Participation
Vital Arts’ participation programme develops creative partnerships with renowned London based cultural institutions to provide patients, staff and visitors opportunities to relax, take a breath, and engage with the arts.
Participation projects
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Dance
Working in close collaboration with Trinity Laban, Akademi, and Studio Wayne McGregor, we deliver ongoing, in depth residencies in partnership with key hospital staff including physiotherapists.
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Music and sounds
Bringing international lullabies to neonatal babies, their mothers and carers, composition workshops to adolescents attending the hospital school and informal, interactive performances for adults.
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Creative
We partner with a variety of creative organisations who bring their unique skill set to our hospital community. From recipe writing to mark making, we offer workshops and interventions that offer respite to those who participate.
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Commission workshops
Artists commissioned by Vital Arts to produce site specific work are invited to spend time with patients, delivering arts workshops and sharing insights into their practice and techniques.
Recent projects
Princess Fatima’s Palace
Poet-in-residence Lemn Sissay works with young patients in the hospital schoolroom and one-to-one with children in isolation to create a collection of poems
Up on the roof
Award-winning BBC wildlife recordist Chris Watson worked with children and young people to create a permanent sound installation for the Children’s 7th floor Roof Garden.
My Superheroes
Artist Jessica Voorsanger worked with young patients to devise a sizzling comic book caper.
Beauty in a way workshop
Fitzmaurice worked with young patients at the Royal London Hospital during the summer holidays.
Collective memories of London
Award winning ceramicist Katharine Morling intrigued young patients with clay modelling workshops
Shake, Rattle and Roll!
The LSO visit The Royal London Children’s Hospital to deliver an exciting programme of stories, songs and rhymes to our youngest patients and their parents.
Throw caution to the wind - tales of thrill and adventure
Artists’ collective Container worked with Barts and The Royal London orthopaedic and cancer patients on a visual arts and storytelling project.
The Friends Music Project
Friends of the Royal London bring music to Royal London Hospital
Creative Health at Barts…
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Kazzum Arts
Arts activities for children at Whipps Cross Hospital
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The Friends Music Project
The Friends of the Royal London bring a regular rotation of musicians to RLH