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Evocative new art exhibition by Edwina Bracken opens at University Hospital Waterford
8 July, 2025
This exhibition of colourful oil paintings is inspired by the man-made patterns that shape the Irish landscape, from ancient structures to modern networks. In these abstract works, physical patterns of Ireland’s ancient and modern field systems – ringforts,...

Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts seeks Assistant Administrator and Art Installer to join team
7 July, 2025
Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts is currently seeking to recruit an Assistant Administrator and an Art Installer to join its team. Both roles come under the Community Employment Scheme and are based at the Réalta Centre for Arts + Health at University Hospital Waterford...

Animal Tales a series of paintings by Grace Chan opens on the Staff Art Wall
23 May, 2025
Grace Chan has been working as a Consultant Microbiologist at UHW since 2021, having worked as a Clinical Specialist Registrar from 2016-2018. Grace’s favourite subjects to paint are the rural and urban landscapes of the south-east, along with the people, animals and...

Witches, Cats & Flowers: Renal dialysis patient Nicola Power launches first art exhibition
2 May, 2025
Witches, Cats and Flowers: Renal Dialysis patient Nicola Power launches her first art exhibition at Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts Witches, Cats and Flowers, the first art exhibition by Renal Dialysis patient Nicola Power, was launched at Réalta/Waterford Healing Arts...

The Night Garden by artist Rayleen Clancy unveiled at University Hospital Waterford
23 April, 2025
The Waterford Healing Arts programme are delighted to unveil The Night Garden, a stunning stained-glass lightbox installation by visual artist Rayleen Clancy, in the birthing pool room at University Hospital Waterford (UHW). This bespoke piece transforms the clinical...

Réalta announces programme for Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2025 – Booking Open!
8 April, 2025
Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2025 programme announced by Réalta, the national resource organisation for Arts + Health in Ireland Keynote Speaker: Dr Tony Bates Réalta has published details for Arts + Health: Check Up Check In 2025 and is thrilled to reveal that Dr...

Workplace Choirs in Concert with proceeds to Healing Sounds programme
3 April, 2025
This April, two workplace choirs will come together for a special public performance in Waterford, promising a real musical treat. We invite you to join us for an evening of song featuring the SETU Staff Choir and Cór Chroí Waterford HSE Staff Choir, set in the...

New collection of artworks by Marley Irish launches on the Staff Art Wall
27 March, 2025
We are pleased to launch a lovely new collection of artworks by Marley Irish on the Staff Art Wall at University Hospital Waterford. Her work is on show until 20 May 2025. The collection is called, Mothers’ Love. In it, Marley’s exuberant use of colour, applied with a...

Yutori, a unique sound art installation is unveiled at University Hospital Waterford
12 March, 2025
YUTORI: leeway; room; allowance; latitude; time to spare; ease Yutori is a unique ambient sound art installation by Patrick McGlynn/Dr Mindflip. It has been unveiled at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) to coincide with the launch of the Well Festival of Arts &...