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Headway Tayside Dundee group unveil art display

The Headway Tayside Dundee group unveiled a display of their art work at Charleston Community Centre today (Thursday).

The exhibition has been made possible by ST/ART, an arts project for stroke and acquired brain injury participants across Tayside, which is run by Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust (THAT) in association with NHS Tayside.

Group members created a wide range of art works during the three-month creative engagement programme by using drawing, printing, photocopying and collage techniques. The participants have also brought their work together into photocopy magazine publications.

The celebration display included a selection of work by each participant, as well as their own Headway Tayside Dundee group magazine.

Headway organiser Gill Moir said, “It has been great having ST/ART back with us again this year with another new challenge for our groups. We wanted to do the magazine programme as it was a way of producing both individual works and a joint magazine at the end.”

Lead artist Sarah Jacobs and volunteer artist Leigh O’Hare have worked with the group helping participants produce a collection of pieces that reflect their own personal interest.

Sarah said, “We have taken the group through a range of techniques that I have specially developed to contribute to a magazine.

“They have all responded so well and Gill is planning to use the magazine to promote the group further and encourage others to attend.”

THAT project co-ordinator Chris Kelly said, “We work with Headway regularly providing them with a wide range of creative opportunities both here in Dundee and in Arbroath.

“The groups are always positive about the experience. Producing a collective magazine means they can represent the whole group in one format.”

The art project is one of a range of art programmes for people with long term conditions currently being delivered by THAT, which promotes creative engagement to enhance participant’s health and wellbeing.

Contact:

Debbie Huband

NHS Tayside Communications

(01382) 740134