ANNUAL REPORT 2010

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ART IN HEALTHCARE: PHILOSOPHY

At Art in Healthcare we believe in the healing influence of artwork.

Art in a healthcare setting can:

• Induce positive physiological and psychological changes in clinical outcomes• Reduce drug consumption• Shorten length of stay in hospital• Increase job satisfaction• Promote better doctor-patient relationships• Improve mental healthcare• Develop health practitioners’ empathy across gender and cultural diversity1

1 Arts Council England 2004 Research Report 36, Arts in health: a review of the medical literature, Dr Rosalia Lelchuk Staricoff

Left to right: Boat on the Water by Esther Donaldson, Wee Friends by Willie Rodger, Two Pigeons by David Michie

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Art works transform spaces and area very effective and extremely lowcost way of making life moreenjoyable and stimulating for thosewho spend time in hospitals, carehomes or clinics, either as visitors,staff, or of course patients. Art in

Healthcare aims to enliven environments thatare otherwise lifeless and even intimidating.

Despite difficult financial circumstances, theyear has seen very encouraging achievements.The staff has worked tirelessly to seek morecontracts and stimulate interest in our activitiesOne of the most exciting developments of theyear has been the work of student internshipsunder the guidance of Assistant Director, TrevorJones and the formation of an EdinburghUniversity and Edinburgh College of Art StudentSociety, which will become a model for otheruniversities around Scotland

Membership of the Board has changed duringthe year and some invaluable members haveretired, but new colleagues who bring new skills

have replaced them and I believe the Board isvery well equipped to carry forward next year’sprogramme. This is my last year as Chairmanand I would like to highlight the enormous help and support I have received from theBoard, the staff and Friends throughout theyears. The organisation has changed in this time and activities have grown despite thecurrent economic climate. Our principalobjectives for the future are to expand theprogramme of loans to healthcare servicesthroughout Scotland and to encouragecontemporary artists to develop their interests in this field. Alongside of this we must evaluatethe impact of art works on patient well-being.Margaret Hurcombe and her team have achievedan enormous amount with minimal resources. I am very aware of the gratitude that is owed to the Friends of the organisation and thoseTrusts and other bodies that have helpedsupport us financially, without this none of this work would be possible.

Bruce Ritson Chairman

ART IN HEALTHCARE – ANNUAL REPORT 2010

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THE COLLECTION

Our mission is to get as much high-quality visual art as possible into hospitals, hospices and otherhealthcare facilities in Scotland. Art, we believe, has a powerful role to playin the health service, from providing a stimulating environment for patients,relatives and staff, to aiding certain kinds of therapy, and even helping to speed up recovery.

Left: Across theWater by AlisonAuldjo

Far left: Antequerra,Southern Spain by Ann Oram

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We regularly receive gifts of artworks from artists or their families, but this yearwe were thrilled to accept a collection ofsixteen works from the estate of MarjorieIna Campbell. She was born in China, the daughter of medical missionaryparents, but her father’s death during the Sino-Japanese war led to the return of the family, mother and two daughters,to Edinburgh in 1939. Marjorie became a painter, illustrator, teacher, lecturer,quilter, photographer and designer forcopper-wheel engraving on glass. She died in 1999, leaving a rich legacy of her work in the visual arts, textiles, glass decorative design and form, writings and poetry.

Clockwise from top:Still Life Blue Bottle& String, OneFeather & FourStones, The RedChurch by MarjorieIna Campbell

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Clockwise from above: Sperimer byElspeth Lamb, Huskies Private Pattern

by Sarah Ogilvie, Memion by Albert Irvin,Man with a Fez by Glen Scouller

We were delighted to launch a partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, throughwhich works from the bank’s art collection are now displayed in hospitals and health centresacross the country. As part of a wider RBSinitiative to widen access to its collection, 128pieces are now on display through Art in Healthcarein Dumfries, Edinburgh and Stenhousemuir.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Dr Conor Maguire, consultant physician in careof the elderly at the Royal Victoria in Edinburgh,is a contract holder with Art in Healthcare. Butfor financial constraints, he says: “I would fill up every wall in the hospital.” He has evenmanaged to build a painting into the exerciseregime of one of his Parkinson’s patients.

“I said to him: ‘There’s a lovely painting near my office.’ And he now walks to that painting as part of his mobility exercise.To me that’s fantastic”

Clockwise from right: Scottish Salmon byMichael McVeigh,

Beach Dreams by JackMorocco, Sharks inPursuit of Divers by

Susan Calder

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Acclaimed artist, John C Brown has created the newest Prestigious Print for Art inHealthcare. Inspired by a recent trip to Mexicoand by the life of artist Frida Kahlo, Flowers for Frida exemplifies Brown’s distinctive,colourful and expressive style.

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter. Perhapsbest known for her self-portraits, Kahlo’s work is remembered for its “pain and passion” and its intense, vibrant colours. Her work has beencelebrated in Mexico as emblematic of nationaland indigenous tradition, and by feminists forits uncompromising depiction of the femaleexperience and form.

Kahlo suffered lifelong health problems, many of which stemmed from a traffic accident in her teenage years. These issues are reflected in her works, more than half of which are self-portraits of one sort or another. Kahlosuggested, “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”

ART AT HOME

Above: Flowers For Frida by John Brown

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Echo Basin, an original screenprint by IanMcKenzie Smith, OBE, RSA, PRSW, was createdin 2008 to raise funds for Art in Healthcare. This work is inspired by the Montrose Basin,where the artist lives. He finds it a verybeautiful place to live. Art in Healthcare’sPresident, Matilda Mitchell, says of this work,“Nothing is sliding out of the image, nothingshouts, everything is measured – the quietelegance of Ian’s work, the essence of thisscene he has come to love, the minimalism, the completeness, everything one could ask of his work is here.”

