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Artist Lisa Fingleton of Brilliant Ballybunion, Minister Catherine Martin and Minister Eamon Ryan at the Creative Climate Action Fund II – Agents for Change projects announcement. Photo: Barry Cronin
A NUMBER of Kerry projects are among 43 nationwide to share €5.8m in funding announced for creative, cultural and artistic initiatives under the new Creative Climate Action Fund II.
The Creative Climate Action fund is an initiative from the Creative Ireland Programme in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications that supports creative, cultural and artistic projects that build awareness around climate change and empower citizens to make meaningful behavioural transformations.
There are three Kerry projects included. ‘Creative Coastal Resilience’ seeks to embed creativity into the work of the Maharees Conservation Committee to ensure the region is well-adapted for the challenges created by climate change.
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The project will be supported by the Dingle Creativity Hub and Munster Technological University.
‘Briliant Ballybunion’ will engage the local community to creatively explore the future for Ballybunion in terms of protecting biodiversity, ensuring food security, addressing climate and long term sustainability.
The Ballybunion Community Forum with local artists and farmers Lisa Fingleton and Rena Blake, Dr Clare Watson (UCD), dancer Catherine Young, Dr Joanne O’Brien (Atlantic Technological University) and Dr Cathy Fitzgerald (Haumea Ecoversity) will work together with the residents and businesses of Ballybunion to galvanise this coastal town to create a more sustainable future
‘The Eco-Makers Workshop’ is part of Kerry’s eco-visual arts programme. Through innovative and creative workshops, people with intellectual disabilities will be empowered to bring recycled-art and sustainability together to make alternative products that can reduce energy use and demand on finite resources.
AK Inspired Ability will work with artists Amanda Bentley Curran, Lena Haverkamp and Rosemary Kavanagh and Ballyroe Candle Makers.
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