Department of Social and Family Affairs
The Green Book 2002
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Services for Individuals & Families

Services for Community & Voluntary Sector
> Services for Individuals & Families > Community Arts
>> COMMUNITY ARTS

(CAFÉ) Creative Activity For Everyone:

 

Tel: 01 4736600 Fax: 01 4736599
10/11 Earl Street South, Dublin 8.
e-mail: cafe@connect.ie
website: www.communityartsireland.com

 

  • National community arts enabling organisations with membership base
  • Promoting community arts as a means of education and community development

 

Cork Arts Society:

 

 

Tel: 021 4277749
The Lavit Gallery, 5 Father Matthew Street, Cork

 

  • Voluntary organisation creating awareness and appreciation of the visual arts
  • Young and emerging artists are promoted
  • Talented artists who have no art college or academic training exhibit work.


 

Cork Community Arts Link:

 

 

Tel: 021 4508154
Unit 2, Watercourse Industrial Estate, Watercourse Road, Blackpool, Cork
e-mail: artlink@iolfree.ie
Tel:021 4966777 Fax: 021 4962267
C/o Crawford College of Art and Design, Sharman Crawford Street, Cork

 

  • Community arts group providing arts opportunities with a community developmental focus for communities who have not had traditionally access to the arts
  • Focus of CCAL is working with what has been termed as 'special needs' communities

 

Cork Women's Poetry Circle Co. Ltd:

 

Tel: 021 4509274 Fax: 021 4551617
Thomson House, MacCurtain Street, Cork
e-mail: admin@cwpc.ie

 

  • Classes in creative writing, pottery and other arts at a very minimal charge to women
  • Regular poetry and story reading sessions which provide a stepping stone for writers

(See also under "Gender")

 


 

Institute for Choreography and Dance (icd):

 

Tel: 021 4507487 Fax: 021 4501124
Firkin Crane, Shandon, Cork.
e-mail: info@instchordance.com
website: www.instchordance.com

 

Institute for Choreography and Dance (icd) is a centre of excellence for choreographic research and development. It:

 

  • Pioneers, pilots and documents dance programmes
  • Facilitates progressive debate between dance artists and members of the public; choreographers and community groups; educators and researchers
  • Has a commitment to developing the profile of dance in Ireland

 

Tig Filí - Poet's House:

 

 

Tel: 021 4509274 Fax: 021 4551617
Thomson House, MacCurtain Street, Cork
e-mail: admin@cwpc.ie

 

  • Poetry readings and creative writing classes
  • Art Gallery for aspiring artists

 

Triskel Arts Centre Ltd:

 

Tel: 021 4272022 Fax: 021 4272592
Tobin Street, off South Main Street, Cork
e-mail: triskel@iol.ie

 

  • Centre for the contemporary arts in Cork
  • Co-ordinates education programmes in the arts under its policy for assisting arts awareness under a community development programme.
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