Posted Mar 22, 2024
As part of Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person, an in-person learning programme which took place at Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts Centre for Arts + Health in December, writer, actor and activist Noelle Brown was commissioned to participate, observe and write a reflection on the day. This reflection is available here: Experience 2023 Reflection by Noelle Brown Experience 2023 was presented by Réalta and Age & Opportunity, and was kindly funded by the Arts Council and the HSE. Further info is available here IMAGE: Dr Lucy Pollock, Consultant Geriatrician and author of ‘The Book About Getting Older’, speaking at Experience 2023. Photo by Keith...
Posted Nov 13, 2023
Calling quiz buffs! It’s time to dust off the dictionaries and brush up on general knowledge in time for the annual Quiz Night in aid of Waterford Healing Arts. Taking place at The Cove Bar, Dunmore Road on Thursday 23 November, 8pm. All are welcome and the entry fee is €40 per table of 4, with all proceeds going to the Waterford Healing Arts Art at the Kitchen Table programme. Tables must be booked in advance. Click here to book now. Announcing details of the Quiz Night, Shirley O’Shea, Chairperson of the Fundraising Committee of Waterford Healing Arts, said “We’re delighted to return to The Cove Bar for our annual Quiz Night and our sincere thanks to Tom and all the team for their invaluable support. This year, the focus of our fundraising is the fantastic Art at the Kitchen Table programme. Art at the Kitchen Table supports older people living in Waterford City and County, who might not otherwise have access to the arts, to make art in their own homes. Two of the Waterford Healing Arts artists – Caroline Schofield and Eilis O’Toole – visit people and they create art together: painting, drawing and collage/mixed media. The person at home doesn’t need to have any experience or art materials, just an interest in making art. The artist brings everything to them in their home.” Shirley goes on to say “In addition to art making, we hear back from the participants that Art at the Kitchen Table brings them great joy, surprise and new friendships. They discover a talent they didn’t know they had, or sometimes it re-kindles...
Posted Oct 27, 2023
Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person learning programme announced – Keynote Speaker Dr Lucy Pollock The programme 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 Ireland. Taking place on Thursday 7 December at the Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts Centre for Arts + Health, University Hospital Waterford, this is the first time for Experience to 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. The Keynote Address will be by consultant geriatrician and author of The Book About Getting Older Dr Lucy Pollock. Scroll down for further details and booking information. Places are limited to 20 and cost €20.00 each, including lunch. Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE. This is the third year of Experience, which was devised in 2021 in response to the need for more training and practical orientation for arts practitioners who already have experience of participatory work in a health context, and who are interested in developing their practice to include working with older people. Participants over the last two years have described the programme as...
Posted Oct 24, 2023
Realta is delighted to present our programme for Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2023. Download the full programme here: Arts and Health Check Up Check In 2023_Programme Making Connections: Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2023 takes place on Wednesday 25 October at Creative Life Hub, Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) at St James Hospital, Dublin Making Connections: Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2023 This leading national arts and health event will have a special focus on mental health this year, and will feature a keynote address by visual artist and founder of the London-based Arts & Health Hub Daniel Regan, in addition to presentations by some of the most innovative and creative practitioners working in arts and health in Ireland today. Check Up Check In 2023 takes place on Wednesday 25 October at the Creative Life Hub at Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA), St James’s Hospital. This ‘go to’ event for the arts and health sector is organised by Réalta, in partnership with Creative Life at MISA. Réalta encompasses the national resource website artsandhealth.ie and Waterford Healing Arts, and is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE. Final places available here: Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2023 Tickets, Wed 25 Oct 2023 at 09:00 | Eventbrite The fee for the full day, including lunch, is €30. Check Up Check In promotes solidarity among artists, healthcare professionals and arts and health practitioners and is open to anyone interested in learning more about this exciting field. This will be the first time since 2019 for this national gathering of the arts...
Posted Sep 26, 2023
Artists and creative producers who have worked on arts and health projects, now or in the past, are invited to have their say to improve pay and conditions in the sector. Réalta, the national body for arts and health in Ireland, is partnering with Arts and Health Coordinators Ireland (AHCI) to create good practice guidelines that will improve pay and conditions for artists and creative producers working on arts and health projects. The guidelines are being funded by the Arts Council. To support the case for better pay and conditions, artists and creative producers who have worked on arts and health projects, now or in the past, are invited to complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ArtsandHealth2023 The evidence collected in the survey is anonymous and will be used to inform and support the guidelines. The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. The more responses received, the more evidence will be available to support good practice in the arts and health sector. If anyone is unsure if a project they have worked on can be characterised as ‘arts and health’ check out the What is arts and health? page.on artsandhealth.ie The deadline for responses is Sunday 22 October. For any questions about the survey, please email Emma Eager from Réalta:...
