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Black Lives Matter in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – A Callout for Artists

The Black Lives Matter movement has highlighted to us all the issues and barriers faced everyday here and abroad by our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) patients, colleagues and friends. It has also drawn our attention to the many ways in which we need to continue to progress and change to remove these barriers. … Continue reading Black Lives Matter in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – A Callout for Artists

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Arts team launch Virtual Hearth Gallery

The Cardiff and Vale UHB Arts for Health and Wellbeing team are delighted to launch the Virtual Hearth Gallery. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hearth Gallery sadly had to close. However, now, as we look at beginning to safely open the physical space again we also must pay consideration to those who will not be … Continue reading Arts team launch Virtual Hearth Gallery

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Gareth Thomas Portrait by Nathan Wyburn Celebrating Pride 2020

The Arts Team at Cardiff & Vale Health Charity has commissioned a special artwork of Welsh rugby legend, Gareth Thomas to celebrate Pride 2020 Gareth nicknamed "Alfie", is a Welsh former professional rugby player, who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. With 100 test match appearances he was the most capped Welsh … Continue reading Gareth Thomas Portrait by Nathan Wyburn Celebrating Pride 2020

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Service User’s Portrait of Gareth Thomas Celebrating Pride 2020

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is delighted to receive a portrait of Gareth Thomas to celebrate Pride 2020. The portrait was created by a service user who kindly donated the artwork to the Health Board for the excellent service he’d received at Cardiff Royal Infirmary’s Department of Sexual Health and the Terence Higgins Trust. … Continue reading Service User’s Portrait of Gareth Thomas Celebrating Pride 2020

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Together We Move – Installation by Molly May Lewis

Artist Molly May Lewis, who is part of Cardiff & Vale Arts for Health and Wellbeing team has created a special installation named “Together We Move” to celebrate Pride Cymru 2020 which showcases the ongoing support and importance of inclusivity at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The installation consists of 40 individual screen prints … Continue reading Together We Move – Installation by Molly May Lewis

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Joy through song with interactive sessions from the Forget-Me-Not Chorus

The Forget-me-not Chorus is a charity based in Cardiff which supports people living with dementia, their families, and their carers through singing workshops that it hosts on a weekly basis. Adapting their programme, Forget-me-not Chorus have made a series of six professionally filmed interactive sessions as a way of supporting the community during the challenge of … Continue reading Joy through song with interactive sessions from the Forget-Me-Not Chorus

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New artwork for Wales and Africa Programme

The Arts for Health and Wellbeing team recently completed a project which highlights the work of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board staff in collaboration with partner organisations and Welsh Government on the Wales and Africa Programme. The Health Board has an ongoing commitment to support partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa by sharing skills, establishing positive … Continue reading New artwork for Wales and Africa Programme

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Arts for Health and Wellbeing in the time of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on life in the UK with many sectors of industry having been affected by the economic downturn caused by the virus and the necessary steps such as the lockdown and physical distancing taken to mitigate it. One sector in which the social and economic consequences of the … Continue reading Arts for Health and Wellbeing in the time of COVID-19

Hearth Gallery, Improving Environments, Past Exhibitions

Gwanwyn Festival 2019, Mnemonic 3.0, by Jorge Lizalde.

As part of the Gwanwyn Festival last year, we were delighted to work with filmmaker Jorge Lizalde, and third sector organisation, Solace, at the Highlight Road Community Centre in Barry. The project, Mnemonic 3, created by Jorge Lizalde, enabled us to give carers a voice and an opportunity to express their experiences, thoughts and feelings. … Continue reading Gwanwyn Festival 2019, Mnemonic 3.0, by Jorge Lizalde.

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Illustrator Dan Peterson in the Dragon’s Heart Hospital

In May 2020 the Arts for Health and Wellbeing team, supported by Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, commissioned reportage Illustrator and War Artist, Dan Peterson to document Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s response to COVID-19, specifically at the new Dragon’s Heart Hospital, the new field hospital built in the grounds of the Principality Stadium … Continue reading Illustrator Dan Peterson in the Dragon’s Heart Hospital