Who are Arts Care...?
Board of Directors
Staff
Arts Care Committees
Artists-In-Residence
Project Artists
Participants
Arts Care, in partnership with Health and Social Care Trusts throughout Northern Ireland, aims to make all forms of art accessible to patients, clients, residents and staff. Those who participate have the opportunity to experiment with forms of expression not usually available to them.
The process of involvement in arts activities can lead to increased communication skills and improved quality of life and it is not always essential to achieve an end result. Where an end result is achieved, e.g. a wall hanging, a sculpture, the art created by the artists and patients can be displayed on the walls or in the grounds of the health and social care settings giving the participants ownership of their environment
The aim is to eliminate the concept of the cold and lonely hospital and to increase the sense of warmth and humanity.