Cultural Policy in Ireland in an International Context

The University of Chicago Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

Patricia Quinn, Director, Irish Arts Council

In dialogue with Mark Schuster, MIT & Visiting Professor of Cultural Policy, Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies

The contemporary arts in Ireland recently have experienced a growth in government funding and a larger share of political attention than ever before. A third national strategy for arts development has been prepared and submitted by the Arts Council to Government, and when adopted, will provide a planning framework for arts development until 2006. Patricia Quinn discusses some of the implications of adopting an evidence-based approach to planning for the arts in Ireland, and Mark Schuster offers an international comparative framework.