Exhibitions Sponsorship Package Opportunity Art at the Heart of the RUH Art at the Heart presents a high quality programme of arts within the RUH for the benefit of patients, staff and visitors. The programme covers the visual arts, music and literature through exhibitions, performances and readings together with participatory workshops. The programme is dedicated to improving patients’ lives and their experience of visiting a hospital through the arts by providing engaging and stimulating creative activities. The service provides much needed creative respite to engage patients and reduce stress, improving their time spent in the RUH’s care, through the distraction from minor and major conditions.
High quality presentation
The programme aims to improve mental and physical well-being; decrease depression and anxiety; build stronger patient, carer, family and staff relationships; and ultimately reduce time spent in hospital. The RUH covers 54 acres of site and has one of Bath’s most accessible exhibition spaces, open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. The central corridor is the showcase space and provides a continuous display that changes approximately four times a year.
Central Corridor
“The main psychological task of a hospital is to provide protection and nurturance for patients. The environment, combined with the arts, helps us establish a sense of trust and safety. The physical, psychological and social drain of illness and treatment is substantial and art and design can help us lighten this burden significantly”. Dr. Mike Osborn, Macmillan Clinical Psychologist, RUH
Artist Talks and Private View Events
www.ruh,nhs.uk/art
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