Captured Time II
Wednesday, 27th April 2011
Captured Time II is an exhibition of artworks and writing by renal patients Frank Curtis and Johanna Tanner, and artist Philip Cullen, created through the Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) art programme in the Dialysis Unit of Waterford Regional Hospital.
The exhibition will be officially launched by Fr. Liam Lawton at 7.30pm on Thursday 5th May in the WHAT Centre for Arts and Health. The exhibition which has been kindly sponsored by Audi Waterford will remain on display until the 9th June 2011.
Frank Curtis and Johanna Tanner fell into the world of art in the most unlikely environment, the dialysis unit. Frank, a dairy farmer, had never made art before coming to the dialysis unit and according to him "drawing with pencil is a great past-time to take your mind away from dialysis. Four hours is a long time sitting in the one position."
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