UPDATE 28.04.2026 : Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2026 is fully booked.  Thank you to everyone who has booked – We look forward to seeing you in Carrick-on-Shannon. 17.04.2026: Programme Announcement We are delighted to announce the full programme for this...

Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2026, Ireland’s annual national gathering for the arts and health sector, takes place on Thursday 30 April 2026 at The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim. Presented by Réalta, the programme will feature a keynote address by artist, author and educator Karrie Marshall, alongside presentations from leading and innovative arts + health practitioners across Ireland. The full-day event costs €30 (including lunch), and booking is now open at www.realta.ie. Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2026 is funded by the Arts Council and the Health Service Executive, with additional support from the Leitrim County Council Arts Office.

Many people working in arts + health work alone, which can feel isolating and disheartening. This Arts + Health Mixer invites artists, healthcare professionals and arts + health managers working across this field of practice to come together to share experiences,...

The Well Festival partners are thrilled to welcome Regius Professor Rose Anne Kenny for the Annual Réalta Keynote Event, to talk about the significance of the arts in her life. Rose Anne Kenny is Regius Professor of Physic* (Medicine) and holds the Chair of Medical...

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...

Réalta, the national resource organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland, is delighted to announce visual artist Siobhán Clancy as the recipient of the Réalta Arts + Health Research + Development Residency 2025. Funded by the Arts Council, this...

Réalta is delighted to be a partner in a State of the Sector Survey, which invites everyone working in creative health across the UK and Ireland to share their experience. We use ‘creative health’ to mean all work with creativity, arts and culture that...

Réalta, the national organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland, is excited to announce its upcoming virtual event, Checking In 2025. This online gathering of the arts + health community in Ireland, will take place on Tuesday 4 November from 11am –...