News
Everyday creativity link to long term wellbeing
Date posted: 8 December 2016
Researchers have identified a link between everyday creative activity and an “upward spiral” of increased wellbeing and creativity in young adults. Read More
News
Dementia research
Date posted: 8 December 2016
Arts activities have been cited as a key tool in preventing dementia in guidance prepared for health commissioners. Group cognitively stimulating leisure activities including arts activities are declared as the only social intervention proven to work in helping to reduce the risk of dementia. Read More
Event
The Nutcracker at Cork University Hospital
Date posted: 8 December 2016
The Arts Committee of Cork University Hospital (CUH) will host a performance of The Nutcracker by Kids Classics on Wednesday 21 December at 11.30am in The Atrium of the Cardiac Renal Centre, text to replace with CUH. Read More
Event
Luisne: A one-day light installation by Marie Lee
Date posted: 24 November 2016
Luisne, text to replace with a one-day light installation by Marie Lee, a recent honours graduate of the Waterford Institute of Technology’s (WIT) Visual Art course, will be on show in the foyer of University Hospital Waterford (UHW) on Friday 25 November. This showcase is the result of Marie being awarded the Waterford Healing Arts Trust’s Arts and Health Award in 2016. Read More
Event
Anna Furse/ AN ANATOMY ACT / Show and Tell
Date posted: 23 November 2016
Create is delighted to partner with Live Collision to welcome Anna Furse to Dublin as part of a CAPP Research Residency which will culminate in the premiere of an animated lecture performance An Anatomy Act. Conflating her roles as a theatre director, text to replace with writer, and Professor, this unique event has Anna Furse giving a vivid animated lecture on anatomy, accompanied by haunting saw playing and illuminating video. It takes place in Project Arts Centre, Dublin on 30 November and 1 December. Read More