Arts for Health Exhibition @ MK Gallery project space
16 October - 15 November 2020
Arts for Health features selected artworks made between March and July 2020 by artists living in Milton Keynes and its surrounding areas through a range of media - including painting, drawing, photography and film - the exhibition aims to create dialogue and awareness around those living and working in social isolation.
Arts for Health also includes work created by Milton Keynes Disability Awareness Day 2020, an annual event which highlights the talents of people with disabilities. Artworks which explore the daily experiences faced by many who live with disability now seem to have more public resonance as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic; from the discovery of joy in simple things to the comforts and discomforts of repetition or disrupted routines. Within this context, Arts for Health invites a reimagining of the way society views physical disability and mental health.
This exhibition is presented by Arts for Health Milton Keynes, a charity who use the arts and creativity to improve the health and wellbeing of their local community. This exhibition features artworks made by artists working at Milton Keynes University Hospital, as well as art therapists and artists whose work has recently adapted, evolved or had an unexpected resurgence.
(Text above copied from the wall of the exhibition)
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| Headstart Art Group: Forest, Arylic and mixed media on canvas |
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| John Cloake: Lifespans and Sharpened Senses, both watercolour, |
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Top: Laura Brown - Self Sanctuary, kiln fired clay,
Bottom: Carol Ashmore - Balanced & Grounded, Mixed Media Sculpture, |
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Sarah Gage - Contemplation (2020) Liquid Latex and Ink
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Left to Right: Mel Kidd-White - Cardoon Thistle with Bees, acrylic on paper,
Felicity Williams - Self-doubt, watercolour and ink on paper and
Time, watercolour and ink on paper.
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Sarah Gage - Cherub (2020) Liquid Latex
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| Left to Right: Jan Harrington - Apart Together (2020) Embroidery thread on linen, Steve Musk - Apart Together (2020) Embroidery thread on linen and Lance FEnnel - Two Bridges, oil on board / frame. |
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| Left to Right: Marlene Maybury, Ferenia Kachaka, Annette Holcroft, Anon, Mondy Panter, Naomi Lutman, Sharda Patel, Trevor Jeavons & Lance Fennel. |
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| Laura Gibson and Effie McGuire Ward - Duet: contemporary dance (2020) |
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| Naomi Lutman - Resting Mayfly (2020) digital photograph SOLD |
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| Sarah Trumper - Love it or Hate it, mixed media on paper, |
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| Katrina Norton - giz a smile, reused textiles |
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| Video from MK DAD 2020 zoom event |
