Links provide current online information on arts and health organisations, projects and research.
Arts & Health Links Ireland & Northern Ireland
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Arts Council | The Arts Council of Ireland is the Irish government agency for developing the arts. |
| Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) | An Arts and Health organisation based in the WHAT Centre for Arts & Health in the grounds of Waterford Regional Hospital. |
| CREATE | Create is the national development agency for collaborative arts and has supported the development of arts in healthcare initiatives. |
| Arts and Disabilty Ireland | Arts and Disabilty Ireland (ADI) is the national development and resource organisation for arts and disability. |
| The National Centre for Arts and Health, Tallaght Hospital | The website for the National Centre for Arts and Health at Tallaght Hospital |
| Arts in Health Kildare | Kildare County Council Arts Service Arts in Health webpage. |
| Arts in Health Sligo | Sligo County Council Arts Service Arts in Health webpage. |
| Arts for Health West Cork | West Cork Arts Centre Arts and Health webpage. |
| National Concert Hall | The National Concert Hall recognises the need to extend its work to health organisations, hospitals, day care centres and disability organisations bringing the enjoyment of listening to and performing music into the wider community. |
| Arts Care Northern Ireland | Arts Care’s mission is to promote and coordinate the development of arts provision in healthcare settings throughout Northern Ireland for the benefit of patients, clients, residents, staff and visitors. |
| Arts + Minds | Arts + Minds is a Health Service Executive (HSE) arts and mental health programme based in Cork. It is a mental health staff led initiative supported through the HSE Cork Arts and Health Programme. |
| Muse: Examinations of Arts and Health | Muse: Examinations of Arts and Health in County Louth is a research journal exploring arts and health service delivery. It is a compilation of ideas and methods, developed in collaboration with Create Louth (The Arts Office of County Louth) and the Faculty of Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin. |
| Helium Arts | Helium Arts is an arts and health organisation giving a creative voice to children and teenagers living with illness through participatory arts programmes. |
Arts & Health Links International
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Arts Access Australia | Arts Access Australia works to increase access and participation in the arts for the one in five Australians with a disability. |
| Arts Care Wales | Arts Care Gofal Celf, Wales, facilitates high quality arts training and activities for disadvantaged people and those who support them. |
| Arts for Health | Arts for Health at Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine | CAHHM is a research centre based in Durham University’s multidisciplinary School for Health. |
| West Midlands Arts, Health and Wellbeing | An Arts and Health website for the West Midlands in the UK. |
| Lime | Lime is an arts organisation that uses creative activity to impact on individual health, bringing culture and the arts into Greater Manchester’s healthcare system. |
| London Arts and Health Forum | London Arts in Health Forum is a membership organisation which aims to develop the role of culture in wellbeing and to promote and support arts in health activity across London and nationally. |
| Music Mind Spirit Trust | A UK-based organisation dedicated to the role of music in leadership, learning and wellbeing. |
| Musique & Santé | Based in Paris, Musique & Santé is a non-profit organisation advocating and working for the development of live music in hospitals and institutions for the disabled throughout France. |
| Arts & Health Australia | Arts and Health Australia (AHA) is a networking and advocacy organisation and consulting agency, established to enhance and improve health and wellbeing within the community through engagement in creative activities. |
| Centre for Arts in Medicine (AIM) at the University of Florida | The Centre for Arts in Medicine has been engaged in advancing the field of arts and health through education, research, and outreach, both in the US and abroad, since 1996. The website includes a research database of over 1,000 articles. |
| Arts Health Early Career Research Network (ECRN) | The Arts Health Early Career Research Network (ECRN) was established in the UK in 2017 to bring together early career researchers working on projects that lie at the intersection of the arts, humanities, health and medicine. If you are a graduate student, a researcher within eight years of receiving your PhD or an early-career professional working in research or evaluation, you can join for free. |
Blogs
| Name | Details |
|---|---|
| Dialogue Arts + Health | Dialogue Arts + Health aimed to bring together artists experienced or interested in developing contemporary art projects in healthcare settings through peer-to-peer Dialogue Sessions in Ireland. |
| Music for Health | Run by the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, this blog shares information on music programmes and events in hospitals and healthcare settings led by musicians from Music for Health. |