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By Liz Kearney
Supports for conserving thatched roofs and promoting the Irish language are among the initiatives that will be the focus of a new Culture and Creativity Strategy to be launched by Donegal County Council this year.
The strategy will invest in resources and arts workers, and enable public engagement in culture and creativity.
The successes and lessons from the first five years of the nationwide initiative has Donegal County Council’s Creative Ireland Culture and Creativity Team eager to embark on the coming five year phase.
“It’s an opportunity for everybody to explore their own creativity and / or engage with creativity and culture in their community.” explained Maureen Kerr, from the Creative Ireland Culture and Creativity Team.
Under Creative Ireland 2023 – 2027, each county develops their own strategy for the next five years, reflecting five national themes: creative youth, creative communities, creative industries, creative health and well being and creative climate action and sustainability.
Donegal’s Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023 – 2027 highlights five strategic priorities for the county within those themes: embedding culture and creativity across local authority plans, policies and project teams; strengthening and reinforcing Donegal’s cultural infrastructure and resources; supporting cultural and creative practitioners and professionals; nurturing our sense of place and identity; and enabling engagement with and access to culture and creativity.
“It’s also about people enjoying the experiences offered by the Creative Ireland programme and supporting people who are out there already working with communities – creative practitioners and creative entrepreneurs – affording them opportunities to work with and engage with the public,” Ms Kerr added.
The project began in 2017 as an outgrowth of Ireland 2016, the state project to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.
Larger projects also include plans to create a cultural corridor in Letterkenny to connect An Grianan Theatre, the Regional Culture Centre and Donegal County Museum.
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