Deadline extended to help shape the future of the arts in Dublin North-West

The Dublin City Council Arts Office has extended the deadline for their research project that is being undertaken to explore the provision of arts and cultural infrastructure in the Dublin North-West area.

The two-week extension provides an opportunity to provide your thoughts on how artists and arts organisations interact with the local community, identify any existing barriers to participation in the arts, and generate new ideas to improve arts infrastructure here in the future.

The study will seek to explore how artists and arts organisations interact with the community, identify existing barriers to participation, and generate new ideas to improve arts infrastructure in Dublin North-West in the future.

Dublin North-West has become one of the fastest growing administrative areas of Dublin City, covering neighbourhoods such as Ballymun, Finglas, parts of Glassnevin (Ballygall), Santry area of Fingal and the Whitehall area to the West of Swords Road.

Despite a steady growth in resident numbers and community initiatives, the provision of arts and cultural infrastructure in the area remains lower than other parts of the Dublin.

Ray Yates, City Arts Officer at Dublin City Council Arts commented:

“Dublin North-West is home to many of the city’s great artists and creative programmes, yet the area does not automatically spring to mind when identifying a thriving arts and culture community. We are excited to launch this research survey, which will act as a localised arts and culture study into North-West area of the city.”

“The ambition for this project is to comprehensively understand the needs of artists, those who wish to participate in and learn through the Arts and the needs of audiences in the North West area and through this understanding support informed and considered future arts and cultural provision.”

The project builds on recent similar research undertaken in the Dublin North-Central area, which recognises the fundamental link between arts infrastructure and developing sustainable places; that art provides mutual benefits to both the artist and the community in which they create.

The survey is being undertaken by Turley Strategic Communications and the survey will be followed by a series of focus groups scheduled to take place in September and October 2023, managed by Thrive Audience Development.

To take the survey please click on the following link

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and will close on Wednesday 11^th October 2023