Archive for December 2019
Event
A Desire for Closeness
Date posted: 29 December 2019
International artist Nicola Anthony has worked with individuals in Wexford who feel isolated, displaced, or lonely to create A Desire for Closeness, an immersive installation informed by the stories they told her about their lives. Presented as part of the First Fortnight Festival, the exhibition will run from 11 – 24 January 2020 at The Presentation Arts Centre in Enniscorthy, County Wexford. Read More
News
Webinar series: Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America
Date posted: 29 December 2019
Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America is an initiative of the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine and ArtPlace America. A recent white paper published as part of this initiative presents a case for why cross-sector collaboration is critically needed to address the complex issues that limit health in the US. Read More
Opportunity
Call for creative arts initiatives: Engaging Dementia International Conference, Dublin
Date posted: 29 December 2019
Transforming Care & Communities is the 12th International Dementia Conference hosted by Engaging Dementia (formerly Sonas apc). Taking place in partnership with DCU in June 2020, the organisers are seeking short presentations, interactive sessions or demonstrations of a creative arts / music / mindfulness / wellbeing approach and poster presentations. Read More
Opportunity
Arts Council Bursary Awards 2020
Date posted: 20 December 2019
The Arts Council provides Bursary Awards in order to assist individual artists in the development of their art practice. The award emphasises the value and benefit to an artist’s development that is derived from a focused period of engagement with their practice. The deadline for the next round is 30 January 2020. Read More
Event
Art, Awareness and Autism: Exhibition at Tallaght University Hospital
Date posted: 20 December 2019
Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) welcomes the ‘Art, Awareness and Autism’ exhibition to Hospital Street featuring nine artists from a wider group known as Autistic Artists Ireland. The artworks will be on show from December 2019 to March 2020. Read More