Dublin City Council’s Arts, Education and Learning Policy, takes as its mandate The Arts Act (2003), which requires that a local authority stimulate public interest in and promote knowledge, appreciation and practice of the arts.
The policy takes into consideration international and national research that identifies significant barriers to accessing culture and the arts, such as gender, age, ability, cultural tradition, social class and economic accessibility. The Arts, Education and Learning Policy is a key document for scaffolding our approach to questions around where our responsibilities lie in addressing this — realistically, what resources we have as an Arts Office; what resources we can generate through strategic partnership; how might we be informed about barriers and needs directly by children and young people and their stakeholders?
These questions, along with our existing body of work, provide the backdrop to the language, vision, objectives and actions set out in this policy that will grow existing practice and opportunities for lifelong learning in the arts across all art forms in Dublin city.
