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Addenbrooke's Arts receives no money from the NHS |
Addenbrooke’s Arts is the arts project for the whole of Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
It receives no money from the NHS and is funded entirely through charitable funds and money that it fundraises and earns. Addenbrooke’s Arts exists to enhance the hospital environment and improve the experience of patients, staff and visitors to Addenbrooke’s through the use of the arts.
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The arts have the potential to distract, amuse, enlighten and engage patients, staff and visitors. In recent years, a growing body of evidence has been compiled proving the value of the arts in healthcare settings. Earlier this year, this resulted in the Department of Health issuing its first ever review of arts in health which recognised that the arts “are, and should be firmly recognised as being, integral to health, healthcare provision and healthcare environments, including supporting staff”.
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Key areas of our work: |
- Establishing and running arts events and workshops for children and adult and elderly patients
- Encouraging participation and involvement in a range of arts activities for patients, staff and visitors
- Liaising closely with staff at all levels, to understand the ways in which the arts project can support them in providing the best possible level of care for patients
- Improving the hospital environment using visual arts features and a co-ordinated, harmonious approach to interior design
In every aspect of our work, Addenbrooke’s Arts welcomes the input of staff, patients and professional artists.
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Addenbrooke’s Arts was established by a committed team of volunteers who worked to develop a visual art collection of some 3,000 paintings which were hung throughout the hospital. In 1998, a permanent part-time art curator post was developed and Guy Noble was appointed. He developed and built on this work and also introduced artist residencies and a programme of musical performances on wards. Guy was joined by an assistant, Lesley Bermingham in early 2005.
In November 2005 Claire Pope took over the Curator role and initiated a number of projects including the distribution of poetry with patient meals and 'Jimmy Teens' - a web based media project for teenagers with cancer.
In April 2007 Damian Hebron became the Arts co-ordinator.
Since 1998, the Art project has commissioned site-specific art works, organised exhibitions of local, national artist's work (there are now up to 12 exhibitions annually), sourced and installed new art work for wards, clinics, waiting areas and gardens, organised art workshops, artist residencies (including poetry), talks and musical events.
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