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Artist Hannah Brown working on Atrium at the Hellingly Centre Mental Health Unit Photographer Damian Griffiths Courtesy of Hospital Rooms

Artist Projects

Collaborating with artists to amplify the benefits of the arts on community health and wellbeing

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Artist Project

Healing Arts Residency, University of Houston

Preston Gaines was an artist-in-residence at the University of Houston to support community wellbeing in both formal and informal settings across Houston.

Location

Houston

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Artist Project

Barbados Trailway Commissions

A competition to design a new rain shelter and two new benches for installation on the Barbados Trailway. Highlighting the importance of green spaces and the natural environment to enhance our physical, mental and social wellness.

Location

Barbados

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Artist Project

Sudan Artist Fund

The Sudan Artist Fund established by Khalid Albaih seeks to provide Sudanese artist with microfunds to rally a new generation of artist following the revolution in 2019.

Location

Sudan

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Artist Project

The Corona Quilt Project – Stories of Healing in Cloth

An artisan engagement initiative that offered an uplifting, inclusive channel of collective healing in the aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic with public art installations across India.

Location

Jaipur

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Artist Project

ARK Re-Imagined at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale

Rashad Salim presented ‘Ark Re-imagined’ as Iraq’s first ever National Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.

Location

Venice

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Artist Project

The Painted Desert Project / Pandemic as Portal

Chip Thomas’ public art campaign addressed the healthcare emergency among Arizona’s Navajo Nation, which occupies portions of Northeastern Arizona, Southeastern Utah and Northwestern New Mexico.

Location

Navajo County

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Artist Project

The Gray-Green Divide

Artist and data journalist Mona Chalabi illustrated New York's most common trees on the front steps of Brooklyn Museum to appreciate their importance to wellbeing outcomes and climate protection.

Location

New York City

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Artist Project

Tim Shaw & Niamh White: Hospital Rooms

London’s Hospital Rooms charity transforms the often hostile environments of inpatient mental health facilities through the power of art.

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