Building on the success of the Memory of Water project, Arts in Motion will encourage and engage artists and creative practitioners at a local level to deliver creative/art programming for older people with physical and/or cognitive needs. This ambitious, investigative, capacity building and engaging project will enable a more cohesive approach to developing creative practice in this area. 

Visual Artist and Project Coordinator Orlagh Meegan Gallagher, will be leading and mentoring several artists/creative practitioners who are interested in delivering a short project to older people in care settings. Successful applicants will participate in a short course devised by Orlagh Meegan-Gallagher (Íontas Artist in Residence) which will focus on key elements of delivering creative/art programming for older people. The artists/creatives involved will devise sessions based on their own practice and deliver them in a care setting. Mentorship, feedback from artists/creatives, participants and care staff and dissemination of learning are key elements of this project. As this is a pilot programme, a maximum of 2 creatives will be engaged.

This project aligns with the priorities set out in the Creative Monaghan Strategy, the Monaghan Age Friendly Plan and the Healthy Monaghan Strategy.

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.