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The Irish Dementia Working Group sit in a semi-circle attending an Azure tour. The walls are white with a spotlight on a large painting being gestured to by an IMMA guide.


Join IMMA for their their regular Azure and Slow Art tours.

Azure Dementia-Inclusive Tours

Azure in-person tours are a free gallery led experience designed for people living with dementia and their families and friends, held at 11am on the first Friday of the month. During Azure, you will explore a selection of artwork from IMMA’s Collection with a facilitator who has received special training in dementia-inclusive arts programming. These tours are followed by complimentary tea and coffee in Camerino Café at IMMA.If you would like to book, please email talkingart@imma.ie.

It is helpful for IMMA to know if you are planning to attend, but if it’s more convenient for you to drop in, please join at IMMA’s main reception at the time and date above. IMMA also offer free, book-able Azure tours to nursing home, dementia-care facilities or dementia support and social groups. A tour can be specially arranged by contacting IMMA at talkingart@imma.ie. To learn more about the Azure programme, view the video from IMMA below or visit the webpage About Azure.

Slow Art

IMMA invite you to take a close look at artworks from IMMA’s Collection and Exhibition Programme in these welcoming, conversational tours. Talking about an artwork with someone else can open our eyes to new details and reveal things we did not see at first. These tours will help you to slow down and spend time with selected artworks, discussing them with others in a convivial and supportive atmosphere. Everyone is welcome to join these free sessions, no previous experience is required.

Slow Art at IMMA takes place twice a month on the first Saturday and third Thursday of the month at 11am. The meeting point is IMMA’s main reception, tours are drop-in and free of charge. If you would like any more information about coming along, please email talkingart@imma.ie. To learn more about Slow Art at IMMA, visit imma.ie

Slow Art Online
Join for a virtual, online IMMA slow art experience! Delve deeper, and explore IMMA artworks by engaging the senses and fostering creative responses. The next events are Tuesday 15 October, Wednesday 13 November, and Wednesday 11 December, all from 1pm to 2pm. Book your free place at imma.ie

Take a break from the everyday with a captivating lunchtime, online art experience to ignite your curiosity. In a world often racing at breakneck speed, take a moment to delve deeper with IMMA Horizons’ Slow Art Online. From the comfort of your own location, IMMA guides will lead you through an unhurried exploration of each artwork, encouraging you to engage your senses and unravel the stories contained within. With time for you to reflect and make your own creative connections, this virtual tour offers an opportunity to deepen your connection with art and cultivate a more mindful approach to viewing.  

This programme is part of IMMA Horizons: Lifelong Creativity for the Curious. IMMA Horizons provides free creative experiences and events for adults to meet and explore art together at a relaxed pace, in a sociable and supportive environment that encourages active participation by all. Take time for yourself and discover new ways of looking at the world and connecting with others, through facilitated experiences at IMMA and online.

If you’d like to tap into a Slow Art experience in front of an artwork you choose, have a listen to IMMA Horizons | Slow Art Soundtrack, available at soundcloud.com/imma-horizons or to access a PDF transcript of the Slow Art Soundtrack, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Images: Irish Dementia Working Group on an Azure Tour at IMMA. Photography and film by Killian Waters.

Programme Notes:

IMMA-Horizons-Slow-Art-Soundtrack-Transcript

IMMA is one of the lead partners of a programme called ‘Azure’ which aims to make art galleries and museums around Ireland dementia-friendly spaces.

Irish Dementia Working Group on an Azure Tour at IMMA. Photo by Killian Waters.

Azure explores how people with dementia-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s, and the people who care for them, can have a deeper involvement in cultural institutions and can participate in cultural activities.

Image courtesy of IMMA.


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