Opportunity
Artist opportunity: facilitation of gallery tours for people with dementia
Date posted: 12 September 2017
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Arts Office is seeking expressions of interest from professional visual arts practitioners who have an interest in training to facilitate dementia friendly gallery tours in dlr LexIcon. Read More
Event
Puzzle Paths Perspectives at Cork University Hospital
Date posted: 12 September 2017
Puzzle Paths Perspectives, text to replace with the first solo exhibition by John McGuinness (Aongaise), runs from 13 September to 2 October 2017 at Cork University Hospital and is part of the hospital’s Culture Night programme on 22 September. Read More
News
Bosom Pals – Eight Poets Share their Experiences of Breast Cancer
Date posted: 7 September 2017
Eight women poets — Marie Cadden, text to replace with Marion Cox, Mary Hanlon, Susan Lindsay, Mary Madec, Mari Maxwell, Robyn Rowland and Lorna Shaugnessy — who have had experiences with breast cancer are being published in a collection of poems called Bosom Pals. The anthology will be launched on 14 September at University Hospital Galway. Read More
Event
Head in the Hedgerow at University Hospital Galway
Date posted: 7 September 2017
Head in the Hedgerow, text to replace with an exhibition by artist Hugh Barr, is currently on display at University Hospital Galway and will continue until 16 October 2017. The exhibition features a series of paintings showing the diversity of plants and flowers found within the hedgerow. Read More
Event
The Claddagh Rogues – Touring Ireland for Mental Health Month
Date posted: 1 September 2017
The Claddagh Rogues are embarking on a nationwide performance and discussion tour for Mental Health Month in October 2017. Their new album For the Record explores experiences of homelessness, addiction, mental health difficulties and recovery. Lead singer James O’Flynn and Kevin O’Shanahan, the Arts and Mental Health Co-ordinator for West Cork Mental Health Services who play drums with the band, will take part in discussion events at key venues. Read More