The Gathering is the annual networking event for the community of event organisers, artists, partners and supporters of Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival. Bealtaine Festival takes place throughout the month of May each year, and celebrates the arts and creativity as we age. In our first in-person Gathering since 2019, we’re bringing the Bealtaine community […]
Have you got your ticket for The Gathering 2022 yet? We’re looking forward to welcoming Ed Watts, the Head of Civic Engagement and Education at the Whitworth, part of the University of Manchester. Ed will be talking about older men’s participation in the arts. This interest in the traditionally under-represented audience of older men within […]
Get your tickets for The Gathering 2022 on November 15th! Join us in Project Arts Centre for the annual Bealtaine Festival networking event for our community of event organisers, artists, partners and supporters. Featuring keynote speaker, bestselling author Patricia Scanlan, this year’s event will look at different issues of diversity as it relates to older […]
We are excited to announce Patricia Scanlan, author of The City Girl trilogy, A Time For Friends, and many other novels, as the keynote speaker for The Gathering 2022. As one Ireland’s best-known and most popular authors, we can’t wait to hear about Patricia’s reflections on writing and ageing. In our first in-person Gathering since […]
The Age & Opportunity Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award (in partnership with Meath and Louth County Councils) aims to support older professional artists to develop their practice, by creating time and space to think and reflect on their work and to bolster their peer network. This will be achieved through a dedicated bursary to attend […]
We are seeking applications from professional artists* with an interest and background in the arts and older people in a care context, to participate in a new Age & Opportunity professional development Arts initiative, the Artists Care Exchange (ACE). Professional artists from a wide range of art forms are encouraged to apply, including but not limited […]
These initiatives will be launched in autumn 2022. All design work for the Arts & Creative Charter for Older People and Mapping the Arts and Older Person Sector initiatives must be completed by the end of September 2022. The expected requirement for services is as follows, but may be subject to change. As such, please […]
Age & Opportunity is seeking expressions of interest from key individuals with an interest and background in the arts and older people in a care context, to act as facilitator for a new Age & Opportunity Arts initiative, the Artists Care Exchange (ACE). We wish to appoint a facilitator from September to December 2022. ACE […]
Age & Opportunity’s Arts Programme is delighted to announce the recipients of three awards: the Creative Ageing Writing Bursary, Professional Development Artist Award and Emerging Artist Award. Launched in 2021, the Age & Opportunity Creative Ageing Writing Bursary aims to generate discussion, debate and knowledge about creative ageing (the arts and older people/ageing) in Ireland. […]
We are seeking expressions of interest from key individuals or organisations with an interest and background in performing arts programming in a participatory arts context, to work on Bealtaine 2022 – 2024. We wish to appoint a performing arts programmer from Autumn 2022– June 2025. This appointment is subject to Age & Opportunity’s Arts Council […]
