Healthcare Context
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Case Studies (6 results)
Case Studies
Tiny theatre adventures for babies and children with complex needs at hospital bedsides in Dublin
Theatre maker Anna Newell ignites the imagination of our youngest audiences through responsive, multisensory theatre adventures. Since autumn 2023, Anna has been bringing bedside performances to babies and children with complex needs in Dublin hospitals, as part of an ongoing collaboration with Children's Health Ireland.
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Mother Ireland
Mother Ireland is a socially engaged research and performance project led by theatre artists Maud Hendricks and Bernie O’Reilly of Outlandish Theatre Platform in collaboration with the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin. The project examines Ireland’s constitution against lived intersectional experiences of residents of Dublin 8, in relation to housing, migration and birthing.
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Illuminating Childbirth
This project is an innovative research initiative entitled: 'Illuminating childbirth experiences of women attending a midwife-led service via visual art works - An interpretive phenomenological study.'
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Daughters of the Revolution
Daughters of the Revolution is a theatre piece exploring women’s experience of maternity in Ireland.
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Poems for Patience
Poems for Patience is an annual anthology of poetry by Irish and international poets displayed on the Arts Corridor of University Hospital Galway and disseminated throughout the waiting area networks of Galway’s public hospitals.
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The Amulet
The Amulet was a national, multi-site participatory arts project led by visual artist Marie Brett which creatively explored the idea of an Amulet as an object signifier relating to critical life-span junctures of birth and death.
Articles & Documentation (2 results)
Articles & Documentation
MARKING ‘ANAMNESIS’: Witnessing the public discussion of Marie Brett’s ‘Amulet Project’ (PDF)
A witness account of a public discussion on ‘Anamnesis’, an exhibition of new works by artist Marie Brett in The Index Gallery at the Waterford Central Library in April 2013.
Articles & Documentation
The Green Room Project (PDF)
An exhibition catalogue of artwork made by Pauline Keena in collaboration with a group of mothers, all of whom had the experience of losing a baby in the neo-natal period.
News (3 results)
Opportunity
Mothering Spaces Research 2025 – Call for Expressions of Interest
Established in 2022, Mothering Spaces seeks to explore themes and issues around female health, the maternal and feminine identity through curatorial and research methods.
News
Room 12 at Aalborg University Hospital: Somaesthetic art for families experiencing still births
Cultivating a more empathetic environment for families experiencing stillbirth is at the heart of a collaboration between arts and health collective Studio Poesis and staff from the Department of Obstetrics at Aalborg University Hospital in North Denmark.
Event
Celebrating National Breastfeeding Week with two exhibitions by Prof. Afif EL-Khuffash in Waterford
Neonatologist and Artist, Professor Afif EL-Khuffash, is showcasing his artwork celebrating breastfeeding mothers at two exhibitions in Waterford to mark National Breastfeeding Week 2023 (1 - 7 October).
