225,000 euro in Arts Council funding for Castlebar s Linenhall Arts Centre
€275,500 in Arts Council funding has been secured for two Art Centres in Mayo
Ballina Arts Centre is to receive €50,500, while the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar is to receive €225,000.
It’s part of almost 80 million euro announced today to benefit 43 Art Centres nationally
Mayo Fine Gael deputy Alan Dillon says it’s great to see this funding being announced by the Arts Council and only forms their first round of investments this year.
The funding for the Mayo centres, in excess of quarter of a million euro, will benefit the excellent work being done to lift the spirits of Mayo communities throughout the pandemic.
International Women s Day to be celebrated virtually by GMIT
GMIT is to celebrate International Women’s Day on Monday next (March 8
th) with virtual talks, presentations, seminars and an art exhibition by the college’s lecturers, students and special guests working under thetheme ‘Choose to Challenge
’ (#ChooseToChallenge).
International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender equality.
The series kicks off at 10.30am with a ‘Coffee break with poetry and prose’, where budding and established writers within GMIT will read some of their work. This is followed by a lunchtime seminar from 1 to 2pm where five 10-minute presentations will be given on contemporary and historical themes or figures relating to gender and equality. The presentations will be delivered by lecturers and academics in the Mayo campus in a forum chaired by GMIT’s Dr John
Virtual St Patrick s Day celebrations in Mayo
Mayo will celebrate St Patrick s Day virtually this year on
www.mayo.ie
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, no physical parades will take place throughout the county on 17th March, but Mayo County Council says the Virtual St Patrick s Day offers an opportunity for people at home and away to enjoy a trip down memory lane with a wide selection of images, videos and memorabilia from parades around the country in times gone by.
To start the day, Mass will be live-streamed from the Church of the Sacred Heart Belmullet at 10.30am.
Staff at the National Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park, Castlebar will give a lesson on how to make a traditional St Patrick s Day badge, while musical performances will include the world-famous Achill Pipe Band.