The Role of Art in Healing Spaces: The Impact of Art in Healthcare

Overview

Join us for an engaging evening in conversation with the photographer Elena Cenedese, featuring Tim A Shaw, founder of Hospital Rooms, and artist and professor Steve Macleod, who has collaborated with the charity. This event will explore the powerful role of art in transforming healthcare environments, focusing on how Hospital Rooms, a charity that brings art into mental healthcare spaces, collaborates with artists to create more welcoming, healing environments in hospitals, mental health facilities, and care homes.

Tim A Shaw will discuss the origins of Hospital Rooms, the charity's mission, and how it operates, bringing art into hospital settings to help reduce stress, foster healing, and improve the experience of patients and staff. Artist and professor Steve Macleod, who contributed to the project, will share his experience collaborating with Hospital Rooms and the profound impact art can have on healthcare spaces.

Additionally, the conversation will touch on the Digital School initiative, exploring how creativity and engagement in art can promote mental well-being.

Discussion Points

• The role of art in reducing stress and anxiety for patients, healthcare staff and visitors.

• How Hospital Rooms collaborates with healthcare institutions to redesign medical spaces into more healing environments.

• The process by which Hospital Rooms commissions artwork and works with artists to integrate creativity into healthcare settings.

• Case studies of successful art interventions by Hospital Rooms and their impact on medical spaces.

• The creation of the artwork for the space, including the thought process, concept development, and detailed elaboration of the piece.

• An introduction to Hospital Rooms: the organisation’s origins, mission, and collaborative efforts with artists.

• The Digital School: How creativity, including photography, can be used as a therapeutic outlet to support mental health, self-reflection, and

emotional expression.

Event Schedule

• 5:45-6:00 pm: Arrival and registration

• 6:00 pm: Welcome & Panel Discussion

• 7:00-7:30 pm: Q&A session

• 7:30-8:00 pm: Networking

Additional information

This is a free bookable event. Arrive 15 minutes before the start

Activity and mobility requirements for attendees

The Fujifilm House Of Photography has access to a working main lift and a disabled lift.

Guest speakers and organisers

Tim A Shaw

Guest speaker

Tim A Shaw is an artist. He is co-founder and Artistic Director of the arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms. He is a senior research fellow at Norwich University of the Arts.

Steve Macleod

Guest speaker

Award-winning Creative Director Steve Macleod has been at the forefront of photographic imaging for 30 years, pioneering innovative practices and

publishing several photography publications. As Director of Metro Imaging, he collaborates with international clients, including museums, galleries, and individual creatives. A recognized B&W Master Printer, he has worked with leading creatives and institutions on major campaigns, collections, and archives.A practising artist represented by Black Box Projects, Steve regularly exhibits his works in private and public collections, including the V&A. He is a commissioned artist with Hospital Rooms, Arts Mental Health charity and advocates for mental health awareness.

Steve is a Visiting Professor at the University of Suffolk, former Trustee and Deputy Chair of QEST, and External Assessor at RGU Aberdeen. He runs a mentorship program and serves as a judge for international awards.

Elena Cenedese

Leading the panel

Elena's academic journey began in Italy, where she studied Psychological Sciences of Development, Personality, and Interpersonal Relationships . After moving to London, she shifted her focus to photography and completed a degree in Photographic Arts at the University of Westminster. She co-founded SEBC Photography, a company specialising in portraits, food, and lifestyle photography, and currently works at Loft Studios.

Sofia Berto

Organiser

Sofia Berto, an Italian photographer based in London, has an academic degree in Photographic Arts from the University of Westminster. In 2019, she co-founded SEBC Photography, specialising in food, portrait, and lifestyle photography. She also works at the FUJIFILM House of Photography.

Credits by Melanie Stidolph_Carbis Ward_Female Lounge_
Photo by Oliver Udy_Courtesy of Hospital Rooms