Come join us! Seeking Assistant Editor for Irish Journal of Arts Management & Cultural Policy

2 Comments

The Editorial Board of the Irish Journal of Arts Management & Cultural Policy would like to invite applications for the temporary, part-time role of Assistant Editor for Issue 4 of the journal.

Download role spec (or continue reading below…)

This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience in editing and online publishing, and would be especially suitable for recent graduates (or current PhDs) of postgraduate programmes in related disciplines. Working in conjunction with the Editorial Board, the Assistant Editor will be responsible for assistance with online editing/layout, copy-editing, administration tasks and correspondence. This is a flexible, part-time, and temporary project role which carries a stipend of €500 (subject to tax at source). Running for one calendar year, the time commitment is variable but will be approximately 3-5 hours weekly during busier periods. Quarterly meetings in Dublin will be required, but otherwise the candidate may be based anywhere. Travel expenses are not provided.

Candidates should possess:

  • a postgraduate qualification in Arts Management, Cultural Policy or a related field
  • demonstrated research achievement and strong knowledge of the Irish cultural sector
  • strong working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Google Docs and ability to quickly learn online content management systems
  • strong working knowledge of InDesign (essential!)
  • attention to detail and excellent editing/writing skills
  • ability to work independently and with access to own laptop/computer

Please forward on a CV and cover letter expressing your interest in the role to info@culturalpolicy.ie by Tuesday 5 April 2016. We are happy to answer any further questions about the role or time commitment involved.

 

Next Week: Visual & Material Culture of Famine Conference

Screen Shot 2016-03-08 at 10.41.13

Just a wee note about a conference I’m co-organising next week (14-16 March), hosted by Maynooth University and organised/funded as part of the NWO-funded International Network of Irish Famine Studies (of which I’m a core member).

Registration is free! If you’ve an interest in Famine studies, visual/material culture, or historical memory, please feel free to register and come along.

We’ve a fantastic programme that includes seven panels of top-notch papers, five keynote speakers (including me, speaking on Evidencing Eviction: the Visibility of Irish Poverty, 1870-90 on Weds.), and a range of special events, including:

  • A reading by acclaimed Irish author and Aósdana member Evelyn Conlon, whose most recent novel, Not the Same Sky (2013) draws on the social and material history of the Earl Grey-assisted emigration scheme, reimagining the story of three young women from amongst 4,000 Irish girls sent to Australia between 1848-50.
  • A presentation by Moonfish Theatre Company, whose stage adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s Famine novel Star of the Sea has been on a sell-out national tour.
  • A talk by screenwriter and playwright Hugh Travers, Maynooth University’s Screenwriter-in-Residence who has been commissioned to write a sitcom on the Famine for Channel 4.
  • A special tour by curator Donal Maguire of the National Gallery of Ireland’s forthcoming exhibition The Pathos of Distance, a collaboration with artist Sarah Pierce exploring the visual history of Irish emigration.

All details (including travel, accommodation, and full schedule) are on the conference website.

Just published: Vol. 3 of Irish Journal of Arts Management & Cultural Policy

4 Comments

cover image_2015

I’m delighted to announce we’ve just published the latest volume of the Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy. It’s a special issue featuring the edited proceedings of the 2014 summer conference on ‘Mapping an Altered Landscape: Cultural Policy and Management in Ireland‘. Guest edited by Dr Niamh NicGhabhann from University of Limerick, it features contributions from a range of speakers on the day, who offer candid and contemporary views of the cultural sector and public finance, the role of local authorities, policy, the working lives of artists, and a range of other topics. The journal also features introductory essays by Niamh and conference organisers Pat Cooke and Kerry McCall, as well as a postscript by former Minister for Education Ruari Quinn.

You can download the entire issue here, or visit the www.culturalpolicy.ie to download individual contributions by:

  • Gerry Godley (Principal & Managing Director, Leeds College of Music)
  • Clare Duignan (Independent Director & Business Advisor)
  • Peter Hynes (Chief Executive, Mayo County Council)
  • Alan Counihan (Artist)
  • Mary Carty (Entrepreneur, Arts Consultant, Author)
  • Conor Newman (Chair, Heritage Council)
  • Ruari Quinn (Minister for Education and Skills, 2011-14)

 

Happy 2016! New jobs & other notices

1 Comment

Screen Shot 2016-01-27 at 10.30.42.png

It’s still January so I can get away with it, right? We started back in term at UCD this week; the halls are buzzing again and the calendar’s already getting busy! I am on a research sabbatical this semester, but will keep the blog updated as much as I can, between travel and getting stuck in to some new big projects 🙂

Jobs have been updated a few times since January, but they’ve just been refreshed today (including two new listings at the Arts Council). In other news…

Today I’m in Galway at the Creative Connections conference coordinated by Arts & Disability Ireland (27/28 January) — the schedule’s packed with great speakers and events – though I confess I’m most looking forward to the evening showcase and the promise of Ireland’s most inclusive disco!

I was shocked and dismayed this week to hear Block T has to vacate their premises in Smithfield, with the loss of 70 studios, and the need to relocate 120 of their members. They have made a tremendous impact as a dynamic and exuberantly creative community in that neighbourhood over the past six years; as their press release notes, this is the latest in a spate of closures of artist-led studio and event spaces across the city, especially as high rents return. Many of our students have interned, worked, and collaborated with Block T: I hope they can find a new home soon, and both Dublin City Council and the Arts Council are prompted to give this problem serious attention…

Interested to see Business to Arts is expanding FundIt to support creative industries, including software, video games and other digital projects. They’re running a series of workshops around the country, sponsored by Bank of Ireland, to introduce folks to FundIt and crowdfunding as a form of finance.

So the General Election is coming (cue cymbal crash), and you want to know what to say to folks who will be doorstepping in coming weeks? The National Campaign for the Arts has you covered: they’ve published a manifesto with talking points you can raise with your local political candidates. They are also mobilizing constituency coordinators, to ensure the wretched state of arts funding gets political attention this season – email them to get involved, or just print out the manifesto and have it handy…

The 1916 creative initiatives are coming hot and heavy: I’m partial to the Dublin Rising virtual tour, created in collaboration with Google – fab layering of visuals and contemporary/historical photographs and primary documents – and the National Library’s The 1916 Rising: Personalities and Perspectives that also plumbs their rich archives and looks beautiful.

The Irish Theatre Awards are coming soon, and the public can vote in the Audience Choice category: so many fab productions from which to choose, many of which I enjoyed over the past year, but my vote has gone to PALS – The Irish at Gallipoli by Anu Productions at the National Museum of Ireland – such a stunning production and concept.

I had the privilege last week of visiting No. 14 Henrietta Street, which is under development as a social and architectural history museum exploring the townhouse’s mixed history, including its long life as a tenement. It was tremendously exciting to hear about plans for this project: Dublin sorely needs a heritage space that effectively interprets urban history in a creative and interrogative manner, and kudos to Charles Duggan (Heritage Officer) and Dublin City Council for taking this on.