Publications
The following Age & Opportunity publications may be of interest to those who are interested in working creatively with older people.
PUBLICATIONS:
events that involve older people as organisers, artists, participants or audience.
Research on Artist in Residence in a Care Setting Initiative, 2020
Creative Enquiry – Artist Residency & Older People Engagement Project, 2019
COMMISSIONED WRITING & reflections:
The following articles and essays were commissioned and produced by the Bealtaine Festival.
The Right Time – by Luci Kershaw, Creative Ageing Writing Award Recipient, 2025
“Lust for Life” – Bealtaine Theme Essay 2024-2026 – by Liz McManus
Creative Journeys alongside the Red Brick – by Sylvia Cullen, Creative Ageing Writing Award Recipient, 2024.
Experience 2023 Reflection – by Noelle Brown, 2023
A Life Fully Lived – by Laurence McKeown, Creative Ageing Writing Award Recipient, 2023
Creaking – by Noelle Brown, Creative Ageing Writing Award Recipient, 2022
Experience 2022 Reflection – by Helen Meany, 2022
Reflections of a Theatre Maker – by Michelle Read, Creative Ageing Writing Award Recipient, 2021
We Have Each Other Still – by Theo Dorgan, 2021
Reading between the Lines – A reflective report on ‘Experience: An Introduction to Arts, Health and Older People’ by Mary Grehan, 2021
A Song for Older Life – by Ron Carey, 2017
She and I – by Claire Louise Bennett, 2017
Windbags – by Fergus Cronin, 2017
