Hello Everyone,
I never really explained what I do as an artist in Resident at the hospital. I was invited by the Arts Committee to engage with the staff, patients and visitors of the hospital and then make a piece of work as response to my experience. It was a bit of a tall order to do in 20 days allotted.... but that is of course another story.
Thank you all so very much for
your stories about the Matron Bell, they have really helped to make her a more rounded figure in my mind and hopefully the work which, is being launched tomorrow night. The finished pieces are based around Matron Bell -a bit of a challenge as there was surprisingly little information in the archives apart from a few pictures most of which are not captioned and hardly anyone I encountered knew anything about her. Shame as she had dedicated her whole life to nursing and a great deal of that at Lewisham.
If you would like to see some of the things I did during the residency please look at the blog:
http://residencyartist2008.blogspot.com/I will post the final images over the weekend and the installation when it is complete. They are still building the link between the Outpatients Dept and Riverside.
There is more information about me and my practice at the following website:
http://www.joygregory.co.ukJoy
PS:
Does anyone know when Matron Bell retired and what she did next?? Please help....Many thanks
