Kerry County Council
Presentations of awards were made on Wednesday 16th May by Mayor of Kerry, Cllr. Ted Fitzgerald, at Kerry County Council.
'Kerry County Council allocates arts funding to individual artists and schools to support career development and arts practice of artists living and based in Kerry', stated the Mayor,'The schools awards are vital to encourage greater levels of arts activity, many schools offer a good arts programme, this award allows schools to go one step further by bringing a professional artist into the school to work with the students'.
The 'Arts Material/equipment Award'; assists artists to further their career development and was won by Lorraine Neeson, Killarney. The 'Bursary to attend Artist Retreat in Ireland'; gives the artist time to reflect on and develop their work and was won by Baile Na nGall native, David McLoughlin.
The 'Further Arts Education Award' is one of the most important awards to be introduced. There are a number of talented artist of all art forms based in Kerry who wish to develop their individual arts practice by receiving the best education in their field of practice. Education in any art form is costly by nature and this award aims to promote the standards of arts practice for Kerry based artists. The winners were Aine Moynihan, Dingle, Robert Heaslip, Tralee and Helena Brosnan, Ardfert.
The 'Creative work development Award' offers an artist the opportunity to explore their own work in a project that affords a degree of interaction with other arts practitioners or the wider community. The emphasis being on the artist's approach and proposed execution of the project, fostering the integrity of arts practice. The award was won by Una Ni She from An Daingean.
Also benefiting from the awards were Killocrim National School and Lauragh National School who received Artist in Schools Full Bursaries, while Nano Nagle Special School and Firies National School each received Artist in Schools Partial Bursaries.
'These awards help artists to explore their work and to develop their careers' stated Kate Kennelly, Kerry County Council Arts Officer. 'In particular the 'Further Arts Education' award is proving popular as studying any of the creative arts at third level is expensive. It is rewarding to see careers progress, in particular when the artists bring their skills back to Kerry, we all benefit'.
Similar bursaries will be advertised for 2008. For more information please contact the Kerry County Council Arts Office on 066 718 3500
'Kerry County Council allocates arts funding to individual artists and schools to support career development and arts practice of artists living and based in Kerry', stated the Mayor,'The schools awards are vital to encourage greater levels of arts activity, many schools offer a good arts programme, this award allows schools to go one step further by bringing a professional artist into the school to work with the students'.
The 'Arts Material/equipment Award'; assists artists to further their career development and was won by Lorraine Neeson, Killarney. The 'Bursary to attend Artist Retreat in Ireland'; gives the artist time to reflect on and develop their work and was won by Baile Na nGall native, David McLoughlin.
The 'Further Arts Education Award' is one of the most important awards to be introduced. There are a number of talented artist of all art forms based in Kerry who wish to develop their individual arts practice by receiving the best education in their field of practice. Education in any art form is costly by nature and this award aims to promote the standards of arts practice for Kerry based artists. The winners were Aine Moynihan, Dingle, Robert Heaslip, Tralee and Helena Brosnan, Ardfert.
The 'Creative work development Award' offers an artist the opportunity to explore their own work in a project that affords a degree of interaction with other arts practitioners or the wider community. The emphasis being on the artist's approach and proposed execution of the project, fostering the integrity of arts practice. The award was won by Una Ni She from An Daingean.
Also benefiting from the awards were Killocrim National School and Lauragh National School who received Artist in Schools Full Bursaries, while Nano Nagle Special School and Firies National School each received Artist in Schools Partial Bursaries.
'These awards help artists to explore their work and to develop their careers' stated Kate Kennelly, Kerry County Council Arts Officer. 'In particular the 'Further Arts Education' award is proving popular as studying any of the creative arts at third level is expensive. It is rewarding to see careers progress, in particular when the artists bring their skills back to Kerry, we all benefit'.
Similar bursaries will be advertised for 2008. For more information please contact the Kerry County Council Arts Office on 066 718 3500
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