Become One of Helium’s Corporate Heroes By Sponsoring a Child this Christmas
With your organisation’s support, Helium Arts can help transform the lives of children living with long-term health conditions in Ireland. The ESRI states that 13,000 children in Ireland are living with a long-term health condition which seriously hampers their daily lives, leading to social and emotional challenges. A child’s years should be about fun, connection and looking towards […]
Participatory arts and technology project with teenagers in hospital
Helium’s Artist in Residence programme is moving into a new phase in 2012, with an arts and technology project aimed specifically at teenagers in hospitals with chronic illnesses who are in isolation or who are otherwise unable to have normal interactions with their peers in hospital. Helium is currently working on the preliminary research phase […]
New Puppet Portal Team announced!!
Helium is delighted to welcome three new artists to the Puppet Portal team for 2010. They are Sally Maidement who will be based in Donegal, David Kavanagh in Cork and Niamh Lawlor in Dublin. The three new artists will be joining Emma Fisher in Limerick and Siobhán Clancy in Dublin for the project which will […]
Call for Artists – Helium’s Puppet Portal Project
Helium invites applications from multi-disciplinary artists working in the Dublin, Letterkenny, and Cork areas to collaborate with children across 5 participating hospitals in the next phase of this arts and health and technology project. Contemporary puppetry techniques, storytelling and technology will be explored to create live, interactive, puppetry performances via the hospital web portal, Solas, […]
Helium at the Cairde Festival
The Cairde Festival is in full swing in Sligo this week and Helium is delighted to be involved. On Friday we were involved in a celebration of Arts + Health in Sligo which took place in Joyn on Charles Street. The contributing organisations are exploring the idea of an Arts + Health Network and the […]