Chronicling the visual hallucinations described by patients The pictures displayed were collected during the Cardiff Delirium Study, they give a unique insight into the patients’ subjective experience on the intensive care unit (ICU). Delirium is a common condition effecting about 20% of all hospital patients. Symptoms fluctuate and include poor attention, disorientation and in severe … Continue reading Altered States on ICU
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With support from the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, Cardiff and Vale UHB is delighted to be able to support a community arts project in Llantwit Major, which brings together musicians, spoken word poets and artists in support of World Mental Health day. Holding on to Hope is a series of activities held in St. … Continue reading “Holding On To Hope”: Cardiff and Vale UHB to mark World Mental Health Day with a series of events and exhibitions.
The Hearth Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of current works by Kings Road Artists. Set within a vibrant cluster of creative businesses and artisan establishments, the artists collective, established 23 years ago, remains one of the most well-known, active and productive community of artists in Cardiff. The Studios’ fascinating history began in1996, when … Continue reading Kings Road Artists’ Studios
Cardiff and Vale Health Board are looking for a creative and Gallery co-ordinator to join our fast paced and expanding team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience within the Arts and Healthcare Sectors, including the management of budgets and significant practical experience of managing a gallery. The post holder will be essential in the … Continue reading Job Opportunity: Hearth Gallery Coordinator
"These works explore the tension between our personal relationships with objects and the raw physicality of the object itself. As an artist I cannot place a sense of use or control onto an 'object', this is because it both draws me into its existence in which I have no control and takes a part of … Continue reading The Weight of Objects by Bethan Gibbs
The arts team at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is going from strength to strength following the creation of the Arts Fund in December 2018. Arts for Health and Wellbeing, the arts programme at Cardiff and Vale UHB is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team and made possible by the funding we receive from the … Continue reading Arts for Health and Wellbeing publish first six-month report
We are delighted that the Chair of Cardiff and Vale UHB, Maria Battle, has been appointed as one of four new trustees of Amgueddfa Cymru. Under the Museum’s 2006 Royal Charter, Amgueddfa Cymru has sixteen trustees – nine, including the President and Vice President, are appointed by Welsh Ministers and the remainder, including the treasurer, … Continue reading Maria Battle appointed as trustee of the National Museum of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru
Age Cymru’s Gwanwyn festival of arts and creativity for older people, now in its thirteenth year, is supporting an event at the Oriel yr Aelwyd, The Hearth Gallery, and which is one of more than 50 other similar events taking place across Wales throughout May. The Hearth Gallery is delighted to present Mnemonic V3, an … Continue reading Gwanwyn Festival: Mnemonic V3
Salary: £28,050 - £36,644 pro rata (Band 6) Part Time - 25 hours per week Based at: UHW, Cardiff THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 12 MONTHS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING Thanks to funding from the Arts … Continue reading Job Opportunity: Arts in Health Project Manager
In conjunction with Music in Hospitals, the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital has been hosting a wonderful initiative called the Lullaby Hour project. This is a nationwide project and the aim is to produce live music concerts for very ill children and babies, to relax and help them settle at night time. We were so pleased … Continue reading Lullaby Hour
