2003 HARC PROJECTS INCLUDE

• 2003 Synergy: Arts, Health and Design World Symposium, 200 delegates from all continents gathered in Sydney for the international event.
• Central Coast Health – Health Access Plan, implementation of the Public Art and Cultural Enrichment Plan, Wyong and Gosford Hospitals.
• Public Art and Cultural Change related to the change of Royal Newcastle Hospital to James Wallis Building, John Hunter Hospital.
• Planning and Implementation of FLYHT (Fairfield and Liverpool Youth Health Team) and Adolescent Mental Health Facilities, South Western Sydney Area Health Service.
• Arts and Cultural Plan, Macarthur Area Health Service (Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals).
• Wentworth Area Health Service Arts for Health Program (Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Penrith).
• Fairfield Health Service Arts for Health Program (in its 4th year).
• Liverpool Health Service Cultural and Artistic Enrichment Program (in its 10th year).
• Bankstown Health Service Arts for Health Program (in its 7th year).
• Artists for Alzheimer's, Australian chapter in collaboration with the Hearthstone Foundation, USA.
• Convening 2005 Synergy: Cultural Landscapes - Heritage, Identity and Wellbeing World International Symposium (Canberra).

Publications:

• Cintra, Marily (2000) Liverpool Hospital Redevelopment Arts Program Post Occupancy Evaluation, Sydney: The Arts for Health Research Centre.
• Cintra, Marily (2003) Nature and Nurture, An Arts and Cultural Plan for the Central Coast Health, Sydney: The Arts for Health Research Centre.
• Cintra, Marily (2003) Evaluating John Hunter Hospital Arts for Health Program 1998- 2002 Sydney: The Arts for Health Research Centre.
• Cintra, Marily (2008) Tapestry, An Arts and Cultural Plan for the new Auburn Hospital 2007-2009 Auburn: Health and Arts Research Centre Inc.

Employment and Training:

• Julia Dean, casual employment, public relations
• Angela Yeend, training and casual employment, Waterloo Project.
• Kate Brennan, training and permanent employment since December 2002.
• Martha Fernandez, training and permanent employment since 1996, Fairfield and Liverpool Programs.
• Keren Ruki, training and casual employment, FLYHT Public Arts Project.

2006 Programs:

Royal Newcastle Centre

Project developed from planning to completion from 2003 to 2006

The projects included:

• Collaborative work with designers (architects and interior designers), health planners, and staff.
• Cataloguing the arts collection of the Royal Newcastle Hospital (RNH),
• Development of four collections that celebrate the heritage and achievements of the RNH:  architecture, volunteers, maintenance and engineering, nursing and health management.
• Development of resources through partnerships and sponsorships including $60,000 cash donations.
• Commissioning of 16 public art works.
• Development of collection of 100 photographs on sunrises from the Hunter Region in partnership with ABC Radio and local communities.
• Acquisition of a grand piano for the foyer and development of partnership for an ongoing music program with the Newcastle Music Conservatorium (University of Newcastle).
• Development of an arts program, Royal on the Move, that supported change (closure of the RNH and moving to the new building).

I AM STILL HERE

I AM STILL HERE is a multidisciplinary program initiated HARC and the Artists for Alzheimer's TM,to support the participation of people with dementia in cultural life.  The program has two main components:

The Artists for Alzheimer’s, a volunteer program linking artists (musicians, visual artists, writers, poets, etc) to people with dementia

Museum and Gallery Tours, a program of guided tours to public museums and galleries in Australia

Since 2004 HARC has been working with Dr John Zeisel, from Hearthstone Foundation, USA to develop an arts program that supports quality of life for people living with dementia.  This work has now developed into a partnership between HARC and National Gallery of Australia, Artists for Alzheimer's (USA) and Alzheimer’s Australia.

The program At the moment developing phase 1 of the program To promote quality of life for people with dementia by creating opportunities for access to cultural / arts activities at the National Gallery of Australia and developing resources that support the promotion of access programs in other galleries / museums in Australia.

2007 - 2009 Programs:

Auburn Hospital

The project was developed from the planning to completion

This project included:

• Collaborative work with designers (architects and interior designers), health planners, and staff.
• Cataloguing the arts collection of the Auburn Hospital,
• Commissioning of 53 public art works.
• Development of collection of photographs through photographic competition in partnership with the Auburn City Council.
• Development of the Living Library for Auburn Hospital.
  

The works were commissioned and produced by Health and Arts Research Centre, Inc. who prepared an Arts and Cultural Plan for the new hospital.  The plan involved over 350 staff, patients, visitors and local residents. The participants felt that the arts in the new hospital should speak about our commonalities and celebrate our diversity.

Marily Cintra 2008

Alexanda Public School 

Math program, Mosaic for the entrance of school based on mathematics for the design and the decoration of the hand painted tiles by the students of the Alaxanda Public School.