Whose Culture Is It?
Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity in Ireland’s Cultural Spaces - Focus on the Southeast
Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle
Friday 11 November 2011
10 – 4 pm
Fee: €15/€10 concessions, payable on the day. Includes lunch at Kilkenny Design Centre.
Ireland is an increasingly intercultural society; our arts and culture organisations can play a leading role in creating cross-cultural awareness.
• How can organisations in the Southeast engage diverse publics and develop new audiences?
• How can our programming, exhibitions, education and outreach contribute to intercultural dialogue?
• How, in light of the 2011 European Year of Volunteering, can volunteer programmes foster meaningful engagement?
• What resources are available to regional organisations?
Contributors
Gemma Tipton, independent writer and critic on contemporary art and architecture, will moderate.
Peter Murray, Director of the Crawford Gallery and Chair of the Council of National Cultural Institutions, will
provide a welcome and opening comments.
Mark O’Neill, Director of Policy, Research &
Development at Culture and Sport Glasgow, will speak
about integrating access at a strategic level across
organisational structures and activities.
Jean Tormey, former Education Curator of Butler Gallery,
Kilkenny, will discuss the challenges of curating an
education programme that is genuinely diverse and
inclusive in its approach.
Cathleen O'Neill, Head of Kilbarrack Community
Development Project, will speak from her extensive
experience of promoting equality through communitybased
literacy and arts projects.
Niall Crowley, Independent Equality Expert, will consider
the arts sector’s means of valuing diversity and
acknowledging its relevance.
Justyna Chmielewska, Chester Beatty Library Volunteer
Coordinator, will share her experience of engaging multiethnic communities through the Library’s volunteer
programme.
Contact
Renaud at education@nch.ie by Friday 4th November to reserve your place.
The Council of National Cultural Institutions.
Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity in Ireland’s Cultural Spaces - Focus on the Southeast
Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle
Friday 11 November 2011
10 – 4 pm
Fee: €15/€10 concessions, payable on the day. Includes lunch at Kilkenny Design Centre.
Ireland is an increasingly intercultural society; our arts and culture organisations can play a leading role in creating cross-cultural awareness.
• How can organisations in the Southeast engage diverse publics and develop new audiences?
• How can our programming, exhibitions, education and outreach contribute to intercultural dialogue?
• How, in light of the 2011 European Year of Volunteering, can volunteer programmes foster meaningful engagement?
• What resources are available to regional organisations?
Contributors
Gemma Tipton, independent writer and critic on contemporary art and architecture, will moderate.
Peter Murray, Director of the Crawford Gallery and Chair of the Council of National Cultural Institutions, will
provide a welcome and opening comments.
Mark O’Neill, Director of Policy, Research &
Development at Culture and Sport Glasgow, will speak
about integrating access at a strategic level across
organisational structures and activities.
Jean Tormey, former Education Curator of Butler Gallery,
Kilkenny, will discuss the challenges of curating an
education programme that is genuinely diverse and
inclusive in its approach.
Cathleen O'Neill, Head of Kilbarrack Community
Development Project, will speak from her extensive
experience of promoting equality through communitybased
literacy and arts projects.
Niall Crowley, Independent Equality Expert, will consider
the arts sector’s means of valuing diversity and
acknowledging its relevance.
Justyna Chmielewska, Chester Beatty Library Volunteer
Coordinator, will share her experience of engaging multiethnic communities through the Library’s volunteer
programme.
Contact
Renaud at education@nch.ie by Friday 4th November to reserve your place.
The Council of National Cultural Institutions.
