We’re delighted to announce that after a successful inaugural year, National Arts in Nursing Homes Day will take place again in 2022 on Friday 20th May. We’re encouraging all nursing homes to get involved, with the support of our partner Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI). We’re delighted to have partnered with NHI to encourage participation and […]
Reading between the lines is a reflective report by Mary Grehan on ‘Experience: An Introduction to Arts, Health and Older People’, a three day online learning programme in 2021 aimed at professional arts practitioners with experience in participatory arts work in a health and/or community context. Experience was hosted by Age & Opportunity, Waterford Healing Arts […]
Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival recognises two innovative grass roots arts projects through the Bealtaine Hero Award. We invited applications from individuals and / or organisations who wished to create an exciting new festival event (which may be online, blended or in-person) to be presented during the Bealtaine Festival 2022. We are delighted to announce […]
Fingal Arts Office in partnership with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Bealtaine Festival are delighted to announce Una Sealy and Thomas Brezing as the recipients of the Fingal County Council, Tyrone Guthrie Centre and Bealtaine Festival Residency Award. Una Sealy RHA is a painter and Thomas Brezing is a multidisciplinary artist and poet, both are […]
Colm Tóibín, Mike Hanrahan, Cathy Dunne and Colm Mac Con Iomaire get ready for Bealtaine Festival’s first in-person instalment since 2019 Tickets are now available for Ireland’s national festival celebrating the arts and creativity in older age, with 80% of events free of charge. View the full Bealtaine Festival Programme 2022 here. We are proud […]
The Age & Opportunity and Nursing Homes Ireland inaugural National Arts in Nursing Homes Day Award aims to encourage and support access to the arts for the residents of care settings and to support care settings to participate in Bealtaine. The award also aims to demonstrate how the arts can contribute to the overall well-being […]
DEADLINE EXTENTED TO 1PM, APRIL 1ST Are you friendly, enthusiastic and passionate about creativity? Are you interested in connecting with new people across generations, interacting with the public and being a part of our Bealtaine Festival team? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you! The Role of the Bealtaine Festival Volunteer Volunteers are a […]
The Bealtaine Book Club aims to honour and promote an Irish writer with a distinguished and lengthy career who has made a significant contribution to literature. It also aims to encourage older readers and writers and to create a greater understanding of issues impacting on older age. Each year an Irish author and book are […]
We are seeking tenders from suitably qualified individuals or organisations to provide production services for the online programme of Bealtaine Festival 2022 to include pre-recording events via Zoom or similar software, light editing (top & tail), managing tech requirements of live online events (including rehearsal of live events), short promos for social media. All pre-recorded […]
Age & Opportunity’s Arts programme invites applications for the Creative Ageing Writing Bursary, Professional Development Artist Award and Emerging Artist Award. Applications and queries can be submitted to the Arts Programme Administrator, Eva, at arts@ageandopportunity.ie. Creative Ageing Writing Bursary 2022 Launched in 2021, the Age & Opportunity Creative Ageing Writing Bursary aims to generate discussion, debate […]
