Archive for March 2017
News
Uillinn Arts and Health Residency 2017
Date posted: 27 March 2017
Cavan County Council in partnership with Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre will facilitate Cavan visual artist Kim Doherty to spend four weeks working at the Uillinn Arts and Health Residency in 2017. Kim is an experienced arts facilitator and has worked in healthcare, school and early years contexts. Read More
Event
The Creative Gathering: Arts and Health Seminar, Derry
Date posted: 22 March 2017
The Creative Gathering is an opportunity for people to gather together from across Northern Ireland and beyond to explore and showcase the positive impact of the arts and creativity on the health and wellbeing of community living. This event will take place on 28 March 2017 in The Guildhall, Derry / Londonderry from 10am-4pm. There will be key presentations from experts in the fields of arts, health, education and business. Read More
Event
Design & Health Project: Type 1 – A creative day for teenagers with diabetes at National Craft Gallery
Date posted: 21 March 2017
National Craft Gallery in Kilkenny will host a creative design and making day for teenagers who have diabetes on Monday 10 April 2017. The ‘Design and Health Project: Type 1’ will see participants work with designers Caroline Schofield and Jaki Coffey, experimenting with materials and playing with forms, to design and prototype unique personalised pump bags. Read More
News
MA in Socially Engaged Art, NCAD – 2017 call for applications
Date posted: 17 March 2017
Applications are now being sought for the MA in Socially Engaged Art + Further Education at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin for enrollment in Autumn 2017. This two year, Level 9, taught masters degree focuses on the dynamic relationship between socially engaged arts practice and pedagogy, particularly within further education, non-formal educational and community settings. The deadline for applications is 30 April 2017. Read More
Event
Arts in Health Research Cluster: Launch and Talks, Limerick
Date posted: 17 March 2017
The launch of the newly established Arts in Health Research Cluster will take place on 30 March 2017 at The Health Hub, Rutland Street in Limerick City. Formed by academics, clinicians, patients and artists from the University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick Institute of Technology and the Limerick School of Art and Design, the group is the brainchild of Dr. Hilary Moss of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at UL. Free talks from group members on a variety of topics will take place throughout the day including the use of visual art to explore the experience of being a person with cancer, the use of puppetry in disability, and the benefits of set dancing for people with Parkinson’s disease. Read More