Sutapa channelled her passion for nature and preoccupation with the presence of distant places in the memory into the work she created for Garnet Ward.
Read moreBeautiful resilience
Commissioned for our project at Eileen Skellern 1, artist Paresha Amin was keen from the outset to draw on the beauty and strength of nature.
Read moreSeasalt and Hospital Rooms - a natural fit
As work at Bluebell Lodge gets underway we'd like to tell you about the creative partnership that has helped make this project possible.
Read moreBluebell Blueprints - chemistry, sunlight and creativity
Following an initial visit a few weeks ago, Steve Macleod returned to Bluebell Lodge last week to lead a photography workshop with a difference for the residents.
Read moreMark Titchner: the medium is the message
For Family Therapist Sam Parker, the multilayered image with its interwoven paradoxical message ‘Believe Dreams’ which Mark Titchner has created in the Family Room at Snowsfields Adolescent Unit, ‘brilliantly reflects aspects of the work that take place within the room’.
Read moreEscape Within
Many of the artists we have commissioned have created work which aims to bring the outside in, recognising patients’ limited contact with nature if they are confined to a ward and their freedom is restricted. From Sutapa Biswas’ immersive garden mural, to Julian Opie’s birds, Michael O’Reilly’s scenic painting to Steve Macleod’s landscape photography, our artists have used the natural world to transform enclosed clinical spaces in a whole variety of ways.
Read moreBeyond the frame
Two years ago today we became a charity and we are excited to take this opportunity to announce the launch of our new blog.
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