Imagining an Irish Culture for the Future

Published: Aug. 13, 2017, noon

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https://creative.ireland.ie/en\\u2018Imagining an Irish Culture for the Future \\u2013 Representing a new Ireland and engaging future generations of the Irish abroad\\u2019Panel discussion with Q&A examining the opportunities to use Irish cultural activities andsupports to reach greater numbers and locations of the Irish diaspora. With a specialpresentation on the recently launched Creative Ireland\\u2019Creative Ireland Programme\\u2014 Culture, Wellbeing and the Creative SocietyCreative Ireland is the Government\\u2019s Legacy Programme for Ireland 2016 \\u2013 a five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which places creativity at the centre of public policy.It is a high-level, high-ambition, all-ofgovernment initiative to mainstream creativity in the life of the nation so that individually and collectively, in our personal lives and in our institutions, we can realise our full creative potential.Creative Ireland is a culture-based programme designed to promote individual, community and national wellbeing. The core proposition is that participation in cultural activity drives personal and collective creativity, with significant implications for individual and societal wellbeing and achievement.Creative Ireland is the main implementation vehicle for the priorities identified in Culture 2025/\\xc9ire Ild\\xe1nach, the draft cultural policy published by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in July 2016, which sees a vibrant cultural ecosystem as essential to society. Culture 2025/\\xc9ire Ild\\xe1nach states that arts and culture are intrinsic to the Irish State, acknowledges the need to increase access to, and participation in, the arts, boost our creative industries, and preserve our heritage with a particular focus on language, landscape and the environment.Creative Ireland as a 2016 legacy project is inspired by the extraordinary public response to the Centenary: the thousands of events, largely culture-based, and unprecedented public participation that brought us together in shared reflections on identity, culture and citizenship that combined history with arts, heritage and language.Creative Ireland will bring coordination and focus to existing culture-based policies and initiatives \\u2013 and lead to ambitious new actions.Creative Ireland is a wellbeing strategy for people, but it will also enable a representation of Ireland to the outside world that is well grounded, widely understood and meaningful. Creative Ireland will coordinate and enable the construction of that representation, seeking coherence among all stakeholders and placing a clear focus on our rich cultural heritage and our creativity.Creative Ireland is underpinned by the key values should be identified in Culture 2025/\\xc9ire Ild\\xe1nach. They are:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The intrinsic value of culture\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The value of culture to our lives and our communities\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The right of everyone to participate in the cultural life of the nation\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The importance of the Irish language, our cultural heritage, folklore, games, music and the uniqueness of our Gaeltacht areas\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The value of cultural diversity, informed by the many traditions and social backgrounds now in Ireland\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The value of culture as a means of fostering a more sustainable future for Ireland, including through economic and social policy\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The value of culture in presenting Ireland to the world.Moderator: John Concannon (Creative Ireland)Eithne Considine Shankar (Irish Film Festival Ottawa)Aidan Connolly (New York Irish Arts Centre)Pat Daly (GAA Director of Games Development & Research)

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