"I wanted to read or hear the narrative of someone else – a woman and a poet – who has gone here and been there." (Eavan Boland 1944-2020) 🚫 #VAWG
THE ARTS AND THE ELECTIONS The election has been called and a new government is imminent. That means new policies and new priorities – with no guarantees for funding and continued investment in the arts. Once again, we must make a case for the arts. We must: lobby to maintain a full cabinet Minister for Arts promote […]
Continue reading "The Arts and the Elections, a notice by the National Campaign for the Arts"Savings of €76 million need to be made by 2014 : NCFA Response to the NRP 24/11/2010. The NCFA has issued a very restrained response to the proposed Governmental cuts in Arts and Heritage (Including Cultural Institutions), So it’s linked here, whilst I examine the faulty RSS feed: These are being frontloaded in 2011 with a […]
Continue reading "National Campaign for the Arts, Ireland: National Recovery Plan (November 24) Impact on the Arts."I have discussed here on Poethead before now the effects of a bad approach to arts, indeed compared this current Government’s paucity in funding to the first government in this state which underfunded, censored and failed at every level in arts development , leading to the evolution of such groups as The Irish exhibition of Living Art, The White Stag […]
Continue reading "The National Campaign for the Arts Petition."First of all we want to say well done. We achieved a lot this year. An unprecedented effort was made to meet as many local and national politicians face to face to explain why the arts are vital and why public funding is needed. More than 85 TDs were met. Presentations were made to Oireachtas […]
Continue reading "Statement from the National Campaign for Arts on Budget 2010."‘A History of Love Letters’ by Seanín Hughes Miss said every time I told a lie, Baby Jesus had a nail hammered into his hand. She said I had a sad mouth, corners downturned, pointing to hell. Stephen with the p-h had a mouth like sunshine. I gave him a token: a tiny toy […]
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