Ahead of the Irish Government’s latest budget, National Campaign For The Arts’ Aileen Galvin calls for increased investment in Ireland’s cultural community.
It took the global pandemic to inspire a wider governmental and public understanding of the societal value of the arts, the work of Ireland’s 55,000 strong workforce of artists, arts workers and arts organisations.
When the streets emptied and our homes became our entire world, artists got on with doing their jobs. Their products, their output – their art - quelled our fear, absorbed our grief, gave us joy and respite, and reminded us again and again that despite being apart we were not alone.
The limiting effects of necessary restrictions and lockdowns kickstarted the demystification of 'the arts’, what the arts are, who they are for, how the arts can forge the building blocks of a just, healthy, inclusive, progressive, and diverse society, why each citizen could be confident and proud to assume the role of a contemporary ‘patron of the arts’ through their tax euros... Keep reading on RTE.
It took the global pandemic to inspire a wider governmental and public understanding of the societal value of the arts, the work of Ireland’s 55,000 strong workforce of artists, arts workers and arts organisations.
When the streets emptied and our homes became our entire world, artists got on with doing their jobs. Their products, their output – their art - quelled our fear, absorbed our grief, gave us joy and respite, and reminded us again and again that despite being apart we were not alone.
The limiting effects of necessary restrictions and lockdowns kickstarted the demystification of 'the arts’, what the arts are, who they are for, how the arts can forge the building blocks of a just, healthy, inclusive, progressive, and diverse society, why each citizen could be confident and proud to assume the role of a contemporary ‘patron of the arts’ through their tax euros... Keep reading on RTE.