John Taylor Hospice: Art and End of Life Care- A Conversation

Ikon invites arts and healthcare professionals to Art and End of Life Care – A Conversation. This symposium is part of Life:Still, a year-long collaboration between Ikon and Birmingham’s John Taylor Hospice. It is a chance to share current arts practice, research and collaborative partnerships in end of life care and takes place in Dying Matters Week 2013.

Speakers include artist Stuart Whipps, Kate Organ, arts advisor for The Baring Foundation, who speaks on participatory arts with older people and her new report After You Are Two and John Ballatt, who discusses his publication Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare. Professor Swaran P Singh, Head of Division, Mental Health and Wellbeing at Warwick Medical School chairs the event.

Life:Still is supported by The Baring Foundation.