The Arts Council has announced successful funding details for the first round of the Projects Once-off Awards 2006.
The Projects: Once-off Award is a new funding programme that seeks to provide support to individual artists and organisations to carry out stand-alone. For the first round of Projects: Once-off, the Arts Council received 140 applications. Funding totalling €2.1m has been offered to 57 applicants.
Film Funding was awarded to:
Cathal Black €70,000
Jim Cahill €26,000
Fiona Bergin €50,000
Vanessa Gildea €40,000
Wildfire Films €57,000
Visual Arts funding was awarded to:
Joyce €40,000
Human Resources €15,000
Sonia Shiel €25,000
Michael Dempsey €10,000
Sarah Farrell €8,000
Megs Morley €20,000
Niall Flaherty €15,000
Denis McNulty €24,000
Niamh Smyth €50,000
Kinsale Art Week €35,000
The deadline for the next round of Projects is 2 March 2007. www.artscouncil.ie
