Art in Healthcare’s vision is that health and wellbeing for everyone in Scotland are enhanced by art and creativity. Our mission is to Improve health and wellbeing for individuals and communities by providing opportunities to experience and engage with high quality visual art, artists and creativity, particularly within community, health and social care settings.
Since 1991, when the organisation was originally affiliated to Paintings in Hospitals, we have been locating our collection of significant and valuable contemporary visual art in health and social care settings throughout Scotland to make the environments more friendly, welcoming and stimulating for patients, visitors and staff. In 2005 we became an independent Scottish charity Art in Healthcare.
Our Goals:
We recognise the quality and breadth of our art collection and are committed to ensuring that we maximise the number of artworks on display in health and social care settings across Scotland. Statistics tell us that whilst not everyone feels comfortable visiting a gallery or museum, most individuals make use of healthcare services. Works from our collection are currently exhibited in over thirty healthcare settings in locations including Ayrshire, Edinburgh and Lothians, Fife and Tayside, North Lanarkshire, the Highlands and the Orkney Islands.
We work in partnership to deliver an extensive outreach programme, which provides engaging and relevant creative opportunities to support the mental and physical health of individuals. Many of these opportunities take place in community, health and social care settings and connect to our collection of artworks.
