Minister Carál Ní Chuilín Department for Communities Causeway Exchange Belfast via email private.office@communities-ni.gov.uk 7th of July 2020 RE: Retention of Emergency Funds Dear Minister Ní Chuilín On behalf of the steering group of Arts Matter NI may we congratulate you on taking up your new post and indeed renewing your role in the stewardship of… Continue Reading
Have Your Say! Public consultation is now open! Draft 5-year Strategic Framework for Developing the Arts 2019-2024 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland has developed its draft Strategic Framework for the Arts 2019-2024 in consultation with the arts sector and key stakeholders, as well as our partners in local and central government, and the wider… Continue Reading
ArtsMatterNI convenor Conor Shields, offers an update on the disparity between funding levels in Northern Ireland compared to our nearest neighbours. In light of new cross party political support to pursue equality of funding, this is the challenge facing government and indeed us all. We are not #WorthLess . Stop the Cuts. Find the Money.… Continue Reading
Belfast Telegraph article www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/theatre-arts/belfast-council-weighs-in-against-cuts-to-northern-ireland-arts-funding-36977891.html #ArtsMatterNI Press Release Press Release ArtsMatterNI 05-06-2018 (docx) Continue Reading
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/northern-ireland-arts-groups-demand-equality-in-funding-as-budgets-slashed-36943880.html Continue Reading
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/the-chair-of-the-arts-council-believes-the-creative-sector-should-wean-itself-off-public-subsidy-while-seeking-it-for-himself-he-must-go-36883210.html Continue Reading
Conor Shields, convenor of the #ArtsMatterNI campaign, on the recently announced Annual Funding Programme 18/19 from the Arts Council NI. And click below to view the full list of organisations offered Annual Funding in 2018/19 ACNI Annual Funding Decisions 2018-19 (pdf) Continue Reading
After the debate, Conor Shields, CEO of Community Arts Partnership, had a few more words to add. Conor Shields, CAP’s CEO and Convenor of #ArtsMatterNI, spoke after #TheArtsDebate pic.twitter.com/NASXoMVrco — Arts Matter NI (@ArtsMatterNI) February 20, 2018 Continue Reading
www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/02/19/news/arts-sector-in-north-needs-investment–1259014/ www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/campaign-to-save-arts-funding-from-death-by-a-thousand-cuts-gathers-momentum-at-stormont-36621424.html www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-arts-sector-needs-investment-1-8384360 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09rz34n – David Boyd – Beat Carnival – 1 hour 13 min in to the programme Continue Reading
Members of The Arts Matter NI campaign are deeply concerned to read unconfirmed reports in the Belfast Telegraph (2nd February) of “no confidence votes and walk-outs in opposition to the Chair John Edmund”, by the majority of the Board of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Given the Arts Sector’s profound anxiety about… Continue Reading
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