Melanie Wotton, Hearth Gallery Coordinator at the time of the exchange, shares her experience as a delegate of the British Council's UK-Italy 2020 season trip to Rome. In February this year, the British Council selected The Hearth Gallery, University Hospital Llandough, to be part of the British Delegation to Rome as part of the UK … Continue reading British Council Cultural Exchange to Rome: Hearth Gallery Blog
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Rose McDonald recently responded to a call out for artists from the Arts for Health and Wellbeing Team, and the team felt that she sounded like the perfect person to paint a mural in the new Paediatric Phlebotomy area in Barry Hospital. Rose is a recent Fine Art Graduate from Cardiff Metropolitan University, and now plans to … Continue reading New mural for Children at Barry Hospital
"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
As part of the our celebrations at the Urdd, Cardiff and Vale UHB partnered with the Makers Guild Wales on a cross-site arts project, “Get Well Soon”. The project celebrated Welsh culture and language, Health & Wellbeing and enabled younger people to connect with some of the more vulnerable people in our communities and to … Continue reading Children get crafty at the Urdd to send good wishes to Cardiff and Vale inpatients
We are delighted to announce that we have successfully recruited an Arts in Health Project Manager who will be responsible for expanding our diverse portfolio of creative arts in health settings to the wider community. Thanks to generous funding from the Arts Council of Wales, this post will be essential in the delivery of the … Continue reading Cardiff and Vale UHB arts team appoint Arts in Health Project Manager
Mae’n bleser gennym gyhoeddi ein bod wedi recriwtio Rheolwr Prosiect Celfyddydau mewn Iechyd a fydd yn gyfrifol am ehangu ein portffolio amrywiol o gelfyddydau creadigol mewn lleoliadau iechyd i’r gymuned yn ehangach. Diolch i gyllid hael gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, bydd y swydd hon yn hollbwysig er mwyn cyflawni Strategaeth Celfyddydau ar gyfer Iechyd a … Continue reading Tîm celfyddydau BIP Caerdydd a’r Fro yn penodi Rheolwr Prosiect Celfyddydau mewn Iechyd
Rachel Hannah is a Cardiff-based artist and mum of three who has been professional since 2016. Her joyful meadow scenes are alive with colour and intriguing details which evoke a warm summer’s day spent in nature. It is clear that Rachel takes inspiration from the natural world for her vibrant work. She says, “In the … Continue reading Featured Artist: Rachel Hannah
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
