baird family hospital - exterior artworks

Background Grampian Hospitals Art Trust (GHAT) is committed to ensuring access to art for all by commissioning professional artists to deliver quality projects within challenging public healthcare settings and undertaking continuous action research within the arts and wellbeing sector. We have created the only commissioning, contemporary arts space to be found in an acute hospital in Britain with unique opening hours for a gallery - 24/7. GHAT strives to highlight culture as a key component of wellbeing and is a sector leader in developing bespoke arts projects for people visiting, working or utilising the services within hospitals and healthcare.

The Baird Family Hospital In June 2014, the Scottish Government announced an investment for a new health facility on the Foresterhill Health Campus in Aberdeen. The plans included a new hospital to replace the existing Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, with the inclusion of breast screening, breast surgery and gynaecology services, as well as a separate centre for out-patient and day-patient oncology and haematology services. Following a public consultation exercise in 2015, it was decided that the new facility would be called The Baird Family Hospital in recognition of the contribution made to women’s health in the North East and beyond by the Baird family.

GHAT is seeking applicants who can demonstrate strong visual art and design skills alongside skills in creating a physical public commission. They will also require a background in consultation methods which include the stakeholders in the design of the work. The role of the artist will be to work with GHAT and NHS Grampian to create the following for outside the new facility:

• External public art piece (subject to planning consent from Aberdeen City Council)
• External Civic seating
• Screening outside the Community Maternity Unit to provide patient privacy