INHERITANCE: Exploring health through collage

Join us for an engaging session with artists Jill Mueller and Paloma Tendero as they introduce their thought-provoking exhibition, "Inheritance." This workshop will feature a discussion with the artists who explore health and illness, designed to ignite your creativity and spark meaningful conversations.
Participate in a brief creative writing activity that will encourage you to connect with your own experiences regarding health and body. You’ll then have the opportunity to create a personal collage using magazine images, colours, and words, reflecting your relationship with your body and medical inheritance.
Key topics explored during the session include:

• How do we understand our personal health or genetic inheritance?
• What imagery or metaphors might represent health, illness or inheritance?
• What are the stories that we want to share? What do we want to keep private?
• What do we need to consider when working with information that may impact our families?
  

Location: The Living Room, UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Living Room is located on the ground floor of the Macmillan Cancer Centre, accessible through the Macmillan Support and Information Centre. If you need assistance finding this location, please ask at the reception desk. For more access information regarding the building, you can find the details on AccessAble.

Inheritance is an exhibition exploring the impact of genetic inheritance on the lives and practices of London-based artists Jill Mueller and Paloma Tendero. The artworks on display have been created in response to their experiences with inherited genetic mutations: a breast cancer gene mutation (BRCA1) and polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Through their personal stories, Jill and Paloma tap into universal themes, reflecting on the human condition and the inherited narratives that shape us.

More information about the exhibition can be found on our website linked here.

The exhibition is on display at The Street Gallery, on the ground floor of University College Hospital, 235 Euston Road, London NW1 2BU, until Sunday, 27th April.

UCLH Arts & Heritage is the hospital arts and heritage project that serves UCLH NHS Foundation Trust and its surrounding community and is funded entirely by charitable donations and fundraising. UCLH Arts & Heritage is committed to providing a welcoming, uplifting environment for all patients, visitors and staff through the use of a varied and stimulating arts and heritage programme. Its work aims to improve the patient experience, boost staff morale, increase engagement with the arts and celebrate the Trust’s unique heritage and community.

Since 2005, UCLH has worked to improve patient and staff outcomes through the Arts. It does this in a number of ways, including a changing exhibition and music programme, creative workshops on wards, artist residencies, commissioning site-specific artwork, and a staff culture club. UCLH arts and heritage receives its funding from UCLH Charity and the Friends of UCLH.

Website: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/about-us/who-we-are/arts-and-heritage

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