Forty-three Tipperary music, choral, drama and arts groups allocated €65,000 grant aid
Eighteen of the Arts Act grants approved at Tipperary County Council's monthly meeting will go to south Tipperary based organisations
Eighteen south Tipperary music, choral, drama and arts groups have secured a share of Tipperary County Council's €65,000 Arts Act Grant allocation for this year with its Arts Officer reporting nearly a 50% surge in demand for the financial aid since the end of the Covid pandemic.
Councillors approved Arts Act Grants ranging in size from €500 to €5,500 for 43 organisations involved in the arts throughout the county at Tipperary County Council’s April meeting in Clonmel last week.
Five theatre groups, four musical theatre societies and three choirs are among the south Tipperary beneficiaries of the grants which will go towards funding the cost of drama, musical productions, choral performances and workshops. Other grant recipients will put the funding towards visual art and creative writing events and workshops.
Tipperary County Council Arts Officer Melanie Scott told the Council meeting the Arts Act Grants Scheme’s aim was to increase engagement in the arts in the county. She reported a marked 48% increase in demand for these grants in the last three years since the end of the Covid pandemic.
She noted the elected members had the foresight to increase the Council’s funding allocation under this scheme.
“This has enabled us to respond to the increased demand,” she said.
Ms Scott reported there were eight new applicants to the scheme recommended for grants this year. One application was not eligible for a grant under the terms of the scheme and one application was not recommended for support.
The 43 grants she recommended for approval were proposed by Clonmel Fianna Fáil Cllr Siobhán Ambrose and seconded by Fine Gael Cllr Phyll Bugler from Ballina.
THEATRE:
Red ‘n Blue Theatre Company, Clonmel - €2,000 towards cost of theatre production
Creative Minds Productions, Clonmel - €1,800 towards cost of theatre production
Fionn MacCumhaill Players, Mullinahone - €500 towards cost of theatre production
Clonmel Theatre Guild - €500 towards cost of theatre production
Cashel Choral & Dramatic Society - €500 towards cost of annual theatre production
MUSICAL THEATRE:
Tipperary Musical Society - €3,500 towards cost of annual musical production
St Mary’s Choral Society, Clonmel - €3,500 towards cost of musical production
Carrick-on-Suir Musical Society - €3,500 towards cost of annual musical production
Stage Craft Youth Theatre, Clonmel - €1,800 towards cost of musical production
CHORAL:
Clontempo Choir, Clonmel - €1,200 towards cost of choral concert
Belle Voci Choir - €1,000 towards choral activities
Uproar Rock Chorus, Clonmel - €1,000 towards cost of autumn concert
New Inn & District Women’s Group - €600 towards choral workshops
MUSIC:
Cahir Comhaltas - €2,000 towards cost of summer music series
ARTS:
Suircan Environmental Clonmel - €1,000 for arts workshops
Glengarra Mountain Lodge Conservation Restoration Group/ Burncourt Community Council -€1,000 towards cost of storytelling and creative writing workshops
South Tipperary Art Group (STAG) Juniors, Clonmel - €800 towards cost of visual arts project for young people
Down Syndrome, Tipperary - €600 for arts programme