Chris Annus, trustee of Paintings in Hospitals, tells us about the history of art in healthcare and where the sector needs to go from here... Read more
Lucy Day, Director Curator of A Woman’s Place Project, tells us about the role of art in both her professional and personal lives... Read more
Alice Woodhouse, Collection Coordinator at Paintings in Hospitals, highlights the incredible range of sculpture in the Paintings in Hospitals collection... Read more
Watch acclaimed artist and author Edmund de Waal give his provocation at Framing the Future, our panel event debating the future of arts in health... Read more
In 2019 we're celebrating 60 years of Paintings in Hospitals. Our '60 Years, 60 Voices' blog series presents 60 stories about the difference art makes to our lives from our diverse community of artists, arts professionals, health professionals, museum and gallery professionals, Patrons, patients, carers, and beyond. Follow #60Voices on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Watch Dr Errol Francis, CEO of Culture&, give his provocation at Framing the Future, our panel event debating the future of arts in health... Read more
Watch Dr Val Huet, CEO of British Assoc. of Art Therapists, give her provocation at Framing the Future, our panel event debating the future of arts in health... Read more
Watch Victoria Tischler, Professor of Arts & Health at University of West London, give her provocation at Framing the Future, our panel event debating the future of arts in health... Read more
Susan Langford MBE is the director and founder of intergenerational arts charity Magic Me. Here, she tells us more about the charity’s work and its name... Read more
Christian Donlan is a writer and author of The Unmapped Mind. Here, he tells us about his learning following a serious diagnosis... Read more
Emma Barnard is a visual artist whose practice bridges art, medicine and medical education. Here, she tells us more about her work... Read more
Dame Stephanie Shirley, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Patron of Paintings in Hospitals, tells us why she believes art is important to all of our lives... Read more
Jodie Edwards of the Arts Council Collection tells the ‘old-fashioned love story’ of their partnership with Paintings in Hospitals... Read more
Natalie Craven, Public Programmes Officer at the Royal College of Physicians, recalls her early experience of the hospital art world... Read more
Anjali B Purkayastha is an artist specialising in ink drawings inspired by Indian folk art. Here, she tells us how art helped her though a difficult period of upheaval and new motherhood... Read more
Alex Bird is the Museum Development Officer for Museum Development North West. He tells us about his experience of working with Paintings in Hospitals... Read more
Griselda Goldsbrough, Art Development Manager at York Teaching Hospitals, shares her personal and professional perspectives of the power of art in healthcare… Read more
Mahlia Amatina is an acclaimed contemporary artist creating multi-sensory experiences. In 2015 she was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Mahlia tells us about the role art has played in her life… Read more
Suzie Moffat is a mother to a child with Down’s Syndrome and the founder of Heart & Sold, a collective of artists with the condition. She tells us what art has come to mean to her... Read more
Dr Clive Parkinson, Director of Arts for Health at Manchester Metropolitan University, recalls moving memories of the life-changing power of art... Read more
David Hodge, aka Dusty ‘O’, is a famous face on the LGBT+ scene. Following his first major solo show, the former drag artist tells us why he turned to art… Read more
Liz Atkin is an acclaimed artist who has Compulsive Skin Picking. She tells us how she uses art to manage this complex physical and mental disorder… Read more
Simon Carter is an established artist and curator, working in Essex. In the fifth of our 60 Voices, he tells us what painting brings to his life... Read more
Ben Hartley, Arts Officer at the Royal Marsden, tells us how the Trust works with Paintings in Hospitals to transform the care experience for people with cancer… Read more
Published here for the first time, architect Toby Carr shares his account of how art helped him through his hospital treatment following a shock diagnosis… Read more