Cartoonist-in-Residence, UCL and UCLH (360G-Wellcome-202685_Z_16_Z)

A portrayal of the experiences of UCL/H staff and their patients, as revealing and humorous stories told in the snapshot form of the cartoon. Ros Asquith will spend one day a week for a minimum of one year at UCL/H - observing meetings, presentations, the Grand Round and the wards, listening to doctors, nurses, research scientists, students, managers and administrative staff. She will then aim to capture each visit’s key experiences as cartoons. Two days already spent exploring this process produced about 30 ideas. I appreciate that the spare time of health professionals is short - fortunately, cartoons can be understood, liked, disliked or improved very quickly. Each week I would circulate by email rough sketches of ideas drawn from that week’s visit, to a representative group nominated by UCL/H. From their recommendations and thoughts, I would then develop the most successful ideas as finished artwork. I intend to run workshops, and discussions and encourage staff and patients to draw, based on my wide experience of drawing workshops with all ages. At the end of the year, the work would be exhibited, printed as postcards, leaflets, and a book. I would host a series of workshops, discussions.