Art in Healthcare

Art has a positive impact on health and wellbeing, both during times of health and in illness. To prevent ill health, engaging with art can advance personal development from building social interaction to improving self-esteem. Physical and mental wellbeing are interconnected and during illness art can contribute to improved patient outcomes. Art can be used as an intervention to support treatment or provide an alternative to treatment for ill health. Art can distract from pain and anxiety to empower, offer respite and maintain a sense of dignity to stimulate holistic healing.

With carefully curated exhibitions from our Art Collection we improve and humanise healthcare environments across Scotland. We also enable accessibility to art making for health and wellbeing through a socially prescribed community outreach programme.

As a charitable organisation we depend on the generosity of artists, sponsors, donors and volunteers to deliver our services. There are many ways you can help Art in Healthcare to make a positive difference to the healthcare environment experienced by millions of people each year throughout Scotland