AIB Community €1 Million Fund – Nominate Riverbank!
The AIB Community €1 Million Fund is now accepting nominations and we’d love you to nominate us!
Please nominate Riverbank to help us expand our Outreach and Education Programme, opening up more free and accessible creative opportunities for schools, young people, and adults in the community.
Here’s how to nominate:
- Fill in your information
- Nominate Riverbank Arts Centre
- Include our Registered Charity Number (RCN) 20074982
- Select the ‘Education & Opportunities’ category
- Select the ‘Rest of Leinster’ location
- In one sentence say why you’re nominating us – e.g. To enable them to expand their outreach and education programme
Make sure to get your vote in before Wednesday 25 June!
Here are some of the Outreach and Education activities that we held in 2024:
Sing Me To The Sea by Anna Newell Theatre Adventures
Riverbank Arts Centre partnered with Enable Naas to present Sing Me To the Sea. Sing Me to the Sea is an immersive multisensory adventure for children and young people with complex needs. It is performed in hydropools with 3 audience members per show, each with an adult companion – with everyone in the water!
Sing Me To The Sea was originally created in 2018 with funding from Wicklow Arts Office. Created in partnership with Enable Ireland and St Catherine’s School.
Riverbank brought Paul Curley’s pilot project of The Elephant in the Room to Newbridge Educate Together in June and to St Mark Special School in September. The Elephant in the Room is a stand-alone installation, designed by Ger Clancy with Paul Curley, that aims to provoke conversation about things that are so apparent but yet we find difficult to talk about. During the period that the installation was resident in the schools, Paul was able to interact with the students gaining valuable insight, further developing this project.
RAC partnered with Music Generation Kildare for the Teen Spirit Jazz Hub programme, welcoming young musicians aged 13-18 to develop performance skills and explore jazz. A successful pilot term included workshops with world renowned musicians, including Europe’s leading jazz saxophonist Linda Fredriksson, and the Row E ensemble performance at SubSounds Youth Music Festival.
Music Generation Kildare is managed by Kildare Local Music Education Partnership, led by Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board in partnership with Kildare County Council and with support from Maynooth University Department of Music and Centre for Teaching and Learning.
STEPPING THE LAND, developed in partnership with Kildare County Council Arts Service and Riverbank Arts Centre and funded by the Arts Council/DAR Award, was a culmination to Philippa Donnellan’s Kildare Dance Residency 2023-2024. Created with members of the local community and Griese Youth Theatre, it was performed on a farm in south Kildare. An intergenerational dance piece, it gave a glimpse into stories of the land and habitats living and lost.
Education Programme at Riverbank Arts Centre
Riverbank Arts Centre works closely with Irish and international theatre companies, artists and co-producing partners, to present work particularly suited to schools.
In 2024, 6000 children from 42 schools attended events at Riverbank Arts Centre as part of a school trip/programme. A further 2000 children enjoyed events brought to their school by Riverbank, these included visual arts, workshops, live performances and collaborations with artists.