South Dublin County Council is committed to ensuring access to key policy and research documents, evaluations, reports and toolkits that have been made available through programmes developed and supported by the Arts Office. These resources are also essential to groups or individuals looking to advocate for the arts within their own communities.
Browsing though our listing, you will find:
- Policy documents that identify areas for development in the arts in the county
- Research publications that offer detailed findings on themes related to arts policy
- Resources including lesson plans and toolkits that can be utilised by youth workers, second-level teachers and other practitioners.
- Evaluation reports regarding a number of projects throughout the County in an aim to promote sharing and learning of practice.
Policy: South Dublin County Arts Development Strategy 2011-2015
Resources: Creative Approaches for Learning 2012 Lesson Plans
Film in the Curriculum
Drama in the Curriculum
Dance in the Curriculum-Social Change
Resources: Creative Approaches for Learning 2011 Lesson Plans
Dance and the English Curriculum
Learning through design thinking
Using Comics Across the Curriculum
Soundtracks lesson plan
Resources: Creative Approaches for Learning 2010 Lesson Plans
Dance Workshop Across the Curriculum
Music and the History and English Curriculum
Architecture Across the Curriculum
Visual Art Exhibition and Curriculum Links
Resources: Creative Approaches for Learning 2009 Lesson Plans
Dance-Art-Design Lesson Plan
Visual Arts-Creative Writing-IT Lesson Plan
Music and other curriculum
Resources: Listen to NOISE Toolkit 2009
Steps for engaging young people in critical and creative thinking about issues important to them. Aimed at youth workers, the toolkit presents practical, hands-on and creative activities geared toward using song lyrics, writing and poster design to explore issues related to health, community, the environment and society. For a copy of the toolkit, please email the Youth Arts Coordinator at vdurrer@sdublincoco.ie.
Resources: Scribble Skills Toolkit 2010
A toolkit, available here, has been put together by these organisations to assist in the development of public art projects with young people.
Evaluation: Fun with Film 2012
Evaluation: Wonderland--in two parts 2012
Wonderland 2011--the performance TCS Wonderland Report-2011
Wonderland 2012--the Dance Film Wonderland-Dance Film Project 2012
Evaluation: Review of NOISE Flicks 2009 - 2011
NOISE Flicks 2009-11 Evaluation Final
NOISE Flicks Evaluation 2009 - 2011 Appendices
Evaluation: APT Visual Arts Project 2011
Inter-generational visual arts projects in the County.
APT Visual Arts Project 2011-Report
Evaluation: Creative Approaches for Learning 2009 - 2010
Creative Approaches Evaluation 2009 -2010
Creative Approaches Evaluation 2009 -2010-Appendices
Creative Approaches 2011 Evaluation Report
Evaluation: Drawn Together 2011
Graphic Novel Project Evaluation
Evaluation: Treading Water 2011
Evaluation: Firhouse Community College TY Video Production Module 2010 - 2011
Firhouse Social Inclusion Film Project Eval-May 2011
Evaluation: In Your Shoes 2010
Evaluation: Coláiste Bríde Home Away from Home: Home exhibition and establishing the Green Gallery, January – May 2010
Colaiste Bride Home and Green Gallery- August 2010
Evaluation: Tallaght Young Filmmakers
The Phase 1 report is available upon request. Please email vdurrer@sdublincoco.ie.
Tallaght Young Filmmakers-Phase 2- June 2010
Evaluation: CLICK-CLICK 2010
Evaluation: Jobstown Youth Arts Project, 2009
Jobstown Youth Arts Project-No Appendices
Jobstown Youth Arts Project- Appendices
Appendices for this evaluation are available upon request. Please email vdurrer@sdublincoco.ie