During her seven-year tenure, Edel has been central to the transformation of First Fortnight’s flagship festival into an arts calendar staple
First Fortnight challenges mental health prejudice and stigma through arts and cultural action and programmes events that create spaces for unscripted conversations around mental health. The theme...
First Fortnight recognises the vital part that the arts play in the promotion of mental health and is committed to ensuring that Irish art reflects and represents today's society. We want to act as...
First Fortnight is delighted to announce the appointment of Maria Fleming as chief executive officer (CEO).
Our fearless leader, CEO and Co-Founder David Keegan has stepped down from First Fortnight after reaching his goal of delivering the 10th annual First Fortnight mental health arts festival. We are...
Our fearless leader, CEO and Co-Founder David Keegan has stepped down from First Fortnight after reaching his goal of delivering the 10th annual First Fortnight mental health arts festival.
We hope you have been enjoying the festival so far. Some of the best is still to come over the next few days, not forgetting the Coalesce exhibition is live until February 28th! Read on to find ou...
Sinead McDonald is a Dublin based artist whose work incorporates new technologies; digital production, web based art and physical computing, alongside photography, video, and historical lens-based ...
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the First Fortnight Festival, First Fortnight and Presentation Arts Centre are hosting a unique retrospective exhibition, Coalesce, featuring the work of eleven...
Ahead of the festival, we spoke to Emma Sheridan about the links between art and mental health.
We hope you're enjoying the festival! If you haven't been to any events yet or you want to go to more, read on for some of our recommendations.