Places Matter: What happens when we invest in the arts?
This inaugural national conference 2017 was the first in a planned biennial series being held under the auspices of the new Arts Council / Local Government agreement A Framework for Collaboration (PDF,
1.5MB). The conference includes key note presentations on cultural value from Prof Geoffrey Crossick and Prof John O’Hagan and contributions from Dr Emer Smyth, Head of Social Research at the ESRI, Deirdre Cullen, Senior Statistician at the CSO and
Diarmaid Lawlor, Head of Urbanism, at Architecture and Design, Scotland. The conference will be chaired by Dr Frances Ruane, an Irish academic economist and former director of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Dublin, Ireland 2006−2015.
Case studies that demonstrate what happens when we invest in the arts will provide an inspirational feature of the conference and Emmet Kirwan, actor, writer and social observer will contribute in his own inimitable style.
Conference papers
Presentations from the day are now available to download from the table below. Audio recordings of the presentations are also available to allow you to listen back to presentations and discussions of the day. Clicking on the audio link will bring you
to the Arts Council Soundcloud.
| Presentation |
Speaker |
File |
Audio |
| Conference introduction |
Orlaith Mc Bride
Director, The Arts Council |
|
Audio (7 mins) |
| Conference introduction |
Anne Marie Delaney
Chief Executive, Offaly County Council |
|
Audio (6 mins) |
| Opening address |
Simon Coveney
TD, Minister for Housing, Community, Planning
and Local Government |
|
Audio (18 mins) |
| Welcome from Conference Chair |
Dr. Frances Ruane
Honorary Fellow at TCD, and a Research Affiliate at the ESRI |
|
Audio (8 mins) |
| Understanding the value of arts and culture in communities |
Professor Geoffrey Crossick
Historian and Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London
|
|
Audio (23 mins) |
| The challenges of measuring the impact of the subsidised arts on societial outcomes |
Professor John O' Hagan
Emeritus Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin |
(PDF, 632 KB) |
Audio (25 mins) |
| Heartbreak |
Emmet Kirwan
Actor, writer and social observer |
|
Audio (14 mins) |
| ANU Productions, on site-specific theatre with communities |
Louise Lowe
Artistic Director of ANU Productions |
(PDF, 83 KB) |
Audio (12 mins) |
| Take A Part Plymouth, on making art in the public interest |
Kim Wide
Curator and producer |
(PDF, 5KB) |
Audio (12 mins) |
| IGNITE arts and disability commissions |
Anne Mc Carthy
Mayo County Council Arts Officer |
(PDF, 613 KB) |
Audio (16 mins) |
| McAuley Place, on wellbeing and the arts |
Margharita Solon
Vice Chairperson of Nás na Ríogh Housing
Association, McAuley Place |
|
Audio (19 mins) |
| Future demographics and places |
Deirdre Cullen
Senior Statistician CSO |
(PDF, 2,006 KB) |
Audio (15 mins) |
| Growing up in Ireland and cultural participation |
Emer Smyth
Research Professor and Head of the Social Research Division at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) |
(PDF, 206 KB) |
Audio (15 mins) |
| Why places matter |
Diarmuid Lawlor
Director of Place with Architecture and Design Scotland
|
(PDF, 3,600 KB) |
Audio (15 mins) |
| Planning for Ireland’s potential |
Alma Walsh
National Planning Framework |
(PDF, 1,952 KB) |
Audio (18 mins) |
| A creative reflection |
Noeline Kavanagh
Artistic Director of Macnas |
|
Audio (20 mins) |
Conference programme
To download a copy of the conference programme, please click here (PDF, 0.97 MB).
Further information