Creative Enquiry 2021_Project Management Services

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Creative Enquiry Arts and Older People was an investigative collaborative venture that creatively explored fresh approaches to arts engagement with older people and advanced best practice models. It was supported by the Arts Council ‘Invitation to Collaboration’ (Project Implementation Phase). The focus of the Creative Enquiry was a three artist-residency and older-people-engagement projects hosted by three organisations: Cork Midsummer Festival, Music Alive and Sirius Arts Centre with the support of strategic partners Cork City and County Councils, Age & Opportunity and the HSE. One outcome of the Implementation Phase of the Creative Enquiry initiative was a publication which can now be found in the wwww.artsandhealth.ie online library of resources (http://www.artsandhealth.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Creative-Enquiry_Publication-2020_Artist-Residency-and-Older-People-Engagement-Project.pdf). The publication brought together findings from three artist-residency and older-people engagement projects in Cork that took place in diverse settings over a 12-month period during 2019. Since the conclusion of the Implementation Phase, the impact of the process has been significant. We propose to disseminate our learning further at this critical time for older people impacted by Covid 19 supported by the Arts Council Invitation to Collaboration Continuation Phase.