www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/pihcontemporaries

The inaugural PiH Contemporaries auction features works donated by some of the most interesting emerging artists working in Britain today alongside more established names.

All the artists have agreed to donate up to 100% of the sale price to Paintings in Hospitals. Proceeds from sale will enable our charity to continue to use art and creativity to improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life of adults and children living with illness, disability and autism. The funds raised will allow us to continue to offer our art library at subsidised rates, ensuring that everyone has access to the therapeutic benefits of art.

If you are unable to attend the auction we are accepting absentee bids. Please fill in this form or call 020 7407 3222. Absentee bids must be received by Monday 28 May at 12.00 noon.

All bidding enquiries:
Helena Copsey mail@paintingsinhospitals.org.uk | 0207 407 3222

This project is part of Paintings in Hospitals’ mission to help healthcare providers create uplifting and stimulating environments through art for the benefit of their patients, staff and visitors.

The exhibition, called Transformations: Digital Prints from the V&A Collection will bring together a range of artists who work with computers as an expressive and experimental medium. All of the prints featured in this exhibition have never been exhibited outside of the V&A, and in some cases will be displayed for the first time.

The inaugural PiH Contemporaries auction will feature works donated by some of the most interesting emerging artists working in Britain today alongside more established names. Among the many artists who have lent their support this year are Ian Davenport, Maggi Hambling, Alexis Harding, Jonathan Huxley, Jarik Jongman, HaYoung Kim, Ben Rivers, Simon Roberts, Tim Shaw, Mary Webb and Catherine Yass.

The income raised during our auction will enable us to provide additional subsidy to healthcare sites that are most in need of support. This will ensure that everyone has access to our art library and the benefits that art provides. There is now an overwhelming body of evidence demonstrating that having access to art can dramatically improve clinical outcomes and increase wellbeing.

Press and bidding enquiries: Helena Copsey, mail@paintingsinhospitals.org.uk, 0207 407 3222

An evening lecture by Richard Cork hosted by Paintings in Hospitals

Tuesday 19 June 2012

6.30 – 8.30 pm

FREE (suggested donation to Paintings in Hospitals of £10)

Henry Wellcome Auditorium

Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE

As part of London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2012 Paintings in Hospitals is delighted to be hosting an evening lecture by Richard Cork in which he will discuss his new book The Healing Presence of Art: A History of Western Art in Hospitals.

Paintings in Hospitals is a registered charity that uses art and creativity to reduce sickness, anxiety and stress in UK healthcare facilities. Through our work we create environments that improve health, wellbeing and the healthcare experience for patients, their families and staff.

We are excited to be working with Richard Cork as his new publication takes a detailed look at the extraordinary richness of art produced in hospitals, encompassing work by many of the great masters. Cork's brilliant survey discovers the astonishing variety of images found in medical settings. In the process, he reveals art's prodigious ability to humanize our hospitals, alleviate their clinical bleakness and leave a profound, lasting impression on patients, staff and visitors.

Richard Cork is an award-winning art critic, historian, broadcaster, exhibition curator, and former Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge University and Senior Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

Lecture 6.30 – 7.30 pm

Book Signing 7.30 – 8.30 pm

Please book in advance as spaces are limited

To book, please email your full name, address and contact telephone number to events@paintingsinhospitals.org.uk or call 0207 407 3222

For more information about London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2012 visit www.creativityandwellbeing.org.uk

The charity is delighted to have developed this partnership and to become Arts Council Collection's partner for bringing works from their collection into the healthcare environment. The works are currently being prepared by our team to be displayed across our regional centres. A range of works by contemporary artists including Catherine Yass, Joe Tilson, Ian Hamilton-Finlay and Helen Chadwick will soon be accessible to healthcare providers. Contact us if you are interested in borrowing any of these artworks. 

The two drawings have been on display near the paediatric ward of the hospital for a few weeks and have already brought warmth and reassurance to young patients, their staff and carers. “It brightens up the place and it’s created a lot of interest; a lot of people have been making positive comments.” - Consultant Paediatrician at the hospital.

Paintings in Hospitals was gifted the drawings as part of a series by The Campaign for Drawing and has been fundraising since 2010 to have them framed and displayed in a healthcare setting. The two works, both measuring 2 meters high and 3 meters long, were created during live-drawing events at the annual Big Draw organised by the Campaign for Drawing. Paintings in Hospitals made them accessible to healthcare providers through the Children and Young People Scheme and had them framed to conservation standards thanks to the generous support of John Jones.

