Business to Arts is delighted to announce the appointment of Jackie Ryan to the position of Docklands Development Manager. Jackie  joins our team to lead the new Docklands Arts Fund Project which is a partnership with Dublin City Council and the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

Beginning in September 2015, Business to Arts will seek to engage businesses, organisations and individuals / employees located in the Docklands Area in the development of a new arts Fund. With the Fund we will enhance the practice, appreciation and development of quality arts experiences in the Docklands Area.

Jackie Ryan appointed Docklands Development Manager at Business to Arts

Prior to joining us, Jackie was General Manager with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival from 2012 to 2015, managing all sponsorship relations, and managing the festival team and budgets. Jackie also has a background in visual arts (as CEO of Graphic Studio Dublin), arts centre management (General Manager of Draiocht), in theatre (General Manager of TEAM Educational Theatre Company), and was Education Officer in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Jackie also lectures in Marketing on the MA in Arts Management in UCD, and is part ACCA qualified as an accountant (due for completion 2016).

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD during the launch of Culture 2025 Discussion Document at Smock Alley Theatre.

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has begun a nationwide conversation on the development of Ireland’s first ever national cultural policy, beginning with the release of a Discussion Document and consultation process which will inform the development of ‘Culture 2025’, which aims to set high level aims for the arts and culture sector over the next decade. Business to Arts was part of a colloquium of cultural stakeholders, that informed the Discussion Paper, which is prepared and published by the Department.

A series of regional meetings will be held over the next two months to facilitate debate and discussion amongst stakeholders and interested parties in the arts and cultural sector. It is envisaged the final policy will be published in early 2016.

“If we want to protect and promote our unique and varied culture, and encourage new cultural forms to flourish, we need to aim high. Culture 2025 will be Ireland’s first ever national cultural policy. It will set out high level aims for the next decade, and reflect the important role that culture plays in our lives. Through this discussion document we are posing a series of questions about how resources should be prioritised, how artists and creative workers should be supported, how access to culture can be improved in disadvantaged areas, and many other issues. This is the first time that everyone will have an opportunity to make their views known about why our culture is so important and what we want to achieve over the next decade.”

To access the Culture 2025 Discussion Document and to make a submission, visit www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Culture/Culture2025 or email culturalpolicy@ahg.gov.ie