In 2005, seventeen artists were awarded commissions through two commissioning strands of the second phase of Breaking Ground, BG2, the Ballymun Regeneration per cent for art scheme.

Collaborative Commissions

Jeannette Doyle, John Byrne, Mick O�Kelly, Michael McLoughlin & Gillian Kenny, Joyce Duffy, Desperate Optimists, Seamus Nolan, David Jacques, Cecily Brennan, and Linda Quinlan were commissioned to make work through the Collaborative Commissions strand.

There was no specific brief for this strand, but artists were asked to make work that questioned or commented on issues pertinent to daily life in a community such as Ballymun, in the context of the major changes that are taking place here, and in the wider context of Ballymun as part of the capital city.

There was no specific brief for this strand, but artists were asked to make work that questioned or commented on issues pertinent to daily life in a community such as Ballymun, in the context of the major changes that are taking place here, and in the wider context of Ballymun as part of the capital city.










To contact Breaking Ground by email:




paul.mcaree@axis-ballymun.ie