Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health and the Older Person
Arts and Creativity at Irish Hospice Foundation
Arts and creative engagement in all forms help people explore and articulate loss, death, dying and grief. IHF explore and collaborate with artists and cultural organisations guided by The People’s Charter on Death Dying and Bereavement and their Policy on Arts and Creative Engagement. Read more about IHF’s Arts programme’s and watch past projects.
Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland (formerly Waterford Healing Arts Trust) and Age and Opportunity are hosting a one-day learning programme for artists of all disciplines with experience in participatory arts who are interested in, or already working with older people.
Experience 2023: An Introduction to Arts, Health & the Older Person takes place on Thursday 7th December at the Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts Centre for Arts + Health, University Hospital Waterford. It aims 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.
Anyone interested should email their expression of interest to [email protected] by Wed 15 November. Selected participants will be notified by 22nd November and sent the link to complete their booking.