Exposure to the arts has a profoundly beneficial impact, improving health and wellbeing through enhancing the design and delivery of health services, and the accessibility and influence of health promotion, health literacy and public health messaging.
Campbelltown Hospital Redevelopment Arts and Culture Strategy: Creating a sense of place and community
Th Campbelltown Hospital Development Arts and Culture Strategy integrates the arts across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical settings on campus.
Added: 6 March 2024 | Last updated: 9 April 2024
Collected Memory Project – Peter Poulet’s Story Drifts
The purpose of the project was to support Maitland Hospital’s transition to a new site and new building by documenting, sharing and celebrating its 175 year history through art, stories...
Added: 18 April 2023 | Last updated: 10 May 2023
Arts on prescription
The Forensic Hospital, Malabar has successfully established an art therapy program which uses art as a creative tool to support personalised patient care.
Added: 14 April 2023 | Last updated: 10 May 2023
‘Journey Stories’ – Coffs Harbour Hospital Redevelopment Multicultural Arts Project
‘Journey Stories’ was commissioned by Health Infrastructure on behalf of the Mid North Coast LHD specifically to engage new arrival communities in the co-design of the Coffs Harbour Health Campus...
Added: 4 August 2021 | Last updated: 10 May 2023
The Rhythm and Rhymes Adolescent/Adult Program
The Rhythm and Rhymes Adolescent/Adult Program is a 12-week hip-hop therapy program designed to engage young people with severe mental illness in a way that is enjoyable, creates a sense...
Added: 23 August 2017 | Last updated: 7 September 2017
Mali Marambir Ngurang Lachlan: To Make Better Place Lachlan
Lachlan Health Service incorporated Wiradjuri language and culture into the redevelopment of Forbes and Parkes hospitals, including Wiradjuri gugaa (goanna) totem designs on the main entry doors and Wiradjuri signage...
Added: 13 March 2017 | Last updated: 21 April 2021
Intangible Storytelling Project
A multimedia project which tells the stories of inspirational carers and the vital role they play in the community.
Added: 27 August 2015 | Last updated: 21 April 2021