Participation
Vital Arts’ participation programme develops creative partnerships with renowned London based cultural institutions to provide patients, staff and visitors opportunities to relax, take a breath, and engage with the arts.
Participation projects
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Dance
Working in close collaboration with Trinity Laban, Akademi, and Studio Wayne McGregor, we deliver ongoing, in depth residencies in partnership with key hospital staff including physiotherapists.
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Music and sounds
Bringing international lullabies to neonatal babies, their mothers and carers, composition workshops to adolescents attending the hospital school and informal, interactive performances for adults.
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Creative
We partner with a variety of creative organisations who bring their unique skill set to our hospital community. From recipe writing to mark making, we offer workshops and interventions that offer respite to those who participate.
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Commission workshops
Artists commissioned by Vital Arts to produce site specific work are invited to spend time with patients, delivering arts workshops and sharing insights into their practice and techniques.
Recent projects
Mindful art observation
Limina Collective joins Vital Arts at St Bartholomew’s hospital to develop an alternative way to engage with artworks around the hospital.
My Journey And Other Stories
Vital Arts, Outset Contemporary Art Fund, Saja Foundation and Art Night are pleased to announce a series of workshops at the Royal London Hospital School, developed and led by artist Shiraz Bayjoo.
The Islanders
artist educator Sam Ayre delivers a programme of creative workshops around the school’s curriculum
Community Dialysis Cookbook: Helping Hands
A Community Dialysis Cookery Book that will enable a community to share their dispersed culinary knowledge with each other and the broader renal patient community.
Being as you mentioned
Artist Ruth Ewan worked with patients across Barts NHS Health Trust to develop a set of flash cards for use in older adults wards
Library of Unwritten Books
A story telling workshop with chemotherapy patients about the book they would like to write.
My Superheroes
Artist Jessica Voorsanger worked with young patients to devise a sizzling comic book caper.