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 moreDionne Monarch: an OT's perspective
DIonne Monarch is Snowsfields' Occupational Therapist. Dionne played a central part in our project at the unit, taking on different roles to enable the work of our commissioned artists and facilitate the involvement of patients and staff. We could not be more grateful for her tireless efforts to ensure the progress and smooth running of our project and her support of our work at every stage of the process.
Read moreTamsin Relly: The journey of an artwork told in pictures
Among the artists commissioned for our project at Eileen Skellern 1, a psychiatric intensive care unit for women at The Maudsley Hospital, was South-African born Tamsin Relly. Tamsin's dedication to our project at Eileen Skellern 1 and the sensitivity of her approach to creating work with and for the service users and staff was an inspiration to all of us at Hospital Rooms. So in this week's blog post we're shining a light on Tamsin's work at ES1, following its development, creation and ongoing impact.
Read moreA fresh perspective: the beauty of the everyday
Documentary photographer Mark Power and Jo Coles, an artist specialising in large scale structures for outdoor events and community projects, worked collaboratively to create work for the Phoenix Unit’s Relative’s Room.
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 moreNHS at 70
Last week was the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS. We at Hospital Rooms would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the incredible NHS staff we have worked with, and to thank them for their unwavering support, which has been so fundamental to the realisation of our projects.
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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