Baboró International Arts
Festival
Baboró, Ireland’s leading International
Arts Festival for children, is held annually in Galway.
Since its inception, the Festival has provided opportunities
for all children to participate in the arts by breaking
down the financial, social, geographical or physical
barriers that may prevent or limit their access to artistic
and cultural activities.
Baboró has developing
an outstanding reputation for the high standards and
quality of its international programmes, which include
theatre, dance, puppetry, music and visual arts. All
events have been selected based on artistic quality,
content, age appropriateness, diversity and uniqueness.
The success of the Festival,
however, extends well beyond its weeklong programme.
Baboró also
promotes quality artistic programmes for children by
providing teacher training, parent workshops, outreach
and touring programmes and conferences promoting best
practice in arts education. In 2008 Baboró will
host an International Conference as part of its International
Festival, bringing together artists and creative thinkers
from all over the world to inspire practitioners to
explore new ways to create innovative and exciting work
for children.
Through dialogue, workshops and a stunning showcase
of the very best in international work, delegates will
explore the most effective means of nurturing creativity
in children.
In the coming years, Baboró plans
to further expand its work to target Refugee Support
Centres and communities with higher minority populations.
Baboró recognizes
the need to keep creativity and the arts alive for
children. It is an important part of becoming a well-rounded
person.
The 2007 Baboró International
Arts Festival : 15-21 October in Galway.
| How The Ireland
Funds helped |
To date,
The Ireland Funds has given approximately $24,876
in support of Baboro International Arts Festival
for Children.
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| The Impact
of your investment |
Baboró Festival
Programme €30,000 ($42,000)
Baboró presents the best in theatre, dance,
music visual arts, literature and puppetry from
around the world. In 2007, over 16 companies from
Ireland, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Scotland, Australia
and England will participate in over 80 performances
that will be attended by over 10,000 children.
Baboró Outreach €15,000 ($21,000)
Baboró Outreach Programme offers schools
professional teaching artist led workshops and
projects. These vary from year to year and are
based on funding available. In 2008 Baboró will
address the need to do arts activities that
are cultural based and at the same time allinclusive.
This is to encourage participation by minority
students and non-English speaking children.
Bus Subsidy €5,000 ($7,000)
To encourage participation, schools are compensated
for up to 50% of their travel costs to the festival.
In 2006, this subsidy made it possible for 5,000
school children to attend the Festival. |
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