Arts for Health: The Use of Arts in the Hospital Environment

Synopsis

Arts for Health is a body that seeks to encourage those involved in health care to commission the work of artists and designers in order to enrich the hospital environment and the lives of patients, staff and visitors. The slides show ‘before and after’ scenes of hospitals where Arts for Health has been involved: patients enjoying performance art, patients and staff involved in creative activities, and the finished art works they accomplish. The text describes the history of the movement from its inception to the setting up of the National Arts for Health Centre at Manchester Polytechnic in 1988.

Language

English

Medium

Multimedia; 15 slides.

Year of production

1991

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £16.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Documentation

Accompanying 6-page text with introduction, commentary, bibiolgraphy.

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

art therapy; environmental enrichment; hospitals

Credits

Writer

Peter Senior

Distributor

Name

Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design

Email

c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk

Web

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/visualresources/slidesets/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0161 247 1930

Fax

0161 247 6897

Address

The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG