Vital Arts

20/06/2020

Our collaboration with Shezad Dawood and Modern Forms has been featured in The Art Newspaper. The project sees leading artists donate works to furnish staff rest rooms across Barts Health NHS Trust.

Rana Begum and the Chapman brothers have donated works to the initiative

17/06/2020

These watercolours donated by The Grantchester Pottery for the project are from a series made during lockdown titled ‘The Grantchester Watercolour Society’. They depict views of artist Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul and the house of architect Luis Barragán.

The project is a collaboration with Shezad Dawood and Modern Forms and sees leading artists donate artworks to enliven 100 Staff rooms across Barts Health NHS Trust.

Image: The Grantchester Pottery, Works from ‘The Grantchester Watercolour Society’: Fachada recámara de día, Casa Azul, and 12 & 14, 2020, Watercolour and pencil on paper, ©TGP

12/06/2020

Artist Diango Hernández has donated a number of works to our project - an initiative which sees leading artists donate works to furnish staff rooms across Barts Health NHS Trust.

He writes: “My grandfather, my uncle, cousins and several other relatives of mine are doctors. I grew up witnessing their great deal of dedication to their profession and patients. These works donated are a celebration, a way of showing my most deep gratitude once more again to ALL NHS personnel, AMOR to all of you.”

Images: Diango Hernández, Horizonte Amor 1, 2 and 4 Pigment print on paper, ©Diango Hernandez

12/06/2020

Our project has been included in an article from ArtAsiaPacific.

NEWS | Vital Arts has assembled artists to donate works for display across staff respite rooms in East London hospitals. The project, dubbed , is part of an initiative to upgrade and expand staff spaces in response to , and was launched with the artist , and Forms: https://bit.ly/30C1o2K

11/06/2020

" has much less to do with paintings in a staff room, and much more to do with what remains when the world is rapidly changing around you. The project will afford frontline staff a few moments to take stock, absorb the art and ponder the questions that it raises before returning to patient care – like a child hiding in a wardrobe getting ready to come out again.”

Dr. Rory McDermott on our new project which sees leading artists donate works to furnish staff rest areas across Barts Health NHS Trust

Image: Anne Hardy, Research image, Edward James Garden, Las Pozas, Mexico, 2020, c-type print, ©Anne Hardy, courtesy Xilitla Foundation & Maureen Paley, London / Hove

10/06/2020

We're delighted to announce our new project - a collaboration with Shezad Dawood and Modern Forms.

This initiative sees leading artists donate artworks to enliven 100 Staff rooms across Barts Health NHS Trust and support the wellbeing of staff. With mounting evidence demonstrating the benefits of art on mental health in clinical settings, the initiative will be a lasting legacy of a commitment to the wellbeing of NHS frontline workers.

Image: Catherine Yass, ‘Royal London (stairwell)’, 2013, inkjet print, supported by Wellcome Trust ©Catherine Yass.

For the project , Yass has donated an image of the spiral staircase in the old Royal London Hospital building, taken during her residency with Vital Arts in 2013.

Find out more at: vitalarts.org.uk/projects/100nhsrooms/

28/08/2018

Great weekend with Music in Hospitals & Care at the Smithfield 150 celebrations organised by Culture Mile.

We joined Vital Arts on Sunday at the Smithfield 150 Festival Culture Mile where our talented musicians Sandro and Liz braved the elements to deliver an interactive drumming performance. There were smiles all round, despite the rain!

22/08/2018

We're looking for a part-time Art Collection Manager. You’ll need to be an inventory-loving, drill-wielding individual who is very handy at DIY and has a keen eye for detail!

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(Image: Richard Wentworth, The Light of Day, 2011, Digital prints antiqued mirror and nails, Barts Hospital)

14/05/2018

DRAW YOUR BABY

SATURDAY 19TH AND SUNDAY 20TH MAY
12-1pm / FREE
2.30-3.30pm / FREE
5-6pm / FREE

Tate Exchange
Tate Modern, Switch House, 5th floor
Bankside, London SE1 9TG

Mothers and fathers are encouraged to bring their babies into Michelle Charles’ meditative and nurturing space to learn drawing skills that will engender a deeper connection between parent and child. Using a series of sketching exercises and guided meditations, participants are encouraged to use drawing as a means of seeing their babies, and depict them in a relaxed and structured environment.

Charitably funded to deliver arts programmes for the wellbeing of patients and staff at Barts Health NHS Trust

12/05/2018

Just 1 week to go until our weekend Tate Exchange! Join us 12-6pm, Sat 19 & Sun 20 May. Explore how carefully considered art projects within a healthcare environment can improve clinical outcomes and increase wellbeing.

Charitably funded to deliver arts programmes for the wellbeing of patients and staff at Barts Health NHS Trust

11/05/2018

Is the pub a hub of philosophical enquiry? Head over to Sam's Saloon on the 19 & 20 May at Tate Exchange where artist educator Sam Ayre will be discussing imagined animals, ecologies, roles, and future selves.

Charitably funded to deliver arts programmes for the wellbeing of patients and staff at Barts Health NHS Trust

10/05/2018

We're delighted to announce the full line-up for our takeover of Tate Exchange on the 19 & 20 May.

Stop by to visit Sam's Saloon, Designing for Dialysis, Draw Your Baby, Drumming and South Asian Dance Workshops and see upcoming projects by Vital Arts.

Charitably funded to deliver arts programmes for the wellbeing of patients and staff at Barts Health NHS Trust