WHAT's New 2008
WHAT’s Art
Quarterly Newsletter
April – June 2008
Sky 1-32 by Michael Durand
The Haematology and Oncology Ward of Waterford Regional Hospital has recently been renovated and the Day Ward has been expanded. Waterford artist Michael Durand was commissioned to produce a series of photographic works based on images of the sky, to give the ward a new and coherent look.
According to the artist, “since 2000 I have been photographing the sky from the window of airplanes. The images take on an abstract almost painterly quality allowing the viewer the room to construct their own thoughts and feelings on what they are looking at. Each piece is titled after the destination to which I was travelling”.
Michael’s images can be viewed in the corridors, bays and single rooms of Medical 4. Some are presented as back-lit ceiling-based images and others are wall-mounted pieces.
The central piece is a large photographic image at the Nurse’s Station. We hope that these images will help patients, staff and visitors in the ward to travel to another place in their mind’s eye.
Opportunities
Artist in residence opportunity
The Waterford Healing Arts Trust, in partnership with Squashy Couch Youth Café, wishes to engage an artist in residence to deliver a participatory art project to increase the self esteem and confidence of young people using the Squashy Couch facility, and to help build the capacity of staff and volunteers to use arts as a tool for positive health promotion.
This project will roll out in two phases: The first phase will be an intensive week-long residency in June 2008. The second phase will take the form of a weekly programme from September 2008 to May 2009.
For further information, contact the Waterford Healing Arts Trust at 051 842664 or e-mail WHAT@hse.ie. The deadline date for submissions is 11th April 2008.
Internship opportunity for arts graduate
The Trust is custodian of over 200 original artworks on display in Waterford Regional Hospital, and is currently seeking ways of making this resource more accessible to the patients, staff and visitors in the hospital. The Waterford Healing Arts Trust wishes to engage a student or recent graduate to mediate aspects of this Art collection through a three month internship. An informed interest in Contemporary Art Practice and clear and accessible writing skills are essential.
For further information, contact the Waterford Healing Arts Trust at 051 842664 or e-mail WHAT@hse.ie. The deadline date for submissions is 30th April 2008.
Doing the Rounds
An exhibition of extracts from the Art Collection of the Waterford Healing Arts Trust.
27th March - 22nd May 2008
The Doing the Rounds exhibition is arriving home to Waterford Regional Hospital after touring to the Mater Hospital and St. James’ Hospital, Dublin and Galway University Hospitals. The exhibition, which has been collaboratively curated by the Arts Directors of the four participating hospitals, features a diversity of artwork from contemporary artists. It aims to promote the role of art within healthcare environments and is part of The Touring Experiment, an action research project initiated by the Arts Council. An outreach programme of talks, tours and participatory art projects will accompany the exhibition.
Guided Tours
Hospital as Source by Claire Meaney
Friday 25th April at 1.15pm
This tour will discuss the artworks of exhibiting past Artists-in-Residence who have drawn from the hospital context in developing new work.
From Realism to Abstraction byMary Grehan
Friday 2nd May at 1.15pm
This tour will focus on a range of artistic styles featured in the exhibition, from Realism to Abstraction and everything in between.
The tours will begin at 1.15pm in the foyer of WRH.
Artist Talk by Brigid Teehan
Thursday 1st May at 1.15pm in the Nurse’s Education Centre, WRH
In this talk, past WHAT Artist-in-Residence Brigid Teehan will give an insight into her working methodology. She will discuss how the hospital context provided a starting point for artistic endeavours.
Reproductions versus Originals
Visual Art Workshops with Brigid Teehan
Tuesday 22nd April – 5.00 pm – 7.00pm
Saturday 26th April – 10.00am – 12.00pm
Thursday 1st May – 5.00pm – 7.00pm
During this exciting programme of workshops, participants will use a number of artistic techniques including collage, photomontage and paper weaving, to create an original artwork in response to the Doing the Rounds exhibition or to a printed reproduction hanging in the Outpatients corridor. The original artwork created will replace the reproductions in the Outpatients corridor for one month. At the end of this period, staff from the Outpatients Department will be asked which they prefer; reproductions or original artworks?
Commitment to attend is required for all workshops. The workshops take place in the Main Classroom of the Centre of Nurse Education.
Respond
A visual evaluation of the Doing the Rounds exhibition by staff from Waterford Regional Hospital.
Each department in WRH will receive an art pack including art materials, catalogues, questionnaires and postcards during the exhibition period. The post cards will be blank on one side with clear instructions on the other. The instructions will encourage and motivate hospital staff members to creatively respond to the exhibition. The completed visual responses will be compiled together to form an artwork. This artwork will be a collaborative visual evaluation of the exhibition.
Booking is essential for the tours, talks and workshops. For more information please contact the WHAT office at 051-842664 or e-mail WHAT@hse.ie.
WHAT Staff
Mary Grehan (Arts Director), Claire Meaney (Assistant Arts Director), Susan Crossan (Administrator), Sheelagh O’Connell (Admin Assistant), Larry White (Artsworker - Art-collection and Exhibitions), Siobhan McLaughlin (Music facilitator), Macarena Marquez Puig (Admin Assistant), Boyer Phelan (Art Kart facilitator Paediatrics & Renal Dialysis) and Martin Kennedy (Art Kart facilitator Psychiatry).
WHAT Committee
Cllr. Tom Cunningham, Dr. Abdul Bulbulia, Mary Baxter, Ann Ellis, Mary Tritschler, Patricia Sullivan, Hazel Daniels, Mr. Gordon Watson, Dr. Peter Jordan, Sean Swift, John O’Connor, Mai Lannigan, Mary Prendergast, Dr. Jack Gallagher.
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