Community Hospital

The Community Hospital Arts Programme focuses on consistent weekly delivery and is tailored to the participant’s creative needs. It is structured around a weekly group workshop and regular one to one support to encourage and develop individual creative ideas. The content of the workshops evolve and change responding to the exchange between the artist and the participant. Occasionally, the artists on the team work collaboratively to deliver projects, using themes and connecting the participants with the wider community.

Follow the links below to learn more about projects that have taken place in hospitals across West Cork, including Castletownbere, Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Schull, and Skibbereen Community Hospitals, and Bantry General Hospital, St. Joseph’s Unit and Medical and Rehab wards.

Ned the Donkey

Castletownbere Community Hospital
Catherine Weld & Michael Greenlaw

Landscapes of the Imagination

Skibbereen Community Hospital
Sharon dipity, Helga Deasy, & Justin Grounds

The People Behind The Mural

Castletownbere Community Hospital
Ecki Krupp

Blossoming Beyond the Darkness

Schull Community Hospital & Bantry General Hospital, St. Joseph's Unit
Sarah Ruttle

A Little Bit of Magic

Bantry General Hospital, St. Joseph's Unit
Sarah Ruttle

The Sun Setting Over Bantry Bay

Bantry General Hospital, St. Joseph's Unit
Michael Greenlaw

On Country Roads

Dunmanway Community Hospital
Étáin Collins

We had little but we had love

Clonakilty Community Hospital
Sharon Dipity & Sarah Ruttle

This Story I Tell You Is True

Dunmanway Community Hospital
Étáin Collins

A Life Lived

Schull & Skibbereen Community Hospitals, St. Joseph's Ward, Bantry General Hospital
Elizabeth Rose Murray & Sarah Ruttle

Radio Dedication Hour

West Cork Community Hospitals
Liz Clark

Beyond the Darkness

Schull Community Hospital & Bantry General Hospital, St. Joseph's Unit
Sarah Ruttle

Bridging the Imagination

Skibbereen Community Hospital
Sharon Dipity

Museum of Song Postal Project

Bantry, Castletownbere, Dunmanway, Skibbereen Community Hospitals & Drimoleague Singing Festival
Tess Leak & Sharon Whooley

Time in Our Lives

West Cork Community Hospitals
Sarah Ruttle

100 Songs

Schull Community Hospital
Liz Clark

Stories from the Well-Field

Bantry General Hospital, St. Joseph's Ward
Tess Leak

Sí Gaoithe

Dunmanway Community Hospital
Sharon Dipity & Fiona Kelleher

Whistle

Dunmanway Community Hospital
Sharon Dipity & Charlotte Donovan

Last Dance

Clonakilty Community Hospital
Justin Grounds & Inma Pavon

Rhythm

Clonakilty Community Hospital
Justin Grounds, Sharon Dipity, Colm Rooney & Sarah Ruttle

Inspired by Tea

Skibbereen Day Care Centre, Clonakilty, Castletownbere, Dunmanway, Schull Community Hospitals, & Bantry General Hospital, St. Joseph's Ward
Michael Greenlaw, Sarah Ruttle, & Michael Ray