Waterford Walls, in partnership with Waterford City and County Council are delighted announce that they have been awarded EU funding of €90,000 through the Creative Europe Programme. Chosen from almost 500 cities around Europe, the project was the only Irish one to be selected as a designated principal partner, leading the EU “Murals for Communities” […]
Category Archives: Regeneration
Thinking of starting a new business in Waterford Cultural Quarter? Take a look below…. Start Your Own Business Boot Camp Do you have an innovative business idea? If so we invite you to pitch for a free place on our upcoming expert led Start Your Own Business Boot Camp. The LEO and Work Matters at the Library are […]
WCQ Spotlight Katherine Collins, WCQ Project Manager and Emma Haran, WCQ Creative & Community Coordinator. What is your background? Katherine: Emma and I worked together on the Three Sisters European Capital of Culture 2020 Bid. While we were gutted that we didn’t win the Bid, what […]
Design Challenge Waterford – Building Creative Communities The Design Challenge is a competition that encourages different communities in the O’Connell Street area to identify challenges that they experience in living, working and using the O’Connell Street area. The Design industry will be asked to look at the challenges and to develop possible solutions. These innovative proposals are […]
Sarah Jane Hanton Creative Spirits Ambassador My name is Sarah Jane Hanton, I am proud and delighted to be Creative Spirits Ambassador for Waterford Cultural Quarter. It has always been important for me to express myself creatively by connecting with people through creative ideas and by interacting with diverse individuals resulting in opportunities that […]
Members of the Waterford Cultural Quarter steering committee recently attended a Creative Spirits Case Study meeting in Ibi, Spain The case study trip was to see how Ibi are working to regenerate their city, their report is in this video. For further information on Creative Spirits and it’s role in Europe, continue reading below this […]
Today Waterford Walls and the Department of Architecture at Waterford Institute of Technology in partnership with Waterford Cultural Quarter officially announced the overall winning design from the student architecture competition to re-imagine a Georgian Building. The winning entry by Tanner Ulrick (pictured below) shows the possibilities of what redesign and creativity could do to enhance & […]
Waterford Cultural Quarter hosting a Crowdfunding Event in Garter Lane We are delighted to have Andrew Hetherington Chief Executive of Business to Arts as our guest speaker at our Crowdfunding Event in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Wednesday April 4th. More about our guest speaker: Andrew joined Business to Arts in 2007 following 7 years in Corporate Treasury […]