Tigh Fili, Civic Trust House, Pope's Quay, Cork
Cork
Ireland
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Gender
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Others
- Youth and education
Tigh Filí is a cultural centre with a particular emphasis on children, the visual arts and literature. 1. It promotes the value of the arts in society and maximises the community’s access to, and participation in, the arts. 2. It provides a creative and nurturing artistic environment for the creation and exhibition of new work by artists of all ages. 3. It promotes intercultural dialogue through the arts by developing regional, national and international partnerships with cultural, educational and artistic organisations working with children, literature and visual art 4. It contributes to the local, national and international cultural policy with regards to literature, visual arts and youth.
The programme of activities at Tigh Fili has particular emphasis on children, the visual arts and literature. Tigh Filis children's programme is called the Eurochild Project Eurochild publishes an international anthology of poetry and art by primary school children from all over Europe, it organises a childrens festival and cultural exchange in June and runs a poetry outreach programme throughout the year. Tigh Filis literature programme includes book publishing and readings. Each Year Tigh Fili publish 5 poetry titles. These include 3 new titles from previously unpublished emerging writers and 2 anthologies The Cork Literary Review and Eurochild. Poetry readings are also held each month. Each year the organization hosts 12 visual art exhibitions promoting work from emerging local, national and international visual artists.