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Nepean Hospital

Nepean Hospital is a public hospital and is part of Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. It is located in Western Sydney, at the base of the Blue Mountains in Penrith, one of the fastest growing areas in Sydney. Each year, Nepean Hospital provides more than 600,000 outpatients services.

Nepean Hospital Arts and Cultural Program began in 1998 with the redevelopment of the South Block. HARC manages the ongoing program that developed since the first redevelopment. During 2013- 2014 the new East Block and the new Mental Health Unit were completed

With new ICU and Surgical Wings. HARC Inc was engaged to commission art works for the new buildings.

The centre piece for the new building is a large glass 9 meters high work for the entry and waiting lobby for the surgical building. An original art work was commissioned from artist Annette Barlow, and turned into Digiglass feature wall by Malcolm Cooke. Instillation of the work was carried out by Progressive Glazing P/L.

An exhibition was held during the year with the theme of the Nepean River.

Nepean Hospital Arts for Health Galleries are very popular and shows exhibitions by local artists.

The Nepean River Art Exhibition

This exhibition is a partnership between the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District and the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority with the aim of showcasing the beauty and diversity of the Nepean - Hawkesbury River, and to acquire artworks for Nepean Hospital's new building

Works were purchased for the new building from this exhibition with funds from sponsorship partners.

Some of the images purchased for the new building

"Breathe Again"

By Annette Barlow being installed in foyer East Block Nepean Hospital

“Breath Again” Glass work installed in new main entrance lobby

Anette Barlow origional painting for the glass in Main Entry Lobby

Nepean River Suspended

Nepean Hospital,
Intensive Care Unit light court
Work in collaboration with the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA)
2012

Nepean Chapel Glass

River of Life

By Owen Thompson

Origional water colours scanned and made into Digiglass by M Cooke.
North Block L 2 Chapel
Commissioned by HARC for the Nepean Hospital Redevelopment

'River of Life' window of the Nepen Hospital Chapel

Seasons of Change the origional watercolour art works for the chapel glass windows.

Nepean Mental Health Unit Redevelopment

HARC was commissioned to create the images for the new mental health unit built at the Nepean Hospital Campus, Kingswood NSW
The images were to be seamless durable wall vinyls for the various consulation rooms, waiting rooms, activity rooms and the main entry lobby.

The images were selected by staff, patients and visitors. An exhibition was arranged with images supplied by various artists with local connections and a partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Domain Trust and Tomaic Botanic Gardens a selection of images was made into an exhibition in the Nepean Hospital Gallerys from those the final fifteen origional works were chosen.