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UCC appoints Arts & Culture Officer
深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork (UCC) has appointed Se谩n Kelly to be its first Arts and Culture Officer.
Previously the Executive Director/CEO of The Everyman in Cork, Sean鈥檚 new role at UCC will see him embed a strategic approach to Arts and Culture into UCC, including implementation of the 深夜亚洲福利久久鈥檚 Arts and Culture Plan. This four-year plan 鈥� Igniting UCC鈥檚 Creative Potential 鈥� aims to harness and activate the 深夜亚洲福利久久鈥檚 cultural, artistic, heritage and creative assets, and champion transdisciplinary arts research and new models of engagement right across the UCC Group.
鈥淲e are delighted to welcome Se谩n to UCC. We have a vibrant arts and cultural community and with Se谩n鈥檚 experience we intend to grow its significant potential鈥� states Professor John O鈥橦alloran, President of UCC.
鈥�Arts and Culture are central to UCC鈥檚 heritage and we are committed, through the Arts and Culture Plan, to embedding this creativity further into every aspect of our academic mission. I am delighted that Sean will join my team in the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement and I look forward to working together to position arts and culture at the heart of our strategy for global impact鈥� states Professor Ursula Kilkelly, Vice-President for Global Engagement in UCC.
鈥淚鈥檓 excited and honoured to join the team at UCC as we stand on the cusp of implementing a very ambitious and dynamic Arts and Culture Plan. UCC has a wealth of assets that can be harnessed in support of this plan as well an array of amazing artists and creative people across the university so I can鈥檛 wait to get started,鈥� states Se谩n Kelly.
Notable UCC alumni in the arts and cultural community include Fiona Shaw, Graham Norton, Siobhan McSweeney, Samantha Barry, Philip King, Theo Dorgan, and Doireann N铆 Ghr铆ofa.
Through UCC鈥檚 Glucksman Gallery, the Granary Theatre, its academic and cultural programmes, Artist in Residence schemes and through strategic partnerships with The Arts Council, UCC seeks to deliver on its ambition for lifelong and life-wide learning for citizens of all ages and abilities.