Category Archives: Art Exhibition

Notes from Galveston 2014: Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Jac Saorsa

Back in Galveston! Invited again by the wonderful folk at the University of Texas Centre for Medical Humanities to spend another month working here on the Drawing Women’s Cancer project (drawingcancer.wordpress.com). I am delighted to be back on the island … Continue reading →

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Drawing Women’s Cancer in Cardiff

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Jac Saorsa
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Passages from Empire (Staged reading of an original play, King’s College London, 13 Dec 2013))

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The King’s College Centre for the Humanities and Health warmly invite you to a staged reading of an original play, “Passages from Empire”, based on the lives and letters of overseas nurses. This play is part of the Centre for … Continue reading →

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War, Art and Surgery (Hunterian Museum Exhibition & Events, 2013-14)

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

To mark Armistice Day the Hunterian Museum has installed the first phase of the Royal College of Surgeons War, Art and Surgery programme. The exhibition runs until 14 February 2015. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to explore the relationship … Continue reading →

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“Drawn Together” World Mental Health Day Art Exhibition (Looking Well Studies, Bentham; October 2013)

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

“Drawn Together” World Mental Health Day Art Exhibition Looking Well Studios, Bentham LA2 7HG Pioneer Projects (Celebratory Arts) Ltd. invite you to view our Exhibition by artists from the Friday group in support of World Mental Health Day 2013 October: … Continue reading →

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Art in the Asylum: Preservation & Transformations

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Dr Victoria Tischler, Associate Professor in Behavioural Sciences. Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham, and curator of ‘Art in the Asylum: creativity and the evolution of psychiatry’ reflects on this exhibition. Art in the Asylum: preservation and transformations The … Continue reading →

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Extraordinary Renditions: the Cultural Negotiation of Science (BALTIC event, Sept 7 – 12 2013, Gateshead)

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Extroardinary Renditions: The Cultural Negotiation of ScienceChristine Borland & Brody Condon, Fiona Crisp & Chris Dorsett BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, Level 1 Saturday 7 – Thursday 12 September 2013 as part of British Science Festival Symposium & Networking … Continue reading →

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Exhibition at London’s Freud Museum: ‘Mad, Bad and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors’

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Originally posted on h-madness:
Freud Museum 10 October 2013 – 2 February 2014 Featuring work by Alice Anderson, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick, Sarah Lucas, Amie Siegel and Francis Upritchard… Mad, Bad and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors What does…

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The Lantern Parade: A Conversation (Invitation to participate, 16-17 Jan 2014, Queen’s Campus Durham University)

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Centre for Medical Humanities The Institute for Advanced Studies and Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Durham University invite you to join THE LANTERN PARADE A Conversation 16-17 January 2014 Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Queen’s … Continue reading →

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“Polevault”: Audiowalk on Mental Illness & Infanticide linked to canals

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Professor Hilary Marland recently collaborated with Talking Birds as part of the ‘Polevault’ endeavour linked to their Olympic project: ‘Decathlon 2012’, providing commentary on mental illness and infanticide linked to canals. The project culminated in a downloadable ‘audio walk’ including the story of Elizabeth Barnwell, who was … Continue reading →

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