Arts Trails - City — articles for September 2023
HandMade Theatre NHS 75 Mural
Location: South Corridor, City Hospital
This mural was commissioned in 2023 as a celebration of our people and places for the 75th year of the NHS. There is a similar piece on each of our three sites. Queen’s Medical Centre, City Hospital and Ropewalk House. All of the people in the mural are based on the faces of real-life patients, staff, and visitors. A number of staff groups have been represented across the three pieces.Created by HandMade Theatre and painted by Amy Nicholson & Lizzie Meakin. Kindly funded by legacy funds from the Medical Staffing Committee.
Read HandMade Theatre NHS 75 Mural…Nottingham works (South)
Location: South Corridor, City Hospital
These artworks inspired contributions from staff, patients and visitors, who said what’s special about the city and what they like about living, working or visiting here.
Dear Nottingham ,
Your lions, left and right, provide rides for our children.
Your square, a place to sit and your fair a place to play.
What do you love most about Nottingham?
Read Nottingham works (South)…Paintings in Hospitals Exhibition
Location: South Corridor, City Hospital
This is a temporary exhibition on loan from Paintings in Hospitals. This will be in place until 2025. The paintings were picked by patients and staff on older persons wards.
Read Paintings in Hospitals Exhibition…York Minster Work
Location: South Corridor, City Hospital
This piece, along with the mining piece further up the corridor, we can assume has been donated by the artist Vic Davison. As mentioned earlier, if anyone knows who this is, we would love to hear from them!
Read York Minster Work…Old Bridge Venice, D’oyly John
Location: North Corridor, City Hospital
Brought up in Durban, South Africa, Cecil Rochfort D’oyly John became a widely recognised painter for several decades after World War II.
He painted views of unspoilt South of France and the Mediterranean as he lived in Cannes for several years before moving to England.
During consultation with patients and staff, seaside works and works of holiday scenes were always popular and stimulated memory and conversation.
Read Old Bridge Venice, D’oyly John…