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35 Years of Art in Healthcare
This year marks 35 years of Art in Healthcare. We’re excited to be celebrating this milestone throughout the year – thank you to everyone that has been a part of our journey so far and stay tuned for more to come! A big thank you Find out more
Projects & Exhibitions
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Taking me Outside, Inside
Taking me Outside, InsideSaturday 26 July - Friday 5 September 2025Forth Valley Royal Hospital, LarbertTaking me Outside, Inside is an exhibition which celebrates and shares learning from Art in Healthcare’s programme, Taking Art Home. A Scotland wide project, led by artist Jeni Allison, Taking Art Find out more
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Get Creative
Art Activities, Creative Ideas and Top Tips from professional visual artists for making 'Room for Art' at home.
Sketching Out and About
As part of our Taking Art Home project we’ve been travelling around the world via our living rooms and sketchbooks. Here is a small selection of where we’ve been. Grab some drawing materials and paper / sketchbook and come along! Please don’t worry if you
Art for Relaxation
Art for Relaxation: five creative activities to help calm a busy mind Creativity can be a really powerful tool to help us through challenging times. Making ‘room for art’ and engaging in creative activities can have a positive impact on our overall health and wellbeing;
The Great Outdoors
Getting Creative in the Great Outdoors: top tips for making art outside The benefits of spending time outdoors and connecting with nature can be hugely beneficial to our mental and physical wellbeing - no matter what the weather! Maybe you enjoy tending to your garden,
5 Ways to Wellbeing
Creative ideas to help improve mental health According to research carried out by the New Economics Foundation, there are five principles to follow in order to take care of our well-being. These are: • Connecting with people • Being active and engaging in some form
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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 vast art collection, enabling us to undertake a programme of maintenance and conservation of artworks currently in our art store. We are delighted
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 vast art collection, enabling us to undertake a programme of maintenance and conservation of artworks currently in our art store. We are delighted
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 vast art collection, enabling us to undertake a programme of maintenance and conservation of artworks currently in our art store. We are delighted
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 I wanted to do something related to Art Healing, to help more people through art. During my internship at Art in Healthcare, I
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