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Mary A. Kelly selected as winner of the 2019 RCSI Art Award
Date posted: 15 June 2019
Mary A. Kelly has been announced as the winner of the 2019 RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Art Award for her artwork, ‘Add and subtract the marks, poke my fingers and even my head all the way through’. Now in its fourth year, the RCSI Art Award in association with The Irish Times was established in recognition of the connection between art and healing. Read More
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WHAT announces Artist in Residence 2019 at University Hospital Waterford
Date posted: 8 June 2019
Catherine Sweeney Brown has been selected as the Artist in Residence for 2019 at Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) / University Hospital Waterford (UHW). A musician and music therapist, Catherine will be based at the WHAT Centre for Arts and Health at UHW for six months and will work primarily with the Neonatal and Special Care Baby Unit at the hospital. The Artist in Residence scheme is funded by the Arts Council. Read More
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visions4people: Artistic research meets psychiatry
Date posted: 1 June 2019
visions4people is a new publication by Tyyne Claudia Pollmann offering a kaleidoscopic overview of artistic research in the context of psychiatric residential environments and conveys their particular challenges. What form can design visions and interventions take where people are central? Read More
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Artists Practising Well: Research Report by Clore Fellow Nicola Naismith
Date posted: 1 June 2019
Artists Practising Well is a new research report by visual artist Nicola Naismith, focusing on the topic of affective support for creative practitioners working in participatory arts in health and wellbeing. Naismith was a Visual Artist Fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme in 2017/18 and the research was supported by a grant from the the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK via the Clore Leadership Programme. Read More
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Seek the happiness of Traveller Pride
Date posted: 28 May 2019
As part of Cork Traveller Pride 2019, a celebration of Traveller culture & ethnicity, a new artwork ‘Seek the happiness of Traveller Pride’ is being unveiled at Cork University Hospital on 28 May. The Traveller Pride Art Quilt celebrates Traveller identity and pride, depicting a horse as an enduring symbol of culture and pride. The quilt was created through a collaboration between Spring Lane Traveller Women’s Group and textile artist Mary Palmer. Read More