Articles & Documentation
This section presents a diverse range of material such as essays, reports and catalogues which document and discuss aspects of arts and health practice.
Found: 76 posts
Articles
Wherever you go: Learnings from an emerging arts and health practice by Áine Rose Connell
Áine Rose Connell, a visual artist and poet, brings her background as a Speech and Language Therapist and her experience of collaborative poetry making to bear in Wherever you go, a written exploration of her emerging arts and health practice.
15 January, 2023
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The Art of being Healthy and Well: Symposium Report
The all-of-government Creative Ireland Programme, Healthy Ireland, the Health Service Executive and the Arts Council co-hosted a national symposium in 2022 on the positive benefits of creativity and the arts to health and wellbeing at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin.
2 November, 2022
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Reading between the lines
Reading between the lines is a reflective report by Mary Grehan documenting a learning programme for artists called Experience: An Introduction to Arts, Health and Older People.
30 April, 2022
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Material Language: Reflections on an arts and health practice by Ciara Harrison
Arts and health practice often involves engaging with people who are far from home and familiar spaces. How does an artist create a sense of space and place, of warmth and trust, in unfamiliar territory?
30 April, 2022
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THE SINGING BODY: Personal Reflections on an Arts & Health Practice by Sadhbh O’Sullivan
Songwriter and musician Sadhbh O'Sullivan was awarded an artsandhealth.ie artist bursary in 2021 to reflect on her approach to a holistic music and health practice.
27 January, 2022
Documentation of projects
Other People’s Practices: And More Besides
Other People’s Practices brings artists and health service users of the Central Mental Hospital together to collaborate on projects.
29 August, 2021
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Dance and Health: Reflections on Empowerment and Transformation by Helga Deasy
Dance artist and choreographer Helga Deasy was awarded an artsandhealth.ie artist bursary in 2020 to reflect on and interrogate her model for an empowering dance practice, specifically its applicability to her experience of working as a dancer in hospitals and care homes.
27 February, 2021
Documentation of projects
Museum of Song Postal Project Songbook
The Museum of Song Postal Project is a song collecting project by artists Tess Leak and Sharon Whooley.
4 February, 2021
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Report on a conversation: Evaluating remote or online creative activities during the pandemic
This report uncovers findings from a curated online conversation in September 2020 exploring the evaluation of creative activities for arts, health and wellbeing delivered remotely or online during COVID-19.
2 January, 2021
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Perspectives on Practice: The Artist in the Suit
Mary Grehan reflects on the challenge of maintaining an artistic practice while pursuing a career as an arts manager in healthcare.
27 June, 2020
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WHO/Europe Public Health Panorama: Arts and health: creative solutions to complex challenges
Public Health Panorama is a peer-reviewed, bilingual (English–Russian), open-access journal published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
27 June, 2020
Documentation of projects
Menu of Poems 2019
Menu of Poems is an annual initiative in celebration of Poetry Day Ireland.
27 April, 2019
