Bathurst Art and Health 2011

What's happening in 2011

The Arts and Health program continues in 2011 with work in Bathurst and Orange and outreach work to other parts of the region.

Above: Christine framing works for the Youth Capturing Youth exhibition at Bathurst Health Service.

Art and Alzheimers Program with the National Gallery of Australia

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery with Arts OutWest’s Arts and Health Program have linked into the National Gallery of Australia Alzheimer’s Outreach Program.

A professional development day, explaining the NGA model to arts and health workers and carers, was held at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) on the 18 and 19 May, 2011.

“The outreach training course was inspirational,” says Arts and Health Coordinator Christine McMillan.
Arts and health workers and carers were given an insight into how to manage and interact with a person with dementia to maximize their opportunity to communicate through engagement with the visual arts. This was provided through information, demonstration and practical activities. A focus
on the use of non verbal communication, the importance of a caring attitude and ways of talking and presenting to a person with dementia was invaluable.

This opportunity to learn how to design and present a program has enthused Bathurst Regional Art Gallery to plan an Art and Alzheimers program. The outreach program has created useful contacts both at a personal level, with arts and health workers and at an organisational level, with BRAG staff
and staff representing residential and non residential care facilities.

More information, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 6333 6555.

Exhibitions at Bathurst Health Service

Temporary exhibitions in 2011 have included:

• Dec 2010 - March 2011: OUT of the Ordinary, an International Day of People with Disabilities event. Read more...
• April 2011: Kids of Kelso. Work created by kids with artist Cathie Hale, funded by NSW Department of Housing.
• May-June 2011: Youth Capturing Youth: Photography by young people of young people engaged in the arts. Part of the Arts OutWest Young Consultants Program, funded by Arts NSW and Better Futures. Read more...
• July-September 2011: Healing Spaces: Seven artists from the Creative Industries 'Artists Speed Dating' program exhibiting high quality works at the hospital. Read more...
• September-November 2011: Carenne School exhibition. Read more...

Above: Images created during workshops at the Panorama Clinic at Bathurst Health Service.

The Wellness Tree

Artist Cate McCarthy worked over many months with clients of the Panorama Clinic (acute mental health unit) on the Wellness Tree project, running workshops and developing works for a mural for the space.

Art & Health Coordinator: Christine McMillan Christine.McMillan@gwahs.health.nsw.gov.au / 6330 5228

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