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President Michael D. Higgins attends a Special Performance of "Bewitched"
The President, Michael D Higgins accepted an invitation to attend a performance of a new work, "Bewitched" which was composed in the stroke unit of Tallaght Hospital. The event was held at Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) as the grand Finale of a series of the Music tour funded by the Arts Council Touring Award. The special recital took place on Friday, March 16th.
The project came about as a result of an initiative from the National Centre for the Arts in Health based in Tallaght Hospital. It is the latest in a long line of projects organised as part of Tallaght Hospital's ongoing Arts Programme. The programme - running now for over a decade - provides a substantial Arts and Health programme for patients and is encompassed as the National Centre for Arts and Health. The Arts Programme has seen patients and hospital staff collaborate with major cultural and artistic Irish institutions such as the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the National Gallery of Ireland and the Museum of Modern Art, to name but a few. It is hoped that projects such as Bewitched will create awareness amongst medical and healthcare professionals of the important links between good health and the arts.
Bewitched was first performed in the hospital on Wednesday November 24th 2010 to great acclaim and, as a result, the project was awarded the Arts Council Touring Award to bring Bewitched to four diverse venues in 2011/2012
News!! 2011 Annual Report is now out.
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Over the last decade, the Arts Programme in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital has evolved to
provide not only a substantial arts and health programme, but also national leadership in
academic and practical development of this important aspect of health.
The programme, now encompassed as the National Centre for Arts and Health, has engaged
in collaboration with major cultural institutions in the State, including the Irish Chamber
Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the National Gallery of Ireland and
RUA RED Arts Centre.
This annual report features a number of highlights from 2011 and plans for 2012
About Us
Over the last decade, the Arts Programme in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital has evolved to provide not only a substantial arts and health programme, but also national leadership in academic and practical development of this important aspect of health. The programme has received constant support from the Volunteer Coffee Shop Fund, as a programme which accesses all areas and all specialties within the hospital. In addition, the three hospital foundations (the Adelaide Hospital Society, the Meath Foundation and the National Children’s Hospital Foundation) have been very supportive of a wide range of arts and health projects.
The programme, now encompassed as the National Centre for Arts and Health, has engaged in collaboration with major cultural institutions in the State, including the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the National Gallery of Ireland, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Irish Film Institute and various artist and ensembles. Currently, for example, we have an Arts Council funded composer-in-residence in the Stroke Service, Ian Wilson.
Novel programmes have generated a volume of poetry by the patients, exhibitions at local galleries of art by patients – including the ARThritis programme and exhibitions, including one at the local community gallery, Rua Red.
Of particular importance has been the development of an academic track, with the first papers on arts and health from any Irish hospital published in the biomedical literature, as well as the development of a course to train artists to work in a healthcare environment. NUI Maynooth are now delivering the first accredited post graduate certificate in Arts and Health in partnership with the National Centre for Arts and Health.
The National Centre for Arts and Health exists to improve patient care and to promote the benefits of the arts in health and aims to:
* Improve the hospital experience for patients
* Explore the therapeutic potential of the arts
* Build positive links with the local community
* Make the arts accessible to patients who cannot access traditional arts venues for example click here for audio clip
The current arts programme includes
* Exhibitions
* Live performances
* Creative writing classes
* Design projects
* Participatory art sessions on wards and in waiting rooms
The art programme is free for everyone attending the hospital and all art programmes are tailored to the needs of individual patients and clinical departments. The hospital arts programme features a number of national innovations and strives to promote best practice in arts and health, through professional development, evaluation and research. The centre also offers consultation and advice to services establishing arts and health programmes and regularly gives presentations on its work, within both medical and arts settings.
Mission Statement & Vision of The National Centre of Arts and Health
In line with the Arts Strategy and the Mission and Values of the Hospital, the National Centre for Arts and Health aims to promote and develop the arts in all forms as a medium of healing and well being. The Centre aims to provide a range of high standard arts developments and activities in order to improve the patient, staff and visitor experience of being in hospital.
Key policy objectives
- To enhance the quality of the aesthetic environment of the hospital
- To explore the application of the arts as a therapeutic support in the hospital environment
- To promote the distinctive contribution of the arts to increase the interaction and involvement between the hospital and it’s local community
- To increase access to the arts for patients, staff and visitors who would find normal access to the arts difficult
- To consult patients as to arts provision in the hospital
- To promote a sense of engagement with staff and volunteers, ensuring their views shape the development of our arts programme.
