Arts Funding announced for Leitrim Sculpture Centre

The Arts Council, the Irish government agency for developing the arts, has announce its Strategic Funding decisions for 2023. Funding totaling €50,475,572 will be distributed to 107 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 to imbue pride in every citizen.  

In Manorhamilton the Leitrim Sculpture Centre has been awarded €306,500 for 2023.

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 organisation in the arts infrastructure and the commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.