Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2026 will take place on Thursday 30 April in The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim. The ‘go to’ event for the arts and health (A+H) sector, Check Up Check In is organised by Réalta, and features presentations by some of the most exciting and inspiring 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.
Open Call: Réalta is seeking submissions from arts and health practitioners to deliver a What’s my practice? workshop at Check Up Check In. The What’s My Practice? workshop model examines methodologies employed in collaborative/ participatory arts + health practice in Ireland, across different artforms. All artforms welcome.
To submit a workshop proposal, please complete this online application form by 1pm on Friday 27 February 2026.
Réalta is the national resource organisation dedicated to strengthening and advancing arts + health in Ireland. Réalta manages artsandhealth.ie, an independent information hub and the Waterford Healing Arts programmes.
Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2026 is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE and supported by Leitrim County Council Arts Office.
Further details about Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2026 and booking information will follow in due course on www.realta.ie
Image credit: Artist Luci Kershaw leads a ‘What’s My Practice?’ workshop at Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2025. Photo by Paul Moore.
