Gallery & Exhibition Program

The WCH Foundation’s Arts in Health program coordinates four art galleries located in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

The ‘Heart Galleries’ bring visual art to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital community to provide patients and their families spaces of distraction and entertainment, helping to alleviate the stresses of having a child in hospital. The gallery spaces are just one way our Arts in Health program helps to achieve better health outcomes for patients and their families.

New exhibitions are installed every three months and predominately feature the works of up-and-coming South Australian artists.

In addition to the four Heart Galleries, our Arts in Health team work closely with the Hospital community to deliver ‘pop-up exhibitions’.

Please note: Due to COVID-19 there are visitor restrictions in the Hospital. To remain updated on this information, click here

These are our exhibitions that are currently on display.

Nature Walk with Jess | Jessica Menzies

Art is the voice Jessica uses, and this exhibition is a welcoming invitation to view her abstract landscapes, to transport yourself momentarily into the colourful, joyful, and optimistic lens through which she experiences the world.

Location: Blue Heart Gallery | Ground Floor, Zone A, WCH – near the entrance to Allied Health and Hospital School.

Valentina Marin | Tropicana Fiesta

Within this exhibition Valentina invites you to escape to a paradise of colour and sensation as you pass through vibrant artworks of flowers and animals.

Location: Orange Heart Gallery | Level 1, Zone E – Samuel Way walkway.

Ellen Schlobohm | Found

This exhibition explores the profound synergy between slow-making processes and our intrinsic bond with nature. Ellen is a paper artist, printmaker and designer specialising in cyanotype printing and paper cutting.

Location: Green Heart Gallery | Level 2, Zone D, WCH — near Hospital Café.

Selected illustrations by Lauren Herraman and Lauren Mullinder

Established illustrators Lauren Herraman and Lauren Mullinder share a passion for drawing and creating images full of wonder. Through their skilled craft and imagination, they create illustrations to take the viewer on travels to magical places.

Location: Pink Heart Gallery | Level 1, Zone F – just past the Queen Victoria Lecture Theatre

Are you an artist? Would you like to have an exhibition?

Artists, curators, artist collectives, community groups and organisations are welcomed to apply to exhibit in our Heart Galleries.

For more information about the program including tips for an effective application, click here

To put in an application or discuss an exhibition idea, please contact:

Lauren Simeoni, Arts Officer

(08) 8464 7900 or via email

Get in contact!

To purchase a piece of art from one of our exhibitions please contact our Arts in Health team on (08) 8464 7900 or email.

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Past exhibitions

To view our past exhibitions, visit the following links: