GradCAM – The Graduate School of Creative Arts & Media at IADT (Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dún Laoghaire); in association with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, UK-based Creativity, Culture & Education with Intercultural Arts & Newcastle City Council and Spain’s Semetrías Fundación Internacional with Cuenca Council, is undertaking an innovative music and arts’ programme, Creative Policies for Creative Cities.
 
The project brings together musicians, artists, educators, businesses and public officials who, over the next number of months, will be piloting music and arts initiatives in Dun Laoghaire town centre, Newcastle and Cuenca. The idea underpinning this initiative is that culture-led policies – in collaboration with local agents (businesses, local authorities, and the public) – can yield new opportunities for musicians and artists, offer workable mechanisms for engaging business and investment, and through a multi-agency approach, enliven and animate our civic and shared public spaces.
 
The Creative Policies for Creative Cities Research is an EU project led by artist researchers & cultural operators across UK, ES & IE, investigating civic issues for the city; with an interdisciplinary team of researchers-creatives, architects cultural operators, public administrators; - undertaking audit, pilot-project interventions & impact assessment; - culminating with a model that can be implemented in other regions.
 
Creative Policies for Creative Cities is a research project coordinated by Nollaig Ó Fiongháile, Development Manager of the Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media (GradCAM).
 
For Information on the Creative Policies for Creative Cities actions across the three sites download the Creative Policies for Creative Cities Factsheet here.