Wexford County Council is pleased to announce that 17 Communities were awarded funding in 2026 through the Artist In the Community Programme supporting 15 artists across a variety of artforms. This amounts to a total investment of €35,000 in our local communities.
The Artist in the Community Programme allows community groups who are interested in working on an arts project with an artist from our Artist In the Community Artists Panel. The maximum award is €3,000 in match-funding. The artist’s panel comprises of professional artists based in county Wexford who work in a wide variety of art forms and have experience of engaging with communities.
Successful Community Groups and artists are as follows for 2026:
|
Community Group |
Artist(s) |
|
Hope Cancer Support Centre CLG |
Elke Williams |
|
Access 2000 |
Margaret Galvin |
|
Festival of Ferns |
Juliet Zmorrod |
|
Womens Collective Ireland |
Josephine Whitmore |
|
Wexford Mental Health Association |
Kate Murphy |
|
Family Carers Ireland |
Margaret Galvin |
|
May Byrne Community House |
Trish Middleton & Elke Williams |
|
Gorey Youth Theatre |
Michael Benson |
|
Rosslare Harbour Kilrane Womens Shed Enhanced |
Cat Hogan |
|
Wexford Pride |
Al Bellamy |
|
Rehabcare |
Suzanne Walsh |
|
Ard Aoibhinn Services |
Imogen Stafford |
|
Tomhaggard Community Development Group |
Imogen Stafford |
|
Oakfield Nursing Home |
Rachel Uí Fhaoláin |
|
Grantstown Priory |
Aileen Lambert |
|
Tomhaggard Clean Coasts Group |
Jeni Roddy |
|
Pillar Womens Group |
Elke Williams |