Havens, Outdoor Exhibition

1 October, 2023 - 31 July, 2024 / Astley Ainslie Hospital

Panel from Astley Ainslie Outdoor Havens Exhibition
Panel from Astley Ainslie Outdoor Havens Exhibition

Dotted across campus, you will find the work of artists Craig Easton and Lottie Davies as part of NHS Lothian Charity’s Havens project.

Havens has been a year-long documentary photography project featuring a wide range of NHS Lothian staff members. The project aims to promote wellbeing in the workplace and the importance of taking breaks throughout the day. Participants were interviewed and photographed in their own personal workplace ‘Havens’. As you view portraits, you can scan a QR code to hear the staff members’ stories in their own voice.

This project is delivered by NHS Lothian Charity’s Tonic Arts and Green Health programmes in partnership with Stills Gallery.

Find out more about our Tonic Arts Exhibition programme, providing engaging, changing displays of professional, patient and staff artworks for exploration, reflection and distraction.

Current Exhibitions

Photographs of the pictures from the Mindful Walks in West Edinburgh event by Julia Murden.

2 April, 2025 – 24 September, 2025 / Tonic Gallery 1, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU

Mindful Walks in West Edinburgh: An Art Exhibition by Julia Murden

Explore Julia Murden’s Mindful Walks in West Edinburgh exhibition at The Western General Hospital, featuring art inspired by mindful walking […]

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Handle with Care exhibition

7 December, 2024 – 15 May, 2025 / Tonic Gallery, Anne Ferguson Building, Western General Hospital

Handle with Care

In partnership with Edinburgh Printmakers, we are proud to present ‘Handle with Care’; an exhibition which explores the meaning and […]

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illustration by Amy Steele

20 November, 2024 – 8 April, 2025 / Tonic Gallery, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People/Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Storybook Way

Storybook Way is a vibrant site-specific exhibition captures the magic of picture books for all ages.

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29 November, 2024 – 25 May, 2025 / Tonic Gallery and outdoor exhibition, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Havens: Stories and Portraits from NHS Lothian

Discover the interesting and sometimes surprising places that NHS Lothian staff use as havens in their busy work lives.

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