Lime, MFT’s award-winning Arts and Health organisation, will collaborate with Wythenshawe Hospital’s Rapid Hub to develop an art and design scheme that will create a calming and welcoming environment for lung cancer patients. The project will feature a collection of bespoke artworks.
Project Overview
Lime seeks a Lead Visual Artist to deliver a collaborative art and design project for the Rapid Hub Lung Cancer Clinic at Wythenshawe Hospital. This high-profile commission will enhance the clinic’s environment, helping reduce stress and anxiety for patients and families during a difficult time.
Working with poet Zayneb Allak, Lime, and the Rapid Hub team, the artist will co-produce bespoke, site-specific artworks inspired by a specially commissioned poem. The works will embody themes of compassion, hope, and dignity, promoting calm and reassurance for all who visit.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the poet, patients, staff, and carers through creative workshops.
- Design and produce original artworks for permanent display in entrances, corridors, waiting areas, and consultation rooms.
- Develop a cohesive visual and colour scheme that supports wellbeing.
- Create visual responses to the poem, possibly using text and mixed media such as printmaking, collage, painting, or textiles.
- Advise on complementary design elements like window films, signage, and wayfinding.
- Attend site visits, planning meetings, and manage time, budgets, and production schedules effectively.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in participatory or site-specific arts projects, ideally in healthcare.
- Sensitivity to patient wellbeing and emotional needs.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with diverse audiences.
- Established professional arts practice with high aesthetic and technical standards.
Context
The Rapid Hub supports patients aged 55-95 through lung cancer diagnosis and testing. This project aims to create a welcoming, uplifting space that reflects the compassion and quality care of the clinical team.
Job Requirements
Deliverables
- Bespoke wall-based artworks integrated with the commissioned poem.
- Recommendations for colour, signage, and design improvements.
- Documentation of workshops / outcomes.
Total Artist Fee £7,170 (inclusive of £1,910 expenses and materials allowance).
Approx 202 hours – full breakdown on request and included within artist brief
Timescale: 6-8 months
To request the full artists brief inc. breakdown of fees, and how to apply please email samantha.lynch@mft.nhs.uk