We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted in the “Health and Wellbeing” category at the Cardiff Life Awards 2019. The Cardiff Life Awards are an annual event held at City Hall in Cardiff, run by MediaClash, the publishers of Cardiff Life magazine. They’re designed to celebrate the best of the best … Continue reading Arts for Health and Wellbeing Shortlisted for Cardiff Life Awards 2019
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Some 20 years ago, his train commutes in and out of the centre of London stirred Mylo Elliott. The colourful street art and vibrant graffiti tags, their manipulation of letters and words and their place on the fringes of the art world, which he would see on a daily basis inspired him. Sometimes, words … Continue reading Featured Artist: Mylo Elliott
We’re incredibly privileged and excited to welcome VOGA (Vale of Glamorgan Artists) to the Hearth Gallery. Established in 1997, recently celebrated their 20th anniversary. They are a group of over 20 painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers and ceramicists who all live and/or work in the Vale of Glamorgan. The group exhibition showing this month at the … Continue reading VOGA: Vale of Glamorgan Artists
If you visited the Hearth Gallery over the Christmas period to see our Winter Open Exhibition, Rhys Powell’s work would have definitely left an impression. Three huge, hyper-realistic charcoal drawings of animals hung boldly as a triptych immediately caught the eye. Rhys was the very first artist to contact our team through this website and, … Continue reading Featured Artist: Rhys Powell
As the days get shorter and the nights get darker, brighten up your days at University Hospital Llandough with our wonderful Winter Open Exhibition. We are incredibly proud to present a stunning collection of paintings, drawing, photography, jewellery, sculpture and a variety of print works submitted by our staff patients and visitors that demonstrates the … Continue reading Winter Open Exhibition 2018
Since his appearance on Britain’s Got Talent in 2011, Nathan has had a long, illustrious relationship with Cardiff and Vale UHB and the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity. Nathan’s is unlike that of any other artist. Taking cues from pop culture in a similar way to Andy Warhol, the media with which Nathan works continues … Continue reading Featured Artist: Nathan Wyburn
The creative arts can offer a powerful contribution to the experience of patients in care settings but, more importantly to a person’s wellbeing. There is an ever-growing body of evidence that demonstrates the benefits of the arts in health and social care settings. For example, a study in London found that after engaging with the … Continue reading Cardiff and Vale UHB Launches five year Arts in Health Strategy
Established in 1956, the year for which it was named, the 56 Group is one of the longest-running and most influential art collectives in Wales. Formed to rebel against convention, which at the time was considered dull and conservative, the 56 Group pioneered the post-war modern and Avant Garde movements in Wales. According to Barrie … Continue reading 56 Group Wales – Exhibition at the Hearth Gallery, University Hospital Llandough
Paul Whittaker is an artist, filmmaker and playwright working out of Cardiff. The UHB first started working with Paul as he was part of the exhibition in the Hearth Gallery with Disability Arts Cymru as part of the Walls: Muriau Welsh Mental Health Arts Festival in 2016. Paul was diagnosed with bi-polar manic depression whilst … Continue reading Featured Artist: Paul Whittaker
We are delighted to present for the first time in the Hearth Gallery, an exhibition of works by 56 Group Wales. Established in 1956 to promote new cutting edge and contemporary art both nationally and internationally, this long running group of innovative, exciting and established artists has consistently been Wales’ foremost artists’ collective. University Hospital … Continue reading 56 Group Wales
