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Bethlem Gallery: Working with artists to lead change in health and society
Bethlem Gallery is a visual arts organisation in south-east London. We programme creative activities, projects and commissions to participate in, look at, talk and think about.
Based at Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, and working across South London and the UK, we support the professional development and socially engaged practice of our artists, many of whom have experienced mental health services. We bridge communities, aiming to make art an everyday practice and mental health an everyday conversation.
Our programme includes collaborations with other cultural and health organisations including Bethlem Museum of the Mind, with whom we share a building, artists-in-residence, and interdisciplinary research. We engage audiences in learning and debate on the subject of mental health and artistic practice.
We are a charity founded in 1997. As well as working in our gallery and studio space at Bethlem Royal Hospital, we programme exhibitions at the Long Gallery at Maudsley Hospital and the ORTUS conferencing centre, and commission new public artworks.
“Pills are ok, counselling is ok and it will get you back on the streets, but what keeps your mind alive is what you learn here. That’s what it’s about – keeping your spirit alive.” – Lee, Bethlem artist.
The gallery is free and open to all. Donations are welcomed.
HOW WE ARE FUNDED
Bethlem Gallery is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and an independent charity (charity no. 1205035).
Bethlem Gallery receives core funding from the Maudsley Charity and in kind support from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We rely on a range of funders to do the work that we do.
We could not do what we do without these trusts and foundations, and individual supporters. Find out more about supporting us here.
IN-KIND SUPPORT
We receive generous in-kind legal support from Vedder Price covering corporate, commercial and employment law matters.
We received in-kind support from Webstars in the creation of our current website.