"Cherry Knowle Hospital"

Includes exhibition guide to art at Cherry Knowle created by residents / patients at the Hospital (patient experience). Also includes "Art from Cherry Knowle: an account of the residency 1984-1992 and a proposal for its future development", and "Wear Building Ships Again", a report on a programme led by the Artist-in-Residence, staff and patients to build a ship collaboratively. Also includes a poster and press cuttings.

1992

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Cherry Knowle was a former mental health hospital in Sunderland, UK (1893-1998). The hospital closed in 1998 and was demolished in 2012. The Hospital was replaced by Hopewood Park Hospital at Ryhope. Cherry Knowle Hospital used art as a therapy for individuals with mental illness, and as a creative outlet through art sessions and participatory arts. The Sunderland Mental Health Unit was one of the first hospitals in the North to have an Artist-in-Residence when the scheme was established in 1984. The Artist Residency programme at Cherry Knowle ran from 1984-1992, and included the following responsibilities: providing support to residents to develop and express themselves creatively through art; developing their own art practice; contributing to the improvement of the hospital environment through art works, paintings, murals and other initiatives.