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 25, 2023
Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland, is pleased to announce the programme for Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2023. Themed Making Connections, 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, Dublin 8. 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. Book tickets here 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 and health sector to be held in person, having taken place online during the pandemic, thus prompting the event theme Making Connections. Presentations will explore mental health and wellbeing, and the challenge to practitioners of creating innovative, exciting and inspiring work within the healthcare context. In his keynote address, Taking Care of Ourselves, Daniel Regan will consider...
Posted Aug 14, 2023
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 Ireland. Experience 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...
Posted Aug 10, 2023
Music and Health Ireland, in association with Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland, is pleased to announce details of its forthcoming Introduction to Music in Healthcare and Community Settings training programme. This five-day course is designed for recent graduates, early career musicians and/or professional musicians interested in exploring the idea of bringing music into healthcare and community spaces with a focus on older persons’ settings. Participants will learn from highly experienced musicians who have trained in best-practice musical and pedagogical techniques specifically developed for quality outcomes in healthcare. The course takes place Monday 6 – Friday 10 November 2023 at the Réalta Centre for Arts + Health at University Hospital Waterford. Places are limited to ensure a high quality experience for all participants. Early Bird & Scholarship application deadline extended to Friday 22 September. Click here for further information and application details This project is supported by the Arts Council. Photo credit: Dave...
Posted Jul 7, 2023
Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2023 will take place on Wednesday 25 October in Dublin. This will be the first time since 2019 that this national gathering of the arts and health sector will be held in person, having taken place online since the onset of COVID. This year’s event will have a special focus on mental health, and the day will feature presentations by some of the most innovative and creative practitioners working in arts and health today. Arts + Health: Check Up Check In is open to healthcare professionals, arts practitioners and anyone interested in learning more about this exciting field. The ‘go to’ event for the arts and health sector, Check Up Check In is organised by Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland, which encompasses the national resource website artsandhealth.ie and Waterford Healing Arts, and is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE. Further details and booking information will follow in due course on www.realta.ie Picture shows artists Caroline Schofield and Jill Bouchier presenting their case study on Open Gallery, an inclusive art viewing project, at Arts and Health: Check Up Check In 2019. Photo by Keith Currams...
