Elizabeth Delizee, Portrait Vincent, 1971, watercolour on paper. Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent

English below

Museum Dr. Guislain organiseert, in samenwerking met Outside In, voor de European Outsider Art Association (EOA) het online event Balancing history — The Artist, The Patient and The Clinician.

Met welke uitdagingen worden we geconfronteerd bij het bewaren en beheren van kunstcollecties uit de psychiatrische zorg? Ontdek de inzichten en ervaringen van experts uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk tijdens dit gratis online event op donderdag 24 april om 14u!  

De European Outsider Art Association (EOA) is een overkoepelende organisatie ter promotie van kunst en kunstenaars die zich buiten de mainstream kunstwereld bevinden.


EOA digital seminar
Focus on the complex, nuanced role of preserving mental health heritage collections 

Thursday 24 April 2025
>>> 1 - 3pm (BST)
>>> 2 - 4pm (CEST)

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 3 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 the button below.

Speakers:

Melanie Grant, Wellcome Collection, London
Nicola Field, Wellcome Collection, London
Jane Stockdale, Mental Health Museum, Wakefield
Sally Anne Evans, Mental Health Museum, Wakefield