We have another six drawings awaiting framing and our fundraising campaign continues.

Our annual Christmas card appeal helps us to subsidise loans of artwork from our collection to healthcare sites nationally. Last year the generous support we received contributed to the display of 60 artworks across different facilities, benefiting an estimated 60,000 people. We hope to exceed that amount this year and bring joy and colour to ever more people visiting healthcare facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

These cards are still available to purchase up until Christmas. Email your name, full address, contact telephone number and the amount of packs you would like to mail@paintingsinhospitals.org.uk.

Alternatively call Lara or Helena on 0207 407 3222.

Well-placed artworks have a positive effect on the wellbeing of patients and their carers. Paintings in Hospitals’ art library help the sick feel better and those who are well stay well. Friends of Paintings in Hospitals help the charity to provide this support to people in their local area.

The programme was launched at the private view of the charity’s summer exhibition ‘Art in Large Doses’ and already counts many subscribers. Anyone can subscribe to the programme for £25 a year. As a Friend of Paintings in Hospitals, you’ll be invited to special events and receive quarterly newsletters.

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This summer Paintings in Hospitals presents Art in Large Doses at the Menier Gallery; an exhibition showcasing works from its London Collection. The exhibition will be a chance to see how the charity continues to challenge ideas about what kind of artwork is suitable for the healthcare environment with its selection of bold and contemporary works.

Art in Large Doses will feature work across all types of media, including an outsize canvas by Frank Kiely, a reverspective by Patrick Hughes as well as a range of animated short films selected in conjunction with Tate Forum.

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Attended by over 100 supporters, the evening was a huge success, generating much needed funds to develop the charity’s Children and Young People Loan Scheme.

The auction featured works donated by some of the most wonderful artists working in Britain today, with many new supporters such as Julian Opie, Ana Maria Pacheco, Lisa Milroy and Joe Tilson, alongside committed Paintings in Hospitals supporters such as Bridget Riley and Ian Davenport.

The funds raised from this year’s art auction will help to develop the Children and Young People Loan Scheme. This loan scheme allows healthcare sites to borrow from a collection of artworks specifically selected with children and teenagers in mind. In 2010 the charity could only afford to offer this service to benefit younger patients in the London area. With the money raised from this year’s auction we intend to provide access to the scheme to all healthcare sites across the UK.

One of Britain’s leading contemporary sculptors, Antony Gormley’s public commissions include Angel of the North, Gateshead and One & Other, Trafalgar Square. Gormley is a strong advocate of arts in health and has supported the work of Paintings in Hospitals since 2008.

The Inspired Group encompasses Paintings in Hospitals most dedicated private supporters, and is crucial to helping the charity continue its work. Gormley’s membership of the group is incredibly important in developing links with contemporary artists and we are very thrilled at the news.

Find out more about the Inspired Group.

Paintings in Hospitals strives to provide accessible loan schemes and increase the number of patients, staff and visitors benefiting from its collection. The charity has a number of hospital partners across the UK that act as regional centres. This regional network enables Paintings in Hospitals to work closer to the healthcare community and allow healthcare providers to come and select artworks in situ.

We are delighted to have improved the accessibility of our loan schemes and extended the reach of our collection to healthcare settings located in the West Midlands.

Paintings in Hospitals’ work has been identified as bringing together two of His Royal Highness’ major principles – the importance of the built environment and the positive impact of integrated healthcare on a person’s quality of life.

Frank Harding, Paintings in Hospitals Chairman at the time of the announcement, said “We are overjoyed at the news. The Prince’s support is invaluable to the status and work of the charity.”

Through this collaboration, the charity aimed to broaden the scope of its collection for young people. Within many healthcare sites 13-18 year olds are treated alongside much younger patients in environments that are often designed with the wellbeing of small children in mind. By providing access to artworks that appeal to this age group we hope to help healthcare facilities create more comforting and engaging environments for teenage patients and visitors.

Young people from Tate Forum chose a selection of 2D works for commission as well as animations and films from the Animate Projects’ catalogue. Animate Projects explores and champions artists’ animation, supporting the production, exhibition and development of this artistic field. Established in 1990, Animate Projects has commissioned over 90 innovative and challenging films by artists.

In January 2009, Minister for Health Ben Bradshaw unveiled a plaque to commemorate 50 years of Paintings in Hospitals’ work at the central London hospital where social worker Sheridan Russell laid the foundations of the charity in 1959.

The anniversary year was concluded in January 2010 with a reception at 10 Downing Street held by Sarah Brown.