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Vera was nominated by Kildare County Council to participate on the 2020 training in dementia-inclusive visual arts programming (Azure) led by Age and Opportunity, supported by t<span>he Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Butler Gallery and the <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span>Alzheimer Society of Ireland.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The Making MAC session format<\/span><span> encourages the participants to discuss what they can see in terms of colour, brush strokes, line, shape and what thoughts or words the work evokes, it is not about art knowledge. However, individuals can improve their creative knowledge and experience, as renewed confidence and trust develops. No previous art awareness is necessary for participation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>It was planned to provide once weekly art discussion sessions in day care centres, nursing homes, libraries etc. Due to Covid restrictions, Day care centres and libraries have not been available to host these sessions in house. Phase 1 was online in a number of Nursing homes and is now complete. Phase II commenced in the end of September and is available to the public as well as nursing homes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/veramcevoy.com\/making-mac-project-available-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more information and to book a place.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":16504,"template":"","class_list":["post-16503","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Making MAC: Celebrating Creativity in Older Age 2021 - Exploring Kildare County Council\u2019s Municipal Collection. - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Making MAC is a welcome and inclusive space for viewing and discussing art.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/making-mac-celebrating-creativity-in-older-age-2021-exploring-kildare-county-councils-municipal-collection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making MAC: Celebrating Creativity in Older Age 2021 - Exploring Kildare County Council\u2019s Municipal Collection. - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Making MAC is a welcome and inclusive space for viewing and discussing art. 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