- Venue
- Online
- Date
- Monday, August 23, 2021
06:00 PM - Address
- University College London Hospital
- Location
- London
- Organiser
- Healthcare Arts Collective and uclh arts and heritage
Healthcare Arts Collective video
Healthcare Arts Collective and UCLH Arts and Heritage are launching an exhibition on Health and the Climate and Ecological Emergency at 6pm on Monday 23rd August.
Tickets (free) must be booked via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhibition-launch-health-and-the-climate-ecological-emergency-tickets-166989810017
The exhibition is viewable at the UCH Street Gallery for hospital patients and staff only (235 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BU) from 25th August and on the virtual platform Smartify to be released on the day of the launch.
Our way of life, including the provision of healthcare, is harming the planetary life support systems that we rely on. Radical change is needed. We will increasingly need to adapt to managing physical and mental illnesses caused by ecological degradation while also reducing our environmental footprint and trying to prevent any further damage. Does this challenge provide an opportunity to tackle inequalities and build healthier, more resilient communities? Can we address the issues of intergenerational and global injustice that are raised by current levels of consumerism and use of resources? What vision of the future do we hold? Can we find ways of living which protect both the planet and our health?
Our response to this crisis may vary: from measured expressions of hope through to feelings of despair. Art is one way of articulating and processing these feelings and of sharing envisaged solutions.
Artists submitted work on these themes in a wide range of media, including painting, photography, print, sculpture, performance and video. This event marks the launch of the exhibition, both on a virtual platform and in the UCLH’s street gallery. The artworks will be shown with live music from The Frank Weatherley Trio. We will hear from members of the Healthcare Arts Collective, UCLH Arts and Heritage and are delighted to be joined by two keynote speakers:
Judy Ling Wong
Judy is a painter, poet and environmentalist, best known as the Honorary President of Black Environment Network (BEN). For 27 years she was the UK Director of BEN, with an international reputation as the pioneer and creator of the field of multi-cultural participation in the built and natural environment. Judy is a major voice on policy and practice towards social inclusion. She is recognised as a visionary advocate for diversity and equality. She was awarded an OBE for pioneering multicultural environmental participation in 2000, and a CBE for services to heritage in 2007. Recently, she was included in the BBC Power Women List, and the Forbes List of 100 Leading Environmentalists in the UK, Climate Reframe List of 100 best-known UK BAME activists. She was given the Vanity Fair International Women’s Day Challenger Award 2021 and the Earth Day Green Plaque Award 2021.
Stefi Barna
Stefi co-founded the Sustainable Healthcare Education network to integrate sustainability and health into medical, nursing and allied health professional education. She teaches global health at Queen Mary University of London, development studies at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, and violence prevention at the Medical Peace Work Partnership, University of Bergen, Norway. Previously she led public health teaching at Norwich Medical School. She has degrees in medical history (UC Berkeley) and international public health (UCLA).