Vision
- To fully integrate the arts into hospital care
- To develop a standard of excellence for using arts effectively with patients in hospital
- To contribute to the professionalization of arts practice in healthcare through development of education and training
- To be a leading research centre for arts and humanities in health and medicine
Current Highlights
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOSPITAL ARTS PROGRAMME
The current arts programme includes:
There are weekly music performances in the atrium and on wards by a resident musicians . The music programme is funded by the Volunteer Coffee Shop in the hospital. The music includes
- Astra String Quartet
- Harp Duo . For a sample of music by resident harp duo Teresa and Mary O'Donnell. Sample click here
- DEIS traditional music programme. This project is currently underway, funded by the Arts Council DEIS programme. Mairead O'Donnell is traditional musician in residence, performing in the atrium, on wards and at the bedside, bringing her particular expertise in this area to our music in hospital programme. This years programee is called Fleadh an Ospideal 2010. Read report on traditional music here.
- Cello and Guitarist - Jon Handerson and Jane Hughes
- Stroke Music Composition by Ian Wilson and the Irish Chamber Orchestra.
- Creativity and Wellness Group
A new art therapy group started in October 2011 for patients from the rheumatology department. ARThritis! Follows on from two succcessful art groups for patients. This year we will be working once again in close collaboration with the Rheumatology team to research the benefit of art therapy for out-patients who have arthritis.
A new project began in late 2010 for patients with dementia and their family Carers. The Adelaide Society kindly funded this project through its New Initiatives Scheme. The project is underway, facilitated by Artist in Residence Lucia Barnes. Patients from the Charlie O’Toole Day Hospital are participating in a weekly art group and work with family Carers will begin in February 2011. The final results of both parts of the project will be exhibited in an exhibition later in 2011. Click here for report
- Participatory arts programme
In addition to the regular art live music programme for patients, there are gruop sessions and one-one beside art in the following areas:
Art in The N
ational Children's Hospital- There is an active arts programme in the National Children's Hopsital where sessions range as folows:
1. Create -while -U -Wait- These workshops take place in the out patient and Accident and Emergency department waiting areas and are run by professional artists who volunteer their time. Activities include creating pictures, making masks, puppets etc. Please click link to see an example of such a workshop creating puppets.
2. In-patient Arts Sessions: Art sessions are available to children admitted in the hospital. The workshops are held either in groups in the play room or individual sessions are facilitated at the bedside for restricted patients.
3. Art Therapy sessions: A form of psychotherapy in which art materials are used for self-expression and reflection in the presence of a professionally trained art therapist. For a leaflet click here
* National Events
- Music Composer in Residence in The Stroke Service - Ian Wilson
The hospital hosted an exciting new residency funded by the Arts Council during 2010. Renowned composer Ian Wilson was in residence for three months. He composed a newIan Wilsons work for string quartet and soprano, based on the experiences of patients with stroke and the healthcare workers who treat them. The Irish Chamber Orchestra also returned to the hospital following a successful residency in 2006[1]. Members of the orchestra conducted open rehearsals of the work in development, along with soprano Deirdre Moynihan, and patients were involved in shaping the work with the composer. A final performance of the work was given in the hospital on Wednesday November 24th at 11am and with plans to hold a public performance in December 2011 as part of the Artists Dialogue Conference in RuaRed. This was extremely positively received by patients, staff and members of the public and was both a moving and impressive new work. The project was part of the music2010 art programe in the hopsital.
This project was collaboration between the National Centre for Arts and Health at the hospital, the Stroke Service (Director, Dr Ronan Collins), the Irish Chamber Orchestra and composer Ian Wilson. It built on significant work at the hospital in terms of arts and health. One of the aims of project was a better understanding of the narrative of what happens to patients with stroke.
This project is a national innovation and will tour the final work to national and hopefully to international audiences. As a musical initiative in stroke, the project represents an ongoing commitment of the stroke service and arts office at AMNCH to create a contemporary narrative library of the whole experience of stroke through different artistic media. (Click here for an independent evaluation report by Ms Nicola Dunne).
Download the Full Score of Bewitched HERE
Listen to an audio clip of the Song- New Water HERE
Previous Events and Projects
- Community Arts and Health Projects
Moving On is a new programme developed in 2010 for patients coping with long term illnesses in the community, as a transitioning support group from hospital into the community. This group ran successfully in 2010 and it involved a print making session and a creative writing session. The sessions run for 12 weeks each. We have received funding from The Meath Foundation to run this programme again in 2011.
