Young Urban Arts - 'Powering the Creative Lives of Young People in Dublin'
Young Urban Arts grew out of an informal partnership between CityArts, Dublin City Council and the City of Dublin Youth Services Board, known as the 'Civic Partnership' (2005-2007). This relationship was formalised in 2008 and named as 'Young Urban Arts'; a Young Urban Arts Project Leader was appointed.
Young Urban Arts is an innovative and unique partnership comprising of the three organisations: Dublin City Council; CityArts; and the City of Dublin Youth Services Board (CDYSB), all working together to an important and inspiring goal.
Young Urban Arts' mission is to provide and promote access to and participation in quality arts forms especially for young people in a youth arts context.
Comedian Des Bishop and kids at the Young Urban Arts launch, Filmbase, 2008
There are many reasons why this partnership has happened. Young Urban Arts believes that arts and cultural programmes are powerful tools in tackling educational disadvantage and improving life choices, and is developing in response to the huge gap and urgent need across the city for quality arts programmes for young people.
Young Urban Arts feels that it is vitally important that the growing creative and training needs of young people, the youth worker and the artist are met and therefore invloved in programming exciting, quality and varied arts programmes for young people in youth projects and in providing training opportunities for youth workers and artists.
Young Urban Arts also works with, and where appropriate partners with key agencies, educational interests, funders and policy makers to deliver programme initiatives and to promote the value of this work.
Programmes include the Big Breakfast, Reel Youth, Sounds Like Music and the Crew Training Project. Research areas are currently foccussed on the Action Research Music Programme and the Action Research Drama Programme.
The programme is managed by Niamh Geoghegan and has received programme support from all three agencies as well as key funding from our valued collaborator, the Irish Youth Foundation.
For information on Dublin City Youth Services Board, visit their website: http://www.cdysb.ie/
For information on Dublin City Council Arts Service, visit their website: http://www.dublincity.ie/RECREATIONANDCULTURE/ARTSANDFACILITIES/Pages/recreationandculture.aspx
