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: 82 posts
Articles
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
Articles
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
Articles
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
Articles
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
Documentation of projects
Encounters: Menu of Poems 2018
In celebration of Poetry Day Ireland 2018, 'Encounters' was distributed throughout hospitals and healthcare settings in Ireland as part of the annual 'Menu of Poems' initiative.
10 September, 2018
Articles
The arts and dementia: Emerging directions for theory, research and practice
An editorial outlining current research in the area of arts and dementia featured in a special issue of 'Dementia' dedicated to the Arts and Dementia.
5 September, 2018
Documentation of projects
Waterford Healing Arts Trust Artist in Residence 2017: Ciara Harrison
This report explores Ciara Harrison's work as 2017 Artist in Residence with Waterford Healing Arts Trust.
22 January, 2018
Documentation of projects
Artistic Encounters in the Interstice of a Healthcare Workplace
A reflective review of the TODAY photography project in St Finbarr’s Hospital Campus in Cork City by artist Colette Lewis.
11 January, 2018
Documentation of projects
Waterford Healing Arts Trust Artist in Residence 2016: Caroline Schofield
This report explores Caroline Schofield's work as 2016 Artist in Residence with Waterford Healing Arts Trust.
12 February, 2017
Articles
Arts and Health: A New Paradigm
This position paper presents a new paradigm about the intrinsic structure and nature of arts and health practice.
22 November, 2016
