The history of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1943-2016 : between the state and the arts / Lara Cuny.
Cuny, Lara, author.
2022
DA990.U46
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Title
The history of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1943-2016 : between the state and the arts / Lara Cuny.
Author
Cuny, Lara, author.
ISBN
9783031134098 (electronic bk.)
3031134095 (electronic bk.)
9783031134081
3031134087
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13409-8
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-13409-8 doi
Call Number
DA990.U46
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.09416
Summary
This book presents the history of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) in Northern Ireland from its conception in 1943, and its successor organisation, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI). Exploring the political and social impact of cultural policy in Northern Ireland, the book illustrates how the arts developed during the twentieth century and sheds light on the relationship between politics and culture. The author takes a closer look at the responsibilities of ACNI, and examines its interaction with the unionist government, which sought to influence how the organisation distributed its grants. Spanning the outbreak of the Troubles in the 1960s and the Peace Process in the 1990s, the ACNI evolved through a period of conflict and change, and therefore this book argues that there was an undeniable link between the changing political environment and the management of the arts in Northern Ireland. The arms length principle is analysed in relation to ACNI, examining the influence that the state had upon its management and governance. Offering a unique historical overview of the arts in Northern Ireland, this interdisciplinary book fills a gap in Irish history and presents insights into cultural policy, conflict resolution and political history. Lara Cuny is Associate Professor at Aix-Marseille University, France. Previously she taught classes on Irish and British history at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris.
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Includes index.
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Intro
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
Evolution of the Notion of Arts
Arts, Culture and Tradition in Northern Ireland
Building a Gaelic Ireland
Unionist Identity
Cultural Policy
Main Questions
Notes
Part I CEMA, from a Temporary Wartime Measure to a Permanent Institution (1939-1951)
2 Arts and Culture in Northern Ireland Before the Second World War
Culture and the Authorities
Ulster Culture, Ulster Identity
Ulster Drama20
A Cultural Desert?: The Arts in the 1930s in Northern Ireland
Notes

3 Creating CEMA
Institutional Beginning of CEMA (NI)
1940-1943: False Start
1943-1945: CEMA (Northern Ireland)
The Arts During the War
CEMA's Policy: Being Part of the War Effort
A New Artistic Buoyancy
Rise of Regionalism
Notes
4 Establishing CEMA in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Northern Ireland
CEMA (NI), Its Incorporation and the Arm's-Length Principle
CEMA's First Steps
The Festival of Britain
Notes
Part II The Evolution of CEMA/ACNI: Politics, Culture and the Arts (1950s-1960s)
5 The Artistic Policy of CEMA/ACNI: Educating the People

"Increase Accessibility"1
Touring
New Partnerships: Local Arts Committees
New Partnerships: Local Authorities
Social Outreach
Criticism and Challenges
"Improve the Standard of Execution"63
Declining Support for Amateur Arts
Direct Provision of the Arts
The Ulster Orchestra (UO)
The Grand Opera Society (GOS)
The Visual Arts
The Project of a National Theatre112
Notes
6 Politics, Sectarianism and CEMA/ACNI
The 1950s: Political Encroachment and the Arts
The Question of the National Anthem
The Bonefire
Over the Bridge

From CEMA (NI) to ACNI: Criticism of the Council
The 1960s: The Arts and the O'Neill Government
Greater Interest in the Arts
The End of the "Cultural Border"77
Notes
7 A Regionalist Agenda in Northern Ireland?
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
The Ulster Museum
Ulster Arts and CEMA/ACNI
Notes
8 1968-1972, A Transition
The Beginning of the Troubles and the Arts
Consequences of the Crisis on Art Performances
Arts as Community Relations: Literature and Traditional Arts
'Ulster 71'
The Reform of the Arts Council
Notes

Part III Artistic Policy in a Violent Political Context (1970s-1990s)
9 In Times of War: A New Role for the Arts
Conflict Resolution Theory
Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
Community Relations
A New Community Relations Framework in Northern Ireland
First and Failed Attempts at Peacebuilding
Community Relations (1969-1975)
Lord Melchett
Culture and Peacebuilding
Multiculturalism, the Anglo-Irish Agreement and Education
From Two Traditions to Cultural Diversity
The Community Relations Council (CRC)
Notes
10 Isolationism of ACNI

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