GRASP Gloucestershire Royals Artists in Schools Programme

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GRASP Gloucestershire Royals Artists in
Schools Programme

• 5 artists
• 5 primary schools
• 5 hospital departments
• 250 children
• 30 teachers
• 20 hospital staff members

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Elixir

• Partnership project between Arts in Trust and
  Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA)
• To be temporary, flexible and exploratory in
  nature
• To combine artistic and medical/healthcare
  expertise
• To shed light upon the less understood or
  'invisible' activities of the hospital.
• Link with the wider art community around
  Gloucestershire

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Elixir

• Delivering
• 8 artists residencies in 8 hospital departments
  resulting in 8 short films or digital artworks
• Curated exhibition programme
• Funded by Arts Council South West, GHP, Pied
  Piper, Gloucestershire County Council

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SVA and Arts in Trust Partnership

• Why
• Expertise in digital arts
• Resources to curate digital arts programme
• Creative support for residency artists
• Links to other local artists and to GDAF
• Paving the way for future collaboration through
  exhibitions, projects and sharing of resources
• How
• Sit on the Elixir Steering Group
• Involved in selection of residency artists
• Input into induction programme for artists
• Delivered of training sessions for residency
  artists
• Hosted talks programme by residency artists aimed
  at local arts community
• Providing artists with digital resources and
  support
• Managing shortlisting and appointment process for
  exhibition artists

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Benefits of the partnership

• Resources and expertise
• Huge support for residency artists
• Higher profile for the project
• Wider network of artists for Arts in Trust
• Elixir Elixir artists plugged into what is
  happening locally

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The Residencies Part 1

• Simon Ryder Artic and Sara Fletcher
  Vera Boele- Keimer
• and Nuclear Haematology and
  AE and Trust Health
• Medicine Records and OPD
• Management

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The Residencies Part 2

• Davy McGuire and Domestic Services
• Nienke Van Wijk and Paediatric Oncology
• Sean Edwards and Play Specialists
• Stuart Mugridge and Pharmacy

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Benefits of the partnership

• Why
• Insight into each others practice
• Fresh perspective on own work
• How
• Time spent in departments talking, watching,
  listening
• Engaging staff in creative activities and
  production of the final piece

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Artic and Haematology

• Actively engaging the staff
• Haematology Choir bringing staff together
• Artic prompted staff to revaluate what they do
  and how they do it
• Huge pride in finished piece
• DVD shown at Hospital Open Day
• Artic learning about their own practice