performing medicine season workshops
A programme of practical workshops which address themes relevant to healthcare workers and artists working in healthcare settings.
8 November 2008 | 10am-5pm | Free
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
With John Wright and Suzy Willson
Using movement exercises, theatre games and John Wright's extraordinary collection of 'archetypal' masks, this workshop begins by investigating how posture and physical tension affect the way we communicate and goes on to take a look at the ways we manage (or mismanage) power and status transactions at work.
19 November 2008 | 10am-5pm | Free
Wellcome Collection,
183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE
With Split Britches and Dr. Alison Mears
Split Britches have been creating performance which celebrates difference for over 25 years. Here, through a series of creative writing exercises, Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver and Dr. Alison Mears, explore how ideas of difference, sexuality and age may affect our experience of going to see a doctor.
20 November 2008 | 2-4pm | Free
Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
With Liz Ellis
An opportunity to reflect on the link between art, health and the everyday by exploring a range of modern and contemporary artworks at Tate Modern. This workshop takes place in the gallery spaces, using a variety of activities, sketch books and handling resources.
MAKING ART IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
22 November 2008 | 10am-5pm | Free
Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
With Deborah Padfield, Helen Marshall and Rosetta Life
Three artists reflect on their very different experiences of working in healthcare settings through a series of practical exercises. How can we find a visual language for pain? What are the ethical issues at stake when working with patients? How can artists collaborate with medics to improve the experience of being in hospital?
ANATOMICAL ART A Life Drawing Workshop
5th December 2008 | 10am-5pm | Free
Wellcome Collection,
183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE
With Sarah Simblet
Sarah Simblet teaches anatomy and art at Ruskin College, Oxford. In this practical workshop she will draw on examples from the Wellcome Collection to investigate how the experience of actually drawing a human body can enhance our understanding of how it functions.
• The Expressive Body
• Difference
• Ways of Seeing
• Making Art in Healthcare Settings
• Anatomical Art
