Today, Aosdána elects 1 new member. The newly elected member is choreographer John Scott. There had been a tie between 3 candidates for the last available place at the first ballot count on 13 October. Today’s election completes the election of new members for 2020.
Continue readingToday, Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland, elects 12 new members. The 12 newly elected members are: Kevin Barry (Literature); Gerard Byrne (Visual Art); Pat Collins (Visual Art); Jim Doherty (Music); Margo Harkin (Visual Art); Martin Lynch (Literature); Gina Moxley (Literature); Valerie Mulvin (Architecture); Mairead O’hEocha (Visual Art); Arthur Riordan (Literature); Liz Roche (Choreography); Jennifer Walshe (Music). This brings the membership to 249 members.
There is a tie between candidates for the last available place, a postal ballot will be arranged as soon as possible to decide the outcome for the final place.
Continue readingCulture Night / Oíche Chultúir returns for its fifteenth edition today Friday, 18 September 2020. This is the first year that the Arts Council has taken stewardship of Culture Night, and it will feature its biggest programme to date. Many of this year’s events take place online with offline events programmed around the country in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines. Here, we are highlighting some of the events featuring Aosdána members in different counties.
Continue readingThe 41st General Assembly of Aosdána will not take place in UCD on 5 October as planned.
The Arts Council and Aosdána express great sadness at the passing of composer and Aosdána member Eric Sweeney.
‘The Poetry Line’ an initiative from Poetry Ireland in collaboration with ALONE and supported by members of Aosdána took place on Thursday 18th June.
Aosdána will hold its 41st General Assembly on Monday, 5 October 2020 in the O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin, Belfield Campus in partnership with UCD College of Arts and Humanities and the School of English, Drama and Film.
The Arts Council and Aosdána express regret at the death of visual artist and Aosdána member Sonja Landweer.
In April 2019 the 40th Annual General Assembly of Aosdána was held in University College Cork. The Assembly took place on 5th April and was preceded by a special ceremony in UCC on 4th April, during which members were invited to view The Great Book of Ireland.