The National Centre is currently involved in assisting two hospital departments to enhance the environment.
Along side is a an image of a sculpture "The Tree of Life" that was part of a design project on the Pastoral Corridor. It is located at the entrance of the Hospital Chapel The Sculpture was designed and installed by Sculptor Mark Ryan
The Tree of LifeA Symbol of renewal, resurrection, immortality and optimism. The five polished bronze fruits represent five senses: hearing, taste, smell, touch and sight.
Dialogue Arts + Health
Dialogue Arts + Health aims to bring together artists who are experienced or interested in developing contemporary art projects in healthcare settings. A series of three peer-to-peer Dialogue Sessions will take place in Galway, Cavan, Limerick and Offaly once a month in September, October and November 2011. These will include open discussions, short presentations and creative workshare opportunities for artists
Exhibitions
Current Exhibition
"Colourful Perspectives of Hospital Life"
This is an exhibition of art work by people who have experienced
hospital life either from a patient's view or/and an artist's view.
Exhibition runs from April 2012 - September 2012.
The exhibition is along the Hospital Main Corridor.
About the artists click here
Previous Exhibitions
1. Hugh McCarthy----------"An exhibition of paintings"
Along Hospital St,AMNCH Tallaght,
From 5th November to 4th February 2012
Hugh McCarty a Dublin born artist, has exhibited extensively over the past
ten years in Ireland, Uk and Spain, and is the recipient of numerous awards with solo exhibitions in the Stone Gallery, Monster Truck Gallery, Hillsboro Fine Art, Jonathon Swift gallery Dublin.
Hugh is currently working and living in Tallaght.
Hugh McCarthy’s new paintings and works on paper contain amorphous masses and geometric areas of colour that invade and leave the picture plane. These abstract compositions reference product labels, 80´s computer games, and advertisements amongst a plethora of motifs culled from the history of art, both past and present. With this booty of painted and computer-printed quotations McCarthy creates types of hybrid landscapes or tweaked dreamlands.
These New paintings engage a notion of “Organized Living” and comments on commercialization and its dialogue with the surrounding wilderness. Yet there is a harmony to be found in this play of opposing parts as they fuse together to communicate McCarthy's aesthetic interests.
This unique style moves from landscape to abstraction with energetic colour, fanciful doodles and sophisticated line drawings and by juxtaposing disparate elements, such as biomorphic and mechanical forms, masculine and feminine elements; he establishes a sense of tension throughout.
These new works contain a complex array of signs, symbols, colours, and shapes, a celebration of freedom - aesthetic, commercial, formal or otherwise. His paintings represent not only the sleek image of contemporary life but also the very spirit of post-modern capitalism. Bright and artificial, the convergence is both a retailer's utopian vision and, to the critic of consumer culture, a dystopian nightmare. Hugh’s vision is celebratory and appalling in equal measure.
For further information or to purchase a painting please contact
Alternative Entertainments b.altents@gmail.com or call 087 962 8832.
The Exibition runs until February 2012.
2.Friends of Breastfeeding Exhibition - An Exhibition of Photographs.
Along Hospital Street
From 1st August to 30th November 2011
These wonderful images you see here were especially commissioned by Friends of Breastfeeding in 2010 to mark World Breastfeeding Week (1st-8th August 2010) and during National Breastfeeding Week (1st-7th October 2010) were displayed in the venues around the country including, The Coombe Women’s and Infants Hospital, The Rotunda Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda, Midlands Regional Hospital (Port Laois), Letterkenny Women’s Centre, Mahon Point Shopping Centre Cork, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Waterford Regional Hospital.
All the mothers and babies you see in these photographs are volunteers and mothers who work tirelessly to normalise breastfeeding in Ireland and provide support options to those who choose to breastfeed.Friends of Breastfeeding would like to thank The Adelaide & Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital for the opportunity to display these images.
