Hospital Showcases

Surroundings – Listen Here!

An artwork to inspire looking, listening, feeling and creating. Helium, in partnership with Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) Arts in Health Programme, is proud to present Surroundings, an exhibition that celebrates our work with children and young people in Dublin at CHI Connolly and Tallaght Hospitals.

Helium Artist. Peggie McKeon, has been exploring the world around her on her journey to the Hospital.

Surroundings is her creative response to that exploration — an exhibition now on display in the Outpatients space at CHI at Connolly, Blanchardstown.

If you’re visiting, take a moment to experience it:

  • Pick up an envelope and discover what’s inside.

  • Listen to the specially created soundtrack for inspiration.

  • Use these prompts to create something of your own while you wait.

What grabs your attention? Maybe it’s a colour? A sound? A thing? A shadow? A feeling?

Let the soundtrack guide you — and see where your imagination takes you.