Image: Caroline Schofield and Corina Duyn, art session in the Treehouse, Corina’s room. Photo credit: Keith Currums. One of several images in the case study on Arts+Health.ie
A human story of hope, inspiration… a beautiful, heart-rending exhibition… a story of frustration and resilience… My heart soared as Corina Duyn’s dream of flying made it to the gallery and set the creative spirit free to inspire others.’ – Liam Murphy, The Munster Express
I brought the dream of flying exhibition by Corina Duyn & Caroline Schofield. Supported by Waterford Healing Arts, GOMA, and Creative Waterford
The exhibition title ‘I brought the dream of flying’ was inspired by a broken-winged bird puppet which accompanied Corina Duyn when she moved into full-time nursing home care in April 2021, aged 59. The exhibition featured work made in response to this move and illustrates the collaborative creative process between Corina and Artist Caroline Schofield as a result of Corina’s increasing disability, and need for creative support to bring her ideas into being.
This ground breaking exhibition took place at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford from 14 January to 11 February 2023. The exhibition was presented by Waterford Healing Arts (Réalta) and GOMA, with funding from Creative Waterford. See press release on GOMA website.
The main body of the work was also included in Creative Brain Week in Dublin, March 2023. With lunch time talk at the gallery by Maeve Butler (WHA), Caroline Schofield and Dominic Campbell, Curator and Programmer Creative Brain Week. Unfortunately Corina was too ill to take part but was ‘there’ via a voice recording, and the screening of the ‘Invisible Octopus’ video poem.
Further resources:
- Collaboration Case Study on Arts + Health.ie (Published 1 June 2023)
- Short video of Corina’s visit to the gallery YouTube (6 minutes)
- Launch talk video GOMA YouTube (19 minutes)
- Invisible Octopus video Poem
- Podcast On the Fringe’ Arts program WLR FM, Geoff Harris, Caroline Schofield, and Corina, 24th (15 minutes)
- Maeve Butler from WHA spoke with Geoff Harris with passionate and informative reflective piece on Lunchbox 17-01-2023, approx. 32 minutes in (7 minutes).
- Blog post about Moving into care May 2021
- Blog post 600 days (in care) reflecting on life in care and the then upcoming exhibition
- Thanking Waterford News & Star and Munster Express for wide coverage of the exhibition. And all the support, images and reflections shared in person and on social media from many people. Including the Worldwide ME Communities and our own ME Advocates Ireland.
