Integrating arts into Queensland hospitals

Summary
What: The integration of arts into health infrastructure and facilities across Queensland.
Partners: Arts Queensland, Health Infrastructure Queensland, Children’s Health Queensland Arts in Health Consultancy
When: Current
Where: Statewide

Details
Arts Queensland, in partnership with the Children’s Health Queensland Arts in Health Consultancy and Health Infrastructure Queensland (HIQ) is supporting Queensland Health projects in multiple locations across the state to integrate arts into the health infrastructure project portfolio.

The initiative offers a unique opportunity to reimagine how health infrastructure can create safe, welcoming and inclusive spaces that promote health and wellbeing through the built environment. We are working collaboratively to apply best-practice arts in health principles across health infrastructure projects, bringing together different disciplines and contexts to share local stories through artwork, enhance patient and community wellbeing, and positively influence perceptions of care.

The initiative aligns with Queensland's Time to Shine, the Queensland Government’s 10-year strategy for arts and culture. It will create new opportunities for Queensland artists and creative businesses, broaden ways to share new Queensland works and creative experiences, and amplify social benefits of the arts and culture, including wellbeing and connection.

As these projects progress, local artists and communities will have many opportunities to get involved. Commencing in August 2025, Queensland artists will be able to participate in Registration of Interest (ROI) processes led by HIQ, the first step in accessing opportunities for the procurement of artwork commissions and acquisitions.

Registration of Interest opportunities

Arts in Health Community Surveys

Community feedback is an important part of the Arts in Health integration initiative. A number of Hospital and Health Services are undertaking public surveys to introduce the community, including health service staff and consumers, to the objectives of the Arts in Health components of an infrastructure project and to invite ideas, contributions and feedback from stakeholders and community members.

Where

Delivery

• Manager, Partnerships and Investment (Arts in Health) has been appointed.
• Arts in Health working groups are activated across hospital infrastructure projects.
• From August 2025, artists ROI processes will be led by HIQ.