Posted 14th Oct 2024
Applications open for Experience 2024: An Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person – Keynote Speaker Dr Trudy Meehan Applications have opened for Experience 2024: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person. This one-day learning programme for artists and arts practitioners of all disciplines takes place on Thursday 5 December at Limerick City Gallery of Art. Over the course of the day, Experience 2024 will aim to outline the essential elements involved in working with older people in an arts and health context, and will feature presentations by some of the most experienced and inspiring practitioners working in this specialised field of practice, including Keynote Speaker Dr Trudy Meehan. Experience 2024 is presented by Age & Opportunity, the national organisation working to enable the best quality of life for us all as we age, and Réalta, the national resource organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland. Places are limited to 20 and cost €30.00 each, including lunch. The application deadline is Thursday 31 October. Experience 2024 is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE, with support from Limerick City and County Council Arts Office and Limerick City Gallery of Art. This is the fourth year of Experience, which was devised in 2021 in response to the need for more training and practical orientation for artists and arts practitioners of all disciplines who already have experience of participatory work in a health context, and who are interested in developing their practice to include working with older people. Participants over the last two years have described the programme as “excellent”, “essential”, “uplifting”, “insightful”, “inspiring”, “full of...
Posted 9th Oct 2024
We had a truly wonderful evening at our Fundraising Concert with the Irish Doctors Orchestra at the SETU Arena on 29 September. Led by conductor Liam Daly and joined by special guests the Waterford Harp Ensemble of Music Generation Waterford, the concert was attended by over 600 hardy music lovers who braved the harsh weather to be enthralled by the exquisite performance and to generously support Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts. We’re thrilled to announce that over €12,000 was raised! All proceeds will go to our arts + health programmes at University Hospital Waterford, seeking to lift spirits and ease stress, anxiety and worry among patients, families and staff. Our heartfelt thanks to all the members of the Irish Doctors Orchestra, their Committee and Liam Daly for choosing our organisation as the beneficiary charity of this concert and for their tremendous commitment, putting in hundreds of hours of practice and rehearsal; To the Waterford Harp Ensemble of Music Generation Waterford for sharing their abundant talent in that very special opening to the second half of the concert; To the amazing audience, for turning up in such fantastic numbers, and for the many people who bought tickets to support us, even though they couldn’t attend; to our fantastic Fundraising Committee, led by Chair Shirley O’Shea; to our generous programme sponsors; to Gareth McCloskey for the beautiful programme design, and City Print in Cork for looking after us on printing; to Marley Irish, for so generously donating her painting Wildflowers for our raffle; to Paul and all the venue team at SETU; to Clive and the Order of Malta, Waterford, for making sure...
Posted 28th Sep 2024
Event Information for Irish Doctors Orchestra Concert in aid of Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts on Sunday 29 Sept, 4.30pm at SETU Arena UPDATE at Sunday 1.30pm: We’re looking forward to our concert this afternoon with the Irish Doctors Orchestra, 4.30pm at SETU Arena. The weather in the south-east isn’t great, so if any ticketholders are not comfortable travelling to the concert & would like a refund, please email whatartshealth@gmail.com by 3pm. After this cut-off time, we won’t be able to issue refunds. Anyone who doesn’t have a ticket & would like to attend, tickets will be available on the door. Travel safely everyone. Parking: There is ample parking at the venue and there will be two car park attendants on duty before the concert. There are additional spaces reserved for anyone who may require parking close to the entrance for mobility reasons. Tickets: For anyone who booked online through Eventbrite, you will have received your tickets by email directly from Eventbrite. If you’re having trouble accessing your tickets, please don’t worry – We will have a list of all who have booked via Eventbrite on the door, so we can check you in that way. We will also have some tickets for sale on the door, so if you know of anyone who may be interested in coming, we would be grateful if you could let them know. Concert: The concert begins at 4.30pm and will last approximately two hours, with a 15-minute interval. There’s a wonderful programme of music in store and a very nice souvenir programme to take home. Our sincere thanks to our programme sponsors for their...
Posted 24th Sep 2024
Day Tripping, a series of watercolours by Grace Chan, has opened on the Staff Art Wall at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) and is on show until 7 November 2024. Grace Chan has been working as a Consultant Microbiologist in the Microbiology Department at UHW since September 2021. From 2016 to 2018, Grace worked as a Clinical Registrar at UHW. This is Grace’s second exhibition on the Staff Art Wall. Grace’s favourite subjects to paint are the rural and urban landscapes of the south-east, and the people and animals that inhabit these spaces. Grace enjoys urban sketching with the Waterford Sketchers Group, and recently began plein air day tripping with the South East Plein Air (SEPA) Group. Grace loves to capture the “moment” in her work, which is evident in the movement, fluidity and spontaneity of her brushwork and in her vibrant use of colour. The medium of watercolour enables her to do this, as it allows her to work quickly, painting live scenes that portray action and atmosphere. The resulting ‘moments’ capture snapshots of life, memories and stories. This Day Tripping collection emerged from Grace’s recent work this summer in plein air paint-outs around the south-east. The Staff Art Wall is an initiative of Waterford Healing Arts which aims to celebrate the creativity of staff working at UHW by providing an opportunity to display their work at the hospital. If you work at UHW and would like to exhibit your art on the Staff Art Wall, please contact: (051) 842664 or wha@hse.ie....
Posted 1st Aug 2024
Save the Date! Experience 2024: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person will take place on Thursday 5 December at Limerick City Gallery of Art. Designed for arts practitioners interested in this area, over the course of the day, Experience 2024 will outline the essential elements involved in working with older people in an arts and health context, and will feature presentations by some of the most experienced and inspiring practitioners working in this specialised field of practice. Experience 2024 is presented by Age & Opportunity, the national organisation working to enable the best quality of life for us all as we age, and Réalta, the national resource organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland. Expressions of interest may be registered by email to arts@ageandopportunity.ie The full programme and booking information will be published at the end of September on www.ageandopportunity.ie and www.realta.ie Experience 2024: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person is funded by the Arts Council and the HSE, and supported by Limerick City and County Council. Image Credit: Participant Kitty McGarry and artist Eilis O’Toole at a Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts Art at the Kitchen Table Studio in Dungarvan, County Waterford, during the Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2024. Photo by DGM Photographic....
