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Making Connections: Arts + Health Check Up Check In 2023 programme announced
Arts + Health: Check Up Check In is Ireland’s leading national arts and health event. With the theme ‘Making Connections’, this year’s event has a special focus on mental health 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.
Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person
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...
Introduction to Music in Healthcare & Community Settings
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...
Invitation to Tender: Guidelines on Pay and Conditions for Arts and Health Projects
Réalta, the national body for arts and health in Ireland, invites applications from suitably qualified individuals / organisations to develop and produce guidelines on pay and conditions for arts and health projects. The production of the guidelines is a partnership...
Save the Date: 25 Oct for Arts + Health Check Up Check In 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....
Waterford Healing Arts Open Call for Artists, Musicians, Writers & Dance Artists
Waterford Healing Arts has issued an Open Call to artists of all art forms, including visual artists, musicians, writers and dance artists, to apply to join its Artist Panel. Artists will be engaged to deliver key Waterford Healing Arts programmes at University...
Réalta seeks Communications Manager & Music Co-ordinator
Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland, has announced details of two new opportunities to join their team. The roles of Communications Manager and Music Co-ordinator represent exciting opportunities to work in rewarding positions within a progressive...
The Story of Réalta – short film charts journey from origins to national organisation
A short film telling the story of Réalta, from its origins in Waterford Healing Arts in 1993 to the present day, was screened at our official launch on 3 March 2023. Click here to view the film and scroll down to read the story. The Story of Réalta Dr Abdul Bulbulia...
Réalta ‘puts Ireland at the forefront of the global arts and health movement’
The establishment of Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland, puts Ireland at the forefront of the global arts and health movement, according to Christopher Bailey, Arts and Health Lead at the World Health Organisation. Mr Bailey was speaking at the official launch by Waterford Healing Arts Trust of Réalta on Friday 3 March 2023 in Waterford. Other speakers included Prof. Kevin Rafter, Chairperson of the Arts Council, Grace O’Sullivan, MEP and Patron of Waterford Healing Arts, Catherine Drea, Chairperson, Réalta and Claire Meaney, Director of Réalta.