Posted by Rosie Jennings on April 8th, 2025.
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Balancing History – The Artist, The Patient and The Clinician
Outside In and the European Outsider Art Association
Online
Thursday 24 April, 13:00–15:00 BST
Outside In are hosting a special digital seminar with the European Outsider Art Association (EOA): Balancing History – The Artist, The Patient and The Clinician.
Artworks made in healthcare settings, more specifically psychiatric hospitals, have seen a rise in donations to heritage collections in recent years. The task of cataloguing, conserving and honouring these pieces is a large undertaking with many intersecting skills.
Many questions surround the receipt of donated work, some practical, some ethical with even the inclusion of an artist’s name being a matter of debate.
The webinar will focus on three main areas of discussion and in the form of breakout rooms, experts will guide conversation and offer insight on:
- Selection criteria for inclusion in mental health heritage collections.
- Ownership, consent and copyright as a collection holder
- Documenting and cataloguing collections
We hope you will join us for what is sure to be an informative and evolving discussion; to register for the event please click here.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the full webinar program, information about joining the meeting, be invited to choose a topic of interest, as well as highlight any access support you may require.
If you would like to find out more information about the event or share this with your networks, you can do so here: https://outsidein.org.uk/news/eoa-digital-seminar-2025/
