LAHF’s next event is a lunchtime talk by portrait painter, Adam Hahn, who has undertaken a year of research into an eye condition called macular degeneration which causes deterioration of the central focus of the vision. Adam’s paintings will be on display and he will be speaking alongside Professor Pete Coffey, Director of the London Project to Cure Blindness from the Institute of Opthalmology about the project and the impact it has had on the Project’s practice. The event, in conjunction with Paintings in Hospitals and Mascalls Gallery will take place at the Menier Gallery in Borough on the 23 July at 1pm. Light refreshments will be served.

For more details about the event and to book a place, please contact  Damian@lahf.org.uk

The event is part of Paintings in Hospitals’ fourth annual summer exhibition, ‘In Search of Beauty and Wellbeing’, which runs from 23 July – 14 August 2008, and those who attend the event will have the opportunity to explore the rest of the exhibition which aims to “highlight the necessity for art as a means of communication, expression, and release, as well as its importance to one’s general wellbeing and happiness”.  

Among the events scheduled alongside the exhibition is a talk by John D Edwards, an artist who has created a body of work in response to a life threatening form of cancer. This will take place on Wednesday 30 July at 6.30pm. For more details, contact b.moseley@paintingsinhospitals.org.uk