Arts receive €1m funding for 1916 centenary project

Music, poetry, dance, and visual art will feature in projects commissioned as part of the Government’s official Ireland 2016 Centenary programme.

The works announced yesterday are being funded to the tune of €1m by the Arts Council, which selected them from over 250 submissions received in response to a call for ambitious ideas from artists.

Sarah Browne and Jesse Jones will explore statehood from the perspective of the female body through live events in historic spaces in Ireland north and south, and in Britain.