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WOODLANDS 2018
In September 2018, Hospital Rooms embarked on its first project outside of London at Woodlands, a mental health unit that is part of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Service users and staff at Woodlands invited us to work with them to create artwork for spaces within the unit that were associated with high levels of stress.
PROJECT INTRODUCTION
In September 2018, Hospital Rooms embarked on its first project outside of London at Woodlands, a mental health unit that is part of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Service users and staff at Woodlands invited us to work with them to create artwork for spaces within the unit that were associated with high levels of stress. Together, we collectively attempted to explore how both our co-production process and the high quality artworks themselves could instil feelings of dignity and control in service users during potentially difficult situations.
Niamh White
Co-Founder
Niamh (Pronounced Neve) is a medium height white woman with light brown hair. Her pronouns are she/her. She was born in Dublin, raised in Cornwall and now lives in London.
Niamh does something different every day but mostly loves dreaming up the future of Hospital Rooms. She builds projects, generates funding, monitors our impact and plans for the long term. Niamh is a curator who began her career on the front desk at Hauser & Wirth, worked for Nick Knight at SHOWstudio and has undertaken a variety of independent projects. She has always been fascinated by the ways in which the arts can drive social change. Niamh likes essay collections – a recent favourite is All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K Wilkinson. She likes getting blown around on the Cornish coast.
Tim Shaw
Co-Founder
Tim is a tall man with brown hair and eyes. He lives in London, grew up in Kent and had Welsh, Scottish and Pakistani grandparents. He has Tourettes Syndrome so has some frequent facial and body tics. His pronouns are he/him.
Tim started the charity with Niamh. He raises funds for the projects and works with the different teams on how to deliver their projects. Tim is an artist and makes installations, light sculptures and paintings. He started his career in the arts as an Art Technician and ran his own art installation company for 10 years. With Niamh, outside of Hospital Rooms, he runs an art prize for exceptional emerging artists. He authored a book called Draw & Be Happy. He eats a Mars Ice Cream every day.
“It’s like being in the Tate Gallery in here, I love it!”
Thank You
This project was supported by a wide variety of partners without whom it would not be possible. We are very grateful to: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, and Arts Council England