Tuesday 17 April With Janice McAdam Mona Considine Willie White

1. National Campaign for the Arts Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht Tuesday 17 April With Janice McAdam Mona Considine Willie White

2. 2009 2009

3. NCFA is … • Independent, volunteer – led, grassroots organisation • National - in 43 constituencies nationwide • 3000+ members • Artists, arts organisations, arts workers, audiences and all those who value the arts

5. Bodies to be rationalised, amalgamated or abolished Bodies for Critical Review Culture Ireland Heritage Council Placenames Commission / An Choimisiúin Logainmneacha Chester Beatty Library • IMMA, National Gallery & Crawford Art Gallery • National Archives & Irish Manuscripts Commission • An Coimisinéir Teanga / Language Commissioner with Ombudsman Office • National Library & National Museum

6. We believe … in a society that values creativity, imagination and expression … the arts enrich our lives … that everyone should have the opportunity to participate in and enjoy the arts … in the value of the arts 

7. Value EDUCATION & LEARNING JOBS WELL BEING TOURISM CITIZENSHIP REPUTATION ECONOMY BUSINESS SOCIAL INCLUSION INNOVATION CULTURE SENSE OF IDENTITY

8. The arts providejobs … 21, 328

9. … contribute to the economy • We contribute €382 million in taxes e.g. Cultural and creative industries* • Exchequer expenditure €330 million • Exchequerrevenue approx. €1 billion e.g. Irish Film Board* • Invested €17 million in 36 film, TV and animation productions • €80 million expenditurein Irish economy *2008 figures ‘key and primary contributors’ Smart Economy

10. … help foster a culture of innovation • Studies report direct links between the arts, creativity and innovation1 • The arts equip the next generation with skills of the future – creativity, adaptability, discipline and rigor We are innovators e.g. • Bealtaine – world leader of national participatory festival celebrating creativity in older people. Template for festivals in Wales, Scotland and have invitation from Australia • Open Window Project –world’s first clinically proven arts and health project • New Stream - Bank of America and Business to Arts initiative, model of best practice in fundraising capacity building • Sing out with Strings – model being adopted internationally 1 The art of innovation – how fine arts graduates contribute to innovation NESTA September 2008

11. … drivetourism • Cultural Tourism is worth over €2 billion to the economy –both domestic and overseas tourism. • 1.6 million overseas tourists attended museums/galleries (2010) • 433,000 attended festivals/events • 80,000 peoplevisited the Book of Kells in two months • 18% of tourists visited because of Irish film • 27% of Galway Arts Festival audience from overseas ‘a priority … very much part of our strategy’ Failte Ireland

12. … enhance Ireland’s reputation Imagine Ireland festival 40 States :: 1000s of artists :: Reaching 100,000s $$m of positive media coverage

13. … work well withbusiness • Now mutually beneficial relationship • Deliver brand awareness, engage staff and leverage community support • Examples of best practice e.g Ulster Bank’s sponsorship of the Dublin Theatre Festival • Attract and impress the best e.g Bank of America Merrill Lynch

14. .. help createwell-being Waterford Healing Arts Trust Music Network St. Doolaghs Care & Rehabilitation Centre Arts & Minds National Centre for Arts and Health Arts Initiative in Mental Health Westmeath County Council Wexford County Council Arts Ability ProgrammeAnamBeoWaterford City Council Kildare County Council Arts ServiceBeehouse Arts Cork University Hospital Campus Arts Committee Limerick County Council Arts OfficeSligo Arts & Health ProgrammeSouth Tipperary County Council Art Centre St Luke's Hospital Arts and Health Programme, Dun Laoghaire RathdownCreate Kerry County Council Music Alive Helium The Arts Council Carlow Local Authorities Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust Arts Office, Waterford County Council Clare Arts & Health Arts Office, Kilkenny County Council Embrace Programme for Arts & People with disabilities Laois County Council Cork Arts and Health Programme The Twilight Programme, St. Patrick's University Hospital Cork City Council Woodview Arts and Crafts Leopardstown Park Hospital West Cork Arts Centre Raheen Community Hospital and Day Care Centre

15. … promotelearning and createcitizens It has boosted the children’s confidence. They’ve learned how to work together, how to co-operate with each other. They’ve learned literacy skills and their language has really improved. Principal

16. … forgecommunities and create a sense of identity Shelter me from the rain – community opera Carlow

17. The arts are enriching our lives, contributingto our society and building our nationmore than ever.

18. So … how do we make this work?

19. Funding for/Investment in the arts • Arts Council €63.2 million • Local Authority €42 million ?? (including salaries for arts officials) DOWN 25% from €84.6m in 2008

20. Our recommendations • Establish the facts aboutLocal Authority funding • An official with dedicated responsibility for the arts within Department of Environment, Community and Local Government • Bring about shared thinking and understanding between key stakeholders – relevant departments, Local Authorities, Arts Council etc • Make Local Authority funding for the arts compulsory cont…

21. Our recommendations II • Local Authority experience on the Arts Council • Resolve Local Authority and Arts Council funding for venues • Research - build an evidence base of the value and impacts of arts provision and of participation e.g. co- fund a pilot programme within six Local Authority areas • Active collaboration between government departments specifically Environment, Community and Local Government, Education and Skills, Justice and Equality, Social Protection, Health, Children and Youth Affairs

22. The arts are a necessity. Not a luxury. The arts are an asset. Not an overhead. .

23. Culture is what we grow in