Bray Arts

Bray Arts was founded in 1996. It is a forum for both arts practitioners and anyone with an interest in the arts.
Objectives :-
 to promote and develop the idea that art is for everyone in the community.
 to provide emerging artists opportunities to show and present their work in a supportive and appreciative environment.
 to develop a community where there is a confident and a vibrant attitude to art and creativity in all its forms.
 to promote excellence in all the art forms.
 to participate, lobby and initiate public debate on important issues relating to artists, art and supporting structures and resources.
Bray Arts people include visual artists, writers, musicians, performance artists and arts administrators. It is run by a committee of volunteers. Since its inception it has worked at raising the profile of all artistic endeavour in the community by providing access to artists and their work through a number of activities such as :-
 Monthly Arts Evenings
 Monthly Journal
 A Christmas Celebration
 Developing links with individual artists, other Arts organisations, performance groups and schools engaged in the arts.

Funding

Bray Arts main funding comes from its admission fee to the Bray Arts Evenings and a few friends who have made personal contributions over the years. In 2009 Wicklow County Council turned down Bray Arts application for a grant and we await the decision from the newly elected council in Bray. This season we ran short of funds and could not print our usual 500 hard copies of the June journal though it is available in electronic form on this site. We are currently working on possible ways to get adequate funding for our 2009/2010 season starting in Sept 2009.