Event
Cumasú – The Wellness Bus launches in West Cork
Date posted: 20 May 2013
Cumasú – The Wellness Bus has its official launch in Bantry on 27 May 2013. Cumasú, through its mobile unit, aims to provide physical, mental and social well-being services for the West Cork community through initiatives rooted in recovery and social inclusion. Read More
Opportunity
Summer deadline for Arts Council Bursary Awards
Date posted: 19 May 2013
The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council’s Bursary Awards is Thursday, 11 July 2013 at 5.30pm. The Arts Council provides Bursary Awards in order to assist individual artists in the development of their art practice. The window for making an application opens on 11 June. Read More
News
Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013
Date posted: 19 May 2013
Derry-Londonderry was awarded the inaugural UK City of Culture designation for 2013. As part of the City of Culture programme, there are a number of on-going and once-off events in the area of arts and health and arts and disability, including Six Strings and Stigma, an arts and mental health project, Arts Care’s Here and Beyond, a large scale dance and disability performance, and the Extraordinary People Project which aims to involve hard to reach groups and communities in cultural activities. Read More
News
Lonradh programme at Crawford Art Gallery for individuals with dementia continues throughout 2013
Date posted: 16 May 2013
Lonradh, a tailored art programme for individuals with dementia and their carers, will continue at Crawford Art Gallery in Cork until the end of 2013. The Lonradh programme involves groups of 6 – 8 people visiting the gallery to look at and discuss paintings, socialise over a cup of tea, with the option of also taking part in art-making activities. Read More
News
Kids’ Classics
Date posted: 13 May 2013
Kids’ Classics, directed by cellist Gráinne Hope, is a programme that delivers monthly music workshops to children in the hospital schools of Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, and The National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght. First piloted in 2008 with funding from the National Concert Hall, professional musicians deliver educational and interactive workshops in a fun-filled way to children between the ages of 4 and 15 years. Ward visits for children who may not be able to attend workshops due to medical restrictions are also provided for. Read More