Nursing home residents to participate in Bealtaine celebrations
Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival, in partnership with Nursing Homes Ireland invites care homes and day care settings around Ireland to participate in the inaugural National Arts in Nursing Homes Day. On Friday 21st May, nursing homes are invited to showcase the wonderful creative activity taking place in their nursing home or day care service […]
Raise The Floor: Pilot Mentoring Programme
Dance & Older People – Pilot Mentoring Programme for artists A partnership between Age & Opportunity and Dance Ireland, in consultation with Dance Theatre of Ireland As part of a continuing partnership supporting professional development for dance artists working with older people, Age & Opportunity and Dance Ireland have announced a new pilot programme for […]
We Have Each Other Still by Theo Dorgan
For Bealtaine 2021, we’ve chosen the theme of In(ter)dependence to help us celebrate the year. In(ter)dependence marks the fortitude, endurance, as well as stoicism of all of us as older people who are finally moving beyond Covid-19. It celebrates our human interconnectedness, the delicate ecosystem that makes strong supportive societies and our dependence on the earth. 2021 also marks […]
Bealtaine 2021: National Partnered Festival
Bealtaine has always been a co-operative festival, with organisers all over Ireland running their own unique events to celebrate the festival. Alongside our curated in-house programme, each year we are delighted to see hundreds of events take place in communities nationwide. Part of our goal for Bealtaine is to bring people together, no matter where […]
National Arts in Nursing Homes Day
We’re delighted to announce that the inaugural National Arts in Nursing Homes Day will feature as part of the fantastic Bealtaine Festival 2021 line-up. National Arts in Nursing Homes Day will take place Friday 21st May, with nursing homes across the country hosting very special events to promote the role of art in supporting nursing […]
Bealtaine Hero Award: Our Winners
Our Bealtaine Hero award recognises two community groups arts projects. We invited applications from individuals and/or organisations who wished to create an exciting new online event to be presented during the Bealtaine Festival. We are delighted to announce two successful applicants for 2021. The winners are When Irish Eyes Are Smiling from Cavan, and Collecting […]
How Are You? by Ceara Conway
Bealtaine Festival presents How Are You?, a new scent artwork by acclaimed visual artist and vocalist Ceara Conway designed in collaboration with olfactory artist Erin Quinn. How Are You? was created in response to Viriditas, a recent album of contemporary and traditional healing songs by Ceara Conway, originally commissioned by Saolta Arts (and Saolta […]
Bealtaine At Home 2021
Bealtaine Festival has just announced a stellar line-up of events taking place online this May 2021, and they want you to get involved. Bealtaine is an Age & Opportunity initiative and is a celebration of the arts and creativity as we age. The Bealtaine Festival team want you to sign up to and take part in the […]
Spring… As If Trying Not To Own The Earth | Bealtaine 2021
… As If Trying Not To Own The Earth is a dance and food activism project from Instant Dissidence that you can watch and participate in. Co-presented by Bealtaine and Dublin Dance Festival, the project examines our connection with nature, and our role within our food system and the wider context of climate justice. It […]