Friends of Breastfeeding, Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7, Ph: 0871624523 / Email:enquiries@friendsofbreastfeeding.ieRegistered Charity in Ireland: CHY19054
3. Jackie Askew
(DRIFTROOT, Plastic horse with shadow(53x39cms)-drawing)
Jackie Askew
An exhibition of paintings
Along Hospital Street
3rd May - 1st August 2011
Jackie Askew is based in Liscannor, Co. Clare and has exhibited regularly over the past twenty years, with solo exhibitions at The Mermaid Arts Centre, Dunamaise Arts Centre, The Riverbank Arts Centre and County Hall, Kilkenny. She has also been selected for a number of group exhibitions in Ireland and England. She recently won the Millcove Gallery Award and has been selected to participate in a residency in Iceland later this year. As well as private collections, her work is in the collection of Limerick City Council and Meath County Council.
Jackie Askew's recent work is a return to colour and abstraction. These small-scale oil paintings, through their layers, texture and linear elements, reference the artist's immediate environment of the beach and the objects found on it. Worn plastic, rope, pieces of half buried clothing are all visual influences. These elements are echoed through the process of painting with rope-like linear structures that are interwoven through layers of colour. She paints from a gut level " it is a physical reaching past what I have known, into unfamiliar ground. New depths of engagement with the bodily movement of painting translates into a more intuitive way of being in my body in the world. This then gives rise to unfamiliar linear structures that seem to be moving through time and space. Through the act of painting there is as much taking away as there is putting down, so that in the end there is no mark left that is not meant to be. It is a process of unravelling of fresh experience in the present moment. A balance of patient excavation with the urgency of mark making".
To purchase a painting please contact :Alternative Entertainments b.altents@gmail.com or call 01 452 0611 OR 0879440850
4. WoodTurning Exhibition
Display of Wood turned Items
Tuesday 07/06/11 to Thursday 09/06/11
Venue: Tallaght Hospital -Atrium
Every Year the WoodTurners Exhibit their beautiful work at AMNCH in conjunction with The Arts Centre. Some Items on exhibition are available for sale and all funds go towards funding The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Permanent Exhibitions
1. Imagin
ings:
This exhibition celebrates the work of children and teenagers from Oak, Beech and Maple wards at the National Children’s Hospital. Children were given freedom to explore their creativity, which is central to the healing nature of art making. The question asked of each participant was simple… “What makes you special?”… What unfolded is a collection of vibrant fantasies and dreams, visual stories, reflections and interests. Each painting celebrates the unique qualities and individuality of its creator. It is now a permanent exhibition on the ward corridors in the NCH
Education and Research
RESEARCH, EVALUATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
The National Centre for Arts and Health is involved in a number of research and training projects. The centre carries out a minimum of three service evaluations each year. Please click on the links to read more on each project.
PhD in ARTS AND HEALTH
2010 saw the start of a PhD in Arts and Health at AMNCH/Trinity College, Dublin. This is a major step for the National Centre for Arts and Health. Hilary Moss will be investigating the role of arts in hospital and specifically the concept of aesthetic deprivation. The research is supervised by Professor Desmond O’Neill in the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin. The Meath Foundation is kindly sponsoring this research which is a major step in arts and health research in Ireland.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
In 2011 we hosted an international conference -.Narratives of Health and Illness across the Lifespan The Centre contributes to major national and international conferences, including presentations at the School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference Trinity College, Dublin, Kildare County Council Arts and Health conference (2010), the Society for the Arts and Health, USA in 2005 and 2008. We also hosted a regional arts and health consultation meeting as part of South Dublin County Council’s Arts Plan Development in 2010.
TRAINING FOR ARTISTS
The National Centre developed the Postgraduate Certificate in Arts in Healthcare Settings at NUI Maynooth. This is the first such accredited course in Arts and Health in Ireland and started for the first time in February 2011. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the key theories that inform teaching and learning in adulthood; to provide them with the knowledge and skills to work creatively with groups; to give them the capacity to critically reflect on their practice in the field of arts and health and to give them an understanding of what ‘arts and health’ is and the role of the arts in healthcare, both theoretical and practical.
This Postgraduate Certificate in Arts in Healthcare Settings was a collaboration between The National Centre for Arts and Health at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital and NUI Maynooth.
There are four modules in this course:
- Group Work in Adult and Community Education,
- Teaching and Learning in Adult and Community Education,
- Art in Healthcare Settings and
- The Reflective Practitioner.
- One day placement in an arts and health setting.
TRAINING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
The Centre actively contributes to the Medical Humanities course at Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine. A new module on Arts and Health was delivered in early 2011 for undergraduate first year medical students. This is lead by Prof. O’Neill and is a new medical humanities component on the undergraduate medical degree course. A new 4th year module is also being introduced this year.
