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Welcome to the first edition of Willis Newson News. Willis Newson is a dynamic, creative arts consultancy specialising in healthcare and the built environment. This email newsletter will go out once a month to help us keep in touch with you and let you know what we are up to.
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| Willis Newson Team Expands |
We are delighted to welcome Alex Murdin and Jo Swales to the Willis Newson team. Alex joins us as Development Director from the Devon Guild of Craftsmen where he is currently Director. His role will be to provide strategic direction for projects, and to contribute to the development of our practice, especially with regards to public art and socially engaged practice. Jo joins us as Projects Director from Arts Council Wales where she is currently Capital Officer with responsibility for new building projects and public art. Both are important appointments and will greatly strengthen our team as a whole and enable us to continue to develop and improve our practice. |
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Jo Swales |
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| Willis Newson advises Macmillan Cancer Support |
Willis Newson has been appointed by Macmillan Cancer Support to help develop the organisation’s ‘Arts in Cancer Environments’ guidance and to devise a practical delivery framework for successfully integrating the arts. Macmillan recognises the value of the arts in healthcare and the role the arts can play in achieving its priorities. The aim of this piece of work is to ensure that the arts are integrated, from the outset, into Macmillan’s cancer environment building projects in order to improve the care, treatment and support of people affected by cancer. |
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| Artists start work at Southmead Hospital |
Artists Kate Blee and Perry Roberts are working with architects Avanti and Design Buro to develop proposals for integrated artworks for the new Academic and Pathology buildings at Southmead Hospital for North Bristol NHS Trust. Their work – which will include glazing designs, super-graphics and large-scale mosaics – will be unveiled when the buildings open in Spring 2009. |
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| Hospital Arts Week |
Willis Newson has been appointed by Arts Council England to research the feasibility of launching a National Arts in Hospitals Week to celebrate and raise awareness of the scale, diversity and quality of arts activity taking place in hospital settings across the UK. If you would like to find out more or get involved in this initiative, please email jane@willisnewson.co.uk |
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| Public Art Strategy for new Bristol Heart Centre |
A landmark light sculpture by lighting artist Jo Fairfax is one of the first artworks to be developed for United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust’s new Bristol Heart Centre following the completion of a Public Art Strategy for the building by Willis Newson. Five more artists are currently being sought for further commissions including an atrium mobile, a reception desk and an opportunity for an artist to collaborate with landscape architects Fira on the design of a courtyard garden. Full details of these commissions can be downloaded from www.willisnewson.co.uk/opportunities.html |
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Jo Fairfax lighting design |
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