Paintings In Hospitals

"It is wonderful to think that some of these paintings, some of these lives, have spent time in hospitals, watching over the beds and the corridors, bringing the light of life to the wards."
Christian Donlan, author of The Unmapped Mind: A Memoir of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Learning How to Live, joins our #60Voices. #artshealthwellbeing #culturehealth

"My art could express what was unspeakable; it offered me language when I was silenced by my misery. All I had to do was pick up a brush..."
Brilliant article about art's power to communicate.
#artshealthwellbeing #culturehealth

"The idea that people are creative or not is rubbish. And the risk of not engaging in creative action is far higher than that of making a fool of yourself..." 👏

“How powerful art is that it can enable people to be viewed in a different light, as having a narrative, and not existing simply as a diagnosis.”
Artist Emma Barnard on art's power to influence medicine in our latest #60Voices.

Happy 71st Birthday NHS! 🎉 Last year, we celebrated your big 7-0 with 70 articles in 70 days about the 70 Ways Art Improves Our Health. Any suggestions for number 71?
#NHS71 #ThankYouNHS #culturehealth #artshealthwellbeing

"ageing posters that fail to change behaviour could be replaced with art that encourages reflection and has been shown to aid recovery."
Brilliant article from Dr Matt Morgan in the BMJ. Contact us for help introducing art into your care spaces!

"...art addresses people’s inner, emotional lives. The non-material side of life is a basic human need and indeed a human right – a necessary component of both mental and physical health."
Dame Stephanie Shirley CH, entrepreneur and philanthropist, tells us why she believes art is important to all of our lives in our latest #60Voices article.

"an image that brought him comfort and familiarity, and which had a certain vital glow and form that could raise his spirits in troubled times." 🌻

This month Sir Michael Craig-Martin is taking over Bond Street, London, with an installation of his art on flags. He's also helping us to raise funds! If you'd like to own a print by him AND help us reach more patients and carers with our art, head here: https://www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/P ages/…/Default.aspx
#charitytuesday

"We know just how beneficial interacting with our artworks can be for both the mental and physical wellbeing of care users."
Jodie Edwards, Loans Coordinator for Arts Council Collection, tells the 'old-fashioned love story' of their partnership with Paintings in Hospitals.

“You don’t have to master painting or pottery or any other hobby to reap the benefits of practising it.” 👏

"MA Curating students don’t usually have to consider Infection Control, where the porters leave the cage trolleys, where the oxygen tanks are stored..."
Natalie Craven, Public programmes officer at the Royal College of Physicians of London, tells us about her experience as a hospital art intern!
#60Voices

"Each pattern flowed effortlessly into another, giving an outlet to my bottled-up emotions and anxieties. My worries were now visual stories..."
Artist Anjali B Purkayastha joins our #60Voices!
#PiH60 #ArtsHealthWellbeing #artsinhealth #socialprescribing

We're so excited for #FramingtheFuture tonight! Edmund de Waal, Dr Errol Francis (Culture&), Dr Val Huet (BAAT - The British Association of Art Therapists), Prof Victoria Tischler (University of West London) & Ed Vaizey MP on the future of #artsinhealth. We'll be in the lovely Seligman Theatre at the Royal College of Physicians of London.

The last chance to see Artemisia at Pocklington Group Practice tomorrow, 1.30–6pm. We'll also be running workshops to select a new display of art from our collection to celebrate groundbreaking women artists!
#ArtemisiaVisits