Shane Keeling is the artist in residence in the National College of Art and Design. He works predominantly in ceramics and engages performance as part of his practice. His work is laden with satire...

Polish visual artist Andrzej Mazur works collaboratively with 12 people experiencing homelessness helping them to describe their own personal journeys and map them across Europe with multiple st...

Having used creativity as the foundation to recover from depression, Stanley Notte shares his story, techniques and theories on how creativity can positively influence our mental health.

After lunch, the focus switches to teachers and their own mental health while working in an often-stressful environment.

Join curator Tadhg Crowley as we explore the new Glucksman digital toolkit for educators – Art and Mental Health.

The Crossover is a multi-disciplinary performance art project initiated in 2018 in Cork City featuring collaborations between Cork performance poets, rappers, musicians and visual artists.

Bhéal is Cork’s weekly poetry event, held each Monday from 8.30pm to midnight, featuring poetry films, a poetry challenge, guest poet(s) and an open mic for original poetry, storytelling and unplu...

First Fortnight’s intimate, eclectic mix of music, poetry and spoken word returns to Cork.

First Fortnight in partnership with Cork Film Festival present Crazywise. This award-winning documentary explores the transcendent and healing potential of a psychological crisis. Crazywise looks a...

First Fortnight have teamed up once again with Leads2Love, Ireland’s first and only Dating and Walks App for dog lovers to celebrate the mental health benefits of having a dog.

Can words be an act of rebellion? Is this 'transformative power of art' all it’s cracked up to be?! Join Raven & The Crone on their mission to explore this. They believe that stories need weaving, ...

The Scourge (Michelle Dooley Mahon) relives visits to her mother Siobhan in a nursing home after she has been struck down by Alzheimer’s disease or what the scourge calls "death by a thousand cuts"...