Our current round of 16 Seed Grant funded projects are now coming to fruition and reflect a wider engagement with the issues of dying, death, and bereavement. Our In-Residence programmes, where artists are in service to people at the end of life, in Limerick and Kilkenny hospitals, and projects for HSE staff currently being prototyped, […]
Generously supported by Rethink Ireland’s Impact Fund for Munster, we are delighted to announce our Compassionate Culture Network (CCN) is now expanding across Munster. Over the coming weeks, four safe spaces where people can have open and creative chats about loss, gently exploring how compassion connects, and share some deadly conversation, will be established in […]
by Elaine Mears and Marie Murray Generously supported by Creative Ireland through our Seed Grant programme, Elaine Mears and Marie Murray’s ‘Memories’ exhibition returned to the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo, in January 2023. Also included were facilitated public workshops to coincide with the five-day exhibition. Inspiration for ‘Memories’ comes from a collection of […]
The Glens Centre is creating a beautiful and creative space for those suffering a spectrum of losses. All impactful. None too big or too small to be marked. […]
Melody participated in IHF’s Compassionate Culture Network in 2021. […]
We recently announced funding for 16 Seed Grant projects to support creative explorations of dying, death, and bereavement generously supported by Creative Ireland. A prime example is Elaine Mears ‘Memories’ exhibition returning to the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo, on Tuesday 24th until Saturday 28th January. Elaine and fellow textile artist Marie Murray are […]
We are delighted to welcome theatre-maker Jenny Macdonald as our Writer in Residence. Jenny is writing a script for a new play, ‘The Tightrope Walker’, which explores the tension between the inherent loneliness of illness and the deep connections grief makes possible with others. Initially, Jenny is focussing on developing a work-in-progress sharing of the […]
We all face loss at some point in our lives. Places and pets, family, and friends. And then there is “the one”. Getting through it all is complicated. Where do we go to make sense of loss, grief, and bereavement? How can we talk when we can’t find the words? Who listens? How can we help […]
Pictured: Deirdre Mortell, CEO of Rethink Ireland; Eileen Dukes from Kerry Parents and Friends Association; Dominic Campbell, Arts & Creative Engagement Officer, IHF; Mireya Gines, Fundraising Officer, IHF We are thrilled to be announced as an Awardee of the Impact Fund for Munster! We are very grateful to Rethink Ireland and the Department of Rural and […]
by Steve Blount Steve Blount used his Seeds Grant to research and develop a play based on a ‘journey in and around the corridors of a hospice through the eyes, ears, clinks, and blinks of a drinks trolley chauffeur’. Inspiration came from when Steve’s own father was a resident in Harold’s Cross Hospice. As part […]
