{"id":36965,"date":"2025-09-17T03:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:03:59","slug":"banner-brains-still-in-clare","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/","title":{"rendered":"Banner Brains: Still in Clare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banner Brains: Still in Clare is a creative exhibition developed by Headways clients living with acquired brain injury (ABI) in County Clare.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through expressive canvas paintings, participants explore life before and after brain injury \u2013 one half of each painting represents the confusion or fragmentation of early recovery, while the other half reflects healing, resilience and reconnection with self and place.<\/p>\n<p>Engaging in art provides a powerful means for individuals with ABI to rebuild confidence, process trauma and express identity. At Headways hub in Ennis, clients receive personalised support to take part in projects like this one, which promote wellbeing, connection, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The project is supported by Ennis Library, whose inclusive and welcoming environment has empowered clients of Headway to create, participate and feel valued. This exhibition celebrates recovery, place and the power of community to support transformation. No matter how the brain changes, it remains deeply rooted in Clare.<\/p>\n<p>Location: De Valera Library, Ennis<br \/>Dates: 29th September &#8211; 13th October<br \/>Times: 10am &#8211; 4pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":36966,"template":"","class_list":["post-36965","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>Banner Brains: Still in Clare - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Banner Brains: Still in Clare is a creative exhibition developed by Headways clients living with acquired brain injury (ABI) in County Clare.\" \/>\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\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Banner Brains: Still in Clare - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banner Brains: Still in Clare is a creative exhibition developed by Headways clients living with acquired brain injury (ABI) in County Clare.&nbsp; Through expressive canvas paintings, participants explore life before and after brain injury \u2013 one half of each painting represents the confusion or fragmentation of early recovery, while the other half reflects healing, resilience [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/banner-brain-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/\",\"name\":\"Banner Brains: Still in Clare - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/banner-brain-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-17T02:03:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/banner-brain-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/07\/banner-brain-1.png\",\"width\":700,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/banner-brains-still-in-clare\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Banner Brains: Still in Clare\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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