The Curatorial And The Cultural Encounter In Hospital Contexts

Collections on Prescription: Health, Wellbeing and Inclusivity. A joint Subject Specialist Network organised by the British Art Network, Tate Gallery, National Gallery.

This session explores art and wellbeing in hospital and NHS contexts. Catsou Roberts invites a panel of healthcare and arts specialists to talk about issues involved in delivering an ambitious art programme within clinical environments. Speakers will discuss the motivations for hospitals acquiring and displaying historic art collections as well as commissioning, curating and building collections of contemporary work.

Panellists for this session:

• Dr Iva Fattorini, former Chair of the Global Arts and Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA

• Daniel Heather, Deputy Archivist Barts Health Archives and Museums

• Peter Liversidge, Artist

• Catsou Roberts, Director of Vital Arts

Full conference available to watch here.