Art of Nursing: Being Seen. Being Heard. Being Exhibition

Join us for a day of celebration of the Art of Nursing as we explore how Creative Health — integrating arts, creativity, and culture into practice — offers powerful solutions to improve wellbeing for patients, colleagues, and communities. This is a free in-person summit event at Clore Learning Centre, Kensington Palace.

Hosted by the Nursing Special Interest Group (SIG) for Creative Health https://ncch.org.uk/nursing-sig-for-creative-health

This day is for Nursing SIG Members and invited guests.

Part of a wider Art Exhibition & Summit 27–29 May 2026, being organised by SIG Co-Lead Dr Marion Lynch, CEO Art of Nursing CIC.

Agenda

• 0900 Clore Learning Centre, Kensington Palace, open and exhibition viewing.
• 10.00 Welcome and presentations Dr Marion Lynch and Dr Vicky Ridgway and others
• 11.00-13.00 Art workshop Dr Marie Clancy and colleagues.
• 14.00-15.30 World Cafe - developing toolkit for Creative Health Dr Vicky Ridgway and others
• 15.30-1545 next steps Dr Marion Lynch
• 16.00 Tickets into the Palace

Tickets: Free, ticket includes entry into the Palace after the event at 4pm courtesy of Art of Nursing CIC in partnership with Historical Royal Palaces Community Access Scheme).

Please note the day does not include lunch, so you can bring your own lunch or buy onsite at the Palace.

We ask you to note any access requirements on registration.

For any questions or enquiries regarding this Nursing SIG event contact NCCH's General Manager - Alexis Butt on [email protected]

Nursing Heads Exhibition

Alongside the summit we are hosting an art exhibition titled ‘Nursing Heads’ from 26th –29th May 2026. The purpose of the exhibition is to help the public and other healthcare professionals better understand and illuminate the important role of nurses within creative health. It aims to explore questions such as: Who are we? What do we contribute? How do we support our patients’ overall wellbeing? And what do we hope to achieve by providing holistic care? As part of the exhibition, we have two fantastic collaborative creations:

NURSING HEADS: ARTWORKS: Facilitated and curated by Dr Marie Clancy, we have invited contributions of A4 heads displaying thoughts on the above questions in either collage, paint, pens, poems/stories, etc.

HEADSHOTS COLLECTIVE ARTWORK: John Yayen is creating an artwork for the summit based on portrait photos of nurses.

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