We had a fab day visiting Silver Lodge Tullamore and Urban Farm Portlaoise with The Jukebox Project, a customised at-your-door concert experience for adults experiencing mental health difficulties. Delighted to get this lovely feedback from Mental Health Ireland superstar Ger ⭐

Wonderful day celebrating the Arts with Poetry & Music by Festival in a Van with Laois/Offaly Rehab & Recovery Services Tullamore & The Urban Farm Portlaoise HSE Mental Health Engagement and Recovery HSE Ireland

Léiriú haiku amuigh faoin aer i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla le ceol agus rannpháirtíocht an phobail ann. Leis na filí Liam Carson agus Maeve O’Sullivan; ceol le Seán MacErlaine. Tar éis an léirithe, beidh ginko ann, nó siúlóid haiku 🌊🍃 eventbrite.ie/e/tri-mhionlin…

Love what the Festival in a Van is doing! Keep on keeping on...

Gerry Boland is one of our artists visiting 3 locations in Offaly and Portlaoise next week with The Jukebox Project, which brings the magic of live performance to those experiencing mental health difficulties.
Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon in partnership w/ Mental Health Ireland 💐

Applications for Minding Creative Minds's new Creative Arts Therapies pilot programme are open now, following its launch today.

It joins the organisation's growing list of free and confidential services, available to the entire Irish creative sector

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A member of Hothouse Flowers, Peter O’Toole has been practicing his craft as a musician since busking on the streets of Europe in the '80s at age 16. Thrilled to have him as a Songlines facilitator - he's currently engaging people with dementia through fun, creative workshops.

Stunning day on Tuesday as we visited University College Dublin with performances from Rhythm Africana, WeAreGriot, and some very talented UCD students 🌞

Huge thanks to the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, dlr Arts Office, UCD @creativefuturesacademy, UCD Arts&Humanities, Lucy Collins for their support. We had a blast! 💃

And the rain stopped and the sun came out and our student performers were brilliant and Rhythm Africana and weareGRIOT were AMAZING - thank you Festival in a Van and The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon with dlr Arts Office for changing how we think about the lunch hour 🎉🎤

Spoken word from UCD creative writing students Izzy and Rachel

WeAreGriot performing spoken word theatre and poetry to close out our celebration of creativity and culture with Festival in a Van 🎭⛅️

Rhythm Africana bringing the real festival experience to Belfield with a fusion of East African music, U2 & Bill Withers 🎶

Hey University College Dublin, today's the day! We're heading your way 12pm - 13.30 with music, poetry, spoken word, theatre from Rhythm Africana, WeAreGriot + more. There'll be BBQ food trucks too 🍔
Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon dlr Arts Office w/ support from
@creativefuturesacademy UCD Arts&Humanities UCD Estate Services

join us University College Dublin on 9th April for lunch and performance! outside (or under some shelter if it rains)

So looking forward to this event - and to hearing some of our own students too 🎤🎸🍔 #poetry #spokenword UCD Arts&Humanities University College Dublin

One week to go 'til we visit University College Dublin! Join us Tues 9 April on the O'Reilly Lawn for lunchtime music and spoken word performances from WeAreGriot, Rhythm Africana + more.
Plus BBQ🍔
Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon dlr Arts Office w/ support from @creativefuturesacademy UCD Arts&Humanities UCD Estate Services