A poet, a visual artist, an author and an inclusive theatre maker have been presented with Major Individual Artist Awards (MIAs) by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Poet, Padraig Regan, visual artist and painter, Pádraig Mac Cana, author, Bernie McGill and inclusive theatre maker and director, Andrew Stanford, will each receive a National Lottery funding award of up to £15,000 to create ambitious new work. Each of the artists will now use the award to develop a series of new works. To hear the awardees speak about their proposed work, go to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland website. Author Bernie McGill will use her award to create a new work of fiction inspired by Eleonora Duse, an Italian actress active around the 1890s – 1920s and rated by many as the greatest of her time. As part of the award, Bernie will spend time researching Duse at the Cini Foundationi and Museo Civico di Asolo in Italy. Watch the video here. Poet Padraig Regan will use their award to begin work on a new poetry collection exploring geology. They are interested in how poetry and language can relate to the natural world, and how thinking about landscape on […]