Caring for the collection | Blog 3: ‘Hankies – Ceci n’est pas un mouchoir’, John Byrne, 1991.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, Caring for the Collection is a project that will focus on Art in Healthcare’s…
Caring for the collection | Blog 2: ‘Abstract Composition’, Colin Thoms, 1985.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, Caring for the Collection is a project that will focus on Art in Healthcare’s…
Caring for the collection | Blog 1: ‘The Herring Quine’, Graham Fyfe, 1997.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, Caring for the Collection is a project that will focus on Art in Healthcare’s…
Work Placement with Art in Healthcare: Seredia
Thanks to the University of Edinburgh and Art in Healthcare for this internship opportunity, which has made me even more determined that…
Carers Week 2024 – Putting Carers on the Map
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they…
Work Placement with Art in Healthcare: Abbie Stewart
I recently had the privilege of working alongside the Art in Healthcare team across 6 weeks as part of my work placement…
Taking Art Home | Luminate
Take a look at Jeni’s Blog post about our “Taking Art Home” project which is in partnership with Luminate, South Lanarkshire Council…
Referring back – the challenges of accessing support for participants in crisis
During our work on Room for Art, we have identified a lack of access to support and referral routes when participants need help and are in crisis. Sadly, this situation has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic……
Room for Art Doodle and Colour Book – FREE DOWNLOAD
Use this book to colour in, add pattern and doodle around. Hopefully you will find it relaxing, calming and fun and if you’ve not done any art for a long time…this is a good place to start….
How does art help health and wellbeing?
Some of our artists and participants tell us about how taking part in art workshops can contribute to improving health and wellbeing…
Exhibition at the Scottish Parliament December 2021
In order to showcase current projects and to mark 30 years since Art in Healthcare was founded in 1991 we had an exhibition at the Scottish Parliament from 7th – 9th of December 2021. This showcase raised awareness of our work within community and healthcare settings with MSPs and policy makers….
Carers Rights Day 2021
It is so important that Carers get that chance to take a break from time to time and we’ve been reflecting on the role can art play in providing support. Here is some of our learning….