 Featured case study: Songlines Welcome,Creative Brain Week is currently in full swing, with an incredible line up of local and global speakers from the arts, health and science fields and creative sessions running throughout the week. We are delighted to be partnering on Less Visible Threads, an exhibition showcasing stories of arts and health practice in Ireland. The larger exhibitions programme features an enticing mix of international contributors, so come along to the Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin this week to get inspired and explore work that will make your heart sing.
In other news, we are looking forward to contributing to the new Professional Diploma in Art and Health (Level 9 NFQ), led by NCAD in partnership with Creative Futures Academy. Kicking off this March, the course offers a grounding in arts and health practice, with industry expertise from leading figures in the field, creative experiences with Helium Arts and IMMA, and an intensive learning module in the Creative life Centre at MISA, St James’s Hospital.
For springtime reading, check out our latest Perspective by art therapist Claire Flahavan, who discusses her long-term collaboration with artist Emma Finucane and young service users from The Alders Unit on the Stepping Stones project. Teen participants co-designed and created permanent artworks for the Unit’s new home at CHI-Tallaght. Our NewsLess Visible Threads at Creative Brain Week Less Visible Threads is dedicated to displaying stories of arts and health in Ireland. Part of the exhibition programme at Creative Brain Week 2024, the gallery space operates somewhere between a space for conversation and vibrant pop-up library, with artworks, installations, films, and publications spanning decades of practice. Running until 9 March (10am to 5.30pm daily) at the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin. Read more. Sector News 
Call for participants: Siblings research project
Are you an adult who grew up with a sibling with a disability or chronic illness? If so, artist Tess Leak would love to meet you! Tess is conducting research to explore the experiences and needs of other adult siblings (like herself) through one-to-one informal conversations in-person and online, with a view to exploring the potential for an arts-based project for adult siblings in Ireland. Supported by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. Read more.
Have Your Say: Exploring Marginalised Voices in Ireland’s Arts Sector (Safe to Create Survey)Safe to Create are undertaking quantitative and qualitative research to gather intersecting information about what it’s like to work in the arts/creative sectors if you have a disability, are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and/or from a minoritised racial or ethnic background. If you are an artist or arts worker who is part of one or more of these communities, you are invited to participate in this research by completing an online survey. Read more.Opportunities
Saolta Arts: Open Call for Exhibition Proposals at University Hospital Galway
Saolta Arts is currently accepting proposals for its 2024 - 2025 visual arts exhibition programme at University Hospital Galway. The Arts Corridor hosts a rolling programme of exhibitions providing opportunities for artists at all stages of their careers to showcase their work. Saolta Arts is also interested in hearing from artists and curators who wish to engage audiences by including artist talks, workshops and other participative events as part of their exhibition proposals. Group proposals are welcome. Deadline: 29 March. Read more.
 Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme 2024 – Round One
The Arts Council’s Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, offers awards to enable artists (all artforms) and communities of place and/or interest to work together on projects. The projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts such as arts and disability, arts and health, arts and older people, arts and cultural diversity, and arts and communities. Round One deadline: 25 March. Read more.
Rhythm2Recovery Facilitator Training at University of Limerick
Rhythm2Recovery is delivering a two-day training course (10-11 May) for professionals working in the health, education and personal development fields, at the Irish World Academy of Music & Dance, University of Limerick. This evidence-based training will leave participants with the skills necessary to employ rhythmical musical activities, linked to reflective discussions, in their practice, in a practical and impactful way. Read more.
Call for Proposals: Culture & Mental Health International Conference: Refugees
The second Culture & Mental Health international conference takes place in Ghent, Belgium on 28 and 29 November 2024. The focus of this edition is on supporting the mental wellbeing of forcibly displaced people through art and culture. Proposals are sought from people working on creative, art-based, innovative or out-of-the-box projects in a research or operational capacity that can contribute to the conference theme through formal presentations or workshops. Deadline: 30 March. Read more. Events 
Creative Brain Week 2024: Attention, Connection, Love
Creative Brain Week is back this March with an incredible line up of global speakers from the arts, health and science fields, and creative sessions running throughout the week. A Global Brain Health Institute innovation at Trinity College Dublin, in-person sessions are now booked out but online tickets are still available. There are also non-ticketed events, including daily Living Labs and an exhibition programme. Read more.
The Tightrope Walker at Creative Brain Week
The Tightrope Walker is a compelling exploration of navigating the health system when you have a serious illness. Jenny Macdonald brings an abundance of warmth and humour to this deeply personal work which will be coming to the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, on 6 March as part of Creative Brain Week. Book your ticket.
Bedtime Adventures – A dreamscape for children with lifelong health conditions
Bedtime Adventures is an enchanting interactive dreamscape for children aged six and under with lifelong health conditions and/or additional needs. Coming to Galway, Limerick, and Cork in March, this immersive playground of sensory experiences is a collaboration between Helium Arts, the national children's arts and health charity, and That’s Life, an arts and personal development programme of the Brothers of Charity Services, Galway. Free, booking essential. Read more.International News Healing, Bridging, Thriving: White House Summit on Arts & Culture in our CommunitiesThe White House Domestic Policy Council and the National Endowment for the Arts co-hosted a summit on 30 January exploring how arts and culture contribute to our health and wellbeing, animate and strengthen physical infrastructure, and support equitable outcomes for communities. The Arts and Health session included remarks by Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health, a conversation with U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, and reflections by Christopher Bailey, WHO Arts and Health Lead, and Renée Fleming, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health. The summit webcast with session timings can be viewed here. The national arts and health website is continually updated with new resources, case studies and perspectives on arts and health practice. Some recent additions include:
Perspectives
 The Stepping Stones Project: Moving with care through uncertainty
For young people who have experienced trauma, nurturing a safe space for creativity to unfold requires particular care and sensitivity. Art therapist Claire Flahavan and artist Emma Finucane brought their specific areas of expertise, and mutually supportive ways of working, to the Stepping Stones project at The Alders Unit, a therapeutic service for children and adolescents affected by sexual abuse. In our latest Perspective, Claire reflects on their collaboration with young service users to create permanent artworks for the Unit’s new home at CHI-Tallaght.
Case Studies
 Songlines is a Festival in a Van project that brought together artists and people living with dementia and cognitive impairment in four care settings in Waterford and Wexford.
Participants explored favourite poems and songs from childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Workshop outcomes resulted in the creation of new work, which was performed by artists, residents and staff at celebratory live performances.
Publications
Arts and Health Evaluation: Navigating the Landscape
This guide is designed to support anyone working in arts and health to navigate the landscape of evaluation. Published by the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at UCL, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts and Health, it includes a comprehensive mapping of what arts and health evaluation frameworks and toolkits exist, supporting you to make choices regarding which resources are the most suitable for your evaluation.
Creative Brain Week: Knowledge Making
Knowledge Making brings together insights from artists, health professionals, neuroscientists, and others who have contributed to Creative Brain Week, an annual event at Trinity College Dublin led by the Global Brain Health Institute.
Orchestras in Healthcare 2023
Orchestras in Healthcare #2 explores the contribution that orchestras currently make in the public health sector in the UK. This report presents findings from the second UK-wide Orchestras in Healthcare survey. If you would like to share a news article, event, opportunity or research in the field of arts and health, please submit your information to info@artsandhealth.ie by Monday 22 April for consideration in the May 2024 e-bulletin. In the meantime, check out artsandhealth.ie for up-to-date news. If you haven't done so yet, connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. |
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