Save the Date: 7 December for Experience 2023, An Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person

The date for Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person, has been announced by Age & Opportunity and Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in IrelandExperience 2023 will take place on Thursday 7 December at the Réalta Centre for Arts + Health, University Hospital Waterford.  This is the first time that Experience will take place in person, having been an online learning programme for the last two years.  Designed for arts practitioners interested in this area, over the course of the day, Experience 2023 will aim to outline the essential elements involved in working with older people in an arts and health context, and will feature presentations by some of the most experienced and inspiring practitioners working in this specialised field of practice.  Further details and booking information will follow in due course from www.ageandopportunity.ie from www.realta.ie or email arts@ageandopportunity.ie  Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE.

Image Credit: From ‘If These Hands Could Sing’, a project with the residents and staff of Mooncoin Nursing Home, Co Kilkenny and musician Liam Merriman, as part of National Arts in Nursing Home Day 2023.  Photo by Vicky Comerford

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