Scottish NHS Arts Collective

Throughout 2026 and early 2027

Across Scotland (see below)

Scottish NHS Arts Partners Touring Exhibition

Two touring exhibitions of visual artworks by RSA Academicians and award winners, curated from regional health board and national art-in-health collections.

Exhibition One:

31 March – 24 June 2026: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

1 July – 27 September 2026: Forth Valley Hospital, Larbert

1 October – 10 January 2027: Glasgow Royal Infirmary

18 January – 31 March 2027: Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries & Galloway Community Hospital, Stranraer

Exhibition Two:

30 March – 28 June 2026: Bellfield Centre, Stirling

1 July – 27 September 2026: Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

1 October – 10 January 2027: Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock

23 January – 14 March 2027: The Suttie Arts Space, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

The two exhibitions showcase art's powerful connection to health and wellbeing - inviting audiences from across Scotland to engage with and appreciate visual art - creating uplifting and healing clinical environments for patients, visitors and NHS staff.

Scottish NHS Arts programme partners: Tonic Arts (NHS Lothian Charity), Artlink Central (NHS Forth Valley), NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, OutPost Arts (NHS Dumfries & Galloway), Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust (NHS Tayside), Grampian Hospitals Art Trust (NHS Grampian) and Art in Healthcare (Scotland).

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Instagram - @outpostarts

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Facebook - @That-Tayside-Healthcare-Arts-Trust

Banner image: Scottish NHS Collective - OutPost Arts in partnership with NHS Dumfries & Galloway

Scottish NHS Collective

About Outpost Arts
OutPost Arts is a contemporary arts organisation whose mission is to deliver high-quality, meaningful, impactful, accessible and diverse programmes of arts that benefit the health, wellbeing and creative education of young people and adults from across Dumfries & Galloway - particularly those experiencing barriers and stigma due to disability, illness, isolation, poverty, low income and trauma. OutPost Arts’ groundbreaking initiative ‘DG Creative Wellbeing’ features a range of innovative community-based art-making projects, and an embedded Art in Healthcare programme, delivered in partnership with NHS Dumfries & Galloway. In 2025, at their inaugural, regional Creative Health & Wellbeing Symposium, OutPost Arts launched a ‘Manifesto for Creative Wellbeing in Dumfries & Galloway’ that has been formally adopted by the NHS D&G board.
About Art in Healthcare
Art in Healthcare is a charity working across Scotland to improve health and wellbeing for individuals and communities by providing opportunities to experience and engage with high quality visual art, artists and creativity within community, health and social care settings.
About Tonic Arts
Tonic Arts is NHS Lothian Charity's award-winning Arts in Health Programme.

In partnership with NHS Lothian, specialist arts organisations and cross-sector partners, our Tonic Arts team develops programmes of art and design commissions, art collection provision, changing exhibitions, artist residencies, participatory arts activities and performances which enrich experiences and enhance environments.

Together, we use creativity to improve and support the health and wellbeing of staff, patients and visitors, pioneering a culture in which the arts are valued across the service.
About Grampian Hospitals Art Trust
Grampian Hospitals Art Trust (GHAT) is an award-winning charity that exists to enhance the wellbeing of all who spend time in NHS Grampian or associated Health and Social Care facilities by providing access to quality art experiences
About Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust
Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust (THAT) has delivered arts and health programmes for more than 20 years. In partnership with NHS Tayside and cultural organisations, we provide creative opportunities that improve health, wellbeing, and quality of life for people living with long-term conditions.
About Artlink Central
Artlink Central is one of Scotland’s leading participatory arts organisations, with almost forty years of experience developing community-led projects. Established since 1988, Artlink Central works with evidence-based practice across all artforms. We produce artist-led participatory programmes that support people with disabilities, people experiencing mental health issues or from excluded communities. We coordinate all arts commissions, exhibitions and participatory and creative work for NHS Forth Valley, our local health board, who we have worked with for over thirty years.