THERE’S a new show in town, sited in unexpected places. Nurse your woes, wounds and cares with a good eyeful of the best of art works on loan to University Hospital Limerick, based in Dooradoyle and about to get more interesting.
Art arriving is the output of some leading artists such as Gráinne Cuffe, Michael Cullen, Tim Goulding, Estella Solomons, Charles Harper and Samuel Walsh, Harper and Walsh being both local and of international interest.
Some 14 pieces were selected by members of the UL Hospitals Group Arts Committee for installation between the reception lobby and the Outpatients entrance – that long stretch made warmer by Costa Coffee sited midpoint.
This initiative from the Arts Council, the state agency responsible for developing the arts, is part of an ongoing programme of exhibitions, loans and projects.
From the chair of UL group committee, Dr Mark Skehan, we hear that “this is one of a number of initiatives where we are working with partner organisations to broaden arts and health within the hospital in the coming months.”
The Council makes the point that artwork can soften and enhance the clinical environment, help you find your way about by providing interest pops, and provide distraction and comfort.
