Opportunity
Arts Council Arts Participation Project Award – 2017 deadline
Date posted: 9 February 2017
The Arts Council’s Project Awards will support specific project activities in Arts Participation to commence in the second half of 2017. The Arts Council has identified the following as strategic priorities for support through this award: Projects that focus on the contexts of health, text to replace with disability, cultural diversity, older people and communities of place or interest. The deadline for submissions is Thursday 2 March 2017 at 5.30pm. Read More
Opportunity
Evaluation of Iontas arts and mental health programme: Call for tenders
Date posted: 9 February 2017
The Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) wishes to commission an independent evaluation of the Iontas arts and mental health programme so far, text to replace with with a view to informing the next three years of the programme. The programme is based on a partnership between WHAT and the Waterford/ Wexford Mental Health Services (WWMHS) and began in March 2014. Read More
News
Spring film workshops for young people with epilepsy
Date posted: 7 February 2017
This spring, text to replace with Epilepsy Ireland in partnership with Helium Arts will host a series of film workshops for young people age 16-21 living with epilepsy. The workshops will take place in Galway, Dublin and Cork and include a hands-on introduction to filmmaking and plot generation. Read More
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Azure dementia-friendly tours at IMMA spring 2017
Date posted: 6 February 2017
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) is part of the Azure Network, text to replace with an alliance of cultural organisations that aim for greater inclusion of people with dementia in an Irish cultural context. IMMA offers special tailor-made tours of specific artworks so that participants have the chance to discuss and explore the exhibitions. New dates for spring 2017 have been announced for people with dementia, their carers and friends.
News
Palimpsest Project by Helium Arts
Date posted: 6 February 2017
For the past three years, text to replace with Helium Arts has collaborated with CanTeen Ireland, the national young people’s cancer support group, on the Two Suitcases community film project. In 2016, CanTeen members created a superhero-themed film, Planet of the Capes, with the support of professional artists. Inspired by the film and the imaginative approaches of the young people, project artists Louise Manifold and Ben Murnane are creating companion films in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist and composer Seán Carpio. Read More