Celebrating Staff Creativity & 50 years of Arts + Health at MFT
‘Celebrating Staff Creativity at MFT’ is a curated collection of artworks produced at the Lime Arts Studio by participants on Create+, the Arts Referral Service for MFT Staff. Artwork includes handcrafted masks, screen prints, collagraphs, lino prints and dry-point etchings, produced by staff who have been taught a range of skilful processes and techniques by Lead Artists Lucy Burscough and Collette Whittington.
‘Lime, A Retrospective – 50 Years of Arts + Health’ is a fascinating reflection on arts for health practice at the Manchester hospitals from as far back as 1973, the year Hospital Arts (now known as Lime) was set up. The story is depicted through a collection of archival photographs from the Wellcome Trust, highlighting Lime’s pivotal role in the history and origins of the arts and health movement in Manchester.
Lime’s Director Dawn Prescott said….
“Lime’s permanent gallery spaces at MFT allow us to display artwork in a gallery setting to give patients, relatives, carers and members of the public fresh insights into the lives of NHS professionals dedicated to their care. We are deeply moved and inspired by the journeys NHS staff have embarked upon during their six week Create+ course. The quality and standard of artwork produced by staff is extraordinary.’