Áine Rose Connell
Art & Parkinsons
1 December to 21 December 2023

Áine spent 2023 working artistically with people with Parkinson's disease, as part of the Arts for Health Partnership Programme. Mentored by Composer, Justin Grounds and Advisor, Justine Foster, Aine delivered a series of one to one and group arts based sessions in hospital and daycare setting, progressing with sessions in the home with family carers. The sessions were integrated into the participants care through the healthcare professionals partnering on the Arts for Health programme.

Additionally, she has been working clinically with this population through her work as a speech therapist. Áine will use this time in the studio in Uillinn to reflect on the learnings, stories and experiences that she has shared with participants through her participatory practice this year. Studio time will build on sensorial, cognitive, communicative and physical limitations, and question its impact on art-making generally, pushing her own practice in novel ways. 

Funded by Arts for Health Partnership Programme with HSE Cork Kerry Community Healthcare and an Arts Council Agility Award. WCAC acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council and Cork County Council in making these residencies possible.