Window on World mural at clinic

September 27, 2018

Featured in the Express & Star

Art students have transformed the waiting room at a hospital’s fracture clinic by creating a colourful mural on the wall.

L-R: John McKeon, Head of Section for Construction at Sandwell College, Jackie Roxborough, Kissing it Better, Lisa Comfort, Ward Sister, Helen Sweeting, Art and Design Lecturer.

The enchanting handiwork, named Window on the World has been painted by students from Sandwell College and can be found hanging at Sandwell Hospital in West Bromwich. The budding artists took on the challenge as part of their community arts module. It was co-ordinated by healthcare charity Kissing it Better. The clinic has no natural light, so the students designed a mural featuring large windows depicting scenes of the borough’s multicultural communities. Patient Wendy Kimberley, of Great Barr, said: “I’ve been coming here over some time now as I’ve had a knee replacement, and I have noticed the change.

“Blank walls are so boring, so it’s nice to see something different. It’s lovely to know that it’s been done by students from the local college.”