Prints cost £295 plus postage. To order pleasecontact us.

Right: Echo Basin by Ian Mackenzie Smith

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MEMBERS

Members are the lifeblood of Art in Healthcare. They support the charity in many ways –by giving money and other gifts, by organising fundraising events and by supporting ourprogramme of visits and trips. This year’s programme included:

• A visit to Blairadam House.• A guided tour and studio visits in the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.• A Musical Evening in the Scottish Arts Club with The Lomond Piano Trio• Artist talksMembers also raised over £700 for the charity at a Burns Supper in the Apex InternationalHotel, Edinburgh and sold tickets for a prize draw that raised over £1,000.

Left: All ears at one of our musicalevenings Above: Brixham Harbourby Margaret Ward

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THE FUTURE

Following consultancy commissioned from FreshSight, we worked with students from EdinburghUniversity and Edinburgh College of Art to set up Art in Healthcare Student Friends Society. Mairi Ingles and Rebecca Wilson are the first ever President and Chairperson and we look forward to working with this new generation of artists, historians, gallery owners and curators.

Two Edinburgh University MSC Postgraduate Interns, Amy Porteous and Kristen Irvine joined the staff at Art in Healthcare for six month periods to help with collection maintenance, research,administration and events management. A third postgraduate student, Jean Chua, also worked as a volunteer with the charity. Jean is now assistant curator at National Art Gallery, Singapore(working name), due to open in 2013.

Above: detail from Untitled by TG McGillDuncan Right: wine and discussion at the

opening of the Heart Event

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BUILDING BRIDGES

St Crispin’s School

In partnership with Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and StCrispin’s School we celebrated World Heritage Day in April. We took pictures from our collection that show heritage sites in Edinburgh into St Crispin’s School, a special school forpupils with severe and complex learning difficulties. Pupils atthe school responded to these works to create exceptionallyimaginative and inspiring artworks, which were then displayed in the school and in the St James Centre in Edinburgh.

Tynepark Resource Centre

We worked with the people who use Tynepark Resource Centre in Haddington, which deals with issues surroundingmental health. Centre users and staff selected artworks to be hung in their building and then we ran talks about thepaintings. We followed this with a formal evaluation of theeffects of the artwork on everyone using the building.Reactions were very positive. One service user explained how he found the pictures inspired him to create his own art.Another said it “gave (them) a new perspective on the art.”Now, we plan to run an art course for centre users that wouldoffer a bridge into mainstream arts activities.

Working closely with one of the pupils

Discussion about one of the pieces

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FUNDERS AND BENEFACTORS

The charity is significantly dependent on the generosity of donors and would like to thank all those who supported us during the year.

We would especially like to thank

The Binks Trust,The Craignish Trust, The Cruden Foundation, The Evelyn Drysdale Trust, Miss IF Harvey’s Charitable Trust, The MV Hillhouse Trust, The Plum Trust, The Gordon Small Charitable Trust.

We would also like to thank Mr Mark Medcalf for his pro bono work on the revaluation of our artwork collection.Frameworks for framing the artworks made by pupils of St Crispin’s School.FreshSight for consultancy work.

For donations of prizes for the prize draw, we thankJohn Lewis; Hard Rock Café; Dynamic Earth; Edinburgh Playhouse; Lyceum Theatre; Mussel and Steak Bar; Boosh Hairdressers; Royal Scottish Academy; Deep Sea World; Butterfly World; PizzaExpress; Bowmore Distillery; Dalwhinnie Distillery;Glenkinchie Distillery; Poet: Jennifer Williams; Artist: Kate Downie; Curator: Jane Cameron; Art Historian: Bill Hare.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PATRONS

Patron: Alan Davie OBE

President: Matilda Mitchell

Vice-President: Dr Duncan Thomson

Directors:

Dr Bruce Ritson (Chairman)Dickie Alexander (resigned 24 November 2009)Elaine Allison Dr Allan BeveridgeMaidie Cahill Dr Roddy Cameron (from 4 March 2010)Prof Marek DominiczakAlexander GardenBill HareFrank Hitchman Lynne RamsayKatherine Sellar (from 4 March 2010)Ann Thompson (resigned 24 November 2009)

With regret we report the deaths of AnnThompson and Dickie Alexander during 2010.

FINANCES

Income and Expenditure 2009 – 2010

Income £82,988

Expenditure £83,299

A full copy of the Directors Report and FinancialStatements for the year ended 31 March 2010 is available on request.

Sources of funds

Paintings rental £24,608

Trusts £19,940

Grants £15,000

Donations £9,093

Events £5,698

Subscriptions £3,770

Prestigious Print £2,427

Miscellaneous £2,401

Investments £51

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CONTACTS

We work with organisations of any size and with any budget to offer a unique, flexible andaffordable service. Our clients include hospitals, healthcare centres, care homes, generalpractitioner and dental surgeries. Wherever you work in health, for expert advice on how to introduce artwork into your workplace, contact us.

Art in HealthcareOut of the Blue32-36 Dalmeny StreetEdinburghEH6 8RG

T. 0131 555 7638E. admin@artinhealthcare.org.ukW. www.artinhealthcare.org.uk

Office opening hours: Monday-Wednesday, 9am to 5pm

Executive Director Margaret HurcombeAssistant Director Trevor JonesAdministrator Linda McLeish

Company Number 278142. (Scotland)Scottish Charity Number SC036222.

Below: Sheep’s Heid by Alfons Bytautas

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Cover images: Detail from Still Life by Jock McInnes