The Arts Council, the Irish government agency for developing the arts, is pleased to announce its strategic funding decisions for 2022. Funding totalling €47.4million will be distributed to 106 organisations across all parts of the country. From theatre to Irish traditional arts, from jazz to classical music to local fiddle festivals, from visual arts to literature, the talent and creativity embodied in these organisations is world class, full of ambitious confidence and something that we should all be proud of.
Maureen Kennelly, Director of the Arts Council, said, “Our strategic funding decisions will enable people of all ages and from all backgrounds to experience the very best of the arts. The recipient organisations range across galleries, festivals, choirs, publishers, studios, theatres and venues and their work will ensure that the public has access to high quality artistic expression in every part of Ireland. ”
Chair of the Arts Council, Prof. Kevin Rafter said, “Receiving funding of €130m for 2022 has allowed the Arts Council to invest in arts organisations across the country. This funding for 106 organisations means local communities all over Ireland will be able to access great art throughout the year."
Recipients of strategic funding play a critical part in delivering the policy priorities of Making Great Art Work, the Arts Council's ten-year strategy. They also support the essential infrastructure required to sustain and develop the arts in Ireland. Funding is awarded following an open and competitive application process. The criteria against which applications are assessed are; artistic quality and development of the arts, public Engagement, organisational capacity, the importance of the oganisation in the arts infrastructure and the commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion.
Our strategically funded organisations deliver excellent artwork and / or events and provide excellent opportunities for artists to develop their practice or to be engaged in high-quality, creative work.
Applicant name | Approved Amount |
Abbey Theatre, The | € 7,500,000 |
Irish National Opera | € 4,316,312 |
Gate Theatre, The | € 2,250,000 |
Wexford Festival Opera | € 1,635,000 |
Irish Chamber Orchestra | € 1,241,800 |
Druid Theatre Company | € 1,172,400 |
Dublin Theatre Festival | € 1,050,900 |
Irish Film Institute | € 960,000 |
Irish Traditional Music Archive | € 950,000 |
Galway Arts Festival | € 915,000 |
The Ark | € 705,000 |
Music Network | € 670,000 |
Chamber Choir Ireland | € 625,000 |
Kilkenny Arts Festival | € 550,000 |
Dublin Dance Festival | € 535,000 |
Dublin Fringe Festival | € 520,869 |
Píobairí Uilleann Teoranta, Na | € 520,000 |
Butler Gallery | € 490,000 |
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios Ltd | € 490,000 |
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts | € 487,000 |
Ballet Ireland | € 470,000 |
Cork Midsummer Festival | € 450,000 |
Poetry Ireland/Eigse Eireann | € 450,000 |
West Cork Music | € 445,000 |
Fire Station Artists' Studios | € 439,495 |
The Contemporary Music Centre | € 415,000 |
Dance Ireland | € 413,000 |
Waterford Spraoi | € 400,000 |
Baboró International Arts Festival for
Children | € 380,000 |
Fishamble Theatre Company | € 379,200 |
Create | € 375,000 |
Irish Architectural Archive | € 375,000 |
Children's Books Ireland | € 370,000 |
Tyrone Guthrie Centre | € 369,900 |
Macnas | € 361,000 |
The Douglas Hyde Gallery | € 357,000 |
Pan Pan Theatre Company | € 351,400 |
CoisCeim Dance Theatre | € 345,000 |
Irish Baroque Orchestra | € 340,000 |
National Sculpture Factory Cork | € 333,200 |
Literature Ireland | € 325,000 |
Rough Magic Theatre Company | € 321,600 |
Irish Theatre Institute | € 316,800 |
Sing Ireland | € 315,000 |
Crash Ensemble | € 310,000 |
Arts & Disability Ireland | € 309,000 |
Improvised Music Company | € 303,200 |
eva International | € 300,400 |
Earagail Arts Festival | € 300,000 |
Irish Architecture Foundation | € 300,000 |
Visual Artists Ireland | € 300,000 |
Youth Theatre Ireland | € 300,000 |
Teac Damsa | € 290,000 |
Leitrim Sculpture Centre | € 286,405 |
Dance Limerick | € 280,600 |
Irish Association of Youth Orchestras | € 280,000 |
The Gallery of Photography | € 277,150 |
Liz Roche Company | € 270,000 |
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company | € 249,700 |
Age and Opportunity | € 237,000 |
Carlow Arts Festival | € 235,000 |
Irish Writers' Centre | € 235,000 |
Cork International Film Festival | € 230,000 |
Corcadorca Theatre Company Ltd | € 210,000 |
First Music Contact | € 210,000 |
United Fall | € 210,000 |
The Gallery Press | € 200,000 |
Fidget Feet | € 187,000 |
Galway Community Circus | € 185,000 |
Irish Modern Dance Theatre | € 185,000 |
Munster Literature Centre | € 180,000 |
Irish Aerial Creation Centre | € 179,200 |
Waterford Healing Arts Trust | € 172,000 |
Dublin International Film Festival [ARN 3078
pre 2002] | € 170,000 |
Irish Street Arts, Circus And Spectacle
Network | € 168,000 |
The Stinging Fly | € 168,000 |
Limerick City Gallery of Art | € 161,000 |
Galway Film Fleadh | € 150,000 |
IMRAM | € 149,000 |
Access Cinema | € 140,000 |
Kids' Own | € 120,000 |
Little Island | € 120,000 |
Dedalus Press | € 115,000 |
Dublin Youth Dance Company | € 110,255 |
National Youth Council of Ireland | € 110,000 |
Salmon Poetry | € 110,000 |
Lewis Glucksman Gallery | € 107,000 |
Graphic Studio Dublin | € 105,600 |
Highlanes Gallery | € 105,000 |
Helium Children's Arts & Health | € 104,000 |
New Theatre, The | € 100,000 |
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy | € 100,000 |
Black Church Print Studio | € 97,000 |
Cló Iar-Chonnachta Teo | € 95,000 |
Fresh Film | € 90,000 |
Irish National Youth Ballet Company | € 90,000 |
KCAT | € 88,000 |
Young Irish Film Makers | € 84,420 |
Cork Printmakers | € 83,950 |
National Irish Visual Arts Library | € 83,000 |
Limerick Printmakers | € 75,000 |
Bewley's Cafe Theatre | € 74,250 |
LD Dance Shawbrook | € 72,000 |
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland | € 65,000 |
Writers' Week | € 65,000 |
Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí | € 50,000 |
| € 47,419,006 |
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