Who We Are

Common Ground was founded in 1998 as an arts development agency in the Canal Communities area, to explored the potential role of arts and culture in urban community regeneration. Common Ground's vision is of a community with creativity at its heart, where art matters, and where people are enriched and artists work.



Vision/Mission Print

Our vision is of a community with creativity at its heart, where art matters, where people are enriched and artists work.

 

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People Print

Common Ground is directed by a voluntary board of people with experience in the areas of the arts, community development, business, education and youth work.

 

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Strategy Print

Common Ground is a constantly developing and evolving organisation.  We seek to learn from our experiences and to share the learning with others as we grow. We are currently developing a new strategic plan that will direct our work for the next three years.

 

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History Print

 

Common Ground was founded in 1998 as an arts development agency for the Canal Communities area. The Canal Communities area spans Inchicore, Rialto and Bluebell in Dublin 8. The inspiration for setting up Common Ground came from research commissioned by the Canal Communities Partnership, which explored the potential role of arts and culture in urban community regeneration.
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