Join us at London’s Southbank Centre for our in-person July artist peer group.
These events are an opportunity to hear from two artists about their practice and meet other artists working in the arts & health sector. Our peer groups provide the space for artists to share active ideas, projects and challenges, with peer support from audience participants. Each artist has approximately 45mins to share works and receive feedback and support from you — alongside designated unstructured time to meet others from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines.
Our artists this month are Judith Walker whose work explores the gut, and Anthony Alfred sharing his present photography and mental health project. Want to share your work at a future group? Fill out our application form.
Places for this event are strictly limited to those who have pre-registered. We are unable to accommodate walk-ins on the day. The Southbank Centre is an accessible venue. If you have any questions please contact us at info@artsandhealthhub.org.
Image: There is an infinite universe inside me by Judith Walker
About Judith Walker
Judith Walker’s art practice has spanned over 40 years. She has always placed a strong emphasis on the use of colour, while also enjoying the tactile qualities of painting, drawing and printing materials to produce abstract forms. She also uses text to provide glimpses of internal emotions.
Judith’s work on the human gut has involved research about the scientific aspects of the gut including the vagus system and the microbiome. She has also been involved in a research project at King’s College London looking at ways to improve the lives of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients through CBT. Most recently Judith has used medical photographs of my her colon combined with monoprints with the words Inside Me Is An Infinite Universe to express the complexity of the way she feels about her own gut. Alongside the prints Judith has also made a large pastel drawing Gutted, representing the human gut spread out containing colourful organic forms.
Image: Anthony Alfred
About Anthony Alfred
Anthony Alfred is a freelance photographer who has been working in mental health for a number of years at Homerton Hospital. His support to patients on the ward and his personal experiences has enabled him to look at mental health and wellbeing and understand its physical and psychological effects on us as individuals.
Anthony is currently working on a project that uses triptychs aimed at representing experiences of mental health, using portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, and the environment (places for treatment) to create an emotional relationship between the three. The portraits representing the individual, the landscapes/cityscape representing the environment where a person lives, while the third piece of the triptych represents the site of treatment for recovery.
Cost.
Pay What You Can (suggested donation: £5) / Free