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Do you like the Luke Kelly statue and motorway sculptures? This kind of art is getting a funding boost

Percent for Art scheme aims to make art accessible to the general public.

ARTS FUNDING THAT produced the likes of the Luke Kelly statue on Sheriff Street and the giant ball sculpture on the M7 motorway is getting a boost. 

Following a review of the Percent for Art scheme, which allocates up to 1% of public capital projects to the commissioning of new works of art, it has been decided to increase the scheme’s bands and limits.

Examples of well-known pieces funded through the scheme include the Perpetual Motion by Remco de Fouw and Rachel Joynt at the Naas junction.

A large wooden sculpture, unveiled in the National Gallery of Ireland, called Magnus Modus by Joseph Walsh was also paid for through the fund, as was the famous the Luke Kelly statue by Vera Klute in Sheriff Street in Dublin. 

The statue was recently vandalised but was later repaired. 

0517 Luke Kelly_90563230 President Michael D Higgins with his wife Sabina and former Lord Mayor Nial Ring at the launch of Vera Klute’s sculpture. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

Through changes to the scheme’s bands and limits, increased funding will now be made available to artists. 

The new bands will mean that capital projects that come under €5 million, 1% of the cost of the project – to a maximum of €50,000 – will be permitted to be spent on artworks. 

A maximum of €125,000 will be permitted to be spent on projects of between €5 million and €20 million, while a maximum of €350,000 can be spent on projects costing between €20 million and €50 million. 

perpetual_motion_600 Perpetual Motion by Remco de Fouw and Rachel Joynt at the Naas junction on the M7 motorway

In the case of any planned projects that are expected to cost more than €50 million, a maximum amount of €500,000 can be spent on artworks.

The idea of the Percent for Art scheme is to make art more accessible to the general public and in public spaces. 

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan said the government recognises the “crucial role that the arts and culture play in our nation”. 

“That’s why we’ve committed to double funding of the Arts by 2025 and make €1.2 billion available for capital investment in our culture, heritage and Gaeltacht through Project Ireland 2040,” she said. 

MDP_Sculpture_Court_H1_combo Photo © NGI (1) Magnus Modus by Joseph Walsh at the refurbished wings of the National Gallery of Ireland Percent for Art scheme Percent for Art scheme

“This update will help support artists and represents an enhanced opportunity to beautify our public spaces and imbue our capital builds with a sense of public cultural pride,” said Madigan.

A new inter-agency group to share best practice on projects is also to be set up, with the Arts Council also getting an enhanced role in advising the scheme.  

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    May 13th 2022, 10:55 AM

    So many jokes here.. ahh

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    May 13th 2022, 10:57 AM

    @Great White Hope: way too many.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:12 AM

    @Great White Hope: I won’t fall into that trap….

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    May 13th 2022, 4:47 PM

    @John Mulligan: will try my best not to either.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:08 AM

    And yet we still re elect them.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:15 AM

    @Fr Romeo sensini.: as Dermot Morgan said during the hey day of satire on Scrap Saturday – the hardest thing about writing humour about our politicians in leinster house is that the reality of what goes on is such a joke shop it’s difficult to make stuff up that funnier

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    May 13th 2022, 11:47 AM

    What kinda of a pension do they get?
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    May 13th 2022, 10:56 AM

    Arent rats mice and slugs working in leinster house?

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    May 13th 2022, 11:12 AM

    @John Johnes: you’ll have to do better than that

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    May 13th 2022, 11:00 AM

    Sure we have known for years its full of RATS and leaks.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:55 AM

    @Stephen Carslake: Sinn Fein won’t stand for that .. they will find a bog for them somewhere ..

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    May 13th 2022, 12:10 PM

    Workers also found sloths, snakes, cheetahs, several white elephants and a cockortoo.

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    You regularly read of restaurants closed down for less.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:08 AM

    How many legs do the rats have?

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    May 13th 2022, 11:16 AM

    Pay peanuts get monkeys, pay to much get Rodents & sluggss.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:43 AM

    And that was before they checked for vermin !

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    May 13th 2022, 11:13 AM

    That’s not a very nice thing to say about our TD’s.

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    May 13th 2022, 10:59 AM

    Waterford Whispers?

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    May 13th 2022, 1:01 PM

    I’m sure they felt right at home.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:50 AM

    I knew about the rats

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    May 13th 2022, 12:00 PM

    Only 6 months??? Are we sure about that?

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    May 13th 2022, 1:01 PM

    Them and then there’s the politicians.

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    May 13th 2022, 11:39 AM

    Shurr there’s been a massive SF infestation, there’s no getting rid of them.

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    May 13th 2022, 1:03 PM

    @Martin O Connell: Correct they are there to stay:)

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    May 13th 2022, 1:40 PM

    Will they have to apply for re-election ?

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    May 13th 2022, 2:03 PM

    I’m sure they felt at home

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    May 13th 2022, 1:58 PM

    This is just to easy

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    May 13th 2022, 12:55 PM

    We all have to have a crack at a few one liners. Come on people

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    May 13th 2022, 12:29 PM

    That’s no way to talk about our TD’s

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    May 13th 2022, 3:42 PM

    This headline is actually very funny and hits the nail on the head.

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    May 13th 2022, 4:47 PM

    Ah cmon lads. The most clickbaity piece I have ever seen in the Journal and that’s telling something.

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    May 13th 2022, 9:50 PM

    I pity the rodents

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    May 13th 2022, 6:49 PM

    Sure leinster house is full of them already, the rats, mice and slugs will have to move elsewhere. Better still, leave them, they won’t cost the country any money in salaries and pensions

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    May 13th 2022, 7:05 PM

    At least they appear for what they are

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    May 14th 2022, 5:48 PM

    Id say they feel quite at home!!

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    May 14th 2022, 6:33 AM

    The jokes just write with that headline

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