Artroom has two artists and a writer in residence working at Roxburghe House. Emily Utter works closely with patients on a range of projects, including life writing. Emily attended the Demystifying Death Conference at Glasgow Renfield Centre in February. The event was...
Over the months of March and April, GHAT hosted student Laura Tavendale as an intern in partnership with and funded by the University of Aberdeen. Here is what she had to say about her experience working with us. The GHAT internship captured my attention because of...
We are giving a shout-out to one of our Artroom artists, Donna McCracken (Donna Briggs), who is a creative practitioner at our Roxburghe House project. Donna has worked with us for sixteen years and has exhibited with GHAT, delivered workshops like bookbinding and...
Artroom always begins with a conversation. When artists are working in wards, they ask if people would like to come and try some art. The most common answers were “I can’t draw” and “I wasn’t good at art at school”. Neither of those...
During 2016 to 2017 NHS Grampian Health promotions undertook an in-depth evaluation of GHAT Artroom projects. You can read the report by clicking the button below. Artroom Evaluation Report...
Young people’s artwork created during Artroom sessions in Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital has been framed and is on display at The Belvidere Gallery. Play Leaders, doctors and nurses helped to choose the work, which is now on show at the gallery until 30th July....