STAFF WORKSHOPS
In 2010 we held a very successful therapeutic writing course for staff members lead by Mr Padraig O’Morain and organised a staff tour of Rua Red.
We also held a lecture from the National Gallery in the Hospital and contributed to a staff day to celebrate the 12th birthday of the hospital, organised by the Pastoral Care Dept and Volunteer Services. We established a staff interest group which will advise and support the Centre in 2011. Staff Work shops in 2011 are as follows:Download Flyer
- September 27th -----Fascinator Making Workshop
- October 25th ------- Stained Glass Decorations
- Nov/Dec ------ 3 Film Festivals
- We also organised an Arts Festival Day on 9th June 2010 for patients, visitors and staff, with Castillian music, Uileann pipers and a puppet show all provided by Alternative Entertainments Ltd.
News
'Bewitched' Final Recital in the Presence of President Michael D. Higgins.
President Michael D. Higgins to Attend Special Performance of "Bewitched" at RIAM as part of the Music tour funded by the Arts Council Touring Award. President will hear unique new work composed by Ian Wilson during his residence in Tallaght Hospital's Stroke Unit. The President, Michael D Higgins has accepted an invitation from Dr Ronan Collins(Director of Stroke Service and Consultant Physician in Older Adult & Stroke Medicine, Tallaght Hospital) to attend a performance of a new work, Bewitched which was composed in the stroke unit of Tallaght Hospital. The special recital will take place on Friday, March 16th in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. Written by Belfast-born composer Ian Wilson, Bewitched was inspired by the experiences of Tallaght Hospital's stroke patients and the healthcare workers who work with them. During Wilson's three-month stay as Composer-in-Residence in the hospital's Stroke unit, he composed this new work for Irish soprano, Deirdre Moynihan and a string quartet (comprised of two violins, a viola and double bass). The project came about as a result of an initiative from the National Centre for the Arts in Health based in Tallaght Hospital. It is the latest in a long line of projects organised as part of Tallaght Hospital's ongoing Arts Programme. The programme - running now for over a decade - provides a substantial Arts and Health programme for patients and is encompassed as the National Centre for Arts and Health. The Arts Programme has seen patients and hospital staff collaborate with major cultural and artistic Irish institutions such as the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the National Gallery of Ireland and the Museum of Modern Art, to name but a few. It is hoped that projects such as Bewitched will create awareness amongst medical and healthcare professionals of the important links between good health and the arts. Bewitched was first performed in the hospital on Wednesday November 24th 2010 to great acclaim and, as a result, the project was awarded the Arts Council Touring Award to bring Bewitched to four diverse venues in 2011/2012. The work has already started this tour. - 'President Michael D Higgins will be in attendance at an exclusive performance of Bewitched which will take place on Friday, March 16th at 6pm in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. Composer Ian Wilson and representatives from Tallaght Hospital's Stroke Unit and its National Centre for the Arts in Health will also be present at the event.
News! News! News!
The Music Tour of "Bewitched" a composition by Ian Wilson
(Music Residency Initiative in the Stroke Unit).
In 2010, the National Centre for Arts and Health at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin hosted an exciting new residency funded by The Arts Council. Composer Ian Wilson was in residence in the stroke unit for next three months. He composed a new work for Saprano Deirdre Moynihan anda a string quartet, based on the experiences of patients with stroke, entitled Bewitched. Members of The Irish Chamber Orchestra returned to the hospital following a successful residency in 2006 to work alongside Ian, performing for patients and conducting open rehearsals of the work in development, along with soprano Deirdre Moynihan. Patients and staff in the unit were involved in shaping the work with the composer.
A final performance of the work was given in the hospital on Wednesday November 24th and following the success of this project the hospital was awarded the Arts Council Touring Award to take the national innovation to four exciting venues in 2011 – 2012.
The tour is a collaboration between the National Centre for Arts and Health at the hospital, the Age Related Health Care Unit, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the Composer Ian Wilson and the four venues. It is funded by The Arts Council. For more information and how to book please contact Hilary.moss@amnch.ie
The venues for the tour are: Download Flyer for more and Bioghraphies.
