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Mayo County Council Arts Office is currently taking applications for the Music Recording Assistance Award 2010 and the Amateur Drama Awards 2010.

After having had a highly successful 2009-2010 run, Mayo Youth Theatre-Ballina returns for an even more exciting and ambitious season. Meeting every Tuesday between 6pm and 8pm, members participate in specially designed drama workshops, specialist technical and performance workshops, and of course trips to the theatre. But most importantly it is a high-energy group and great fun.

Mayo County Council's Summer Music Series will feature seven musical performances in venues all around the county. Achill, Ballyhaunis, Belmullet, Westport, Ballina, Charlestown and Louisburgh are all stops on the Summer Music Series in 2010. Many tastes are catered for in an exciting, eclectic programme featuring some of the finest musical talent represented in the form of local, national and international musicians. Booking is essential and can be done through Mayo County Council Arts Office. All events are free of charge.

Mayo County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce that Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, as Writer in Residence 2010, will give a public reading of her poetry in Mayo Education Centre on Friday May 28 from 1pm to 2pm and also in Ballina Library on Thursday June 3 from 1.15pm to 2.15pm.

Mayo County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill as Writer in Residence 2010. Ní Dhomhnaill will be working with a number of writers groups and schools throughout the county during the month of May and June.

Mayo County Council Arts Office is almost ready to embark on a month long programme of activity for Bealtaine 2010. Bealtaine aims to involve older people in the arts, through expression and active participation. It also encourages older people to engage as an experienced audience for all art forms.

Mayo County Council is offering two special bursary awards to artists born or living in Mayo, to enable them to spend two weeks at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, County Monaghan. Each bursary covers all board and lodging expenses for a two-week period, plus the use of a studio if necessary.

Mayo County Council is offering two special bursary awards to artists born or living in Mayo, to enable them to spend two weeks at The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, County Monaghan. Each bursary covers all board and lodging expenses for a two-week period, plus the use of a studio if necessary.

So, another brilliant RoolaBoola done and dusted! And as that very dust settles and life at the Linenhall Arts Centre returns to business as usual and what we somewhat ironically refer to as “normality”, we’d just like to offer a big vote of thanks to all our sponsors and volunteers for their support: our sponsors: Mayo Leisure Point, Castlebar Credit Union, Lough Lannagh Village, McDonald’s Castlebar, TJ Gaughan Construction Company Ltd, Elephant Bean Bags, Baxter Healthcare; our funders The Arts Council, Mayo County Council, Castlebar Town Council, Fáilte Ireland, Ireland’s West; The assistance of An Garda Síochana, Civil Defence, HSE Rural Training Centre Castlebar, Bata Fada, Mayo Artsquad, the Tweed Centre Castlebar, Fahey’s Hardware, Woodies DIY, TF Royal Theatre and Event Centre, St Patrick’s Boys’ School, Bettina Peterseil and drummers, our Transition Year volunteers, Access>CINEMA, Children’s Books Ireland, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Association for Performing Arts, all those who donated books to the Stories Room, all the volunteers for Lough Lannagh Lights, and all who made this another brilliant RoolaBoola experience! And, last but not least, to everyone both young and old who came along and supported all the events so enthusiastically. Thank you all!

Preston Reed show next week