75 arts projects across NI to benefit from €2.4m of funding
More than €2.4 million has been awarded to creative arts projects across Northern Ireland.
Seventy-five organisations have been given the funding totalling €2,442,222 (£2,114,195) from the NI Arts Council’s National Lottery Project Funding, to support the development and creation of events through festivals, literature, drama, visual arts, music and community programming.
Roisin McDonough, chief executive of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, said: “Today’s National Lottery arts funding investment will have tremendous impact on rural and urban communities across Northern Ireland, with 75 awards made to a diverse range of arts organisations who will deliver exciting, innovative, high-quality, arts-based activities and events.
“Thanks to money raised for good causes, the last three decades of National Lottery funding has made an important contribution to the social, economic and cultural growth of Northern Ireland.
“This vital source of funding...
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