Venue | Date | Time |
| Rua Red Arts Centre | Tuesday 6th December 2011 | 12.30 pm |
| Galway University Hospital | Wednesday 25th January 2012 | 2. 00 p.m |
| University of Limerick | Wednesday 1st February 2012 | 1.15 p.m |
| Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin | Tuesday 13th March2012 | 6.30 pm |
Download the Full Score of Bewitched HERE
Listen to an audio clip of the Song- New Water HERE
This course is now underway running from February 2012 - until April 2012
The Postgraduate Certificate in Arts in Healthcare Settings is the first accredited course in Arts and Health in Ireland. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the key theories that inform teaching and learning in adulthood; to provide them with the knowledge and skills to work creatively with groups; to give them the capacity to critically reflect on their practice in the field of arts and health and to give them an understanding of what ‘arts and health’ is and the role of the arts in healthcare, both theoretical and practical. The course is delivered by and in association NUI Maynooth . All students attending the course have the opportunity to attend a short placement in an arts and health setting (offered at the National Centre for Arts and Health, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital).
Film Festival
"Through the Lens" - Ireland’s 1st Arts and Health Film Festival
The special season is aimed at medical professionals, students, service users, artists and filmmakers interested in
discussing and challenging perceptions of mental ill health and how the issues are represented within film.
Each evening will include refreshments and a screening followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with medical
professionals and service users including Professor Desmond O'Neill (Dept of Medical Gerontology, Adelaide and
Meath Hospital), Dr Ian Daly (Executive Clinical Director of St. Lomans Mental Health Services) and Paddy McGowan
(Irish Advocacy Network)
A Beautiful Mind
Monday 21st November 7pm
A Beautiful Mind is based on the true life story of famed mathematician, John
Nash (Russell Crowe) and his lifelong experiences with mental health issues. This
Oscar-winning film is a rewarding and thoughtful look at the workings of one
man's mind. Read More
USA, 2001, Ron Howard, 2hrs 15m, 12
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
Lars And The Real Girl
Monday 28th November 7pm
Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) is an awkwardly shy young man who finally brings
home the girl of his dreams: the only problem is that she's a custommade sex
doll. But Lars' relationship with her is deep and meaningful rather than physical,
and soon his friends and family go along with this unconventional relationship in
support of the sweet-natured boy that they have always loved.
USA, 2007, Craig Gillespie,1hr 36min, Cert 12A
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, Patricia Clarkson
Away From Her
Monday 5th December 7pm
Based on a short story by Alice Munro, writer/director Sarah Polley's film is a
moving story dealing with Alzheimer's. Grant Anderson (Gordon Pinsent) is
emotionally tested when his wife Fiona (Julie Christie) loses nearly all her
memories of him. Away From Her looks at how our memories are connected to
our emotional understanding of relationships.
Canada, 2006, Sarah Polley,1hr 50m, 12A
Cast: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy and Gordon Pinsent
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With kind support from the Meath Foundation and Rua Red Arts Centre.
1st Graduands in the Postgraduate Certificate in Arts in Healthcare Settings
The Postgraduate Certificate in Arts in Healthcare Settings at NUI Maynooth was a collaboration between The National Centre for Arts and Health at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital and NUI Maynooth. This is the first accredited course in Arts and Health in Ireland and was carried out for the first time in Feb 2011. The course aimed to provide students with an understanding of the key theories that inform teaching and learning in adulthood; to provide them with the knowledge and skills to work creatively with groups; to give them the capacity to critically reflect on their practice in the field of arts and health and to give them an understanding of what ‘arts and health’ is and the role of the arts in healthcare, both theoretical and practical. Following the successful development and implementation of this new course, we are delighted to announce that this course will be running again in February 2012. For more information contact the Department of Continuing and Adult Education, NUI Maynooth.
We are delighted to announce that twelve students on the first course have now successfully graduated. They are:
Aisling McCormilla; Anne Coffey; Celia Richard; Estibaliz Errazquin; Gillian Hogan; Karen O'Connor; Liz Morris; Maria Hanna; Niamh O'Connor; Pam O'Connell; Vanessa Eakins; Vicky Linnane.
Award Winning Art Work
Jo's X-ray is a work of art : An ARTHRITIC patient attending Tallaght Hospital has discovered the world is at her finger tips - after one lady was selected as runner-up in the Art and Health Competition of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy . The Claw- Press Release.pdf (size 600.7 KB). For all the finalists and more news please follow the links Finalist Art Work The Claw. The image did not only go on exhibition in Amsterdam but has also made a storm of news locally. See more The Claw
