Opportunity

Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2023. Image credit: DGM Photographic.
Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2025 will take place on Wednesday 30 April in Esker Arts, Tullamore. The ‘go to’ event for the arts and health sector, Check Up Check In is organised by Réalta, and features presentations by some of the most exciting and inspiring creative practitioners working in arts and health today.
Arts + Health: Check Up Check In is open to healthcare professionals, arts practitioners and anyone interested in learning more about this exciting field.
Open Call for Submissions
This year, Réalta is seeking submissions from arts and health practitioners to deliver:
- A Case Study presentation: a deep dive into an arts and health project
and/ or
- What’s my practice? One of a series of break-out workshops examining methodologies employed in collaborative/ participatory arts and health practice in Ireland. All artforms welcome.
Contributors will receive a €250 fee. Réalta will also cover travel and accommodation if required.
To apply, complete this online application form by 1pm on Friday 7 March 2025.
Further details about Arts + Health: Check Up Check In and booking information will follow on www.realta.ie.
Arts + Health: Check Up Check In is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE and supported by Offaly County Council Arts Office.

Réalta is the national resource organisation dedicated to strengthening and advancing Arts and Health in Ireland. Réalta encompasses artsandhealth.ie, an independent resource website, and the Waterford Healing Arts programme.