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Following the May meeting of Meath County Council, the Arts Office is pleased to announce that 61 awardees across 5 streams of funding throughout the county were supported. The arts have experienced significant setbacks due to the Covid -19 pandemic and this funding cycle specifically focussed on helping to sustain...

With the warmer months looming and public health restrictions finally easing, we have much to look forward to in the coming weeks. In addition to this good news, Meath County Council Arts Office has a number of opportunities, events and programmes coming up and running throughout the summer.

As part of the Meath County Council’s Keep Well Campaign, Meath Arts Office is delighted to present In the Midst of Masters; a mindful exploration of art. Featuring works currently held in the Meath County Council Public Art Collection, this art and mindfulness series invites you to focus your attention...

To accompany this season of purposeful growth and renewal, the Arts Office is delighted to announce the launch of its Spring 2021 Funding Cycle which sees the commencement of 5 individual grant and bursary competitions. See further details below.

This edition includes updates on some of our initiatives, artists opportunities and events. Recommendations under the Schools Musical Instrument Purchase Scheme were considered at the November Council meeting with 16 schools receiving awards. See further details below.

Welcome to the October edition of the Meath County Council Arts Office Newsletter.

Reminder: Schools Musical Instrument Purchase Scheme Closing date, Thursday 24th September 2020 at 1pm. Our September edition can be downloaded below. Arts Office Newsletter Archive.

Welcome to the July edition of the Meath Arts Office Newsletter.

Meath County Council Arts Office, in partnership with the Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris, are pleased to announce an exciting Artists Residency Bursary for artists in Meath in 2020. The bursary will enable an artist spend a month long residency at the prestigious Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris and includes traveI from...

Meath County Council Arts Office is delighted to present a new exhibition by the Kells Photography Club entitled: Meath Through the Lens Meath Through the Lens will show at the Toradh2 Gallery located in the newly renovated former Courthouse in the centre of Kells town from November 13th until January...

Meath County Council Arts Office is pleased to present Places, Histories and Other Matters, a solo exhibition by Helsinki based Meath artist Jane Hughes. Originally from Navan, Jane has worked internationally as a visual artist, curator and educator in Germany and Finland for over a decade.

Meath County Council Arts Office is pleased to present The Perfect Rain, a solo exhibition by Meath based children’s author-illustrator Tatyana Feeney. Originally from North Carolina, Tatyana has lived in Trim, Co Meath for the past 15 years where she draws inspiration for her art works and stories from the...