Help inspire the future of mental health units with incredible art

Join the team from arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms and the artist Richard Mark Rawlins for an exciting practical art workshop at the Courtauld Gallery on Tuesday 22 February 2022.

These in-person workshops are aimed at anyone who has used mental health services, and their friends, families or carers. The workshops are part of a Hospital Rooms project to create artworks for a brand new mental health hospital opening at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, in Tooting, London, in Autumn 2022.

Richard is one of twenty artists creating artwork for the new hospital and we would love for those who have accessed mental health services to inform what this should look and feel like.

Find out more about the project: www.hospital-rooms.com / @_hospitalrooms

Above: Artist Richard Mark Rawlins displaying participant artwork at an earlier Hospital Rooms workshop.

To book your place please click ‘Select a date’. The workshop is complete free and will be fully BSL accessible with an interpreter on site. Please email Jen Cheema (jen@hospital-rooms.com) for further information.

Meet the artist: Richard Mark Rawlins

The workshop: What you will be making

During this session you will explore masterpieces by Cezanne, Seurat and Monet that depict vast and epic scenes in the Courtauld Gallery.

Tuesday 22 February, 2pm-4pm

In-person at the Courtauld Gallery and Learning Centre (Central London)

In front of the artworks in the gallery, Richard will describe how these images of horizons are a powerful visual metaphors for possibility and potential. We will then move to the Learning Centre for a Lino printing workshop where we will explore how different depictions of vast landscapes can open up space both architecturally but also in our imaginations.

We will also discuss the artwork that Richard will create for the Seclusion Rooms at the new Springfield Hospital.

Above: Georges Seurat

Further information and Covid safety

1) Book your place

Book a ticket for the workshop by clicking ‘Select a date’. Spaces are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis and waiting lists will open up in case spaces become available nearer the time.

2) No arts experience is necessary.

All materials and refreshments will be provided. Please let us know of any dietary requirements or access/transportation needs by emailing Natalie Tilbury natalie@hospital-rooms.com

3) BSL accessibility

A British Sign Language interpreter will be joining all sessions.

4) Covid safety

We will be asking participants to take a lateral flow test prior to attending, wearing a face covering during the session, making provisions for social distancing and avoiding sharing materials. Full Covid safety measures will be outlined in the workshop agenda that you will receive shortly after signing up.

Questions and accessibility requirements:

Please email Hospital Rooms’ Natalie Tilbury who will be happy to help: natalie@hospital-rooms.com