The funding which will be split between 34 projects has been awarded to community groups who applied for funding under the programme to facilitate the creation of vibrant and attractive shared spaces.
Speaking at an event, held in the Ormeau Baths Gallery, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA said: “People want and deserve a stable, inclusive and tolerant society, where people can work and play together regardless of community or ethnic background or their religious or political beliefs.
“Initiatives such as the Re-Imaging Communities Programme play an important role in achieving that goal.
“I have seen some wonderful examples of the creative talent that exists at ground level in all our communities which is just waiting for an opportunity to express itself.
"The arts have a very important role to play in delivering the transformation of our society. The successful projects here today are an essential part of building a better future for all our children."
The Re-Imaging Communities programme was established by the Arts Council in response to the Government’s Shared Future agenda to help all communities in urban and rural areas to focus on positive ways to express who they are and what culture means to them artistically and creatively.
Notes to Editors:
The projects receiving finding are:
- Ards Borough Council – Portavogie Mural Re-Definition
- Belfast City Council – Arts Based Feasibility Study
- Dungannon District Council – Re-imaging Feasibility Study
- Moyle District Council – Walkway Reclamation
- Newry and Mourne District Council –“Days at the North Street Flats”
- Armagh City and District Council – ArmaghArt
- Craigavon Council – Re-imaging Craigavon Communities
- Derry City Council – Art and Re-imaging Feasibility Study
- Larne District Council – Feasibility Study for Larne Borough
- Lisburn City Council – Re-imaging Communities Needs Analysis
- Magherafelt District Council - Swatragh Wall Mural
- Broughshane and District Community Association - Broughshane Banner Project
- Broughshane and District Community Association - Broughshane Butterfly Garden Project
- An Munia Tober - Childrens’ Arts Project
- An Nasc - An Leitheoir (The Reader)
- Crumlin Together - Creation of Shared Space in Crumlin removed as part of the project, contributing to better community relations and the creation of shared space.
- Ballymagroarty/Hazelbank Community Partnership
- Dunclug Partnership – Engagement of facilitator
- Cloughey and District Community Association – Community Sculpture
- Greater Village Regeneration Trust – “Now and Then”
- Greater Village Regeneration Trust – “Reflect”
- Greater Village Regeneration Trust – “Hope”
- Greater Village Regeneration Trust – Streetscapes
- Glentoran Football Club – Children’s mural project
- Darkley and District Community Association – Re-Imaging Darkley Project
- Greater Shankill Community Council – Community garden at Blackmountain Grove
- Harryville Partnership Initiative – Braidwater Spinning Mill Project
- Ballyhornan and District Community Association – Kates Green Project
- Monkstown Youth for Christ – The Monkstown Murals
- Mosside Development Group – Mosside Image Project
- Kells and Connor Improvement Committee – Public Art sculpture at Station Road
- Scrabo Residents Association – Mural redefinition and creation of garden of remembrance
- Inter Estate Partnership – Re-imaging of Ballycraigy Housing Estate
- Lincoln Courts Youth and Community Association – Community Garden Project
