In the Picture
Dementia Friendly Gallery Programme at Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre with Sarah Cairns and Sarah Ruttle.
West Cork Arts Centre regularly invites people with dementia, their professional and /or family carers to participate in a facilitated experience exploring the current artwork and exhibition space.
This programme represents a new way for rural Ireland to involve people with dementia, their family members and carers in a local arts facility.
Our sessions are about making observations, describing and building connections. Allowing each person the time to comfortably observe and experience the space and artwork. Each bespoke session facilitates a small group and includes light refreshments as part of the social and friendly approach.
Artist Sarah Ruttle describes, ‘In the Picture is a purposeful investigation of artwork in the gallery. Each session we take time to look at the artwork on exhibit and share space for communication through the senses. We will explore together how we see, feel and react to the artwork.”
What the participants say…
Sheila a participant said, ‘it was very good; we walked around and looked at all the art. I would like to do more of these types of visits.’
Sheila’s Son states, ‘Mam comes home full of life and buzzing after the activity. I can see a huge difference in Mam when she returns.’
If you’re thinking of coming along or would like to discuss or book your visit
Call (028) 22090 info@westcorkartscentre.com or check facebook events
Nursing home or care facility groups very welcome. Booking essential
This programme received an Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland Dementia Friendly Award in 2015 and is part of the Arts for Health Partnership Programme, West Cork.
About the Arts Educators
Artists Sarah Ruttle and Toma McCullim work with healthcare professional Sarah Cairns who has been working for many years in the field of Older Person Care. Sarah currently works as Activities Director in Bantry General Hospital. She has many qualifications in Dementia-care training including a diploma in Leadership in Dementia Care, holds a certificate in Older People in Dance and is presently on the training team and working as a tutor for Sonas apc.
In the Picture Dates 2023:
Friday 24th February, 11am – 12.30
Exhibition: Brian Fay The Most Recent Forever
Having recently undergone a shift in our own understanding of time and duration due to the pandemic, how we feel and experience time in different ways has resonated with so many of us. This exhibition provides a space for reflection on different ideas of time and how we might understand them, providing an overview of the artist’s drawing practice that has, for the last two decades, explored ideas of temporality, change and ephemerality in artworks as a way of standing in for our own experience of time.
This is a touring exhibition supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, in partnership with Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda (lead partner) and Limerick City Gallery of Art.
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Friday 18th November, 11am
Exhibition: Arts Council Collection 60 Years Exhibition
This exhibition presents a selection of work by artists who are based in, or connected with Cork from the Collection going back over 60 years, celebrating the breadth and depth of the Collection as an archive of arts practice and resource across six decades.
13 March 2020 CANCELLED DUE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID 19
Exhibtion : Committed to Falling by Gabhann Dunne
Installation of oil paintings of migratory birds accompanied by a new series of West Cork flora. For further information please see here.
8 May 2020 CANCELLED DUE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID 19
Exhibtion : Hegerty’s Boatyard by Kevin O’Farrell
New body of documentary photography, developed over 20 years, celebrating Ireland’s disappearing maritime heritage. For further information please here.
4 September 2020
Exhibtion: Beyond Drawing Curated by Arno Kramer (NL)
Marleen Kappe, Romy Muijrers, Marisa Rappard (NL), Kiera O’Toole, Mary-Ruth Walsh, Felicity Clear (Ire).
Beyond Drawing is a celebration of contemporary drawing, exploring how artists use drawing to examine themes including identity, place and memory, pushing the boundaries of the medium further than ever before.
In the Picture invites people living with dementia and their family, friends or professional carers to visit an exhibition to look and discuss with others in a safe and welcoming environment.
These special tours are about making observations, describing and building connections. Allowing each person the time to comfortably observe and experience the space and artwork. This seated tour includes light refreshments as part of the social and friendly approach.
About the exhibition and facilitator…
This session is delivered by our artist facilitator Sarah Ruttle or Toma McCullim and care professional Sarah Cairns, and takes place in galleries I & II
What the participants say…
Sheila says “It was very good, we walked around and looked at all the art and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I do a bit of art myself and would like to do more of these types of visits.” and Sheila’s son Finbarr Goggin, “this visit and indeed the other artistic ventures that Sheila is involved in have made a remarkable difference to her life. Spending a great deal of time at home leads to boredom and feelings of isolation but when mam is out and about participating in art and other cultural activities, she is at her best. She comes home full of life and buzzing from the activity. The In the Picture programme involves meaningful participation and I can see a huge difference in mam when she returns from such activities. A day or so after the visit, mam drew a haunting picture of a tree blowing during a gale.”