Artisit in Residence - Rachel Mimiec

Material comprises: 1) Newspaper cuttings: one about the appointment of an Artist in Residence from Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 1 April 1997; and one about a kite flying day staged by Rachel Mimiec, 1 August 1997. 2) An information sheet about the exhibition, 'Work in Progress', held at Crichton Royal Museum, displaying the work done by Rachel Mimiec in the first six months of her residency 3) List of names of those who created artwork featured in the 'Work in Progress' exhibition 4) Information sheet about a paper sculpture, 'Flyte', made by Rachel Mimiec and suspended in the Crichton Hall Rotunda 5) 'Kite Flying at the Crichton', VHS tape, 25th July 1997 6) A card advertising an exhibition of work by Rachel Mimiec held at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries as part of Mental Health Week from 1 to 29 November 1997. The image on the front of the card shows one of the works created at Crichton Royal Hospital, 'Flyte' 7) 33 black and white photographs of the kite flying day held at Crichton Royal Hospital and works by Rachel Mimiec 8) Seven photographs of masks 9) Eight enlarged photographs of artwork created with patients Works created by patients: 9) Envelope of 35mm slides painted or drawn on by patients 10) Seven sleeves of slides painted or drawn on by patients 101 Two collages, one of an underwater scene and one featuring animals and a photograph of Easterbrook Hall 12) Eight books of copies of images created by patients in art classes with Rachel Mimiec

1997

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Rachel Mimiec was the Artist in Residence at Crichton Royal Hospital in 1997.

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The papers are available at Dumfries and Galloway Archives subject to conditions of UK Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and NHS Records Management Code of Practice 2012. Subject to these restrictions, this material is being digitised by the University of Glasgow as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project. Material that is digitised will be accessed freely online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.