, as well
as more detailed summaries of 14 of these reports. | 2008 | 134 |
| Between filiation and affiliation: the space of art (PDF, 0.09 MB)
| One of a series of pamphlets on the value of the arts written by Kevin Whelan, Director of the Keough Naughton Notre Dame Centre, Dublin. These pamphlets are intended to provoke discussion and to focus attention on the crucial role the arts can and do play in our lives as individuals, as members of diverse communities and as part of our wider society. | 2008 | 14 |
| Points of Alignment - The report of the Special Committee on the Arts and Education (PDF, 0.33 MB)
| A report arising from the Special Committee on the Arts and Education. The committee was established by the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, in tandem with the Minister for Education and Science and consisted of nominated representatives from the arts and education sectors with special knowledge of the intersections between the two fields. The report focuses on arts-in-education provision in Ireland and makes five key recommendations to improve such provision. | 2008 | 72 |
| Summary Guide Points of Alignment - The Report of the Special Committee on the Arts and Education (PDF, 0.08 MB)
| Summary guide of the full report | 2008 | 11 |
| Public Engagement with Architecture in the Republic of Ireland (PDF, 0.70 MB)
| In 2008, the Arts Council commissioned research into public engagment with architecture in the Republic of Ireland with the purpose of advancing the commitments set out for architecture in the Partnership for the Arts strategy. The purpose of the research is to assist the Council in identifying a number of ways in which it can contribute more significantly to public engagement with architecture in the future. | 2008 | 124 |
| The pursuit of glorious failure (PDF, 0.06 MB)
| One of a series of pamphlets on the value of the arts
written by John Waters. These pamphlets are intended to provoke discussion and to focus attention on the crucial role the arts can and do play in our lives as individuals, as members of diverse communities and as part of our wider society.
| 2007 | 16 |
| Weve built it; why wont they come? (PDF, 0.06 MB)
| One of a series of pamphlets on the value of the arts
written by John Burns, news editor of the Irish edition of The Sunday Times. These pamphlets are intended to provoke discussion and to focus attention on the crucial role the arts can and do play in our lives as individuals, as members of diverse communities and as part of our wider society.
| 2007 | 12 |
| The Siren Alps (PDF, 0.10 MB)
| One of a series of pamphlets on the value of the arts written by John McAuliffe. These pamphlets are intended to provoke discussion and to focus attention on the crucial role the arts can and do play in our lives as individuals, as members of diverse communities and as part of our wider society. | 2007 | 20 |
| The feel-good gulag (PDF, 0.05 MB)
| One of a series of pamphlets on the value of the arts
written by Ian Kilroy, writer and journalist, arts editor of Irish Examiner. These pamphlets are intended to provoke discussion and to focus attention on the crucial role the arts can and do play in our lives as individuals, as members of diverse communities and as part of our wider society. | 2007 | 12 |
| The Case for Elitism (PDF, 0.06 MB)
| One of a series of pamphlets on the value of the arts written by Emer O'Kelly. These pamphlets are intended to provoke discussion and to focus attention on the crucial role the arts can and do play in our lives as individuals, as members of diverse communities and as part of our wider society. | 2007 | 12 |
| Sounds new: review of supports to contemporary music in Ireland (PDF, 2.12 MB)
| This report submitted to the Arts Council by Graham Devlin Associates in June 2006, aims to review policy and grant programmes in support of contemporary music; to conduct an assessment of needs for Irish contemporary music in a national and international context and to set out key issues for strategic development of the sector in Ireland. | 2006 | 76 |
| Towards a strategy of support for professional ballet in Ireland - Summary Report (PDF, 1.78 MB)
| This document summarises key findings, conclusions and recommendations arising from a review of professional ballet in Ireland. The review was commissioned by the Arts Council in May 2006. Derek Purnell, dance consultant and former chief executive of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, undertook the review. | 2006 | 20 |