I'LL BE DOING THIS SKY IN MY DREAMS TONIGHT

Liz Cameron
THE RIGHT HON.THE LORD PROVOST
COUNCILLOR LIZ CAMERON
I have watched the work of Art in Hospital
develop for the last 13 years and I emphatically
endorse its success. Care for the elderly is of
particular interest for me and I have always
seen the results of their work in physical
rehabilitation. I believe wholeheartedly in their
approach of sharing skills and facilitating a
creative environment for the people they are
working with. Not only is it transforming for them
mentally and emotionally; nursing staff have
talked to me about the improvements they see
in patients’ confidence, level of mental alertness
and even in their physical conditions. I think
their work is pioneering and I am delighted to be
associated with it and support it. It is important
to remember that health doesn’t just mean an
absence of sickness but a state of well being.
I remember walking into the hospital at
Blawarthill Hospital and seeing artists working,
intent and absorbed. Then I realised that most
of the patients were in their 80’s and it was an
uplifting moment that I will remember for ever.
I’m also delighted that Art in Hospital have
such a prominent place at the Glasgow Art
Fair. The organisation is an integral part
of the arts in Glasgow. The work is of such
high quality that it comes as no surprise to
me that it sells so well. The quality control
comes from the patients being supported by
talented and dedicated professional artists.
Alzheimers doesn’t so much as run in my
family, it gallops and I want to know that if I
am hospitalised and need constant care when
I get older that there will be talented and
dedicated artists sharing their skills with me, so
I have very selfish reasons too for supporting
so completely the work of Art in Hospital.
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