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Ireland to Fund Cultural Programs in U.S. - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:05 PM PST

By ERICA ORDEN

The government of Ireland is set to fund a $5.3 million initiative to support a vast array of arts programming in the U.S. during 2011, the country's minister of culture is set to announce Friday in New York.

Encompassing 400 events in 40 states, the project, "Imagine Ireland," will finance programming related to the country at major New York cultural institutions such as the New York Public Library, the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It will also support U.S. tours by at least three of Ireland's historic theaters: the Abbey, Gate and Druid.

At the New York Public Library, for example, the project will help fund "Ireland America: The Ties That Bind," an exhibition examining 19th- and 20th-century Irish-American performance history. Institutions including the Public Theater, P.S. 122, St. Ann's Warehouse and La MaMa, an experimental theater venue, will also present "Imagine Ireland"-backed programming.

On Friday, Ireland's minister for culture, Mary Hanafin, and New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will disclose additional details of the yearlong project at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where they will be joined by actor Gabriel Byrne, a cultural ambassador for Ireland.

Additional programming is planned for Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, among other U.S. locations.

Write to Erica Orden at erica.orden@wsj.com

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St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre to host grand-opening art reception Friday - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 01:45 PM PST

The new St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre is now located in the west wing of St. Peters City Hall.

To celebrate its opening at the new location, the Cultural Arts Centre will host an art reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7.

Two art competitions — Leaves Me In Stitches and Let's Face It! — are on display and feature the works of both amateur and professional artists.

The current show also features private exhibits by Gary Conner, Carolyn Schlueter, Ron Edwards, Diana Saffo Bono, Nancy Young, Lisa Ober, Julie McMahon and Freda Johnson. Shirley Nachtrieb is also featured with her exhibit, "Colors of Provence," which is part of the Centre's World Culture Series.

For more than 20 years, experienced and nationally recognized artists have worked side-by-side with children and aspiring artists of all ages. At the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre, the community has had a creative outlet to produce, display and enjoy many kinds of art. Exhibits in the galleries and live theater performances and concerts have offered hundreds of thousands of hours of entertainment to residents from across the region. Children through seniors have learned to express their creative talents through the many classes offered at the Centre.

"We're excited to have the Cultural Arts Centre at City Hall," said St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano. "It is absolutely amazing to see the talent of all the local artists who grace our walls with their creations. I'm looking forward to seeing art classes in progress and the productions in our new Performing Arts Theatre."

This is the third site for St. Peters arts activities. It all began at the city's first Cultural Arts Center in the old City Hall building on Venture Drive, near the existing Sports Authority location.

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