Réalta, the national resource organisation dedicated to developing arts + health in Ireland, has issued an open call to artists of all arts disciplines to submit proposals for its Arts + Health Research + Development Residency 2025. The deadline for submission of applications is Monday 22 September 2025. Further details, including how to apply, can be found here: See also www.realta.ie and www.waterfordhealingarts.com The Réalta Arts + Health Research + Development Residency is funded by the Arts Council.
The residency will provide the successful applicant with the opportunity to research and develop their arts + health practice during a one-month period of exploration and development based at the Réalta Centre for Arts + Health, University Hospital Waterford (UHW). Throughout the residency, the artist will have space to test ideas, explore new approaches and begin shaping the early stages of a project in an acute hospital setting, working creatively in collaboration with the hospital community.
The artist will have access to a dedicated studio space, a larger multi-use studio and the Réalta Arts + Health Library. The Réalta team will also be available to offer support and mentoring throughout the residency, as needed. In addition, the artist will have the opportunity to shadow some of the Waterford Healing Arts programmes at UHW. A full list of these programmes can be found here. The fee for the residency is €3000.
About Réalta
Through its national programme, Réalta delivers training; provides information, mentoring and advice; supports networking; engages with the HSE and other policy makers to increase understanding and support for arts + health; and provides the national information hub artsandhealth.ie.
At local level, Réalta delivers its extensive Waterford Healing Arts programmes, which bring arts experiences – music, visual art, creative writing, storytelling – to patients at UHW and other healthcare settings to promote creativity, connection and discovery, and reduce isolation, anxiety and stress for patients, family members and staff. The Waterford Healing Arts programmes also provide rich examples of good practice, and opportunities to research, pilot and evaluate new ideas, all of which informs Réalta’s national work.
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Further info: Maeve Butler, Réalta maeve.butler@realta.ie / 051 842664 / 087 2356143
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