Jupiter Art Land

Newsletter Spring 2013

UNIONgallery Fundraiser for Art in Healthcare

We would like to invite you to a one-night-only charity exhibition on Tuesday 23 April 6 - 8pm at UNIONgallery, 45 Broughton Street, Edinburgh.

Trevor Jones, Director of Art in Healthcare, created 60 wild animal sketches in 60 days to raise funds for the charity. These highly collectible pencil drawings are just £60 each with all money raised going to Art in Healthcare.

The drawings are 6 x 8 inches on 240gsm, A4 sized handmade paper. Due to the unavailability of a “Highland Cow” and “Puffins” by Trevor Jones debit machine, we can only accept cash and cheque on the night. Big thanks to UNIONgallery for hosting the event for us.

Please RSVP to [email protected] or tel: 0131 555 7638

We hope to see you there.

New Pastures: Art Collection Management

There have been some fundamental shifts in the services that Art in Healthcare is providing, and we’re very pleased with the opportunities these are bringing to us. As you know, we’ve been working with NHS Lothian helping them to care for their large collection of more than 2,000 artworks and they do indeed have some wonderful pieces, including a series of five large Leon Morrocco paintings and even an 18th century portrait of the 2nd Earl of Hopetoun by Allan Ramsay!

Thanks to the success we’ve had with NHS Lothian, we are now engaging a “Boats and Houses” by Leon Morrocco number of other health boards to present similar art collection management packages. This is a fantastic opportunity, which we hope will ensure NHS Scotland continues to care for and maintain the wonderful works of art found in hospitals across the nation.

“Art from Art” Exhibition

Another area we’ve been developing is our art workshop programme, and we recently opened an exhibition at the Whitespace Gallery to showcase the end of this six month pilot programme.

Over the course of the project, professional artists ran workshops in a wide range of healthcare settings. The artists brought artworks from our prestigious Collection to use as inspiration for participants to create their own artwork. The results were a wonderful selection of paintings, collages and 3D creations, bursting with colour and self-expression. Mixed media collage from Alzheimer’s Scotland workshop

One service manager commented, “It was the most inclusive single activity used since I have worked at the club.” And one of the artists said, “As you can see the art is tremendous…their communication in art is heard loud and clear through the work produced.”

“I never thought I was artistic but today gave me insight into art.” ~ participant from the Wester Hailes Health Agency

For further information get in touch with Amelia Calvert, Volunteer & Outreach Manager [email protected]

Scottish Epilepsy Centre

We’re exceptionally pleased to have been asked to provide all the art for the new £6.4 Million state-of- the-art Scottish Epilepsy Centre in Govan. Regarded as one of the most advanced centres in the world for the assessment and treatment of epilepsy, we’re looking forward to showcasing artwork by some of Scotland’s biggest talents, including Callum Innes, Elizabeth Blackadder, and Alan Davie.

We’re also about to lend artwork to the new Drumbrae Care Home opening in Costorphine, as well as the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Glasgow and Insignia for the Little White Horse by Alan Davie Murray Royal Hospital in Perth. April is going to be a very busy month! CHSS Forth Rail Bridge Abseil

On Sunday 19th May, 15 daredevil staff and supporters will take part in a 165ft freefall abseil off this….

… to raise funds for our charity

We have set our fundraising target at £4,000 and thanks to the generosity of family, friends and supporters we have already passed £3,200. However, we still have to reach our ambitious target and we would like to take this opportunity to ask for your help. Any donation, however small or large, will be very much appreciated.

Sponsoring us is quick, safe and easy via our JustGiving page. Go to http://www.justgiving.com/teams/aihabseilers and sponsor one of our intrepid team members.

Or you can send a cheque donation to the address below.

Many thanks in anticipation of your support.

Art in Healthcare Blog

Freelance writer and Art in Healthcare volunteer Martine Pugh has been doing a great job of writing for our blog. Each month, Martine writes an Artist Uncovered post about one of the artists in our Collection, as well as reporting on various aspects of Art in Healthcare. Please keep up to date with Martine’s blog at http://artinhealthcare- scotland.blogspot.co.uk/ Image from Martine’s recent blog post about the Art in Healthcare University Student Friends

Art in Healthcare 32-36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG Tel: 0131 555 7638 Email: [email protected] Website: www.artinhealthcare.org.uk Company Number 278142 (Scotland) Scottish Charity Number SC036222