St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub
Vital Arts played a key role in the development of the St. George's Health and Wellbeing Hub Creative Health Strategy.
For the first phase of the Environmental Enrichment programme, Vital Arts provided a selection of framed limited edition prints, which have been carefully curated throughout the ground floor Imaging Department. This department is one of the hospital’s main entrance and waiting areas, and sees a high number of adult and paediatric patients every day.
Sale of these artworks raises funds for Vital Arts, which supports patient wellbeing through creative engagement. Proceeds also go to health-related charities nominated by each artist.
“Appreciation and thanks for the support you and Vital Arts have shown to the development of the Creative Health Strategy over the last two years, culminating in the recently installed gallery of artworks. The artworks are amazing and have already had a positive impact on the feel of the hub.
The gallery represents an exciting, first phase of the Environmental Enrichment strand of the strategy, and would not have been possible without your advice, support and Vital Arts contribution of prints and installation expertise.”
“The gallery looks fantastic, really lifts the environment and the spirits and is now the building block of a critical mass of creative activities and events that will become a signature for people’s experience of St George’s into the future.”
Vital Arts also facilitated the installation of heritage artworks for the site. These included a work by the Hornchurch Quilters Society, and a print of the artwork originally installed on the hoarding along Suttons Lane, used to protect pedestrians and cars from the site during the construction period. The inspiration for this work was local wildlife, and the rich history of the site as a hospital and its association with the nearby, former RAF base. It was designed by Elaine Tribley in collaboration with five local schools: Hacton Primary, RJ Mitchell Primary, Scargill Infant, Sanders Draper and Scotts Primary.
To read the St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub Creative Health Strategy, visit the link below..
