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Voluntary Arts Ireland > people on the move Who's who?
Voluntary Arts Ireland keeps abreast of changes in the arts including WHO'S WHO and where these senior level managers and policy makers move when they do! Fionnuala Walsh, Head of Participation, Arts Council NI Fionnuala commenced working with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland as Head of Community and Participatory Arts in Autumn 2009. This involves direct client management with organisations including Voluntary Arts Network (VAI) as well as leading a team of specialist officers in community and participatory arts. She also manages the Re-Imaging Communities Programme, an initiative enabling communities in urban and rural areas to address visible signs of sectarianism.
Previous to my current employment, she was Development Officer for Creative Youth Partnerships in the Southern Education and Library Board Area, Education Officer in the Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown and teacher of Art and Design in a post primary school in Donegal. She have also worked in Carnival Arts and as a free-lance arts facilitator.
Fionnuala writes: 'Throughout my professional career, I have witnessed the benefits of participation in the arts and ways in which involvement in creative activities can be an enriching and rewarding experience. I look forward to finding out more about the voluntary arts sector in Northern Ireland and beyond and the role of Voluntary Arts Ireland within this'. | 
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Mary Hanafin, TD (FF) - Minister for Tourism, Culture & Sport Previously, Minister for Social and Family Affairs.
Martin Mansergh, TD is Minister of State at the Department of the Arts, Sports and Tourism with special reponsbility for the arts. Nelson McCausland MLA (DUP) - New Minister for Culture, Arts and
Leisure On June 22 2009, Nelson McCausland took over the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, replacing Gregory Campbell, following a reshuffle of the DUP's Ministerial team by First Minister Peter Robinson following the party's poor European Election results. BARRY McELDUFF MLA (SF) - Chair of the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Assembly
Barry McElduff was born in 1966 and was educated at Christian Brothers School in Omagh. He studied Celtic Studies and Political Science at Queen's University Belfast, and is married with two daughters. He was elected to Omagh District Council in 2000, which he chaired from 2001-2003. He was a member of the Education and Employment and Learning Committees in the 1998-2003 Assembly, and also served on the Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee and the Committee of the Centre. He is Sinn Féin’s Education Spokesperson as well as spokesperson on All Ireland Integration. In the 2007 Assembly Election, Barry topped the poll receiving nearly 7,000 votes. Barry is Chair of the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure in the Assembly.
12th Arts Council appointed for The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon The members of the Council are (December 2008):
Pat Moylan - Arts Council Chairman & Theatre Director
Maurice Foley - Arts Council Deputy Chair
John Crumlish - Manager, Galway Arts Festival
Louise Donlon - Director, Dunamaise Arts Centre
Paul Johnson - Chief Executive, Dance Ireland
Fiona Kearney - Director, Lewis Glucksman Gallery
Philip King - Filmmaker and Musician
Orlaith McBride - Director, National Association for Youth Drama
Aibhlín McCrann - Musician and Communications Consultant
Sheelagh O'Neill - Supporter of the arts
Caroline Senior - Artistic Director, Garter Lane Arts Centre
Alan Stanford - Actor
Colin Tóibín - Writer
Further information and biographies of Council Members on http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/members.aspx
updated January 2009 Council Members of Arts Council of Northern Ireland The members of the Council are (February 2006):
Rosemary Kelly (Chair)
Damien Coyle (Vice Chair)
Eithne Benson
Katherine Bond
Professor Ian Montgomery
Anthony Kennedy
William H C Montgomery
Sharon O’Connor
Peter Spratt
Raymond Fullerton
Paul Seawright
Joseph Rice
David Irvine
Brian Sore
Janine Walker
Read more about Arts Council of Northern Ireland council members at www.artscouncil-ni.org (GOVERNANCE and ACCOUNTABILITY section)
updated December 2007
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