The chair of the DCAL committee has demanded a complete review of how publicly funded grants are awarded to Feile an Phobail. The DUP’s Nelson McCausland claims that the West Belfast Festival is being funded by cuts to the Arts Council and that other organisations aren’t being given an opportunity to apply. Mr McCausland writes… Continue Reading
THE Arts Council has called on culture minister Carál Ní Chuilín to reverse the latest cuts to arts organisations. During a meeting with Ms Ní Chuilín senior Arts Council members including chairman Bob Collins said the in-year cuts will badly affect arts groups, particularly those trying to bring their work to “marginalised communities”. The latest… Continue Reading
Fight the Cuts in Arts Funding In the past number of weeks, we have learnt a lot about the current and future state of the arts in Northern Ireland. We learned that the DCAL Minister has removed £870,000 from the Arts Council at the same time as saying that she was not asking for any… Continue Reading
Carál Ní Chuilín on BBC’s The View – talking about the “inescapable pressures” that lead to cutting the Arts Council NI budget again – starts around the 20 minute mark. Thursday 08/10 ¦ BBC’s “The View” Continue Reading
Prominent arts organisations in Northern Ireland are bracing themselves for further cuts, after the Arts Council of Northern Ireland suffered an 8% reduction to its funding. The announcement follows a harsh round of reductions in funding in March this year that saw Belfast’s Lyric Theatre – regional winner of the My Theatre Matters! search for… Continue Reading
Annual report. Findings from the Continuous Household Survey 2014/15. This report presents the findings from the 2014/15 Continuous Household Survey (CHS) in relation to engagement with the arts by adults in Northern Ireland. More information relating to the Continuous Household Survey, methodology, definitions and the interpretation of the figures can be found in the Technical… Continue Reading
(Wednesday 5th August) DCAL Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has clarified the position regarding funding to the Arts Council NI. Addressing media reports that the Minister asked the Council to plan for budget reductions, the Minister said: “I want to make it clear that I have not reduced the Arts Council’s budget and did not ask… Continue Reading
Thirty-two of Northern Ireland’s biggest arts organisations face immediate in-year cuts of 7% in their funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the BBC has learned. The arts council’s own budget from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) was cut by a further £870,000 (8%) last month. It has subsequently found savings… Continue Reading
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) faces an in-year budget cut of approximately 8%, the BBC has learned. The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) has written to ACNI to confirm the further cut in its budget. The BBC understands that ACNI will hold an emergency board meeting next week to discuss how… Continue Reading
ArtsMatterNI has been a quiet place of late, however with Culture Night #CNB15 just round the corner, and tremendous publicity not only for the arts but for our campaign generated by Culture Night folk (thank you Adam) perhaps the time is right to renew our conviction to advocate for more for the arts and raise… Continue Reading
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